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- Patent Title: Camera focus and stabilization system
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Application No.: US17358610Application Date: 2021-06-25
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Publication No.: US11448941B2Publication Date: 2022-09-20
- Inventor: Shashank Sharma
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; G03B13/36 ; G03B3/04 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
Various embodiments include a camera with a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator assembly to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) movement. The VCM actuator assembly is configured to move an image sensor of the camera in three dimensions (e.g. X, Y, and Z) to provide the AF and/or OIS movements. The VCM actuator assembly is asymmetrical and includes an at least partially open side that allows an optical assembly of the camera to pass through the open side of the VCM actuator. In some embodiments, the optical assembly is part of a folded optics arrangement of the camera that includes one or more prisms/and or lenses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210318593A1 Camera Focus and Stabilization System Public/Granted day:2021-10-14
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