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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Nicholas D Smyth, San Jose, CA (US);
Hiran R Rathnasinghe, Fremont, CA (US);
Nitin Kumar Chennupati, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A camera may include an image sensor attached with a substrate configured to move relative to one or more lenses of the camera in one or more directions. The camera may include one or more actuators to control movement of the image sensor, which may include at least one magnet and at least one corresponding coil. The magnet of the actuators may be attached with the substrate, outside a perimeter of the substrate or on the substrate but close to the perimeter of the substrate. The magnet may cause the adjacent portion of the substrate to become cantilevered with only partial support. The camera may include a frame structure having one or more raised regions towards the magnet to reduce a stress on the cantilevered portion of the substrate, e.g., during a drop or shock event.