Passive damping solution to optical image stabilization for voice control motors

A camera, comprising:

• a photosensor configured to capture light projected onto a surface of the photosensor;
• an optics assembly comprising an optics component configured to refract light from an object field located in front of the camera onto the photosensor;
• and
• an actuator module comprising:
• an optical image stabilization (OIS) mechanism configured to move the optics assembly within the actuator module on one or more axes orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera to stabilize an image plane formed by the optics assembly at the photosensor, wherein the optics assembly is suspended by a plurality of wires on a base component of the OIS mechanism, each wire being substantially parallel to the optical axis of the optics component, and
• one or more passive dampers disposed around the plurality of wires, wherein the passive dampers are configured to passively dampen movements of the optics assembly by the OIS mechanism;
• wherein one or more components of the optics assembly define, at each passive damper location, at least one of a pocket, step, cavity, or indentation that is configured to contain therein material of the passive damper and at least a portion of a respective wire of the plurality of wires.