Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Closed loop position control for camera actuator
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Application No.: US16415887Application Date: 2019-05-17
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Publication No.: US10564517B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Shashank Sharma
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: G03B13/36
- IPC: G03B13/36 ; G03B5/02 ; G03B3/10 ; G02B7/08 ; H04N5/232 ; G02B27/64 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a camera unit of a multifunction device may include an optical package and an actuator for moving the optical package. In some embodiments, the actuator may include an asymmetric magnet arrangement. The asymmetric magnet arrangement may include a lateral position control magnet situated at a first side of the optical package, and a pair of transverse position control magnets situated at respective second and third sides of the optical package opposite one another with respect to an axis between the optical package and the lateral magnet. In some embodiments, the actuator may include one or more position sensor magnets attached to the optical package, and one or more magnetic field sensors for determining a position of the position sensor magnets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190271901A1 CLOSED LOOP POSITION CONTROL FOR CAMERA ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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