ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,418, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Protection structures for sensor-shift cameras" was invented by Qiang Yang (Fremont, Calif.), Aurelien R Hubert (Saratoga, Calif.) and Vijay Kumar (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera may comprise a sensor-shift structure including a substrate to allow an image sensor to be movable relative to one or more lenses of the camera in one or more directions. During a drop or shock event, the substrate may experience unwanted movement and collide with a base structure in the vicinity. The camera may include one or more protection structures to preve...