Camera module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10237475-B2
Application number	US-201715406771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2017
Priority date	Jan 15, 2017
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

A camera module includes a first and a second photographing member, and a circuit substrate. The circuit substrate has a first lateral side and an opposite second lateral side, and a plurality of circuits. The first and the second photographing member is provided on the first and the second lateral side of the circuit substrate respectively and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. With these arrangements, the camera module can have overall reduced volume and is able to photographing a 360-degree panoramic image and lower the manufacturing cost.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A camera module, comprising:
a first photographing member having at least one first lens, a first filter, and at least one first image processing chip;
a second photographing member having at least one second lens, a second filter, and at least one second image processing chip;
a first lens base being correspondingly attached to the first photographing member, the first lens being attached to one side of the first lens base, the first filter and the first image processing chip being secured into an opposite side of the first lens base;
a second lens base being correspondingly attached to the second photographing member, the second lens being attached to one side of the second lens base, the second filter and the second image processing chip being secured into an opposite side of the second lens base; and
a circuit substrate having a first and an opposite second lateral side, and a plurality of circuits; and the first and the second photographing member being attached to the first and the second lateral side of the circuit substrate respectively and electrically connected to the circuit substrate, the first lens base being located on the first lateral side of the circuit substrate and the second lens base being located on the second lateral side.

2. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit substrate is a multilayer circuit substrate.

3. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein both the first and the second lenses are extra-wide-angle and each has a visual angle wider than 140-degree.

4. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein further comprising a third lens located correspondingly to the first lens; the first and the third lens can together provide optical zoom capability.

5. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein further comprising a fourth lens located correspondingly to the second lens; the second and the fourth lens can together provide optical zoom capability.

6. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a male connector fitting, which being electrically connected to the circuit substrate.

7. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a female connector fitting, which being electrically connected to the circuit substrate.

Assignees

• Asia Vital Components Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Wei-Chuan
• Pei Jing-Xia
• Deng Huan

Classifications

• H04N23/698 Primary

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title

• H04N23/45

  for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images · CPC title

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• G03B17/02 Primary

  Bodies · CPC title

• G03B37/00

  Panoramic or wide-screen photography; Photographing extended surfaces, e.g. for surveying; Photographing internal surfaces, e.g. of pipe · CPC title