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Granted Patent B2
US 12,481,114 · App. 17/772,636 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Camera module and optical lens thereof, optical lens sheet and fabrication method therefor, and method for assembling large wide-angle camera module

Inventors: Kailun Zhou (Yuyao, CN); Bing Wu (Yuyao, CN); Meishan Guo (Yuyao, CN); Wei Li (Yuyao, CN); Wenbin Li (Yuyao, CN); Yu Huang (Yuyao, CN); Yan Jin (Yuyao, CN)
Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
G02B7/021G02B7/023G03B17/12
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Patent No.
US 12,481,114
App. No.
17/772,636
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a camera module and an optical lens thereof, an optical lens element and a manufacturing method therefor, and a method for assembling a large wide-angle camera module, wherein the camera module comprises a lens and a photosensitive assembly. The lens comprises a lens barrel, at least one first lens element unit and at least one second lens element unit, and is further provided with at least one notch, wherein the first lens element unit and the second lens element unit are disposed in the lens barrel, and the first lens element unit is configured as a non-rotating body, and wherein the notch is provided in the lens barrel, or the notch is formed in the first lens element unit, or the notch is formed in the second lens element unit, and the first lens element unit is marked by means of the notch.

Claims (37)

1 . An optical lens, comprising a lens barrel, at least one first lens element unit and at least one second lens element unit, wherein the first lens element unit and the second lens element unit are disposed in the lens barrel, and the first lens element unit is a non- rotationally symmetrical lens element, wherein the optical lens is further provided with at least one notch, and wherein the notch is provided on the lens barrel, and the first lens element unit is marked by means of the notch, wherein the first lens element unit is directionally mounted in the lens barrel according to a position of the notch, so that a position and a shape of an imaging plane of the optical lens are determined by visually identifying the position of the notch.

2 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens element unit comprises an effective diameter portion and a structural portion, and wherein the structural portion extends outward from the effective diameter portion, and the notch is located at a fixed preset angle relative to the effective diameter portion of the first lens element unit, so as to determine the position and angle of the effective diameter portion according to the position of the notch;

wherein the lens barrel comprises a lens barrel main body and is further provided with a lens element mounting cavity, wherein the first lens element unit and the second lens element unit are fixed in the lens element mounting cavity by the lens barrel main body, and wherein the first lens element unit is directionally mounted in the lens element mounting cavity based on the position of the notch.

3 . The optical lens according to claim 2 , wherein the lens barrel main body of the lens barrel has a lens barrel inner wall and a lens barrel outer wall, and wherein the notch is formed in the lens barrel inner wall in a cut-edge manner.

4 . The optical lens according to claim 2 , wherein the lens barrel main body of the lens barrel has a lens barrel inner wall and a lens barrel outer wall, and wherein the notch penetrates the lens barrel inner wall and the lens barrel outer wall in a cut-edge manner.

5 . The optical lens according to claim 2 , wherein the first lens element unit further comprises an identification portion, wherein the identification portion extends radially outward from the structural portion, and wherein the identification portion correspondingly marks the effective diameter portion, and the notch is adapted to the identification portion, so that the first lens element unit is engaged with the notch.

6 . An optical lens, comprising a lens barrel and an optical system, wherein the optical system is disposed in the lens barrel, the optical system further comprises at least one first lens element unit and at least one second lens element unit, wherein the first lens element unit and the second lens element unit are disposed in the lens barrel, wherein the first lens element unit is a non-rotationally symmetrical lens element, wherein the optical lens is further provided with at least one notch, and wherein the notch is provided on the optical system, and the first lens element unit is marked by means of the notch, wherein the first lens element unit is directionally mounted in the lens barrel according to a position of the notch, so that a position and a shape of an imaging plane of the optical lens are determined by visually identifying the position of the notch;

wherein the first lens element unit comprises an effective diameter portion and a structural portion, and wherein the structural portion extends outward from the effective diameter portion, and the notch is located at a fixed preset angle relative to the effective diameter portion of the first lens element unit, so as to determine the position and angle of the effective diameter portion according to the position of the notch.

7 . The optical lens according to claim 6 , wherein the notch is formed in the at least one first lens element unit of the optical system, and wherein the notch corresponds to the effective diameter portion of the first lens element unit, so as to identify the position and shape of the effective diameter portion according to the identified notch;

wherein the lens barrel comprises a lens barrel main body and at least one identification unit, and wherein the identification unit is adapted to the notch, and when the first lens element unit is mounted on the lens barrel main body, the identification unit is inserted into the notch.

