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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Richard Ian Olsen, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Darryl L. Sato, Irvine, CA (US);
Borden Moller, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Olivera Vitomirov, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Brady, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Ferry Gunawan, Tustin, CA (US);
Remzi Oten, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Feng-qing Sun, Irvine, CA (US);
James Gates, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Richard Ian Olsen, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Darryl L. Sato, Irvine, CA (US);
Borden Moller, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Olivera Vitomirov, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Brady, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Ferry Gunawan, Tustin, CA (US);
Remzi Oten, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Feng-Qing Sun, Irvine, CA (US);
James Gates, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
There are many inventions described herein. Some aspects are directed to methods and/or apparatus to provide relative movement between optics, or portion(s) thereof, and sensors, or portion(s) thereof, in a digital camera. The relative movement may be in any of various directions. In some aspects, relative movement between an optics portion, or portion(s) thereof, and a sensor portion, or portion(s) thereof, are used in providing any of various features and/or in the various applications disclosed herein, including, for example, but not limited to, increasing resolution, optical and electronic zoom, image stabilization, channel alignment, channel-channel alignment, image alignment, lens alignment, masking, image discrimination, range finding, 3D imaging, auto focus, mechanical shutter, mechanical iris, multi and hyperspectral imaging, and/or combinations thereof. In some aspects, movement is provided by actuators, for example, but not limited to MEMS actuators, and by applying appropriate control signal thereto.