Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mirror tilt actuation
- Patent Title (中): 镜面倾斜致动
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Application No.: US14043655Application Date: 2013-10-01
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Publication No.: US09285566B2Publication Date: 2016-03-15
- Inventor: Ning Y. Chan , Richard J. Topliss , Steven Webster
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: G03B19/12
- IPC: G03B19/12 ; G02B13/00 ; H04N5/232 ; G03B5/00 ; G03B17/17 ; G02B27/64 ; G02B7/10 ; G02B7/182 ; G02B26/08 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
Some embodiments include an image sensor and a zoom lens assembly including a plurality of movable lens elements arranged to be moved independent of one another. In some embodiments, the plurality of movable lens elements share an optical axis. Some embodiments include a lens and mirror assembly for admitting light to the miniature camera. The lens and mirror assembly includes a folded optics arrangement such that light enters the lens and mirror assembly through a first lens with an optical axis of the first lens orthogonal to the plurality of moveable lens elements. The lens and mirror assembly includes a mirror for folding the path of light from the optical axis of the first lens to the optical axis of the plurality of movable lens elements, and the lens and mirror assembly further includes an actuator for tilting the mirror.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150042870A1 MIRROR TILT ACTUATION Public/Granted day:2015-02-12
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