Having Stabilization System Patents (Class 396/55)
  • Patent number: 10768436
    Abstract: An image shake correction unit includes a base member, a yoke, a lens holding member, a driving unit, a rotation suppression unit configured to restrict rotation of the lens holding member around an optical axis of the lens unit, and a biasing member configured to bias the lens holding member toward the base member in a direction of the optical axis. The driving unit and the rotation suppression unit are disposed to satisfy a predetermined condition in a case where the image shake correction unit is viewed from the direction of the optical axis. Further, the biasing member has one end provided on the rotation suppression unit and the other end provided on the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nagaoka, Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10754225
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a housing; a bobbin arranged inside the housing; a first magnet arranged on the bobbin; a first coil arranged in the housing and facing the first magnet; a plurality of lenses attached to the bobbin; and an iris unit coupled to the bobbin, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises a first lens and a second lens distanced from each other, and at least a portion of the iris unit is positioned between the first lens and the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Keun Park, Tae Min Ha
  • Patent number: 10757332
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for compensating for camera motion during an autofocus operation. An example device may include a processor and a memory. The processor may be configured to measure a plurality of focus values. Each focus value is measured at a different focal length. The processor also may be configured to detect that a camera motion exists for the measurement of one or more of the plurality of focus values. The processor further may be configured to determine a focal length based on the plurality of measured focus values and the detected camera motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wen-Chun Feng, Micha Galor Gluskin, Yu Cheng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10754170
    Abstract: An actuator of a camera module includes a magnetic body disposed on one side surface of a lens barrel, a driving coil, and a driving apparatus. The driving coil faces the magnetic body. The driving apparatus is configured to drive the driving coil in one of a linear driving scheme and a pulse width modulation (PWM) driving scheme based on an external illumination information in an illumination signal and move the lens barrel in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Rin Kim, Jin Yong Kang
  • Patent number: 10747015
    Abstract: One embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin arranged in the housing so as to mount a lens therein; a magnet arranged in the housing; a first coil, which is arranged in the bobbin and moves in the optical axial direction according to an interaction with the magnet; an elastic member coupled with the bobbin and the housing; a second coil to which a first drive signal is applied, and moving the housing in a direction perpendicular to the optical axial direction according to the interaction with the magnet; a location sensor for sensing the strength of the magnetic field of the magnet according to the movement of the housing; and a third coil to which a second drive signal is applied, and is arranged in correspondence with the location sensor, wherein a first magnetic field, of the second coil, which is generated by the first drive signal, and a second magnetic field, of the third coil, which is generated by the second drive signal, are generated in directions offsetting each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Bong Park, Jun Taek Lee, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Seung Taek Shin, Jin Suk Han
  • Patent number: 10725314
    Abstract: An Optical Image Stabilization unit including a wire connecting a housing to a holder module, a bobbin disposed inside the outer blade, a spring member disposed at the outer blade to support a movement of the bobbin in a direction along an optical axis, a first coil disposed at a periphery of the bobbin, a magnet moving the bobbin relative to the holder module by interacting with the first coil, a second coil moving the holder module relative to the housing by interacting with the magnet, a first solder portion disposed at a distal end of the wire to couple the wire to the housing, a second solder portion disposed at the other distal end of the wire to couple the wire to the holder module, and a buffer portion disposed at a part of the wire by being distanced from at least one of the first solder portion and the second solder portion to restrict a movement of the holder module relative to the housing by being coupled to at least one of the housing and the holder module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sangyun Oh
  • Patent number: 10708502
    Abstract: A camera device includes a lens on which subject light is incident, an imaging element that images an image based on the subject light, a shake sensor that detects shake of the camera device, a shake correction mechanism that holds a holder which holds the imaging element and performs shake correction on a captured image captured by the imaging element through driving of the holder, a characteristic estimator that estimates characteristics of the lens based on a detection value of the shake sensor and a shake correction amount of the shake correction mechanism, and a controller that causes the shake correction mechanism to drive the holder by using the detection value of the shake sensor and an estimation result of the characteristics of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyouji Wada, Masaomi Iiizumi, Hideaki Yamada, Masamichi Ohara, Takayuki Shimaoka
  • Patent number: 10674051
