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Granted Patent B2
US 12,259,545 · App. 17/626,032 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Optical apparatus

Inventors: Jae Wook Jung (Seoul, KR); In Kyu Lee (Seoul, KR); Woo Jin Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
G02B26/0816G02B27/14G03B9/08G03B11/00G03B30/00
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Patent No.
US 12,259,545
App. No.
17/626,032
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to an optical apparatus comprising: a first main body including first cover glass; a second main body including second cover glass and foldably connected to the first main body; a first optical module arranged in the first main body; and a second optical module which is arranged in the second main body and which overlaps with the first optical module in the optical axis direction when the first cover glass and the second cover glass are facing each other.

Claims (49)

1. An optical apparatus comprising:

a first main body comprising a first cover glass;

a second main body comprising a second cover glass and foldably connected with the first main body;

a first optical module disposed on the first main body; and

a second optical module disposed on the second main body,

wherein the first optical module comprises a first lens and a third lens spaced apart from the first lens in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the first lens, and

wherein the second optical module comprises a second lens overlapped with the first lens in the optical axis direction when the first cover glass and the second cover glass face each other.

2. The optical apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the second optical module comprises an image sensor disposed at one side of the second lens.

3. The optical apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first optical module comprises a shutter disposed under the first lens, a first beam splitter disposed under the shutter, and a second beam splitter disposed at one side of the third lens.

4. The optical apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first optical module comprises a first driving unit configured to turn on or turn off the shutter, and a second driving unit configured to rotate a reflective surface of the second beam splitter.

5. The optical apparatus of claim 4 , wherein when the shutter is on and the reflective surface of the second beam splitter does not face the first beam splitter, a light passing through the first lens is incident on the second lens, and

wherein when the shutter is off and the reflective surface of the second beam splitter faces the third lens and the first beam splitter, a light passing through the third lens is incident on the second lens.

6. The optical apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first optical module comprises a fourth lens spaced apart from the first and third lenses in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a first reflecting unit disposed at one side of the fourth lens.

7. The optical apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first optical module comprises a third driving unit configured to rotate the first reflecting unit.

8. The optical apparatus of claim 7 , wherein when the shutter is on, the reflective surface of the second beam splitter does not face the first beam splitter, and a reflective surface of the first reflecting unit does not face the first beam splitter, a light passing through the first lens is incident on the second lens,

wherein when the shutter is off, the reflective surface of the second beam splitter faces the third lens and the first beam splitter, and the reflective surface of the first reflecting unit does not face the first beam splitter, a light passing through the third lens is incident on the second lens, and

wherein when the shutter is off, the reflective surface of the second beam splitter does not face the first beam splitter, and the reflective surface of the first reflecting unit faces the fourth lens and the first beam splitter, a light passing through the fourth lens is incident on the second lens.

9. The optical apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first optical module comprises a first driving unit configured to turn on or turn off the shutter, a fifth lens spaced apart from the first lens in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, a second reflecting unit disposed at one side of the fifth lens, a fourth driving unit configured to rotate the second reflecting unit, sixth and seventh lenses disposed between the first lens and the fifth lens, and fifth and sixth driving units configured to move the sixth and seventh lenses in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, respectively.

10. The optical apparatus of claim 9 , wherein when the shutter is on and a reflective surface of the second reflecting unit does not face the first beam splitter, a light passing through the first lens is incident on the second lens, and

wherein when the shutter is off and the reflective surface of the second reflecting unit faces the fifth lens and the first beam splitter, a light passing through the fifth lens sequentially passes through the sixth and seventh lenses to be incident on the second lens.

11. The optical apparatus of claim 1 , comprising a stray light blocking member disposed between the first cover glass and the second cover glass.

12. The optical apparatus of claim 1 , comprising a protruding portion protruding from one of the first cover glass and the second cover glass, and a groove formed on the other one of the first cover glass and the second cover glass, and

wherein at least a portion of the protruding portion is inserted in the groove when the first cover glass and the second cover glass face each other.

13. The optical apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first cover glass comprises a first region overlapped with the first lens in the optical axis direction,

wherein the second cover glass comprises a second region overlapped with the second lens in the optical axis direction, and

wherein each of the first region and the second region has a refractive index.

14. The optical apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a distance between an upper end of the first lens and the image sensor is greater than a thickness of the first main body in the optical axis direction.

15. The optical apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the first lens and the second lens comprises a plurality of lenses.

16. An optical apparatus comprising:

a first main body comprising a first cover glass;

a second main body comprising a second cover glass and foldably connected with the first main body;

a first optical module disposed on the first main body; and

a second optical module disposed on the second main body,

wherein the first optical module comprises a first lens, a reflecting unit, and a beam splitter, and a third lens spaced apart from the first lens in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the first lens,

wherein the second optical module comprises a second lens and an image sensor, and

wherein the second lens of the second optical module is overlapped with the first lens in the optical axis direction when the first cover glass and the second cover glass face each other.

17. The optical apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the third lens is disposed between the reflecting unit and the beam splitter, and

wherein the first optical module comprises third and a fourth lenses-lens between the reflecting unit and the beam splitter, and a driving unit configured to individually move the third and fourth lenses.

18. The optical apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first optical module comprises a fifth lens and a shutter disposed between the first lens and the beam splitter.

19. The optical apparatus of claim 18 , wherein when the shutter is on and a reflective surface of the reflecting unit does not face the beam splitter, a light passing through the first lens is incident on the second lens.

20. An optical apparatus comprising:

a first main body comprising a first cover glass;

a second main body comprising a second cover glass and foldably connected with the first main body;

a first optical module disposed on the first main body; and

a second optical module disposed on the second main body,

wherein a light passing through the first optical module is incident on the second optical module when the first cover glass and the second cover glass face each other,

wherein the first optical module comprises a first lens and a third lens spaced apart from the first lens in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the first lens, and

wherein the second optical module comprises a second lens and an image sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2022
From: JUNG, JAE WOOK; CHOI, WOO JIN
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058660/0616 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0083164 · Jul 10, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0086457 · Jul 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220252863A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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