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Samsung patents camera lens design with curved sensor surface

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for an imaging module where the light-sensing chip is curved to match a protruding protective cover. This design stacks the sensor directly onto the curved surface of the cover, creating a concave shape on the light-receiving side. The filing describes a physical structure for capturing light in a camera system.

Why it mattersThis design could help manufacturers build thinner cameras or improve how light enters the sensor, which is a common goal in smartphone and laptop hardware development.

In the filing’s own words

An imaging module includes an imaging element having a light-receiving surface configured to receive light, and a cover covering the light-receiving surface of the imaging element. The cover is curved such that a light-transmitting surface of the cover that faces the light-receiving surface protrudes toward the imaging element and the imaging element is stacked on the light-transmitting surface of the cover, and the light-receiving surface is concavely curved toward an opposite side of the imaging element that is opposite to the light-transmitting surface.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An imaging module comprising: an imaging element having a light-receiving surface configured to receive light; and a cover covering the light-receiving surface of the imaging element, wherein the cover is curved such that a light-transmitting surface of the cover that faces the light-receiving surface protrudes toward the imaging element, and wherein the imaging element is stacked on the light-transmitting surface of the cover, and the light-receiving surface is concavely curved toward an opposite side of the imaging element that is opposite to the light-transmitting surface.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
IMAGING MODULE AND IMAGING DEVICE
Publication number
US20260304985A1
Application number
19631089
Filed
Mar 27, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H10F 39/8063 Electricity & electronicsG02B 7/021 Physics & computingG02B 7/04 Physics & computingH10F 39/811 Electricity & electronics
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