Corephotonics Ltd.

Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc.

Spectronix Corporation

Corephontonics Ltd.

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Fotonation Limited

Digital Optics Corporation

Digitaloptics Corporation East

Ditigaloptics Corporation Europe Limited

Rauiot University Authority for Applied Research and Industrial

Ephraim Goldenberg

Gal Shabtay

Gil Bachar

Noy Cohen

Itay Yedid

Michael Dror

Gal Avivi

Oded Gigushinski

Roy Rudnick

Nadav Geva

Itay Jerby

Yiftah Kowal

Nadav Goulinski

Ruthy Katz

Michael Scherer

Gal Barak

Ziv Shemesh

Ester Ashkenazi

Emil Bronstein

Tal Korman

Eran Kali

Kobi Goldstein

Gil Avraham

Pavel Reshidko

Rami Boltanski

Paz Ilan

Udi Yakir

Itay Manor

Dolev Danino

Sagi Habani

Itamar Boral

Kai Engelhardt

Eyal Ben-Eliezer

Yonatan Mandel

Oriel Grushka

Vinay Bhus

Guy Michrowski

Itamar Azoulai

Anat Leshem Gat

Omri Levi

Gal Safra

David Mendlovic

Yechiel Spector

Esther Jacobson

Paul C Elliott

Ido Yerushalmy

Jacob Dror

Roy Fridman

Anat Leshem

Yariv Oz

Yehonatan Mandel

Jamil Nasser

David Cohen

Shaul Serero

Anat Werbner

Ela Yehudayi

Eran Briman

Itay Jerbi

Daniel Boltinsky

Eliezer Mendlovic

Jacob Arian

Tal Olami

David Mendelovic

Ganot Israel

Ya'Ara David

Natan Croitoriu

Compact folded camera modules having auto-focus (AF) and optical image stabilization (OIS) capabilities and multi-aperture cameras including such modules. In an embodiment, a folded camera module includes an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path with a first optical axis to a second optical path with a second optical axis perpendicular to the first optical axis, an image sensor and a lens module carrying a lens with a symmetry axis parallel to the second optical axis. The lens module can be actuated to move in first and second orthogonal directions in a plane perpendicular to the first optical axis, the movement in the first direction being for auto-focus and the movement in the second direction being for OIS. The OPFE can be actuated to tilt for OIS.

Auto focus and optical image stabilization in a compact folded camera

Scanning Tele cameras (STCs) based on two optical path folding element (OPFE) field-of-view scanning and mobile devices including such STCs. A STC may comprise a first OPFE (O-OPFE) for folding a first optical path OPto a second optical path OP, an O-OPFE actuator, a second OPFE (I-OPFE) for folding OPto a third optical path OP, an I-OPFE actuator, a lens, a lens actuator and an image sensor, wherein the STC has a STC native field-of-view (n-FOV), wherein the O-OPFE actuator is configured to rotate the O-OPFE around a first axis and the I-OPFE actuator rotates the I-OPFE around a second axis for scanning a scene with the n-FOV, wherein the lens actuator is configured to move the lens for focusing along a third axis, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis and parallel to the third axis.

Large-aperture compact scanning tele cameras

Digital cameras comprising a lens assembly comprising N lens elements L-Lstarting with Lon an object side, wherein N is ≥4, an image sensor having a sensor diagonal S, and a pop-out mechanism that controls a largest air-gap d between two consecutive lens elements within lens elements Land Lto bring the camera to an operative pop-out state and a collapsed state, wherein the lens assembly has a total track length TTL in the operative pop-out state and a collapsed total track length cTTL in the collapsed state, wherein Sis in the range of 7-20 mm and wherein cTTL/S<0.6.

Slim pop-out cameras and lenses for such cameras

The presently disclosed subject matter includes a mobile electronic comprising an integrated camera, comprising a Wide camera unit comprising a Wide lens unit, and a Telephoto camera unit comprising a telephoto lens unit, the telephoto lens unit and the wide lens unit having respectively TTL/EFL ratios smaller and larger than 1 and defining separate telephoto and wide optical paths.

Miniature telephoto lens module and a camera utilizing such a lens module

Optical image stabilization (OIS) mechanisms, comprising a moving frame including a first groove, a static frame including a second groove, an OIS actuator, and first, second and third bearings that define an OIS plane, wherein the first ball bearing is located in a rail formed by the first groove and the second groove, wherein the ball-bearings are positioned between the moving frame and the static frame and allow a first movement and a second movement of the moving frame relative to the static frame, wherein the first movement is a rotational movement performed around a rotation axis that coincides with the position of the first ball bearing and is perpendicular to the OIS plane, and wherein the second movement is a linear movement along the rail.

Slim compact lens optical image stabilization

A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens/sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to output, in a zoom-in operation between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value, a zoom video output image that includes only Wide image data or only Tele image data, depending on whether a no-switching criterion is fulfilled or not.

