G03B2205/0046

DOUBLE CHAMBER CAMERA
20230052063 · 2023-02-16 ·

A double chamber camera is provided. The double chamber camera may include: a housing having an upper chamber and a lower chamber; and an upper chamber assembly arranged in the upper chamber, and a lower chamber assembly arranged in the lower chamber. The upper chamber assembly may include a first monitoring lens and a first transmission module. The first monitoring lens may be a zoom lens. The first transmission module may include a first support and a second support rotatably matched with the first support, a first driving unit configured to drive the first support to rotate along a first direction, and a second driving unit configured to driving the second support to rotate along a second direction. The first monitoring lens may be fixed on the first support or the second support.

OPTICAL APPARATUS CAPABLE OF BEING MINIATURIZED
20230051012 · 2023-02-16 ·

An optical apparatus which is capable of being miniaturized is provided. The optical apparatus includes a lens unit, a drive unit configured to include a base member, a shift member, and an urging member, a cylindrical body configured to support the drive unit, and a first coupling portion configured to be coupled with the urging member. A groove along a direction of an optical axis of the lens unit is provided inside the cylindrical body. The urging member urges the shift member with respect to the base member. The first coupling portion and the groove overlap with each other when viewed from the direction of the optical axis.

FOLDED CAMERA WITH CONTINUOUSLY ADAPTIVE ZOOM FACTOR
20230039197 · 2023-02-09 ·

Folded Tele cameras comprising an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding a first optical path OP1 to a second optical path OP2, a lens including N=8 lens elements, the lens being divided into three lens groups numbered, in order from an object side of the lens, G1, G2 and G3, and an image sensor, wherein G1 and G3 are included in a single G13 carrier, wherein G2 is included in a G2 carrier, wherein both the G13 carrier and the G2 carrier include rails for defining the position of G2 relative to G13, wherein the Tele camera is configured to change a zoom factor continuously between a minimum zoom factor ZF.sub.MIN and a maximum zoom factor ZF.sub.MAX by moving the G2 carrier relative to the G13 carrier and by moving the G13 carrier relative to the image sensor, and wherein an effective focal length (EFL) is 7.5 mm<EFL<50 mm. The G2 carrier may be positioned by a lens transporter within the G13 carrier at a particular zoom factor to form a lens pair to enable optical investigation and/or transporting of the lens pair.

Lens barrel and camera including the lens barrel

A lens barrel having one end and the other end includes: a first frame that is movable and holds optical members; a second frame that is arranged to be relatively movable toward the other end with respect to the first frame, and holds optical members; and a third frame that is mounted on the first frame so as to be movable, and holds an optical member. The first frame includes a first stopper portion that comes into contact with the third frame to limit movement toward the one end. The first frame includes a second stopper portion that comes into contact with, when the first frame is most distant from the second frame, the third frame to limit movement toward the other end. The second frame includes a third stopper portion that has a contact surface located close to the one end with respect to the second stopper portion, and that comes into contact with, when the second frame is located within a range on the optical axis where the third frame is movable, the third frame to limit movement toward the other end.

ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
20180011336 · 2018-01-11 ·

Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from an object side: first positive, second negative, third positive lens units, and rear lens group, in which intervals between the first and second lens units, between the second and third lens units, and between the third lens unit and the rear lens group, are respectively is increased, decreased and changed, in which the zoom lens includes an image stabilization unit A configured to move not in an optical axis direction during image blur correction, and an image stabilization unit B configured to rotate around a point on or near the optical axis during the image stabilization, and in which focal lengths of the image stabilization unit B and the zoom lens, maximum value θt of image blur correction angle, and rotation angle of the image stabilization unit B upon the image blur correction angle θt are appropriately set.

ACTUATING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20230003966 · 2023-01-05 ·

The technology of this application relates to an actuating device, a camera module, and an electronic device. In the actuating device, an actuator is configured to include an actuating magnetic component, a power supply apparatus, and at least one coil. The power supply apparatus is electrically connected to the coil, and the coil is disposed in a magnetic field of the actuating magnetic component. When a current is supplied to the coil, the coil or the actuating magnetic component moves under an action of the magnetic field. In this case, the coil or the actuating magnetic component can drive a motor carrier to move, to drive a lens of the camera module to move, so that zooming of the camera module is completed.

IMAGING APPARATUS

Provided is an imaging apparatus capable of continuously imaging a natural video even though brightness is changed. In an imaging apparatus in which an exposure condition is set based on a characteristic of a transmittance control element, a first exposure condition range is calculated based on photometry of the imaging apparatus. Determination is made whether or not the calculated first exposure condition range is included in a second exposure condition range where a control range acquired by the transmittance control element is applicable. In a case where the calculated first exposure condition range is not included in the second exposure condition range, the exposure condition of the imaging apparatus is changed such that the first exposure condition range is included in the second exposure condition range.

Camera module including magnet interacting with both coil for performing focusing function and coil for performing shake compensation function
11714265 · 2023-08-01 · ·

Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes: a lens barrel disposed in a housing to receive a lens assembly; an elastic member in at least one of the housing and the lens barrel; a driving unit moving the lens barrel relative to the housing; and a sensor unit fixed to the housing.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20230028213 · 2023-01-26 ·

An electronic device includes a housing, a display screen and a camera module. The display screen is combined with the housing and capable of being drawn into or out of the housing. The camera module includes a reflective element, a first lens component, a second component and an image sensor. The image sensor is configured to image based on light reflected by the reflective element to travel through the first lens component when the camera module is working in a first mode. The image sensor is configured to image based on light reflected by the reflective element to travel through the first lens component and the second lens component when the camera module is working in a second mode.

DRIVING-UNIT OPERATION METHOD AND CONTROLLER

A driving-unit operation method includes: generating pulse blocks on the basis of driving pulses; and modifying a driving signal in accordance with a position error signal. In the modifying the driving signal, when the position error signal is in a first range, the shape of the driving pulses is modified so as to form a first driving-pulse shape, and the pulse-block duty cycle is set to a first pulse-block duty cycle value, whereas when the position error signal is in a second range, the shape of the driving pulses is modified so as to form a second driving-pulse shape, and the pulse-block duty cycle is set to a second pulse-block duty cycle value.