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公开(公告)号：US10534154B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-14
申请号：US15979765
申请日：2018-05-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aurelien R. Hubert , Qiang Yang , Yoshiyuki Takase
Abstract: Various embodiments include an interlock arrangement that may be used to attach a lens barrel to a lens carrier of a camera. In some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may restrict movement of the lens barrel relative to the lens carrier along at least an optical axis. In various examples, the interlock arrangement may include one or more grooves and one or more protrusions. For instance, a groove may be defined by the lens barrel or the lens carrier, and a protrusion may extend from the lens barrel or the lens carrier to at least partially into the groove. In some cases, the interlock arrangement may include an adhesive that at least partially fills gaps within the interlock arrangement between the lens barrel and the lens carrier. According to some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may include one or more recesses that provide inlets for the adhesive to be introduced to the gaps within the interlock arrangement.
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公开(公告)号：US10302961B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
申请号：US15893530
申请日：2018-02-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Scott W. Miller , Aurelien R. Hubert , Ryan J. Dunn , Douglas S. Brodie
Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an optics assembly housing an optics component. In some embodiments, the optics assembly is configured to move within the apparatus. In some embodiments, the optics assembly is suspended by a plurality of wires on a base component of the apparatus. In some embodiments, one or more passive dampers disposed around the plurality of wires. In some embodiments, the passive dampers are configured to passively dampen motions of the optics assembly within the apparatus, and each of the one or more passive dampers radially surrounds a portion of a length of a respective one of the plurality of wires over a portion of the length of the respective one of the plurality of wires.
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公开(公告)号：US09634225B2
公开(公告)日：2017-04-25
申请号：US13971077
申请日：2013-08-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aurelien R. Hubert , Douglas S. Brodie , Iain A. McAllister , Jeffrey N. Gleason
IPC: G02B7/02 , H01L41/047 , G02B7/09 , H01L41/193 , G03B3/10 , G03B5/00
CPC classification number: H01L41/047 , G02B7/09 , G03B3/10 , G03B5/00 , G03B2205/0084 , H01L41/193
Abstract: An artificial muscle structure has an electro-active polymer (EAP) layer having a frusto-conical shape and whose tip has an opening formed therein for use as a camera variable aperture. First, second and third electrode segments are formed on a rear face of the EAP layer. The second segment is positioned in a gap between the first and third segments so as to be electrically isolated from the first and third segments. The second segment has an opening formed therein that is aligned with the opening in the EAP layer. A complementary electrode is formed on a front face of the EAP layer. Other embodiments are also described.
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公开(公告)号：US20170094187A1
公开(公告)日：2017-03-30
申请号：US15240956
申请日：2016-08-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Shashank Sharma , Scott W. Miller , Aurelien R. Hubert
CPC classification number: H04N5/23296 , G02B7/09 , G02B27/646 , G03B5/02 , G03B13/36 , H04N5/2253 , H04N5/2254 , H04N5/2257 , H04N5/2258
Abstract: Some embodiments include a camera system having a first camera unit and a second camera unit. The first camera unit may include a first actuator. The second camera unit may include a second actuator. In some embodiments, the first actuator may move one or more components of the first camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the first camera unit. In some embodiments, the second actuator may move one or more components of the second camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the second camera unit. In some examples, the first camera unit may be configured to capture a first image of a first visual field. The second camera unit may be configured to capture, simultaneously with the first camera unit capturing the first image, a second image of a second visual field.
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公开(公告)号：US12153278B2
公开(公告)日：2024-11-26
申请号：US18189167
申请日：2023-03-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aurelien R. Hubert , Stoyan P. Hristov , Xiao Liao
Abstract: Various embodiments include a welded bracket structure for camera modules and techniques for forming such a welded bracket structure. In some embodiments, the welded bracket structure may include a first bracket and a second bracket that are welded to each other. Some embodiments include a weld joint arrangement comprising one or more weld joints for attaching the first bracket to the second bracket. Furthermore, some embodiments include an epoxy arrangement for a multi-camera system that includes the welded bracket structure and multiple camera modules.
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公开(公告)号：US20230328373A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-12
申请号：US18331037
申请日：2023-06-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Douglas S. Brodie , Aurelien R. Hubert , Scott W. Miller , Shashank Sharma
CPC classification number: H04N23/67 , G03B13/36 , H02K33/02 , H02K15/0407 , G02B7/09 , H02K41/0356
Abstract: 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：US11330182B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-10
申请号：US16926526
申请日：2020-07-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bin Xu , Qiang Yang , Yoshiyuki Takase , Aurelien R. Hubert
Abstract: Various embodiments include a damper arrangement that may be used to dampen motions of a dynamic component. In some embodiments, the damper arrangement may be used in a camera module that includes a stationary component and a dynamic component. For instance, the dynamic component may hold a lens such that the lens moves together with the dynamic component. In various examples, the damper arrangement may include an interface member that extends from the stationary component or the dynamic component to at least partially into a viscoelastic material within a pocket configured in the stationary component, the dynamic component, or both. The interface member may be configured to traverse within the viscoelastic material to dampen motion of the dynamic component, for example, during operation of a lens actuator to move the dynamic component along an optical axis of the lens.
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公开(公告)号：US20220091430A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17480045
申请日：2021-09-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bin Xu , Aurelien R. Hubert
Abstract: A camera may include a multi-material base structure having at least a first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions of the base structure may include different materials. The base structure may be used with one or more actuators of the camera to implement various optical image stabilization (OIS) and/or autofocus (AF) functions.
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公开(公告)号：US11102416B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-24
申请号：US16994341
申请日：2020-08-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Shashank Sharma , Scott W. Miller , Aurelien R. Hubert
Abstract: Some embodiments include a camera system having a first camera unit and a second camera unit. The first camera unit may include a first actuator. The second camera unit may include a second actuator. In some embodiments, the first actuator may move one or more components of the first camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the first camera unit. In some embodiments, the second actuator may move one or more components of the second camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the second camera unit. In some examples, the first camera unit may be configured to capture a first image of a first visual field. The second camera unit may be configured to capture, simultaneously with the first camera unit capturing the first image, a second image of a second visual field.
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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
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aurelien R. Hubert , Jee Tung Tan , Steven Webster , Douglas S. Brodie , Qiang Yang , Masahito Morita
IPC: H01L27/146 , H04M1/02 , H04N5/225
Abstract: 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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