Dual aperture zoom camera with video support and switching / non-switching dynamic control

Folded digital cameras comprising a lens system with a lens and an image sensor, the lens having N≥6 lens elements L, an effective focal length (EFL) and a total track length (TTL), wherein each lens element has a respective focal length fand wherein a first lens element Lfaces an object side, and an optical path folding element (OPFE) for providing a folded optical path between an object and the lens. In some embodiments, the lens system has a focusing range that covers object-lens distances from infinity to a minimal object distance (MIOD), wherein MIOD/EFL is smaller than 20 or even 7. In some embodiments, the ratio of a maximal chief ray angle to a field of view of the folded camera Max CRA/FOV is smaller than 0.25 or even 0.15 when the camera is focused at infinity.

Folded macro-tele camera lens designs including six lenses of ++−+−+ or +−++−+, seven lenses of ++−++−+, or eight lenses of ++−++−++ refractive powers

An optical lens assembly includes five lens elements and provides a TTL/EFL<1.0. In an embodiment, the focal length of the first lens element f1<TTL/2, an air gap between first and second lens elements is smaller than half the second lens element thickness, an air gap between the third and fourth lens elements is greater than TTL/5 and an air gap between the fourth and fifth lens elements is smaller than about 1.5 times the fifth lens element thickness. All lens elements may be aspheric.

Miniature telephoto lens assembly

Folded cameras with a total track length (TTL), f numbers smaller than 1.2 and large fields of view, e.g. of at least 60 degrees. Such folded cameras may comprise a lens with N≥7 lens elements, an image sensor and an optical path folding element for providing a folded optical path between an object and the lens, wherein an aperture stop of the lens is located closer to a first surface of the first lens element facing the object than a distance d that fulfills d/TTL=0.2.

Folded camera lens designs including eight lenses of +-+-+++-refractive powers

Systems comprising a Wide/Ultra-Wide camera, a folded Tele camera comprising an optical path folding element and a Tele lens module, a lens actuator for moving the Tele lens module for focusing to object-lens distances between 3.0 cm and 35 cm with an object-to-image magnification between 1:5 and 25:1, and an application processor (AP), wherein the AP is configured to analyze image data from the UW camera to define a Tele capture strategy for a sequence of Macro images with a focus plane slightly shifted from one captured Macro image to another and to generate a new Macro image from this sequence, and wherein the focus plane and a depth of field of the new Macro image can be controlled continuously.

Systems and methods for obtaining a super macro image

Folded Tele cameras comprising an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding a first optical path OPto a second optical path OP, a lens including N=8 lens elements, the lens being divided into three lens groups numbered, in order from an object side of the lens, G, Gand G, and an image sensor, wherein Gand Gare included in a single Gcarrier, wherein Gis included in a Gcarrier, wherein both the Gcarrier and the Gcarrier include rails for defining the position of Grelative to G, wherein the Tele camera is configured to change a zoom factor continuously between a minimum zoom factor ZFand a maximum zoom factor ZFby moving the Gcarrier relative to the Gcarrier and by moving the Gcarrier relative to the image sensor, and wherein an effective focal length (EFL) is 7.5 mm<EFL<50 mm. The Gcarrier may be positioned by a lens transporter within the Gcarrier at a particular zoom factor to form a lens pair to enable optical investigation and/or transporting of the lens pair.

Folded camera with continuously adaptive zoom factor

Actuators for rotating an optical-path-folding-element with two, first and second, degrees of freedom in an extended rotation range around two respective rotation axes, folded cameras including such actuators and dual-cameras including a folded camera as above together with an upright camera.

Optical-path folding-element with an extended two degree of freedom rotation range

Folded cameras and dual folded-upright cameras that reduce a mobile electronic device and specifically a smartphone bump footprint and height. In some examples, the bump footprint is reduced by reducing the height of a back focal plane section of the folded camera. In some examples, the bump footprint is reduced by reducing the height of a back focal plane section and a lens subsection of the folded camera.

Compact folded camera structure

Voice coil motor (VCM) actuators for rotating an optical path folding element (OPFE) over an extended scanning range relative to a scanning/rotation range needed for optical image stabilization (OIS).

Folded camera structure with an extended light- folding-element scanning range

Indirect time-of-flight (i-ToF) image sensor pixels, i-ToF image sensors including such pixels, stereo cameras including such image sensors, and sensing methods to obtain i-ToF detection and phase detection information using such image sensors and stereo cameras. An i-ToF image sensor pixel may comprise a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel including a photodiode, a single microlens covering the plurality of sub-pixels and a read-out circuit for extracting i-ToF phase signals of each sub-pixel individually.

Image sensors and sensing methods to obtain time-of-flight and phase detection information

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Ashdod, Israel

Ephraim Goldenberg