Objective comprising a lens barrel, an actuator and a tunable lens, wherein the tunable lens comprises a primary membrane and a secondary membrane delimiting a liquid volume on opposing sides along an axial direction, the tunable lens comprises a container delimiting the liquid volume in lateral directions, wherein the lateral directions extend perpendicularly with respect to the axial direction, and the primary membrane and the secondary membrane are attached to opposing sides of the container, the tunable lens comprises a window member which is attached to the secondary membrane, wherein the secondary membrane connects the window member and the container elastically, wherein relative motion of the window member and the container along the axial direction results in a change of an optical property of the tunable lens, the window member or the container is fixedly attached to the lens barrel, the actuator is arranged to provide an actuation force along the axial direction, wherein the actuation force acts between the tunable lens and the lens barrel, and the actuation force results in a relative motion of the window member with respect to the container.

A liquid lens according to one embodiment includes a first plate including a cavity in which liquids are disposed, the cavity having an inclined surface, a first electrode disposed on the inclined surface, a second electrode disposed on the first plate, and an insulation layer disposed on the first electrode, wherein the liquids include a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid, wherein an interface is formed between the conductive liquid and the non-conductive liquid, wherein the insulation layer includes a base disposed on the first electrode and a plurality of protrusions disposed on the base, and wherein the plurality of protrusions contacts the interface.

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area and an incident light control area. The camera overlaps the incident light control area. The incident light control area includes a first annular light-shielding portion and a second annular light-shielding portion formed inside the first annular light-shielding portion.

An embodiment of a camera module includes a holder configured such that the upper and lower portions of the holder are open and such that a first hole and a second hole, opposite to the first hole, are formed in the side surface of the holder, a first lens unit coupled to the upper portion of the holder, a second lens unit coupled to the lower portion of the holder, and a liquid lens disposed in the first hole and the second hole of the holder between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, the liquid lens protruding outward from the side surface of the holder, wherein at least a portion of the liquid lens may be spaced apart from the inner surface of the holder.

Various embodiments include a camera with a folded optics arrangement and include a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator assembly to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) movement. The camera with folded optics and the associated VCM actuator assembly have a first rotational normal mode of free vibration such that lenses of the camera rotate about an optical axis of the camera such that the rotational motion in the first rotational mode of free vibration is invisible from a perspective of an image sensor of the camera.

An imaging apparatus including: an image sensor having a photo-sensitive surface; an optical device arranged on an optical path of light incidenting on the photo-sensitive surface, the optical device being electrically controllable to have a spatially variable focal length; and a processor configured to: generate and send a drive signal to the optical device to compensate for field curvature of optical device by adjusting focal lengths of different portions of the optical device to different extents, wherein a focal length of a first portion of the optical device is higher than a focal length of a second portion of the optical device surrounding the first portion; and control the image sensor to capture a distorted image of a real-world environment.

An embodiment of the present invention relates to an imaging lens comprising: a first lens having positive (+) refractive power; a second lens having negative (−) refractive power; a third lens having negative (−) refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having negative (−) refractive power; and a sixth lens, wherein the first to sixth lenses are successively arranged from an object side to an image side, the first to third, fifth, and sixth lenses are solid lenses, and the fourth lens comprises a focus-tunable lens.

This application provides a lens module and an electronic device. The lens module includes an imaging lens group, a light filter, and an image sensor, the imaging lens group includes a plurality of lenses whose optical axes mutually overlap, the plurality of lenses include a liquid lens, a plastic lens, and a functional optical element, the functional optical element is a functional lens and/or a diffractive optical element, and a refractive index temperature coefficient β of the functional lens meets: −9:optical.sup.−5≤β≤9×10.sup.−5.

Provided is a liquid lens assembly. A liquid lens according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a first plate including a cavity; a first liquid which is conductive and disposed in the cavity; a second liquid which is non-conductive and disposed in the cavity; and a membrane disposed between the first liquid and the second liquid.

An optical system is provided. The optical system includes a first optical module with a first light-entering hole, a second optical module with a second light-entering hole, and a third optical module with a third light-entering hole. The second light-entering hole is close to the first light-entering hole and the third light-entering hole. The focal length of the second optical module is different from the focal length of the first optical module and the focal length of the third optical module.