US Patent Issued to Apple on Aug. 25 for "Camera arrangements with mounted image sensors" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,177, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Camera arrangements with mounted image sensors" was invented by Zachary W. Birnbaum (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure are related to a camera assembly having a base plate, a first image sensor module, a first lens module, a first actuator, a second image sensor module, and a second lens module. The base plate includes a first portion having an upper surface, and a second portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface of the second portion is elevated relative to the upper surface of the firs...