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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Automation Engineering, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Dan Tamasanis, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Automation Engineering, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus actively align a lens to a digital camera sensor. The lens includes a 'floating' optical element. One or more test probes are temporarily electrically connected to electrical contacts, such as traces on a flexible printed circuit, of the lens. Motor control signals are injected via the test probes and the electrical contacts, so as to move the floating optical element to a predetermined position and maintain that position during the active alignment process.