Patent ID: 11956544
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A device, comprising:
a camera comprising:
a lens carrier to which one or more lenses are mounted, wherein the one or more lenses define an optical axis and the lens carrier and the one or more lenses are movable in a direction of the optical axis;
an image sensor;
a flexure platform comprising:
a dynamic platform to which the image sensor is connected such that the image sensor moves together with the dynamic platform,
a static platform connected to a static portion of the camera,
multiple flexure arms that mechanically connect the dynamic platform to the static platform; and

a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to move the lens carrier such that the one or more lenses move in the direction of the optical axis, and to move the dynamic platform such that the image sensor moves relative to the static platform in a plurality of directions orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein the VCM actuator comprises:
one or more autofocus (AF) coils attached the lens carrier,
a plurality of stationary magnets, comprising:
a pair of first magnets laterally spaced along a first side of the camera, and
a pair of second magnets laterally spaced along a second side of the camera opposite the first side, and

a plurality of optical image stabilization (OIS) coils connected to the dynamic platform, wherein individual ones of the OIS coils are positioned beneath respective ones of the plurality of stationary magnets;

a display; and
a processor and a memory storing program instructions executable by the processor to cause the image to be displayed on the display.