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公开(公告)号:US20210028216A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-28
申请号:US16935094
申请日:2020-07-21
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Aurelien R. Hubert , Jee Tung Tan , Steven Webster , Douglas S. Brodie , Qiang Yang , Masahito Morita
IPC分类号: H01L27/146 , H04M1/02 , H04N5/225
摘要: A hybrid sensor shift platform for an optical image stabilization (OIS) actuator mechanism in compact camera modules includes two or more substrates. A top substrate is composed of an organic material (e.g., a resin) to reduce mass, reduce magnetic interaction with permanent magnets, and improve reliability. One or more lower substrates of the hybrid sensor shift platform are ceramic substrates that provide the benefits of ceramics for connection to the image sensor. The organic substrate is connected via a solder bond process to the lower ceramic substrate(s). The connection between the substrates is reinforced with an under-fill of epoxy that surrounds the solder bonds, thus creating a full interface between the substrates within the overlap.
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公开(公告)号:US10890734B1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-12
申请号:US15940661
申请日:2018-03-29
申请人: Apple Inc.
IPC分类号: G02B7/02 , G02B7/09 , H02P25/034 , H04N5/232 , H04N5/225
摘要: Some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift a lens and/or an image sensor along multiple axes. The VCM actuator may include a bottom flexure and a top flexure that connect one or more dynamic members to one or more static members. The VCM actuator may include stationary magnets and coils held by dynamic members. In some cases, the VCM actuator may be configured to move the image sensor along an optical axis, to move the image sensor in directions orthogonal to the optical axis, and/or to tilt the image sensor relative to the orthogonal axis. In some examples, the VCM actuator may be configured to move the image sensor in directions orthogonal to the optical axis, to move the lens along the optical axis, and/or to tilt the lens relative to the optical axis.
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公开(公告)号:US10298820B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-21
申请号:US15673253
申请日:2017-08-09
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Ya Wen Hsu , Douglas S. Brodie , Steven Webster
IPC分类号: H04N5/225 , G02B13/00 , G02B27/64 , G02B7/09 , G03B13/36 , G03B17/14 , H04N3/14 , H04N5/235 , G02B7/08
摘要: A camera module includes a lens barrel holder and a substrate. The substrate may include a circuit board embedded in the substrate. The circuit board may include multiple electrical components mounted to a first side of the circuit board, where the electrical components are not exposed outside. The circuit board may also include multiple electrical connections on another side of the circuit board, an image sensor mounted to the electrical connections, and an upper opening in the circuit board for light to pass through. The substrate may include an upper opening configured to receive, at least partially inside the substrate, a lower portion of the lens barrel holder. The substrate may include a lower opening connected to the upper opening and configured to receive the image sensor. The lens barrel holder may include extensions, such as a flange or tabs, and an adhesive bond between the extensions and the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US09869881B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-16
申请号:US14479001
申请日:2014-09-05
申请人: Apple Inc.
IPC分类号: H04N5/225 , G02B27/64 , F16F15/02 , G02B7/02 , H04N5/232 , H01L31/0203 , G08B13/196
CPC分类号: G02B27/646 , F16F15/022 , G02B7/023 , G08B13/19626 , H04N5/2254 , H04N5/2328 , H04N5/23287
摘要: Passive dampers (e.g., a viscoelastic material such as a silicon gel) may be applied at one or more locations within an actuator module along wires suspending a moving component (an optics assembly) from a fixed component (e.g., a base of an actuator module). The passive dampers act to passively dampen the motion of the optics assembly on the XY plane within the actuator module during optical image stabilization (OIS) of the optics assembly when subjected to external excitation or disturbance, and may also provide Z (optical) axis damping and impact protection. Process control and automation manufacturing and assembly methods for an OIS voice coil motor (VCM) actuator module including passive dampers are described, as well as design elements that provide for the integrity and reliability of the passive dampers over the life cycle of the actuator module.
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公开(公告)号:US09684184B2
公开(公告)日:2017-06-20
申请号:US14480412
申请日:2014-09-08
申请人: Apple Inc.
