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Granted Patent B2
US 10,436,954 · App. 15/822,406 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Camera device

Inventors: Ming-Wei Shih (Taichung, TW); Hsi-Ling Chang (Taichung, TW); Chien-Hung Chen (Taichung, TW)
Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
G02B5/005G02B13/0055G02B1/04
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Patent No.
US 10,436,954
App. No.
15/822,406
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera device includes a plurality of lenses and an annular body. The annular body is disposed between the object side and the plurality of lenses, between the plurality of lenses, or between the plurality of lenses and the image side. The annular body includes an annular main body, an outer circumferential portion, and an inner circumferential portion, wherein the annular main body connects to the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion, the annular main body is disposed between the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion, and the inner circumferential portion is non-circular and surrounds the optical axis to form a hole. The camera device satisfies: Dx>Dy, 1<Dx/Dy<28, where Dx is a maximum dimension of the hole through which the optical axis passes, and Dy is a minimum dimension of the hole through which the optical axis passes.

Claims (37)

1. A camera device comprising:

a plurality of lenses; and

an annular body having a fixed stop;

wherein the plurality of lenses and the annular body are arranged between an object side and an image side along an optical axis;

wherein the annular body is disposed between the object side and the plurality of lenses, between the plurality of lenses, or between the plurality of lenses and the image side;

wherein the annular body comprises an annular main body, an outer circumferential portion, and an inner circumferential portion, the annular main body connects to the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion, the annular main body is disposed between the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion, and the inner circumferential portion is non-circular, having at least two straight parallel edges on opposing sides and other edges connecting the at least two parallel straight edges, and surrounds the optical axis to form the fixed stop;

wherein the camera device satisfies

Dx>Dy;

0 mm<Δ S /( Dx/ 2)<8 mm;

0.198198198≤( Dx−Dy )/( Dx/ 2)<2;

where Dx is a maximum dimension of the fixed stop through which the optical axis passes, Dy is a minimum dimension of the fixed stop through which the optical axis passes, and ΔS is a difference between an area of a circle having a diameter of Dx and a cross sectional area of the fixed stop.

2. The camera device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera device satisfies:

0<( Ax−ΔS )/ Ax< 1,

where Ax is the area of the circle having the diameter of Dx and ΔS is a difference between the area of the circle having the diameter of Dx and a cross sectional area of the fixed stop.

3. The camera device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer circumferential portion is non-circular.

4. The camera device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the annular body is made of metal or polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

5. The camera device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the annular body is manufactured by atomizing, blacking, or printing a non-effective-diameter region on one of the lenses.

6. The camera device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera device further satisfies:

1< Dx/Dy< 28.

7. The camera device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising a reflection device disposed between the object side and the plurality of lenses.

8. The camera device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the reflection device is a prism or a reflection mirror.

9. A camera device, comprising a plurality of lenses, wherein:

at least one of the lenses comprises an annular shade having a fixed stop;

the annular shade comprises an annular main body, an outer circumferential portion, and an inner circumferential portion, wherein the annular main body connects to the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion, the annular main body is disposed between the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion, and the inner circumferential portion has at least two straight parallel edges on opposing sides and other edges connecting the at least two parallel straight edges, so as to form the fixed stop; and

the camera device satisfies:

0 mm<Δ S /( Dx/ 2)<8 mm;

0.198198198≤( Dx−Dy )/( Dx/ 2)<2;

where Dx is a maximum dimension of the fixed stop through which an optical axis passes, Dy is a minimum dimension of the fixed stop through which the optical axis passes, and ΔS is a difference between an area of a circle having a diameter of Dx and a cross sectional area of the fixed stop.

10. The camera device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the outer circumferential portion is non-circular.

11. The camera device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the camera device satisfies:

0<( Ax−ΔS )/ Ax< 1,

where Ax is the area of the circle having the diameter of Dx.

12. The camera device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the outer circumferential portion is non-circular.

13. The camera device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the outer circumferential portion includes at least one straight edge.

14. The camera device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the outer circumferential portion is polygonal.

15. The camera device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the inner circumferential portion includes at least one straight edge.

16. The camera device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the inner circumferential portion is polygonal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2017
From: SHIH, MING-WEI; CHANG, HSI-LING; CHEN, CHIEN-HUNG
To: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
Reel/Frame 044222/0352 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 106126040 A · Aug 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190041554A1 · Feb 7, 2019
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