Methods of manufacturing array camera modules incorporating independently aligned lens stacks

US9185276B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pelican Imaging Corporation · US

Inventors

• Errol Mark Rodda · San Jose, US
• Jacques Duparre · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1309
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Array cameras, and array camera modules incorporating independently aligned lens stacks are disclosed. Processes for manufacturing array camera modules including independently aligned lens stacks can include: forming at least one hole in at least one carrier; mounting the at least one carrier relative to at least one sensor so that light passing through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier is incident on a plurality of focal planes formed by arrays of pixels on the at least one sensor; and independently mounting a plurality of lens barrels to the at least one carrier, so that a lens stack in each lens barrel directs light through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier and focuses the light onto one of the plurality of focal planes.