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

Claim 11:
12. A voice coil motor (VCM) assembly, comprising:
a VCM actuator configured to move a lens carrier such that one or more lenses of the lens carrier move in a direction of an optical axis of the lens carrier, and to move an image sensor in a plurality of directions orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein the VCM actuator comprises:
one or more autofocus (AF) coils,
a plurality of stationary magnets, comprising:
a pair of first magnets laterally spaced along a first side of the VCM assembly, and
a pair of second magnets laterally spaced along a second side of the VCM assembly opposite the first side, and

a plurality of optical image stabilization (OIS) coils positioned beneath respective ones of the plurality of stationary magnets.