Patent ID: 11910088
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A camera, comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture light projected onto a surface of the image sensor through an optics component;
the optics component, configured to:
move along an optical axis of the optics component to allow an actuator comprising one or more drive magnets to cause the optics component to move along the optical axis, wherein the one or more drive magnets are located at three different sides of the camera; and
move along one or more axes orthogonal to the optical axis to allow the actuator to cause the optics component to move along the one or more axes;

the actuator, comprising an optical image stabilization (OIS) coil configured to cause one of the one or more drive magnets to move along the one or more axes orthogonal to the optical axis;
a first probe magnet mounted on a surface of the optics component;
a second probe magnet mounted in a different location on the optics component than the first probe magnet;
a first position sensor configured to detect changes in a current location of the first probe magnet as the first probe magnet moves along with the optics component responsive to the actuator;
a second position sensor configured to detect changes in a current location of the second probe magnet; and
wherein the first position sensor and the second position sensor are located adjacent to drive magnets positioned on opposite ones of the three different sides of the camera, and wherein the first position sensor and the second position sensor are mounted on the surface of the OIS coil that is on an object field side of a carrier for the OIS coil.