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公开(公告)号：US10534154B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-14
申请号：US15979765
申请日：2018-05-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aurelien R. Hubert , Qiang Yang , Yoshiyuki Takase
Abstract: Various embodiments include an interlock arrangement that may be used to attach a lens barrel to a lens carrier of a camera. In some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may restrict movement of the lens barrel relative to the lens carrier along at least an optical axis. In various examples, the interlock arrangement may include one or more grooves and one or more protrusions. For instance, a groove may be defined by the lens barrel or the lens carrier, and a protrusion may extend from the lens barrel or the lens carrier to at least partially into the groove. In some cases, the interlock arrangement may include an adhesive that at least partially fills gaps within the interlock arrangement between the lens barrel and the lens carrier. According to some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may include one or more recesses that provide inlets for the adhesive to be introduced to the gaps within the interlock arrangement.
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公开(公告)号：US11962881B1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-16
申请号：US17718210
申请日：2022-04-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Himesh Patel , Kai Min , Phillip R. Sommer , Pavle Stojanovic , Qiang Yang
CPC classification number: H04N23/54 , H04N23/665
Abstract: Various embodiments include sensor shift flexure arrangements for improved signal routing. For example, a camera with sensor shift actuation may include a flexure for suspending an image sensor from a stationary structure of the camera, and for allowing motion of the image sensor enabled by one or more actuators of the camera. The flexure may be configured to convey electrical signals between the image sensor and a flex circuit in some embodiments. According to some embodiments, the flexure may include a stack of layers comprising a conductive layer and an electrical grounding. The conductive layer may include a signal pad region and a signal trace region. A distance between at least one section of the signal pad region and the electrical grounding may be greater than a distance between at least a section of the signal trace region and the electrical grounding.
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公开(公告)号：US11330182B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-10
申请号：US16926526
申请日：2020-07-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bin Xu , Qiang Yang , Yoshiyuki Takase , Aurelien R. Hubert
Abstract: Various embodiments include a damper arrangement that may be used to dampen motions of a dynamic component. In some embodiments, the damper arrangement may be used in a camera module that includes a stationary component and a dynamic component. For instance, the dynamic component may hold a lens such that the lens moves together with the dynamic component. In various examples, the damper arrangement may include an interface member that extends from the stationary component or the dynamic component to at least partially into a viscoelastic material within a pocket configured in the stationary component, the dynamic component, or both. The interface member may be configured to traverse within the viscoelastic material to dampen motion of the dynamic component, for example, during operation of a lens actuator to move the dynamic component along an optical axis of the lens.
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公开(公告)号：US20210028216A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-28
申请号：US16935094
申请日：2020-07-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aurelien R. Hubert , Jee Tung Tan , Steven Webster , Douglas S. Brodie , Qiang Yang , Masahito Morita
IPC: H01L27/146 , H04M1/02 , H04N5/225
Abstract: A hybrid sensor shift platform for an optical image stabilization (OIS) actuator mechanism in compact camera modules includes two or more substrates. A top substrate is composed of an organic material (e.g., a resin) to reduce mass, reduce magnetic interaction with permanent magnets, and improve reliability. One or more lower substrates of the hybrid sensor shift platform are ceramic substrates that provide the benefits of ceramics for connection to the image sensor. The organic substrate is connected via a solder bond process to the lower ceramic substrate(s). The connection between the substrates is reinforced with an under-fill of epoxy that surrounds the solder bonds, thus creating a full interface between the substrates within the overlap.
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公开(公告)号：US12238418B1
公开(公告)日：2025-02-25
申请号：US17933702
申请日：2022-09-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Qiang Yang , Aurelien R Hubert , Vijay Kumar
Abstract: A camera may comprise a sensor-shift structure including a substrate to allow an image sensor to be movable relative to one or more lenses of the camera in one or more directions. During a drop or shock event, the substrate may experience unwanted movement and collide with a base structure in the vicinity. The camera may include one or more protection structures to prevent the substrate from directly colliding with the base structure to protect the base structure from potential damages. The protection structures may be implemented using components placed at the substrate and/or the base structure.