    Abstract: An actuator positions a movable portion including a lens in a first direction (Z-axis direction). An acceleration sensor generates first acceleration information ACC that indicates the acceleration applied to the image capture apparatus in the first direction. An actuator driver IC superimposes a correction value that corresponds to the first acceleration information on a base instruction value that corresponds to the target position to be set for the lens in the first direction. The actuator driver IC controls the actuator according to a corrected instruction value thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tanimukai, Akihito Saito, Jun Maede, Yoshihiro Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 10663109
    Abstract: A translation axis assembly includes a supporting arm, a connecting plate, and a center-of-gravity adjusting device connected between the supporting arm and the connecting plate. The center-of-gravity adjusting device is configured to adjust a position of the supporting arm on the connecting plate to adjust a center of gravity of the translation axis assembly. The center-of-gravity adjusting device includes a locking assembly configured to allow the supporting arm and the connecting plate to be in a loose fit or to hold tightly to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanguang Guo, Yanchong Zhao
  • Patent number: 10656374
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing a bobbin disposed inside the housing, and having a lens disposed thereon; a first coil disposed at the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed at a size part of the housing in correspondence to the first coil; a first position sensor disposed in the bobbin, and including first and second input terminals and first and second output terminals; a circuit board including first and second terminals electrically connected to the first and second output terminals of the first position sensor; and a capacitor connected in parallel to the first and second terminals of the circuit board so as to remove noise from the output of the first position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Mi Kim, Young Don O
  • Patent number: 10649176
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes: a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis; and a reflection member closer to an object than the plurality of lenses, and including a reflection surface configured to change a path of light; wherein the plurality of lenses are spaced apart from each other by preset distances along the optical axis; and the condition 0.9<DF/DC<1.3 is satisfied, where DF is an effective aperture radius of an image-side surface of a lens closest to an image sensor among the plurality of lenses, and DC is an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of a lens closest to the reflection member among the plurality of lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho Sik Yoo
  • Patent number: 10638032
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertains to a lens control apparatus that can be implemented in an imaging device to provide autofocus (AF) and image stabilization (IS) functionalities. The lens control apparatus includes a casing, a lens carrier movable in said casing and configured to hold an imaging lens, a pair of focusing coils disposed within said casing and configured to enable linear motion of the lens carrier along an optical axis, and a set of actuating coils disposed within said casing and configured to pivot the lens carrier in a first direction relative to the optical axis and a second direction relative to the optical axis, said first direction and said second direction being orthogonal to each other, and wherein the lens control apparatus is capable of providing at least three degrees of freedom to the lens carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AP Photonics Limited
    Inventors: Herbert Chi-Yuen Lau, Hang Qing Hong
  • Patent number: 10638044
    Abstract: An image blur correction device detects a hand shake or the like using a shake detection unit and corrects image blur on the basis of a shake detection signal. An offset estimation unit estimates an offset component of an output of the shake detection unit. A noise term calculation unit separates an amount of shake detected by the shake detection unit into bands using a filter to calculate an amount of high frequency shake and an amount of low frequency shake. The noise term calculation unit performs control for changing characteristics of the offset estimation unit to delay updating of an offset estimation value as the amount of high frequency shake becomes larger and changing the characteristics of the offset estimation unit to advance the updating of the offset estimation value as the amount of low frequency shake becomes larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10634867
    Abstract: A camera module having a case coupled to a base part to form an internal space; a lens module disposed in the internal space; and an auto-focusing driving part comprising a first magnet attached to one surface of the lens module and a first coil disposed to face the first magnet, wherein the base part has a first board on which an image sensor is disposed, and a fixing part on one side portion of the base part and extending from the base part in an optical axis direction, and wherein other side portions of the base part exclude the fixing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo Cheol Lim, Jae Hyuk Kim, Oh Byoung Kwon
  • Patent number: 10620396
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus, including a bobbin; a first coil mounted at an outer circumference of the bobbin; a first magnet moving the bobbin in a first direction parallel to an optical axis by interaction with the first coil; a housing supporting the first magnet; an upper elastic member disposed at a top surface of the bobbin and at a top surface of the housing; a lower elastic member disposed at a bottom surface of the bobbin and at a bottom surface of the housing; and first and second winding protrusions disposed with being opposite to each other, the first coil being wound on the first and second winding protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hong Cho, Seung Taek Shin, In Jae Yeo, Jin Suk Han
