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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Richard Topliss, Trumpington, GB;
Robert John Leedham, Cambridge, GB;
Richard Topliss, Trumpington, GB;
Robert John Leedham, Cambridge, GB;
Cambridge Mechatronics Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A camera apparatus capable of providing optical image stabilization comprises: a support structure; a camera unit comprising an image sensor and a lens system; a suspension system comprising a plurality of flexure elements supporting the camera unit on the support structure in a manner allowing the camera unit to tilt; and a plurality of SMA actuators each formed as SMA wire connected between the camera unit and the support structure and arranged on contraction to drive tilting of the camera unit. The SMA wire may be fixed to the camera unit at its ends and hooked over an element of the support structure. A vibration sensor, whose output is used as the basis for generating drive signals, may be mounted on the camera unit.