Corephotonics Ltd.

Rami Boltanski

Ephraim Goldenberg

Roy Rudnick

Itay Yedid

Yiftah Kowal

Kobi Goldstein

Itay Manor

Vinay Bhus

Oriel Grushka

Daniel Boltinsky

The present disclosure provides a camera module for use in a portable electronic device. The camera module comprises a shiftable lens barrel comprising an objective assembly holding coaxially one or more lens elements defining an optical axis. The camera module has a retractable cover window. The lens barrel has an operative state and a collapsed state and the cover window has a corresponding extended and retracted position. The camera further comprises an actuator including a driving motor; a pop-out assembly actuatable by the actuator. The pop-out assembly includes a driving cam configured to be driven rotationally by the actuator, a carrier configured to receive the lens barrel and an image sensor configured to image a field of view of the objective assembly when the lens barrel is in the operative state.

Systems for pop-out camera

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

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, GGand Gand 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 Gwherein 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 Tele cameras comprising an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding a first optical path OP1 to a second optical path OP2, 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, G1, G2 and G3, and an image sensor, wherein G1 and G3 are included in a single G13 carrier, wherein G2 is included in a G2 carrier, wherein both the G13 carrier and the G2 carrier include rails for defining the position of G2 relative to G13, 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 G2 carrier relative to the G13 carrier and by moving the G13 carrier relative to the image sensor, and wherein an effective focal length (EFL) is 7.5 mm<EFL<50 mm. The G2 carrier may be positioned by a lens transporter within the G13 carrier at a particular zoom factor to form a lens pair to enable optical investigation and/or transporting of the lens pair.

Folded Tele cameras comprising an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding a first optical path OP1 to a second optical path OP2, 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, G1, G2 and G3, and an image sensor, wherein G1 and G3 are included in a single G13 carrier, wherein G2 is included in a G2 carrier, wherein both the G13 carrier and the G2 carrier include rails for defining the position of G2 relative to G13, 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 G2 carrier relative to the G13 carrier and by moving the G13 carrier relative to the image sensor, and wherein an effective focal length (EFL) is 7.5 mm&#x3c;EFL&#x3c;50 mm. The G2 carrier may be positioned by a lens transporter within the G13 carrier at a particular zoom factor to form a lens pair to enable optical investigation and/or transporting of the lens pair.

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Rami Boltanski