  • Patent number: 10613295
    Abstract: The tri-axis close-loop feedback controlling module for electromagnetic lens driving device comprises a 6-pin Hall element. Two pins of the Hall element are coupled to an auto-focus module for providing a current to drive the auto-focus module to conduct auto-focusing operations along the Z-axis; while other four pins of the Hall element are coupled to a control unit. The control unit detects the X-Y axial positions of the auto-focus module relative to an OIS module and generates a control signal which is then sent to the Hall element. Therefore, the Hall element not only can provide its own feedback controlling function according to the Z-axial position of lens, but also can drive the auto-focus module based on the control signal corresponding to the X-Y axial positions of the auto-focus module, so as to achieve the goal of tri-axis close-loop feedback controlling for the electromagnetic lens driving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corporation
    Inventors: Shu Shan Chen, Chao Chang Hu, Wen Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 10609288
    Abstract: The positioning of an adjustable lens in a camera assembly is synchronized with the capture of an image frame by the image sensor and the position of the adjustable lens is optimized to reduce the amount of blur caused by rotation of the camera assembly over the course of a frame. More specifically, techniques provide for moving the lens to a plurality of optimized positions, relative to the image sensor, over the course of a frame, to reduce motion blur in an image due to pitch, yaw, and/or roll motion of the camera assembly during the frame. Some embodiments may provide for “tight” synchronization in cases where the plurality of optimized positions are based on a time-dependent function that takes into account the rows of the image sensor being exposed over the course of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Victor Kulik, Mehul Soman
  • Patent number: 10582168
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a video camera that can be configured to highly compress video data in a visually lossless manner. The camera can be configured to transform blue, red, and/or green image data in a manner that enhances the compressibility of the data. The camera can be configured to transform at least a portion of the green image data in a manner that enhances the compressibility of the data. The data can then be compressed and stored in this form. This allows a user to reconstruct the red, blue, and/or green image data to obtain the original raw data or a modified version of the original raw data that is visually lossless when demosaiced. Additionally, the data can be processed in a manner in which at least some of the green image elements are demosaiced first and then the red, blue, and/or some green elements are reconstructed based on values of the demosaiced green image elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: RED.COM, LLC
    Inventors: James H. Jannard, Thomas Graeme Nattress, Richard Greene, Uday Mathur
  • Patent number: 10571713
    Abstract: A camera module according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a fixed part; a movable part for receiving a lens assembly, the movable part being coupled to the fixed part to be movable in a plane perpendicular to an optic axis of the lens assembly; and a guiding part for guiding the movement of the movable part, the guiding part being interposed between the fixed part and the movable part, wherein the guiding part can be formed in a C shape of which at least one side is opened. The camera module as above can be implemented variously according to the embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Bok Yu, Se-Won Kim, Hyung-Jin Rho, Young-Kwon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10564174
    Abstract: A method capable of estimating multi-degree-of-freedom motion of an optical sensing apparatus includes: providing an image sensor having a pixel array having a plurality of image zones to sense and capture a frame; providing and using a lens to vary optical magnifications of a plurality of portion images of the frame to generate a plurality of reconstructed images with different of field of views, the portion images of the frame respectively corresponding to the image zones; and estimating and obtaining a motion result for each of the reconstructed images to estimate the multi-degree-of-freedom motion of the optical sensing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Sai Mun Lee
  • Patent number: 10547774
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a subject distance change determination unit configured to detect a temporal change of a distance from an imaging position to each subject present in an image and determine a tendency toward approach or recession of the each subject with respect to the imaging position on the basis of the detection, and a main subject determination unit configured to determine a main subject on the basis of the tendency toward approach or recession of the each subject determined by the subject distance change determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masaya Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10541592
