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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:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2024
Applicant:
Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/17 (2021.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/17 (2013.01); G02B 13/007 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01);
Abstract
Systems comprising a folded camera that includes a lens module with a native aperture, the lens module having a height H, an adaptive aperture located between the native aperture and an optical path folding element, and an adaptive aperture forming mechanism for forming the adaptive aperture, wherein the adaptive aperture forming mechanism has a height Hnot larger than H, and methods of using same. In various embodiments, the adaptive aperture forming mechanism includes an actuator and at least one pair of blades operative to be moved by the actuator to a plurality of positions to form the adaptive aperture.