Auto focus and optical image stabilization in a compact folded camera
First Claim
1. A folded camera module, comprising:
- a) an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path to a second optical path, the first optical path being along a first optical axis and the second optical path being along a second optical axis; and
b) a lens module carrying a lens assembly with a symmetry axis along the second optical axis,wherein the lens module is designed to move in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first and second directions being in a first plane containing the second optical axis, the first plane being perpendicular to a second plane containing the first and second optical paths,wherein the OPFE is designed to tilt about an axis that is perpendicular to both the second optical axis and the second plane,wherein the lens module movement in the first plane in a direction perpendicular to the second optical path is for optical image stabilization (OIS) to compensate for tilt of the camera module around the second optical axis,wherein the lens module movement in the first plane in the direction of the second optical path is for auto-focus (AF), andwherein the tilting of the OPFE is for OIS to compensate for undesired tilt of the camera module about, at least, the axis that is perpendicular to both the second optical axis and the second plane.
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Abstract
Compact folded camera modules having auto-focus (AF) and optical image stabilization (OIS) capabilities and multi-aperture cameras including such modules. In an embodiment, a folded camera module includes an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path with a first optical axis to a second optical path with a second optical axis perpendicular to the first optical axis, an image sensor and a lens module carrying a lens with a symmetry axis parallel to the second optical axis. The lens module can be actuated to move in first and second orthogonal directions in a plane perpendicular to the first optical axis, the movement in the first direction being for auto-focus and the movement in the second direction being for OIS. The OPFE can be actuated to tilt for OIS.
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1. A folded camera module, comprising:
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a) an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path to a second optical path, the first optical path being along a first optical axis and the second optical path being along a second optical axis; and b) a lens module carrying a lens assembly with a symmetry axis along the second optical axis, wherein the lens module is designed to move in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first and second directions being in a first plane containing the second optical axis, the first plane being perpendicular to a second plane containing the first and second optical paths, wherein the OPFE is designed to tilt about an axis that is perpendicular to both the second optical axis and the second plane, wherein the lens module movement in the first plane in a direction perpendicular to the second optical path is for optical image stabilization (OIS) to compensate for tilt of the camera module around the second optical axis, wherein the lens module movement in the first plane in the direction of the second optical path is for auto-focus (AF), and wherein the tilting of the OPFE is for OIS to compensate for undesired tilt of the camera module about, at least, the axis that is perpendicular to both the second optical axis and the second plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of compensating for tilt in a folded camera module comprising an image sensor, an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path to a second optical path, the first optical path being along a first optical axis, and a lens module carrying a lens assembly having a symmetry axis along a second optical axis, the second optical axis being along the second optical path, the method comprising:
a) moving the lens module in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first and second directions being in a first plane containing the second optical axis and perpendicular to a second plane containing the first and second optical paths, wherein the lens module movement in direction of the second optical axis is for auto-focus (AF), and wherein the lens module movement in the first plane in a direction perpendicular to the second optical path is for optical image stabilization (OIS) to compensate for tilt of the camera module around the second optical axis; and b) tilting the OPFE about an axis that is perpendicular to both the second optical axis and the second plane, wherein the tilting of the OPFE is for OIS to compensate for undesired tilt of the camera module about, at least, the axis that is perpendicular to both the second optical axis and the second plane.
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