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公开(公告)号：US12130495B1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-29
申请号：US17722114
申请日：2022-04-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paulom Shah , Aurelien R Hubert , Ho Seop Jeong , Julien C Vittu , Qiang Yang
IPC: G02B7/14 , G02B7/02 , G03B13/36 , G03B17/08 , H02K41/035
CPC classification number: G02B7/14 , G02B7/022 , G03B13/36 , G03B17/08 , H02K41/0354
Abstract: Various embodiments include an engaging arrangement that may be used to attach a lens barrel to a lens carrier of a camera. In some embodiments, the engaging arrangement may restrict movement of the lens barrel relative to the lens carrier along at least an optical axis. In various examples, the engaging arrangement may include one or more grooves and one or more protrusions. For instance, a groove may be defined by the lens barrel or the lens carrier, and a protrusion may extend from the lens barrel or the lens carrier to at least partially into the groove. In some cases, the engaging arrangement may include an adhesive positioned continuously 360 degrees around the engaging arrangement between the lens barrel and the lens carrier.
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公开(公告)号：US12088897B1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-10
申请号：US17932619
申请日：2022-09-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Himesh Patel , Kai Min , Phillip R Sommer , Qiang Yang
CPC classification number: H04N23/54 , H04N23/52 , H04N23/57 , H04N23/687 , G03B3/10
Abstract: A flexure for a camera includes a dynamic platform to which an image sensor and a substrate are connected such that the image sensor and the substrate move together with the dynamic platform. A driver associated with an actuator to move the image sensor relative to a lens group is mounted to the substrate. The flexure also includes a static platform connected to a static portion of the camera, a plurality of flexure arms that mechanically connect the dynamic platform to the static platform, a routing layer and a base layer both at least partially forming the dynamic platform, the static platform, and the plurality of flexure arms, and at least one segmentation region extending through the base layer and configured to physically isolate a return current from the driver and through the base layer from a return current from the image sensor and through the base layer.
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公开(公告)号：US11582388B2
公开(公告)日：2023-02-14
申请号：US17175469
申请日：2021-02-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aurelien R. Hubert , Qiang Yang , Douglas S. Brodie , Scott W. Miller , Shashank Sharma
Abstract: In some embodiments, a camera actuator includes an actuator base, an autofocus voice coil motor, and an optical image stabilization voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the autofocus voice coil motor includes a lens carrier mounting attachment moveably mounted to the actuator base, a plurality of shared magnets mounted to the base, and an autofocus coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical axis of one or more lenses of the lens carrier. In some embodiments, the optical image stabilization voice coil motor includes an image sensor carrier moveably mounted to the actuator base, and optical image stabilization coils moveably mounted to the image sensor carrier within the magnetic fields of the shared magnets, for producing forces for moving the image sensor carrier in a plurality of directions orthogonal to the optical axis.
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公开(公告)号：US20220264011A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-18
申请号：US17662309
申请日：2022-05-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bin Xu , Qiang Yang , Yoshiyuki Takase , Aurelien R. Hubert
Abstract: Various embodiments include a damper arrangement that may be used to dampen motions of a dynamic component. In some embodiments, the damper arrangement may be used in a camera module that includes a stationary component and a dynamic component. For instance, the dynamic component may hold a lens such that the lens moves together with the dynamic component. In various examples, the damper arrangement may include an interface member that extends from the stationary component or the dynamic component to at least partially into a viscoelastic material within a pocket configured in the stationary component, the dynamic component, or both. The interface member may be configured to traverse within the viscoelastic material to dampen motion of the dynamic component, for example, during operation of a lens actuator to move the dynamic component along an optical axis of the lens.
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公开(公告)号：US10785395B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-22
申请号：US15594353
申请日：2017-05-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bin Xu , Qiang Yang , Aurelien R. Hubert
Abstract: In some embodiments, a camera includes an optical package, a camera actuator for moving the optical package, a camera cover, and an impact absorption member to prevent contact between the camera cover and the lens carrier. In some embodiments, the camera actuator includes a lens carrier moveably mounted to a camera cover.
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