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

Claim 5:
6. A device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory, storing program instructions that cause the one or more processors to implement a controller to signal an actuator of a camera to cause movement of an optics component of the camera;
the camera, comprising:
the actuator, comprising
one or more drive magnets, wherein the one or more drive magnets are located at three different sides of the camera;
one or more coils configured to move the one or more drive magnets according to Lorentz forces generated when an electric current is applied to the one or more coils;

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.