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FOLDED CAMERA LENS SYSTEMS
Applicant: Apple Ine, Cupertino, CA (US)
Inventor: Romeo I. Mercado, Premont,CA (US)
Assignce: Apple In., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. Now 14/291,571
Filed: May 30, 2014
Related U.S. Application Data
Provisional application No. 61/949,898, fled on Ma.
72014
Publication Classification
5B 1382
HON 5225
G28 1300
(2006.01)
(2005.01)
(2006.01)
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ao) Pub. No.: US 2015/0253647 Al
(43) Pub, Date Sep. 10, 2015
(52) US.
coc GoaB 13/32 (2013.01); G02B 13/002
(2013.01), G02B 13/0065 (2013 01); H04N
$2254 (2013.01)
ABSTRACT
A folded lens system may include multiple Tenses wth eae
‘ivepoweranda light path folding element Light entering the
ceamera through lenses) on a fist optical path oF axis is
refracted tothe folding clement, which changes direction of
the light onto a second optical path or axis with lens(es) that
reffact the light to form an image plane ata photosensor. At
Teast one a te object side and image side sures oft least
‘one of the les elements may be aspheric. Total trick length
(TTL) of te lens system may'be 16.0 mm or less, The lens
system may be configured o that the telephoto ration ITTLID)
is greater than 1.0, Materials, radi ofeurvaure, shapes, sizes,
spacing, and aspheric eoellicens of the optical elements may
be selected t0 achieve quality optial performance and high
‘mage resolution in a small fom factor camera
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object distance at Infinity
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