Patent SG-11201807830U-A (SG)
Title: Optical image stabilization with voice coil motor for moving image sensor
Inventor: BRODIE DOUGLAS
IPC: G03B5/00
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 11111111011110111010101111101011111011101111101100111111101011111101111011111 International Bureau .. .... ..Yejd ..... .....!;,,, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/156462 Al 14 September 2017 (14.09.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, G02B 7/08 (2006.01) G03B 5/00 (2006.01) BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, G02B 27/64 (2006.01) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (21) International Application Number: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, PCT/US2017/021915 MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (22) International Filing Date: NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, 10 March 2017 (10.03.2017) RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (25) Filing Language: English ZA, ZM, ZW. (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (30) Priority Data: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, 62/307,416 11 March 2016 (11.03.2016) US GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, 62/399,095 23 September 2016 (23.09.2016) US TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (71) Applicant: SKATTWARD RESEARCH LLC [US/US]; DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilming- LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, ton, Delaware 19801 (US). SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (74) Agent: MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). GOETZEL, P.C.; KOWERT, Robert C., P.O. Box 398, Published: _ Austin, Texas 78767-0398 (US). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every = kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, = = = = (54) Title: OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION WITH VOICE COIL MOTOR FOR MOVING IMAGE SENSOR = = 100 102 104 110 118 Ng 112 116 = = = - I d 112 130 132 108 132- 4 ' e \" \Kte:: 7 , 1. , - '126 11 , 124 136 122 1 ) 136 114 124 120 ei FIG. 1 71' iln (57) : In some embodiments, a camera actuator includes an actuator base, an autofocus voice coil motor, and an optical im - I-1 ----. age stabilization voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the autofocus voice coil motor includes a lens carrier mounting attachment IN moveably mounted to the actuator base, a plurality of shared magnets mounted to the base, and an autofocus coil fixedly mounted to C the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical axis of one or more ei lenses of the lens carrier. In some embodiments, the optical image stabilization voice coil motor includes an image sensor carrier O moveably mounted to the actuator base, and optical image stabilization coils moveably mounted to the image sensor carrier within ,-t the magnetic fields of the shared magnets, for producing forces for moving the image sensor carrier in a plurality of directions ortho - .,. gonal to the optical axis.