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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2024
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alfred N Mireault, San Francisco, CA (US);

Scott W Miller, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/68 (2023.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 11/04 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/687 (2023.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments include an integrated architecture for an actuator arrangement of a camera system. Among other things, the integrated architecture may enable rotational actuation optical image stabilization (OIS). In various embodiments, the actuator arrangement for rotating a lens group together with an image sensor to provide OIS. According to various embodiments, the actuator arrangement may also be configured to move the lens group or the image sensor to provide autofocus (AF). Furthermore, the camera system may include a suspension arrangement to suspend the lens group and the image sensor and to allow motion enabled by the actuator arrangement.


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