    Abstract: An electromagnetic driving device is provided, which includes a stationary member, an OIS driving circuit, a movable member, and a protection member. The OIS driving coil is disposed on the stationary member. The movable member is disposed in the stationary member and includes a frame and a magnetic element. The frame surrounds a main axis. The magnetic element is disposed on the frame and faces the OIS driving coil in a direction that is parallel to the main axis. The protection element is disposed on a side of the magnetic element that is away from the main axis and is in contact with the magnetic element. In addition, in a direction that is perpendicular to the main axis, the protection element faces the stationary member and is spaced apart from the stationary member by a distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Ichitai Moto, Shih-Ting Huang, Kuo-Chun Kao, Yu-Huai Liao
  • Patent number: 10536642
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus which is capable of properly correcting for image blurring while at the same time obtaining correct focus evaluation values. Based on a detected shake, a vibration isolation lens is moved in a direction different from a direction of an optical axis of a shooting optical system. While a focus lens is being moved in the direction of the optical axis, focus evaluation values are obtained based on an image pickup signal obtained by taking an image of a subject. A method to control the focus lens is determined according to whether or not the focus lens is being moved, and with the determined method, movement of the focus lens in the direction of the optical axis is controlled based on an amount by which the vibration isolation lens has moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yusuke Kazami
  • Patent number: 10531012
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a housing supporting a magnet, a bobbin having an outer circumferential surface on which a first coil is disposed, the bobbin moving in the housing in a first direction, upper and lower elastic members each connected to both the housing and the bobbin, and a second coil disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first coil in the first direction, wherein the second coil generates induction voltage resulting from inductive interaction with the first coil when the bobbin moves in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Ok Park
  • Patent number: 10527867
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit including a drive circuit having a power waveform generator and a power waveform conversion circuit. The power waveform generator generates a power waveform. The power waveform conversion circuit converts the power waveform to a power drive signal. An actuator is then driven by the power drive signal to move a lens accordingly and compensate for any movements and vibrations of a housing of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Lysinger, Chih-Hung Tai, James L. Worley, Pavan Nallamothu
  • Patent number: 10527866
    Abstract: A camera module providing an OIS function is disclosed and includes a camera device configured to rotate in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis, a first rotation support configured to provide support so that the first direction becomes a central axis for rotating the camera device, and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) configured to connect the camera device and the first rotation support physically at two or more separate points. A cross sectional shape of the camera module in the direction of a center point of the central axis is configured so that line segments connecting the center point to the two or more separate points, and the cross sectional shape of the flexible printed circuit board form a closed loop, and at least one line segment connecting two random points in the closed loop passes outside of the closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Haein Chung, Jinwon Lee, Chongsam Chung
  • Patent number: 10520748
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit including a drive circuit having a power waveform generator and a power waveform conversion circuit. The power waveform generator generates a power waveform. The power waveform conversion circuit converts the power waveform to a power drive signal. An actuator is then driven by the power drive signal to move a lens accordingly and compensate for any movements and vibrations of a housing of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Lysinger, Chih-Hung Tai, James L. Worley, Pavan Nallamothu
  • Patent number: 10502973
    Abstract: A shake correction device includes a fixed member and movable member. The fixed member has one of three drive coils and three magnets. The movable member has other of the drive coils and the magnets. Three detectors are arranged on the fixed member or the movable member. A movement amount calculator calculates movement amounts and movement directions of operating points in the drive coils. A drive controller moves the movable member to apply to the drive coils based on outputs from the movement amount calculator. The drive coils are arranged such that imaginary lines passing through the operating points in the respective drive coils and parallel to long sides of the respective drive coils cross one another. Each of the detectors is arranged at a position with respect to the corresponding drive coil, where detection direction differs from a direction of a force acting on the operating point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Inoue
  • Patent number: 10503050
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function may include an optical module which holds an optical element, a swing support mechanism structured to swingably support the optical module, a holder which holds the optical module through the swing support mechanism, a turnable support mechanism which turnably supports the holder around the axial line, a fixed body which supports the holder through the turnable support mechanism, a magnetic swing drive mechanism structured to swing the optical module, and a magnetic rolling drive mechanism structured to turn the holder. The magnetic swing drive mechanism may include a swing drive magnet fixed to the fixed body and a swing drive coil fixed to the optical module. The magnetic rolling drive mechanism may include a rolling drive magnet fixed to the fixed body and a rolling drive coil disposed on the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Minamisawa, Takeshi Sue
