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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ville Vehkaperä, Oulu, FI;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The imaging device comprises a movable image sensor; a circuit board connected to the image sensor; an optical module comprising a lens group on an optical axis, the optical module being movable along the optical axis between at least a retracted position and an extended position. The device also includes an activating actuator configured to move the movable image sensor and the circuit board in a plane between an active position and an inactive position. In the active position the image sensor is stacked under the optical module on the optical axis, and the optical module is in an extended position. In the inactive position the image sensor is positioned off the optical axis and away from the optical module, and the optical module is in a retracted position.