Patent ID: 11895386
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A camera, comprising:
a folded optics arrangement to fold a path of light, the folded optics arrangement comprising:
a first prism;
a second prism; and
a lens group disposed between the first prism and the second prism, wherein the lens group includes one or more lens elements;

an image sensor configured to capture light that has passed through the first prism, the lens group, and the second prism;
an actuator configured to move at least the lens group along multiple axes relative to the image sensor; and
a bearing suspension arrangement comprising stages configured to move on ball bearings, such that the stages collectively suspend the lens group from a base structure and allow the lens group to move along the multiple axes;
wherein the actuator comprises:
stationary coils attached to the base structure; and
magnets that are moveable relative to the stationary coils, respective ones of the magnets attached to respective ones of the stages such that the magnets and coils are capable of magnetically interacting with each other to produce Lorentz forces that move the stages, together with the lens group, along the multiple axes.