Optical Image Stabilization Patents: Top Companies & Trends 2026
- Four assignees account for all 11 records in scope. concentration sits at 100% of the field with no long tail of smaller filers behind them.
- Filing peaked in 2020 at four records and fell -100% from 2021 to 2024, the last year the data can treat as complete.
- Every record touches H04N pictorial communication while only 36.4% also claim G02B optical elements, pointing to where lens-side mechanics remain under-claimed.
Filing growth compares 2021 (4 records) with 2024 (0) — a three-year span. 2024 is the most recent year we treat as complete: publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so 2025 onwards are still filling in and any growth rate that ends there would understate the field.
What this landscape covers
Optical image stabilization mechanisms cover the drive components, control logic and mechanical linkages that compensate for hand shake or motion blur in camera modules — sensor-shift actuators, SMA (shape-memory alloy) wire drives, gyro-sensor feedback loops and the control latency budgets that tie them together. This dataset pulls records matching stabilization terms against claim and description language for compensation angle range, gyro sensor bandwidth, control latency, cross-axis coupling, module thickness and power draw — the parameters that separate a workable module from a paper design.
With 11 published records in scope, this is a narrow, tightly held field rather than a broad one. The filing pattern and assignee concentration below should be read with that scale in mind: a single company's next filing can materially shift the picture.
Filing trend and technology composition
Two views of the same 11-record dataset: how filing activity moved year over year, and which IPC subclasses the records fall under.
Filing trend, 2017–2026
Filings rose from zero in 2017 to a peak of four in 2020, then fell -100% from 2021 (4) to 2024 (0). 2025 and 2026 are still filling in as publications lag behind filing dates by roughly 18 months, so the recent-year dip should not be read as a slowdown yet.
IPC subclass composition
All 11 records sit in H04N (pictorial communication). 7 of the 11 (63.6%) also carry a G03B photographic-apparatus classification, and 4 of the 11 (36.4%) carry G02B optical elements — the smallest of the three groups, and the one closest to lens-side mechanical claims rather than system or module claims.
Shares are the percentage of the 11 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
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Optical image stabilization camera module (US20240022816A1)
Filed by Ningbo Sunny Opotech, this record describes a camera module combining a lens driven in x-axis and y-axis translation by a first driving part with a second driving part built from interlaced SMA wires across four side surfaces, each wire anchored between a fixed basic portion and a movable portion at corner areas. The two-stage drive architecture — translation plus SMA-wire actuation — is aimed squarely at the compensation-angle and module-thickness trade-off that defines this field.Cited 8 times, the highest count in this dataset.
| # | Publication no. | Patent title | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US20240022816A1 | Optical image stabilization camera module | 8 |
| 2 | EP4057610A1 | Camera module and electronic device | 4 |
| 3 | US20220377240A1 | Camera device with optical image stabilization | 3 |
| 4 | EP4231623A1 | Optical Anti-shake camera module | 1 |
Citation counts reflect activity within this searched corpus and favour older, longer-published records over newer ones — treat them as a signal of influence, not of current technical importance.
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Read together, the concentration, trend and classification figures point to a field that is small, held tightly by a handful of assignees, and still open at the lens-mechanics edge.
No long tail behind the leaders
The top 4 combined account for all 11 records in scope, and the top 5 figure is identical because a fifth ranked entrant does not exist in this data. There is no fragmented tail of single-filing entrants to compete against here — the field is a small set of committed players.
Peak has passed, trajectory unclear
Filing activity peaked at four records in 2020 and fell to zero by 2024, the last year the data can treat as complete. Because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, 2025 and 2026 figures are still filling in and should not yet be read as continued decline.
Lens-side mechanics is the smaller share
All 11 records touch H04N pictorial communication and 63.6% also carry G03B photographic apparatus, but only 36.4% carry G02B optical elements. That gap suggests system- and module-level claims are more crowded than lens-mechanics claims specifically.
Eureka can read the same corpus for gaps instead of for coverage: under-claimed branches adjacent to optical image stabilization mechanisms, with the prior art for and against each one.
The ranked leaders and where they're moving
Four assignees make up the entire ranked field. Recent-year momentum is uneven: only one of the four shows any activity in the latest year.
The largest filer in a small field
The leading assignee holds 4 of the 11 records in scope, the highest count in a ranking of only four companies. That share carries real weight precisely because the total pool is so small.
One assignee still active in the latest year
Corephotonics is the only one of the four ranked assignees with a filing recorded in the latest year; the other three show zero. That does not mean the others have exited the space — it may simply reflect publication lag on more recent filings.
Europe leads the filing routes
Of the routes tracked, EPO accounts for 6 filings, ahead of the United States at 4 and a single WIPO/PCT filing. That split is worth weighing when deciding where freedom-to-operate checks matter most.
| Assignee | Recent year | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Corephotonics Ltd. | 1 | — |
| Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd. | 0 | — |
| Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 0 | — |
| Kunshan Litai Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0 | — |
Where to take this analysis
The figures above describe the field as it stands in the data cut-off. Turning them into a filing or freedom-to-operate decision means going deeper on specific claims and specific competitors.
Check freedom-to-operate against the leader's claim set
With one assignee holding 4 of 11 records, a claim chart against their granted claims is the fastest way to see what is actually blocked versus merely adjacent.
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2025 and 2026 filings are still publishing. Re-running this search in six to twelve months will settle whether the 2021-2024 drop continues or reverses.
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Lens-mechanics claims sit at 36.4% of records versus 100% for the broader H04N class — a targeted search on SMA wire geometry and cross-axis coupling would clarify how open that space really is.
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The ranked field consists of four assignees, together accounting for all 11 records in this dataset. The single largest filer holds 4 of the 11 records, a meaningful share given how small the overall ranking is. Because the ranking only returns four companies, there is no long tail of smaller filers to weigh against them — freedom-to-operate work in this space should focus on the leader's claim set first.
Filing peaked at four records in 2020 and fell -100% from 2021 (4 records) to 2024 (0 records), the last year the dataset treats as complete. Publication typically lags actual filing by around 18 months, so the apparent drop in 2025 and 2026 reflects incomplete data rather than a confirmed slowdown. A clearer read on the current trajectory will only be possible once those later years finish publishing.
US20240022816A1, filed by Ningbo Sunny Opotech, describes a camera module with a lens driven in x-axis and y-axis translation combined with a second driving part built from interlaced SMA wires across four side surfaces, anchored between fixed and movable portions at corner areas. It is the most-cited record in this dataset, cited 8 times. Anyone designing a two-stage translation-plus-SMA-wire stabilization mechanism should review its claim scope closely before finalizing a module architecture.
The classification split is the clearest signal here: all 11 records carry an H04N pictorial-communication classification, but only 4 of 11 (36.4%) also carry a G02B optical-elements classification, the smallest of the three subclasses tracked. That gap points toward lens-side mechanical claims — SMA wire fixed-end geometry, cross-axis coupling compensation, and gyro sensor bandwidth tuning — as comparatively less crowded than system- or module-level claims under G03B or H04N. It is a signal worth testing with a targeted claim search, not a guarantee of open space.
Among the receiving offices tracked, the European Patent Office leads with 6 filings, followed by the United States with 4 and a single filing through the WIPO/PCT route. That distribution suggests European filing strategy carries particular weight for freedom-to-operate assessments in this field. It is a small enough dataset that a single company's routing decision can shift this balance meaningfully in future filings.
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