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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shashank Sharma, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brad V. Johnson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alfred N. Mireault, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); G02B 13/0075 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments include a camera with a folded optics arrangement and include a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator assembly to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) movement. The camera with folded optics and the associated VCM actuator assembly have a first rotational normal mode of free vibration such that lenses of the camera rotate about an optical axis of the camera such that the rotational motion in the first rotational mode of free vibration is invisible from a perspective of an image sensor of the camera.