  • Patent number: 10498964
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods for stabilizing an imaging device with an image stabilization device. The image stabilization device includes sensors, one or more arms, one or more motors, and a control unit. The sensors provide sensor data including orientation data, angular velocity data, and acceleration data. Each of the motors is associated with a respective arm. The control unit is configured to set a setpoint of the imaging device to a default setpoint, receive sensor data from the sensors, determine whether a flip condition exists, in response to determining that the flip condition exists, fix the setpoint of the imaging device, and in response to determining that the flip condition does not exists, maintain the default setpoint of the imaging device by moving at least one of respective arms with one of the respective motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Gohl, Thomas Gubler, Axel Murguet, Garance Bruneau
  • Patent number: 10491827
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging element; a lens disposed on a path of incident light to the imaging element; an actuator configured to displace the lens in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; a position detecting element configured to generate a position detection signal indicating a displacement of the lens; and an actuator driver configured to feedback-control the actuator based on the position detection signal and a target code indicating a target displacement of the lens. The actuator driver includes: a correction circuit that converts a first detection code corresponding to the position detection signal into a second detection code having a linear relationship with an actual displacement of the lens; and a control circuit that controls the actuator so that the second detection code approaches the target code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Saito, Hiromichi Tanimukai, Jun Maede, Yoshihiro Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 10484608
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus including a supporting unit that supports an image capturing unit, a rotation unit that rotates the supporting unit, a calculation unit that calculates a residual correction amount of image blur after image blur correction is performed by a first image blur correction unit, a second image blur correction unit that corrects the residual correction amount of image blur using a method different from that of the first image blur correction unit, and a change unit that changes allocation between a correctable range of the second image blur correction unit correcting image blur in a horizontal or vertical direction on the imaging plane and a correctable range of the second image blur correction unit, based on a rotation angle of the rotation unit and the residual correction amount of image blur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobushige Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 10466503
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit that synchronizes its gyroscope and drive circuit using gyroscope data ready signals and gyroscope reset signals. In response to a gyroscope data ready signal, the optical image stabilization circuit synchronously obtains position measurements of a camera lens when power drive signals are not transitioning from one power level to another power level, and synchronously transitions the power drive signals simultaneously with gyroscope reset signals. By synchronizing the gyroscope and the drive circuit, the gyroscope and other onboard sensing circuits are isolated from noise generated by the drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Tai, Felix Kim, Mark A. Lysinger
  • Patent number: 10469752
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: imaging lens displaceable in first and second directions in plane perpendicular to optical axis; actuator positioning the imaging lens in the first and second directions; position detector generating first and second position detection signals Hx and Hy, Hx including crosstalk component caused by displacing the imaging lens in the second direction, and Hy including crosstalk component caused by displacing the imaging lens in the first direction; crosstalk compensator correcting Hx and Hy to reduce crosstalk components included in Hx and Hy; and driver controlling the actuator based on corrected first and second position detection signals Hx? and Hy?, wherein when ratio of Hy to Hx while driving the imaging lens in the first direction is ? and ratio of Hx to Hy while driving the imaging lens in the second direction is ?, the crosstalk compensator reduces crosstalk components included in Hx and Hy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Maede, Akihito Saito, Hiromichi Tanimukai, Yoshihiro Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 10466074
    Abstract: A position detecting device includes a coil and a conductive member. The coil is formed within a surface being directed so that an M direction orthogonal to an L direction which is the moving direction thereof coincides with the normal direction thereof and has a meander wiring part. The meander wiring part has turning sections formed at ends thereof and turning width parts extending from the both ends of each turning section. Each turning width part has straight section extending in parallel to each other. The conductive member confronts against the coil with a space therebetween in the M direction, an edge of the conductive member is configured to be confronted against the straight section of the meander wiring part and extended along the non-parallel direction with respect to the extending direction of the straight section and the L direction to traverse a plurality of straight sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: New Shicoh Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kokichi Terajima
