ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,613, issued on June 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Camera actuator for lens and sensor shifting" was invented by Shashank Sharma (San Francisco), Douglas S. Brodie (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Scott W. Miller (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift a lens and/or an image sensor along multiple axes. The VCM actuator may include a bottom flexure and a top flexure that connect one or more dynamic members to one or more static members. The VCM actuator may include stationary magnets and coils held by dynamic members. In some c...