Lens Assembly Light-Blocking Membrane Stray Light Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional optical systems, particularly those with light-blocking membrane layers, struggle to accurately control light-blocking ranges, leading to poor performance in eliminating stray light and meeting the high optical quality requirements of modern electronic devices.

Innovation Solution

A lens assembly design featuring a light-blocking membrane layer with specific extension structures and recessed structures, where the shortest distance between extension structures is within a defined range (0.1 μm to 299.5 μm), and the membrane layer is strategically coated on optical components to prevent stray light and enhance optical quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If a light-blocking membrane layer is disposed on a lens element to eliminate stray light, then stray light blocking is improved, but light-blocking range control becomes poor and passable light is severely reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestray light blockingVSAvoidlight-blocking range control
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The light-blocking membrane layer is segmented into multiple independent light-blocking structures (first light-blocking structure, second light-blocking structure, third light-blocking structure) with different positions and shapes. Each structure independently blocks light in specific regions, enabling precise control over light-blocking range while maintaining effective stray light elimination. This segmentation allows the membrane layer to selectively block stray light without excessively blocking useful light.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the light-blocking membrane layer are designed with different local characteristics: the first light-blocking structure has a specific shape and position for blocking certain stray light, the second light-blocking structure has different characteristics for another region, and the third light-blocking structure provides additional localized blocking. This local quality differentiation enables precise control of light-blocking range in different areas while maintaining overall optical quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If a light-blocking membrane layer is used to eliminate stray light, then optical quality is improved, but the layer causes over light blocking or severe decline of passable light

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoptical qualityVSAvoidpassable light
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

By dividing the light-blocking function into multiple separate structures rather than a single continuous layer, the patent enables selective blocking of only the necessary stray light regions. The segmented structures are positioned and shaped to target specific stray light sources while leaving pathways open for useful light, thereby reducing overall light loss while maintaining optical quality improvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The light-blocking membrane layer applies partial blocking action rather than complete blocking. Each light-blocking structure is designed to block only the specific stray light it targets, not all incident light. This partial action approach ensures that useful light is not excessively blocked while still achieving the goal of stray light elimination and optical quality improvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20240196074A1Lens assembly, optical unit and electronic device
Publication Date: 2024.06.13 LARGAN PRECISION
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AI summary

This disclosure provides a lens assembly that has an optical path and includes a lens element and a light-blocking membrane layer. The lens element has an optical portion, and the optical path passes through the optical portion. The light-blocking membrane layer is coated on the lens element and adjacent to the optical portion. The light-blocking membrane layer has a distal side and a proximal side that is located closer to the optical portion than the distal side. The proximal side includes two extension structures and a recessed structure. Each of the extension structures extends along a direction away from the distal side, and the extension structures are not overlapped with each other in a direction in parallel with the optical path. The recessed structure is connected to the extension structures and recessed along a direction towards the distal side.