US 11,722,774 B2
Mobile zoom using multiple optical image stabilization cameras
Shashank Sharma, San Francisco, CA (US); Scott W. Miller, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Aurelien R. Hubert, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/408,304.
Application 17/408,304 is a continuation of application No. 16/994,341, filed on Aug. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,102,416.
Application 16/994,341 is a continuation of application No. 16/537,301, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, granted, now 10,750,096, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 16/537,301 is a continuation of application No. 15/240,956, filed on Aug. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,382,698, issued on Aug. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/235,353, filed on Sep. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385387 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G03B 5/02 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01)
CPC H04N 23/69 (2023.01) [G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 5/02 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator module for a camera, comprising:
an optical package defining an optical axis; and
an actuator configured to move the optical package for image stabilization or for autofocus, the actuator comprising:
a plurality of coils, wherein a coil of the plurality of coils radially surrounds the optical axis, and
a magnet array having one or more sets of vertically stacked magnets vertically stacked along an optical axis of the optical package, wherein multiple coils of the plurality of coils interact with at least one magnet of a set of vertically stacked magnets of the one or more sets of vertically stacked magnets to move the optical package along a same axis.