8 . The optical lens according to claim 6 , wherein the notch is formed in the at least one second lens element unit of the optical system, and wherein the notch corresponds to the effective diameter portion of the first lens element unit, so as to identify the position and shape of the effective diameter portion according to the identified notch;

wherein the lens barrel comprises a lens barrel main body and at least one identification unit, and wherein the identification unit is adapted to the notch, and when the first lens element unit is mounted on the lens barrel main body, the identification unit is inserted into the notch.

9 . A camera module, comprising:

a photosensitive assembly; and

an optical lens, comprising a lens barrel, at least one first lens element unit and at least one second lens element unit, wherein the first lens element unit and the second lens element unit are disposed in the lens barrel, and the first lens element unit is configured as a non-rotating body, wherein the optical lens is further provided with at least one notch, and wherein the notch is provided on the lens barrel, and the first lens element unit is marked by means of the notch;

wherein the first lens element unit comprises an effective diameter portion and a structural portion, and wherein the structural portion extends outward from the effective diameter portion, and the notch is located at a fixed preset angle relative to the effective diameter portion of the first lens element unit, so as to determine the position and angle of the effective diameter portion according to a position of the notch;

wherein the first lens element unit and the second lens element unit form an imaging plane on an upper surface of a photosensitive element of the photosensitive assembly, and mounting positions of the optical lens and the photosensitive assembly are adjusted based on a position and angle of the imaging plane.

10 . The camera module according to claim 9 , wherein the photosensitive assembly comprises a circuit board and a-the photosensitive element, wherein the photosensitive element is conductively disposed on the circuit board, and wherein the optical lens is disposed on a photosensitive path of the photosensitive element.

11 . The camera module according to claim 9 , further comprising an optical lens fixing device, wherein the lens barrel of the optical lens is directionally fixed to the optical lens fixing device based on the position of the identification element, and a relative position of the imaging plane to a photosensitive imaging region of the photosensitive element is identified by the position of the identification element visually identified, to further adjust the optical lens fixing device, so that the imaging plane is adapted to the photosensitive imaging region of the photosensitive element.

12 . The camera module according to claim 9 , further comprising a motor and a motor housing, wherein the lens barrel is directionally locked to the motor housing by the motor at a fixed height based on the position of the identification element, and a relative position of the imaging plane to a photosensitive imaging region of the photosensitive element is identified by the position of the identification element visually identified, to further adjust the motor housing, so that the imaging plane is adapted to the photosensitive imaging region of the photosensitive element.

13 . An optical lens element, which is suitable for being assembled to a lens barrel, wherein the optical lens element comprises:

an imaging portion from which light is emitted to participate in imaging, wherein a surface of at least one side of the imaging portion is configured as a free-form surface; and

a non-imaging portion formed on an outer periphery of the imaging portion;

wherein the non-imaging portion comprises an assembling portion and a transition portion, the transition portion is formed on the outer periphery of the imaging portion, the assembling portion is formed on an outer periphery of the transition portion, and the transition portion connects the imaging portion and the assembling portion;

wherein a light-blocking treatment on a fault plane caused by a height difference between the transition portion and the imaging portion.

14 . The optical lens element according to claim 13 ,

wherein a shape of the assembling portion is adapted to a shape of an inner wall of the lens barrel to which it is assembled, so that the optical lens element is assembled to the lens barrel;

wherein the transition portion complements a shape of the imaging portion to be adapted to the assembling portion.

15 . The optical lens element according to claim 13 , wherein a surface of at least one side of the non-imaging portion is subjected to the light-blocking treatment to block light from passing through.

16 . An optical lens, comprising:

a lens barrel having an assembling space and an inner wall defining the assembling space; and

at least one optical lens element according to claim 13 , wherein a shape of an outer periphery of the non-imaging portion is adapted to a shape of the inner wall of the lens barrel.

17 . A camera module, comprising:

an optical lens according to claim 16 ; and

a photosensitive element disposed on an exit side of the optical lens element, wherein a light beam emitted from the imaging portion forms an effective imaging region on the photosensitive element.

18 . The camera module according to claim 17 , wherein the photosensitive element has a photosensitive region, and the effective imaging region completely covers the photosensitive region.

19 . The camera module according to claim 18 , wherein a shape of the effective imaging region is adapted to a shape of the photosensitive region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: ZHOU, KAILUN; WU, BING; GUO, MEISHAN; LI, WEI; LI, WENBIN; HUANG, YU; JIN, YAN
To: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059821/0001 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 201911037376.9 · Oct 29, 2019 · national
CN 201911037398.5 · Oct 29, 2019 · national
CN 201911038254.1 · Oct 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220413250A1 · Dec 29, 2022
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