  • Patent number: 10459243
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit that synchronizes its gyroscope and drive circuit using gyroscope data ready signals and gyroscope reset signals. In response to a gyroscope data ready signal, the optical image stabilization circuit synchronously obtains position measurements of a camera lens when power drive signals are not transitioning from one power level to another power level, and synchronously transitions the power drive signals simultaneously with gyroscope reset signals. By synchronizing the gyroscope and the drive circuit, the gyroscope and other onboard sensing circuits are isolated from noise generated by the drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Tai, Felix Kim, Mark A. Lysinger
  • Patent number: 10451836
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus, including a bobbin; a first coil mounted at an outer circumference of the bobbin; a first magnet moving the bobbin in a first direction parallel to an optical axis by interaction with the first coil; a housing supporting the first magnet; an upper elastic member disposed at a top surface of the bobbin and at a top surface of the housing; a lower elastic member disposed at a bottom surface of the bobbin and at a bottom surface of the housing; and first and second winding protrusions disposed with being opposite to each other, the first coil being wound on the first and second winding protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hong Cho, Seung Taek Shin, In Jae Yeo, Jin Suk Han
  • Patent number: 10444532
    Abstract: The present invention is a lens driving device comprising first driving coils 30a which relatively moves a lens holder 40 against a base part 10 along X axis perpendicular to an optical axis of a lens 100, and second driving coils 30b which relatively moves a lens holder 40 against a base part 10 along Y axis perpendicular to an optical axis. At the base part 10, an opening part 12 is formed where a part of the lens 100 is to be inserted in a movable manner along the driving plane. The oblique diameter Dxy1 and Dxy2 of the opening part 12 along the oblique direction positioned at the middle of X axis and Y axis, is larger than the first inner diameter Dx along X axis direction of the opening part 12, and also larger than the second inner diameter Dy along Y axis direction of the opening part 12. At the base part 10, the cylinder shape projection part 14 is formed along the periphery of the opening part 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shusuke Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 10423005
    Abstract: An electromagnetic driving device is provided which includes a stationary portion, an OIS driving assembly, a movable portion, and a flexible member. The stationary portion and the movable portion are arranged along a main axis. The OIS driving assembly is configured to drive the movement of the movable portion relative to the stationary portion. The flexible member extends on a plane that is located on a side of the moveable portion and connects the movable portion to the stationary portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Cheng-Kai Yu
  • Patent number: 10423006
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an imaging lens including: an image shake correcting action unit provided movably in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens; a stationary unit for supporting the image shake correcting action unit; a permanent magnet provided on one of the image shake correcting action unit and the stationary unit and a coil provided on an other; a drive circuit for moving the image shake correcting action unit relative to the stationary unit; a mount section for being connected to an imaging unit; and a conductive member which is nonmagnetically conductive and disposed between the coil and the mount section so as to include a facing surface facing a surface formed by a winding wire of the coil and having a larger area than a surface formed by an inner periphery of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takayuki Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10425584
    Abstract: An image pickup system includes a camera body and a lens device that is attached to the camera body. In the lens device, a shake detecting unit detects a shake, and a splitting unit splits a degree of image blurring correction which is calculated on the basis of the shake into a degree of optical image blurring correction and a degree of electronic image blurring correction. In the first image blurring correction, driving of an image blurring correcting unit is controlled using the degree of optical image blurring correction. In the second image blurring correction, an electronic image blurring correction control unit of the camera body performs image blurring correction through image processing using the degree of electronic image blurring correction. The camera body transmits timing information on an exposure period and information on a correction range of the electronic image blurring correction to the lens device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shunichiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10416533
    Abstract: A lens driving mechanism is provided for moving a lens unit along a light axis, including a frame, a base, a lens holder, and a driving assembly. The frame has plastic material and forms an opening. The base is in contact with and fixed to the frame, wherein a space is formed between the base and the frame. The lens holder is movably disposed in the space for holding the lens unit, wherein an external light enters the space through the opening to the lens unit. The driving assembly is disposed in the space and is connected to the lens holder and the frame, to impel the lens unit to move along the light axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Hsu, Shou-Jen Liu, Chia-Pin Hsu
