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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Digitaloptics Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ariel Lipson, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Uri Kinrot, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Dalit Bahar, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Moshe Kriman, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Moshe Levy, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ocie Ward, Petaluma, CA (US);
Mark Harland, Hilton, NY (US);
Assignee:
DigitalOptics Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/09 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 13/009 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); G03B 3/10 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0046 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A miniature MEMS autofocus camera module includes a MEMS actuated movable lens group and at least one fixed lens group defining an optical axis within a camera module housing. Objects disposed an arbitrary distance from the camera module are automatically focused at a determined zoom to an image sensor. MEMS actuation of the movable lens group is performed to accomplish autofocus functionality.