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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Jukka Alasirnio, Jääli, FI;
Hartmut Rudmann, Jona, CH;
Mario Cesana, Au, CH;
Stephan Heimgartner, Aarau Rohr, CH;
Assignee:
Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2006.01); G03B 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 7/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 29/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01);
Abstract
Camera modules include a lens, a lens stack and/or an array of lenses. One or more of the lenses have a non-circular shape, which in some cases can provide greater flexibility in the dimensions of the module and can result in a very small camera module.