US 12,238,418 B1
Protection structures for sensor-shift cameras
Qiang Yang, Fremont, CA (US); Aurelien R Hubert, Saratoga, CA (US); and Vijay Kumar, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,702.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,769, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/68 (2023.01); G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/687 (2023.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
one or more lenses;
a substrate;
an image sensor configured to receive light from the one or more lenses along an optical axis, wherein the image sensor is attached to the substrate such that the image sensor and the substrate move together relative to the one or more lenses in one or more directions; and
a first protection structure attached to the substrate at least at one lateral side of the substrate and a second protection structure attached to the substrate at a non-lateral side of the substrate to prevent the substrate from colliding directly with a base structure.