US Patent Issued to Apple on July 8 for "Camera with folded optics having moveable lens" (American, Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,119, issued on July 8, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Camera with folded optics having moveable lens" was invented by Scott W. Miller (Los Gatos, Calif.), Alfred N. Mireault (Cambridge, Mass.), Brad V. Johnson (Santa Clara, Calif.), Nicholas D. Smyth (San Jose, Calif.), Rummel R. Adriano (Milpitas, Calif.), Shashank Sharma (San Francisco) and Steven Webster (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments include a camera with folded optics and lens shifting capabilities. Some embodiments include voice coil motor (VCM) actuator arrangements to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OI...