CPC分类号: G02B27/646 , G02B27/64 , G03B5/02 , G03B2205/0015 , H04N5/2254 , H04N5/23287
摘要: Some embodiments provide an actuator module for optical image stabilization of a lens assembly relative to an image sensor in a camera. In some embodiments, the actuator module includes a coil mounting structure. One or more optical image stabilization (OIS) coils is mounted to the coil mounting structure. The actuator module further includes a lens assembly structure configured to hold a lens assembly. One or more autofocus coils is affixed to the lens assembly structure. The actuator module further includes a spring assembly for coupling the coil mounting structure to the lens assembly structure, such that the lens assembly structure is movable relative to the coil mounting structure. The actuator module further includes a plurality of trapezoidal magnets affixed to the lens assembly structure for magnetic interaction with one or more of the one or more optical image stabilization coils and the one or more autofocus coils.
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公开(公告)号:US20240284019A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-22
申请号:US18594868
申请日:2024-03-04
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Richard J. Topliss , Douglas S. Brodie , Anthony J. Rossetti , Richard H. Tsai , Richard L. Baer
IPC分类号: H04N23/50 , G02B7/08 , G02B27/64 , H02K41/035
CPC分类号: H04N23/50 , G02B7/08 , G02B27/646 , H02K41/0356
摘要: Some embodiments provide an apparatus for controlling the motion of a camera component. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an actuator module. The actuator module includes a plurality of magnets. Each magnet of the plurality of magnets is poled with magnetic domains substantially aligned in the same direction throughout each magnet. The apparatus further includes a coil rigidly disposed around a lens. Each magnet of the plurality of magnets contributes to the forces to adjust focus of the lens based on Lorentz forces generated from the coil.
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公开(公告)号:US11582388B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-14
申请号:US17175469
申请日:2021-02-12
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: In some embodiments, a camera actuator includes an actuator base, an autofocus voice coil motor, and an optical image stabilization voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the autofocus voice coil motor includes a lens carrier mounting attachment moveably mounted to the actuator base, a plurality of shared magnets mounted to the base, and an autofocus coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical axis of one or more lenses of the lens carrier. In some embodiments, the optical image stabilization voice coil motor includes an image sensor carrier moveably mounted to the actuator base, and optical image stabilization coils moveably mounted to the image sensor carrier within the magnetic fields of the shared magnets, for producing forces for moving the image sensor carrier in a plurality of directions orthogonal to the optical axis.
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公开(公告)号:US20220091397A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:US17480048
申请日:2021-09-20
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: A folded camera may include folded optics arrangement positioned optically in front of an image sensor. The folded optics arrangement may include one or more light-folding elements and a lens group having one or more lens elements. Light may pass through the folded optics arrangement, within which the light be folded or redirected by the light-folding element, to focus on an image plane on the image sensor. The folded camera may include a shape-memory actuator having one or more shape-memory elements, whose lengths and/or shapes may be controlled by regulating individual temperatures of the shape-memory elements. The shape-memory actuator may move the lens group relative to the image sensor to implement various autofocus (AF) functions. The folded camera may include a voice coil motor (VCM) which may be controlled to move the image sensor relative to the lens group to perform various optical image stabilization (OIS) functions.
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公开(公告)号:US20210360147A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-18
申请号:US17390662
申请日:2021-07-30
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: Some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that includes an additive coil structure for shifting a lens along one or multiple axes. The additive coil structure may include a base portion configured to couple with a lens carrier and at least partially surround a perimeter of the lens carrier. In various examples, the additive coil structure may include folded portions that individually include a respective coil that is located proximate a respective magnet. According to various embodiments, the additive coil structure may be formed using an additive process.
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公开(公告)号:US20200259993A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-13
申请号:US16858365
申请日:2020-04-24
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: Some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that includes an additive coil structure for shifting a lens along one or multiple axes. The additive coil structure may include a base portion configured to couple with a lens carrier and at least partially surround a perimeter of the lens carrier. In various examples, the additive coil structure may include folded portions that individually include a respective coil that is located proximate a respective magnet. According to various embodiments, the additive coil structure may be formed using an additive process.
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