US 11,962,877 B2
Voice coil motor optical image stabilization
Richard J. Topliss, Cambridge (GB); Douglas S. Brodie, Los Gatos, CA (US); Anthony J. Rossetti, San Jose, CA (US); Richard H. Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US); and Richard L. Baer, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,350.
Application 17/816,350 is a continuation of application No. 16/840,138, filed on Apr. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,405,532.
Application 16/840,138 is a continuation of application No. 16/112,522, filed on Aug. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,616,452, issued on Apr. 7, 2020.
Application 16/112,522 is a continuation of application No. 14/745,173, filed on Jun. 19, 2015, granted, now 10,063,752, issued on Aug. 28, 2018.
Application 14/745,173 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2013/076753, filed on Dec. 19, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/740,276, filed on Dec. 20, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368814 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/50 (2023.01); G02B 7/08 (2021.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); H02K 41/035 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/50 (2023.01) [G02B 7/08 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); H02K 41/0356 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a lens;
an image sensor; and
an actuator module, comprising:
a plurality of actuators positioned around a periphery of the actuator module and each comprising a coil and a magnet, wherein respective actuators of the plurality of actuators are configured to be driven independently with respective coils receiving separate electrical currents different from each other and through different respective terminals to control tilt positioning of the lens relative to the image sensor, wherein the coils of the plurality of actuators are attached to a moving component of the actuator module for tilting the lens relative to the image sensor.