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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Takeyoshi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshikazu Shinohara, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/007 (2013.01); G02B 13/002 (2013.01); G02B 13/02 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01);
Abstract

An optical system for a camera may include a lens group having a plurality of lenses, a prism, and an image sensor. The prism may be positioned, optically, between the plurality of lenses and the image sensor along the optical transmitting path of the light. The prism may include at least four surfaces, which may fold the light within the prism at least four times to guide the light from the plurality of lenses passing through the prism to the image sensor. The prism may include multiple prisms joined together using an optical cement. The prism may include one or more aperture masks inside the prism to reduce flare.


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