Apple iPhone electric periscope camera patent exposure: folding and moving, so that the back is no longer protruding

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com, August 16, according to foreign technology media AppleInsider, Apple recently obtained a technology patent that allows the lens on the back of the iPhone to stop protruding through a foldable camera lens.

The patent is called "folding camera with Mobile Optical Actuator". Apple outlines a variety of methods in the patent and plans to incorporate folding optical elements and lens movement into future iPhone.

CTOnews.com encloses some patented design sketches as follows. In one example, Apple describes a system consisting of two prisms and a lens set with multiple components between the two prisms.

The prism directs the light along the axis to the imaging sensor, while the lens group handles various optical functions. The lens group can be maintained in the internal carrier structure, and the internal carrier structure itself is connected to the external carrier structure. Both structures can be moved, thus reducing the thickness of the lens.

In addition, another case in the patent also introduces a motor actuator, which can move two carriers according to the needs of the shooting scene to achieve automatic focus.

The second and third VCM actuators can be used to shift the internal carrier structure relative to the external carrier structure and improve the stability of the optical image.