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US 8,750,697 · App. 13/108,772 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Optical image stabilizer of camera

Inventors: Ya-Ling Wang (Taichung, TW); Ting-Rung Hsu (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: Asia Optical Co., Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,750,697
App. No.
13/108,772
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical image stabilizer of the present invention is mounted in a camera at an image size of a lens to assist an image capture device. The optical image stabilizer includes a base, a transverse frame, and a longitudinal frame. The base is provided with a pair of transverse rails and longitudinal reference magnets. The transverse frame is engaged with the transverse rails for reciprocation and is provided with a pair of longitudinal rails, transverse reference magnets and longitudinal reference magnets, wherein the longitudinal reference magnets are between the longitudinal rails. The longitudinal frame is engaged with the longitudinal rails for reciprocation and is provided with the image capture device, a transverse drive coil, and a longitudinal drive coil. The longitudinal drive coils are between the longitudinal rails and in association with the longitudinal reference magnets that the longitudinal frame may move smoothly.

Claims (15)

1. An optical image stabilizer, which is mounted in a camera at an image size of a lens to assist an image capture device, comprising:

a base having two transverse rails;

a pair of transverse reference magnets mounted on the base between the transverse rails;

a pair of longitudinal reference magnets mounted on the base;

a frame set, on which the image capture device is mounted, having a transverse frame, which has a pair of longitudinal rails, engaged with the transverse rails of the base for reciprocation along the transverse rails and a longitudinal frame, on which the image capture device is mounted, engaged with the longitudinal rails of the transverse frame for reciprocation along the longitudinal rails;

a transverse drive coil mounted on the frame set between the transverse rails and beyond the longitudinal rails, and in association with the transverse reference magnets to move the transverse frame along the transverse rails of the base when a power is provided to the transverse drive coil;

a longitudinal drive coil mounted on the frame set between the longitudinal rails and between the transverse rails, and in association with the longitudinal reference magnets to move the longitudinal frame along the longitudinal rails of the transverse frame when a power is provided to the longitudinal drive coil; and

where a pair of magnetic forces Fa and Fr are created between said longitudinal reference magnets and said longitudinal drive coil and where said magnetic forces are equally distributed to said longitudinal rails such that a driving force Fu is equally distributed to said longitudinal rails.

2. The optical image stabilizer as defined in claim 1 , wherein the transverse drive coil is mounted on the longitudinal frame of the frame set between the longitudinal rails and in association with the longitudinal reference magnets.

3. The optical image stabilizer as defined in claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal drive coil is mounted on the longitudinal frame of the frame set between the longitudinal rails and in association with the transverse reference magnets.

4. The optical image stabilizer as defined in claim 1 , wherein the transverse reference magnets are mounted on the base between the transverse rails, and the transverse drive coil is mounted on the frame set between the transverse rails and in association with the transverse reference magnets.

5. The optical image stabilizer as defined in claim 4 , wherein the transverse drive coil is mounted on the longitudinal frame of the frame set between the transverse rails and in association with the transverse reference magnets.

6. The optical image stabilizer as defined in claim 1 , wherein the transverse rails are two metal round shafts with smooth surfaces.

7. The optical image stabilizer as defined in claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal rails are two metal round shafts with smooth surfaces.

8. The optical image stabilizer as defined in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the longitudinal rails is greater than a distance between the transverse rails.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2012
From: ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
To: ASIA OPTICAL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 028842/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2011
From: WANG, YA-LING; HSU, TING-RUNG
To: ASIA OPTICAL CO,, INC.
Reel/Frame 026286/0976 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100102188 A · Jan 20, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120188643A1 · Jul 26, 2012