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Google patents camera sensor mount that corrects for curved lenses

This patent describes a mechanical system for holding a camera sensor inside a phone or camera body. It uses two layers of sliding mounts with angled tracks to move the sensor in specific directions, allowing it to compensate for image distortion caused by curved glass lenses.

Why it mattersIt offers a hardware-based way to improve image quality in devices with curved screens or lenses, though it is a complex mechanical design likely for high-end models.

In the filing’s own words

A device comprising: a camera housing; a first carrier; an image sensor carried by the first carrier; a second carrier, wherein: the first carrier is attached to the second carrier via a first plurality of objects that move within a first plurality of channels having first stroke axes that are not parallel to a plane of the image sensor, and the second carrier is attached to the camera housing via a second plurality of objects that move within a second plurality of channels having second stroke axes that are not parallel to both the plane of the image sensor and the first stroke axes; and one or more optical image stabilization (OIS) actuators configured to apply forces to move the first carrier along the first stroke axes and move the second carrier along the second stroke axes.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A device comprising: a camera housing; a first carrier; an image sensor carried by the first carrier; a second carrier, wherein: the first carrier is attached to the second carrier via a first plurality of objects that move within a first plurality of channels having first stroke axes that are not parallel to a plane of the image sensor, and the second carrier is attached to the camera housing via a second plurality of objects that move within a second plurality of channels having second stroke axes that are not parallel to both the plane of the image sensor and the first stroke axes; and one or more optical image stabilization (OIS) actuators configured to apply forces to move the first carrier along the first stroke axes and move the second carrier along the second stroke axes.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
Field curvature compensated sensor shift image stabilization
Patent number
US12739509B2
Application number
19027755
Filed
Jan 17, 2025
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 23/687 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/54 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/51 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/57 Electricity & electronics
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