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Granted Patent B2
US 12,452,505 · App. 18/484,825 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Electronic device comprising a plurality of imaging optical systems

Inventors: Kiyun Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Heeyun Chung (Suwon-si, KR); Jungpa Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Hwanseon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Kihuk Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04N23/45G03B17/17H04N23/51H04N23/55H04N23/69
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Patent No.
US 12,452,505
App. No.
18/484,825
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first imaging optical system including a first image sensor, and a second imaging optical system including a second image sensor, a reflective member, a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, the first, second, and third lens groups being sequentially arranged from the reflective member to the second image sensor, the second and third lens groups being configured to slide with respect to the first lens group, and the first and second imaging optical systems being configured to satisfy a conditional expression SSW/SST>2, where SSW denotes a size of the first image sensor and SST denotes a size of the second image sensor.

Claims (73)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first imaging optical system including a first image sensor; and

a second imaging optical system comprising:

a second image sensor,

a reflective member,

a first lens group,

a second lens group, and

a third lens group,

wherein the first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group are sequentially arranged from the reflective member to the second image sensor,

wherein the second lens group and the third lens group are configured to slide with respect to the first lens group,

wherein the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system are configured to satisfy the following conditional expression:

SSW

SST

>

2

,

and

wherein SSW denotes a size of the first image sensor and SST denotes a size of the second image sensor,

wherein the electronic device is configured to satisfy the following conditional expression:

(

SSW

×

FOV

2

⁢

W

FOV

1

)

×

0.48

ps

⁢

1

2

>

8000000

,

and

wherein FOV 1 denotes an angle of view of the first imaging optical system, FOV 2 W denotes an angle of view of a wide-angle end of the second imaging optical system, and ps1 denotes a sensor pixel size of the first image sensor.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second lens group has a positive (+) refractive power, and the third lens group has a negative (−) refractive power.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a processor configured to:

capture an object outside the electronic device by using the first imaging optical system in a first zoom magnification range, and

capture the object outside the electronic device by using the second imaging optical system in a second zoom magnification range that is greater than the first zoom magnification range.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

adjust a size of an image obtained from the first imaging optical system by using digital zoom or crop in the first zoom magnification range.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

adjust a size of an image obtained from the second imaging optical system by using digital zoom in a third zoom magnification range that is greater than the second zoom magnification range.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second lens group is configured to move in a second direction toward the first lens group while zooming in, and move in a third direction toward the second image sensor while zooming out.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the third lens group is configured to perform focus adjustment based on a distance between a subject and the second imaging optical system.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first lens group comprises a (2-1)th lens and a (2-2)th lens that are sequentially arranged from the reflective member,

wherein the second lens group comprises a (2-3)th lens, a (2-4)th lens, and a (2-5)th lens that are sequentially arranged from the first lens group, and

wherein the third lens group comprises a (2-6)th lens and a (2-7)th lens that are sequentially arranged from the second lens group.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first image sensor of the first imaging optical system faces a first direction, and

wherein the reflective member comprises:

a first reflective member surface facing the first direction,

a second reflective member surface facing a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and

a third reflective member surface extending from the first reflective member surface to the second reflective member surface and configured to transmit at least a portion of light incident on the first reflective member surface to the second reflective member surface.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first imaging optical system or the second imaging optical system includes an aspherical lens with at least one aspherical surface.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system; and

a display disposed on the housing.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 ,

wherein the housing includes a front plate and a rear plate, and

wherein the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system are visually exposed to an outside of the electronic device through an opening formed in the rear plate.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein a first F-number of the first imaging optical system is smaller than a second F-number of the second imaging optical system, and

wherein a composite effective focal length of the first imaging optical system is shorter than a composite effective focal length of the second imaging optical system.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical filter including at least one of a low pass filter, an infrared filter, or a cover glass.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2023
From: JO, KIYUN; CHUNG, HEEYUN; SEO, JUNGPA; LEE, HWANSEON; LEE, KIHUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065185/0041 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0068171 · May 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022006549 · May 9, 2022
Related Publication 20240048825A1 · Feb 8, 2024
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