  • Patent number: 10409029
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a base member, a movable element movable with respect to the base member, a piezoelectric actuator configured to move the movable element, a base-member-side urging part, and a movable-element-side urging part. The base-member-side urging part urges the movable element toward the base member side. The movable-element-side urging part urges the piezoelectric actuator toward the movable element side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Hosokawa, Naoki Yusa
  • Patent number: 10409027
    Abstract: A driving assembly is provided. The driving assembly includes a fixed member, a movable member, a driving magnet unit, a coil, and a focusing magnetic element. The movable member is arranged to be movable relative to the fixed member in a main axis via a magnetic force generated by the coil and the driving magnet unit. Additionally, the resonance of the movable member is inhibited by a magnetic force generated by the focusing magnetic element and the driving magnet unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Yi Liang Chan, Yusheng Li
  • Patent number: 10401641
    Abstract: A lens unit is provided, including a casing, a carrier, an optical lens, a first driving assembly, and a second driving assembly. The carrier is movably disposed in the casing, and the optical lens is disposed on the carrier. The first and second driving assemblies are provided to drive the carrier and the optical lens respectively to move along a first axis and a second axis relative to the casing. Specifically, when viewed along a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens unit, the first and second driving assemblies do not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chen-Hsien Fan, Cheng-Kai Yu, Chih-Wei Weng, Shu-Shan Chen
  • Patent number: 10379373
    Abstract: A position detection apparatus is configured to detect a position of a movable portion relative to a fixed portion using a voice coil motor (VCM) driving portion. The position detection apparatus includes a position detection element arranged on one of the movable portion and the fixed portion, and a first position detection magnet and a second position detection magnet arranged on another of the movable portion and the fixed portion. The first position detection magnet and the second position detection magnet are aligned so that different magnetic poles face a surface of the position detection element. The first position detection magnet and the second position detection magnet are arranged in an order in a moving direction of the movable portion such that magnitudes of densities of magnetic fluxes reaching the surface of the position detection element from the first position detection magnet and the second position detection magnet are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro Nishihara
  • Patent number: 10382698
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shashank Sharma, Scott W. Miller, Aurelien R. Hubert
  • Patent number: 10362206
    Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit. A setting unit sets one of a plurality of focus modes including a manual focus mode (MF mode). A switching unit switches a panning shot assist function between active and inactive. A display control unit carries out control such that first position information indicating a predetermined position in a live view image captured by the image capturing unit is displayed over the live view image in the case where the MF mode is set and the assist function is active, and carries out control such that the first position information is not displayed in the case where the MF mode is set and the assist function is inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10353217
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a camera module comprising: a cover can which has a hollow part for exposing a lens at the upper part thereof and a fully opened surface at the lower part thereof; a base coupled to the lower part of the cover can; a housing that is disposed at the upper part of the base and moves in first and second directions that are mutually orthogonal on the surface perpendicular to an optical axis; a bobbin that is accommodated in the housing and moves in the direction of the optical axis, the bobbin comprising at least one lens; a magnet part disposed on the inner surface of the housing; a first coil pattern part disposed on the outer surface of the bobbin for moving the bobbin in the direction of the optical axis; an actuator comprising a second coil part disposed on the upper surface of the base for moving the housing accommodating the bobbin in the first and second directions; and a flexible substrate disposed between the second coil part and the base for respectively applying power to control
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: In Jae Yeo
  • Patent number: RE47966
    Abstract: A digital image processing apparatus, and a controlling method thereof are provided. The digital image processing apparatus displaying first content and second content generated with respect to the first content includes: a sensing unit that senses a movement of the digital image processing apparatus; a movement detecting unit that determines a movement of the digital image processing apparatus based on a sensed signal from the sensing unit; and a display control unit that controls display of the first and second contents, wherein the display control unit controls a single reproduction of the first content or a simultaneous reproduction of the first and second contents based on the determination of the movement detecting unit. A user may easily and intuitively manage various contents by using the digital image processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In-ra Jang