US 10,382,698 B2 · Mobile zoom using multiple optical image stabilization cameras

Abstract

A camera system may include a first camera unit and a second camera unit. The first camera unit may include a first actuator. The second camera unit may include a second actuator. The first actuator may move one or more components of the first camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the first camera unit. The second actuator may move one or more components of the second camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the second camera unit. In some examples, the first camera unit may be configured to capture a first image of a first visual field. The second camera unit may be configured to capture, simultaneously with the first camera unit capturing the first image, a second image of a second visual field.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A camera system, comprising:

a first camera unit including:
a first voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to move a first optical package, wherein:
the first VCM actuator includes a symmetric magnet arrangement;
and
the symmetric magnet arrangement includes magnets that are arranged in respective corners of the first camera unit and
a second camera unit disposed adjacent to the first camera unit, the second camera unit including:
a second VCM actuator configured to move a second optical package, wherein the second VCM actuator includes an asymmetric magnet arrangement.

4 more elements

A mobile multifunction device, comprising:

a first camera unit including:
a first voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to move a first optical package, wherein:
the first optical package includes one or more lenses that define a first optical axis;
and
the first VCM actuator includes a symmetric optical image stabilization coil arrangement for actuation along a plane that is orthogonal to the first optical axis, wherein the symmetric optical image stabilization coil arrangement includes optical image stabilization coils that are arranged in respective corners of the first camera unit;
and
a second camera unit disposed adjacent to the first camera unit, the second camera unit including:
a second VCM actuator configured to move a second optical package, wherein:
the second optical package includes one or more lenses that define a second optical axis;
and
the second VCM actuator includes an asymmetric optical image stabilization coil arrangement for actuation along a plane that is orthogonal to the second optical axis.

8 more elements

A system, comprising:

a first voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that includes a symmetric magnet arrangement, wherein the symmetric magnet arrangement includes magnets that are arranged in respective corners of the first VCM actuator;
and
a second VCM actuator disposed adjacent to the first VCM actuator, wherein the second VCM actuator includes an asymmetric magnet arrangement.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/240,956Filed 18 Aug 2016 · us provisional application

Priority

30 Sep 2015

Published

US 2017/0094187 A130 Mar 2017

Granted

13 Aug 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

H04N 23/69
Control of cameras or camera modules: control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
G02B 7/09
With mechanism for focusing or varying magnification: adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification
G02B 27/646
Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image: compensating for small deviations, e.g.…
G03B 3/10
Focusing arrangements of general interest for cameras, projectors or printers: power-operated focusing

Mobile zoom using multiple optical image stabilization cameras

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Mobile zoom using multiple optical image stabilization cameras

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Abstract

Claims20