Method for producing a camera module, and camera module, where functional units are formed on a common board

1. A method for producing a camera module ( 1 ), comprising:

forming at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) on a common main body ( 11 ), and subsequently;

aligning the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) with respect to one another in a folding or bending process so that the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are arranged one behind another in a respective plane along a beam path of the camera module ( 1 ); and

providing a first camera functional unit ( 5 ) of the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ) with at least one image sensor ( 10 ), and a second camera functional unit ( 3 , 4 , 22 ) of the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ) with in each case at least one molded in lens arrangement ( 8 , 9 ).

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least three of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are arranged one behind another in the respective plane along the beam path of the camera module ( 1 ), and at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are formed on the common main body ( 11 ) and are subsequently aligned with respect to one another in the folding or bending process.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are provided with in each case at least one device, selected from an image sensor ( 10 ), a diaphragm ( 7 ) or a lens arrangement ( 8 , 9 ).

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

providing a camera functional unit ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) with an image sensor ( 10 ) separately that is not formed on the main body ( 11 ), and

placing the main body ( 11 ) onto the image sensor ( 10 ).

5. A method for producing a camera module ( 1 ), comprising:

forming at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) on a common main body ( 11 ), and subsequently

aligning the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) with respect to one another in a folding or bending process so that the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are arranged one behind another in a respective plane along a beam path of the camera module ( 1 ); and

designing the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) for stereoscopic vision with optical elements ( 6 , 18 ) formed in each case in pairs.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

forming the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) on the common main body ( 11 ), before the folding or bending process, such that in an unfolded state, the at least two of the camera functional units are at least one of flat or in a common plane.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ) are formed in each case on a frame ( 12 ) of the main body ( 11 ), the frames ( 12 ) are produced in a manner integrally connected to one another via a folding or bending section ( 13 ), or on at least one of the frames ( 12 ) there is formed at least one spacer element ( 14 ) projecting from a plane described by the frame ( 12 ), or both.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

molding the main body ( 11 ) by compression or injection molding, or pressed, by precision blank pressing, from a polymer material or from glass or both, wherein the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ), formed on the common main body ( 11 ), are produced in a two- or multicomponent production method or an insert method.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a predetermined breaking location ( 19 ) between the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ), and

separating he at least two of the camera functional units at the predetermined breaking location ( 19 ) during the folding or bending process.

10. A camera module ( 1 ), comprising at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) which are arranged one behind another in a respective plane in a beam path of the camera module ( 1 ), and the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are produced on a common main body ( 11 ), and wherein a first camera functional unit ( 2 , 5 ) of the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ) has at least one image sensor ( 10 ), and a second camera functional unit ( 3 , 4 , 22 ) of the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ) have in each case at least one molded in lens arrangement ( 8 , 9 ).

11. The camera module ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are provided with in each case at least one device, selected from a diaphragm ( 7 ) or a lens arrangement ( 8 , 9 ), or further comprising:

a separate camera functional unit ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) provided with an image sensor ( 10 ) that is not formed on the main body ( 11 ), with the main body ( 11 ) being placed onto the image sensor ( 10 ).

12. A camera module ( 1 ), comprising at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) which are arranged one behind another in a respective plane in a beam path of the camera module ( 1 ), and the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are produced on a common main body ( 11 ), wherein the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are designed for stereoscopic vision and have optical components ( 6 , 18 ) in each case in pairs.

13. The camera module ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ) are formed in each case on a frame ( 12 ) of the main body ( 11 ), and the frames ( 12 ) are integrally connected to one another via a folding or bending section ( 13 ), or the frames ( 12 ) have a predetermined breaking location ( 19 ) at corresponding edges ( 20 ), or both.

14. A camera module ( 1 ), comprising at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) which are arranged one behind another in a respective plane in a beam path of the camera module ( 1 ), and the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are produced on a common main body ( 11 ), wherein the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ) are formed in each case on a frame ( 12 ) of the main body ( 11 ), and the frames ( 12 ) are integrally connected to one another via a folding or bending section ( 13 ), or the frames ( 12 ) have a predetermined breaking location ( 19 ) at corresponding edges ( 20 ), or both and wherein on at least one of the frames ( 12 ) there is formed at least one spacer element ( 14 ) projecting from a plane described by the frame ( 12 ), said spacer element making contact with another one of the frames ( 12 ).

15. A camera module ( 1 ), comprising at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) which are arranged one behind another in a respective plane in a beam path of the camera module ( 1 ), and the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are produced on a common main body ( 11 ), wherein at least one of the camera functional units ( 2 ) of the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) has at a distal end an electrical illumination means ( 15 ), or at least one proximal camera functional unit ( 5 ) of the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) has an electrical illumination means ( 15 , 23 ), or all of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 22 ) in each case have light guides ( 24 , 25 ) by which a generated light of the illumination means ( 15 , 23 ) is guidable to a distal end.

16. A camera module ( 1 ), comprising at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) which are arranged one behind another in a respective plane in a beam path of the camera module ( 1 ), and the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are produced on a common main body ( 11 ), wherein the at least two of the camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed on the common main body ( 11 ) are formed in each case on a frame ( 12 ) of the main body ( 11 ), and the frames ( 12 ) are integrally connected to one another via a folding or bending section ( 13 ), or the frames ( 12 ) have a predetermined breaking location ( 19 ) at corresponding edges ( 20 ), or both and further comprising: an electrical lead ( 18 ) between the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) formed in or on the folding or bending section ( 13 ) or in or on a spacer element of the main body between the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ).

17. The camera module ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the main body ( 11 ) is molded by compression or injection molding, or pressed by precision blank pressing, from at least one of a polymer material or from glass, or the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are produced in a two- or multicomponent production method or an insert method.

18. A camera module ( 1 ), comprising at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) which are arranged one behind another in a respective plane in a beam path of the camera module ( 1 ), and the at least two camera functional units ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) are produced on a common main body ( 11 ), wherein each of the camera functional unit ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 22 ) has at least two optical elements ( 8 , 18 , 26 ) which define at least two optical channels or beam paths.