Control Design and Digital Implementation of a Fast 2-Degree-of-Freedom Translational Optical Image Stabilizer for Image Sensors in Mobile Camera Phones.

Jeremy Wang,Kang-Fu Qiu,Paul Chao

doi:10.3390/s17102333

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This study presents design, digital implementation and performance validation of a lead-lag controller for a 2-degree-of-freedom (DOF) translational optical image stabilizer (OIS) installed with a digital image sensor in mobile camera phones. Nowadays, OIS is an important feature of modern commercial mobile camera phones, which aims to mechanically reduce the image blur caused by hand shaking while shooting photos. The OIS developed in this study is able to move the imaging lens by actuating its voice coil motors (VCMs) at the required speed to the position that significantly compensates for imaging blurs by hand shaking. The compensation proposed is made possible by first establishing the exact, nonlinear equations of motion (EOMs) for the OIS, which is followed by designing a simple lead-lag controller based on established nonlinear EOMs for simple digital computation via a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) board in order to achieve fast response. Finally, experimental validation is conducted to show the favorable performance of the designed OIS; i.e., it is able to stabilize the lens holder to the desired position within 0.02 s, which is much less than previously reported times of around 0.1 s. Also, the resulting residual vibration is less than 2.2–2.5 μm, which is commensurate to the very small pixel size found in most of commercial image sensors; thus, significantly minimizing image blur caused by hand shaking.

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Image stabilization (IS) technology [1,2,3] has been considered essential for delivering high image quality with minimized image blur in professional cameras
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Image stabilization (IS) technology [1,2,3] has been considered essential for delivering high image quality with minimized image blur in professional cameras. The image blurs are usually caused by the inevitable motion of the camera while shooting. This IS technology has been applied to mobile phone cameras to reduce image blur and for meeting new customer demands in the industrial field [1,2,3]. DIS technology employs varied techniques of digital image processing to reduce image blurs caused by hand shaking while shooting photos [1,3,4,5,6,7,8]. OIS remains viable as an important technology, even with DIS applied, to tackle the image blur caused by hand

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