US 12,356,074 B2
Optical image stabilization with voice coil motor for moving image sensor
Seyed Mohammad Javid Mahmoudzadeh, San Jose, CA (US); Aurelien R Hubert, San Jose, CA (US); and Phillip R Sommer, Newark, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/596,529.
Application 18/596,529 is a continuation of application No. 17/719,287, filed on Apr. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,956,544.
Application 17/719,287 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/175,469, filed on Feb. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,582,388, issued on Feb. 14, 2023.
Application 17/175,469 is a continuation of application No. 16/083,819, granted, now 10,924,675, issued on Feb. 16, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2017/021915, filed on Mar. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,095, filed on Sep. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/307,416, filed on Mar. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0214684 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/68 (2023.01); G02B 7/08 (2021.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); H02K 41/035 (2006.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/687 (2023.01) [G02B 7/08 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H02K 41/0356 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0007 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01); H02K 2201/18 (2013.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera, comprising:
a lens carrier to which one or more lenses are mounted, wherein the one or more lenses define an optical axis, and wherein the lens carrier and the one or more lenses are movable in a direction of the optical axis;
an image sensor;
a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to move the lens carrier relative to the image sensor and such that the one or more lenses move in the direction of the optical axis, wherein the VCM actuator comprises:
a plurality of stationary magnets, comprising:
a pair of first magnets laterally spaced along a first side of the camera, and
a pair of second magnets laterally spaced along a second side of the camera opposite the first side, and
one or more autofocus (AF) coils attached to the lens carrier and extending completely around the lens carrier, wherein the one or more AF coils include a first lateral protrusion that protrudes between the pair of first magnets and a second lateral protrusion that protrudes between the pair of second magnets.