公开(公告)号：US11800209B1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17469696

申请日：2021-09-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas D Smyth ,  Hiran R Rathnasinghe ,  Nitin Kumar Chennupati

IPC: H04N23/54 ,  G02B7/09 ,  H04N23/51

CPC classification number: H04N23/54 ,  G02B7/09 ,  H04N23/51

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230004063A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17809508

申请日：2022-06-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hiran R Rathnasinghe ,  Nicholas D Smyth

IPC: G03B5/00 ,  G03B17/12 ,  G03B17/04

Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera with a ball bearing suspension arrangement that suspends one or more tiltable structures. In some embodiments, the camera may include an optical element, an image sensor, an actuator arrangement, and the ball bearing suspension arrangement. The actuator arrangement may include a tilt actuator configured to tilt one or more tiltable structures about a tilt axis. The ball bearing arrangement may suspend the tiltable structure(s) from a base structure and allow motion of the tiltable structure(s) enabled by the tilt actuator. In various embodiments, the ball bearing suspension arrangement may include a ball bearing that is positioned at a different height, along the tilt axis, than one or more other ball bearings of the ball bearing suspension arrangement.

公开(公告)号：US12143703B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US18124983

申请日：2023-03-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nitin Kumar Chennupati ,  Hiran R Rathnasinghe ,  Nicholas D. Smyth ,  Kevin Garrison ,  Jeffrey P. Bosco ,  Julien C. Vittu

IPC: H04N23/55 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04N23/51

Abstract: A camera module may have an optical assembly, an image sensor, and a frame, where the frame includes a reinforcement member and a base member that collectively form a sidewall of the frame. The reinforcement member defines a portion of the sidewall of the frame, a peripheral edge, and an opening. The base member may define another portion of the sidewall and extend through the opening and surround the peripheral edge of the reinforcement member. The optical assembly may be coupled to the sidewall of the frame.