APPARATUS AND METHOD CONTROLLING POSITION OF CAMERA MODULE WITH A SINGLE COIL

    公开(公告)号:US20190154955A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US16035968

    申请日:2018-07-16

    Abstract: An apparatus controlling a position of a camera module includes an operating coil disposed on a housing of the camera module to face a magnetic member disposed on a lens barrel of the camera module, a driving circuit providing a driving current to the operating coil, a capacitor circuit having a capacitor value to form a resonance circuit together with the operating coil to resonate at a resonance frequency varied depending on an inductance value of the operating coil; a resonance maintaining circuit maintaining a level of a resonance signal generated by the operating coil and the capacitor circuit, a resonance frequency detecting circuit detecting a resonance frequency signal from the resonance signal generated by the operating coil and the capacitor circuit, and a control circuit configured to control the driving circuit in response to the resonance frequency signal from the resonance frequency detecting circuit.

    CAMERA MODULE
    4.
    发明申请
    CAMERA MODULE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200052621A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16247855

    申请日:2019-01-15

    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel configured to be movable; a detection target disposed on one side of the lens barrel; an integrated coil and a sensing coil facing the detection target and disposed in a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the lens barrel; a driver configured to apply a driving signal to the integrated coil; and a position detector configured to detect a position of the lens barrel according to an inductance of the integrated coil and an inductance of the sensing coil, wherein a width of the integrated coil in the direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the lens barrel and a width of the sensing coil in the direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the lens barrel change in the direction of movement of the lens barrel.

    ACTUATOR FOR CAMERA MODULE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190124265A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-25

    申请号:US16014285

    申请日:2018-06-21

    Abstract: An actuator for a camera module includes two or more detectable elements, the detectable elements are respectively disposed on a first and second surface of a lens barrel, an oscillating element including a first oscillation circuit unit that includes two or more oscillation circuits facing the first surface of the lens barrel, and a second oscillation circuit unit that includes two or more oscillation circuits facing the second surface of the lens barrel, and a determining device that calculates a position of the lens barrel in response to oscillation signals output from the oscillating element. The determining device is configured to calculate the position of the lens barrel based on determined frequencies of oscillation signals of the first oscillation circuit unit and the second oscillation circuit unit.

    CAMERA MODULE DRIVING APPARATUS AND DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE

    公开(公告)号:US20240107158A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18341992

    申请日:2023-06-27

    Inventor: Youn Joong LEE

    CPC classification number: H04N23/665 H04N25/709

    Abstract: A camera module driving apparatus includes: a camera module driving IC including a communication port and a driving port; an interface to receive a communication signal through the communication port; and a driver to output a driving current through the driving port and including driving semiconductor circuit elements coupled in a bridge structure. The interface includes an inverter including a high-voltage terminal, a low-voltage terminal, and an input terminal and operating based on a voltage difference between the high-voltage terminal and the low-voltage terminal, and inverting at least a portion of the communication signal; and an input semiconductor circuit element passing current from the input terminal to the high-voltage terminal and cutting-off the current from the high-voltage terminal to the input terminal. The high-voltage terminal and the low-voltage terminal of the inverter are electrically connected to both ends of a capacitor, respectively.

    ACTUATOR OF CAMERA MODULE
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190289214A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US16170619

    申请日:2018-10-25

    Abstract: An actuator of a camera module includes a driving coil disposed to face a detection target; a driving circuit including a plurality of transistors connected to the driving coil; and a processor configured to provide a respective gate control signal to a gate of each of the plurality of transistors, and detect a displacement of the detection target based on a component of an oscillation signal generated in a driving signal applied to the driving coil in response to an operation of any one of the plurality of transistors being switched by the respective gate control signal.

    LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS
    8.
    发明申请
    LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS 有权
    发光二极管驱动装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130162144A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-27

    申请号:US13721365

    申请日:2012-12-20

    CPC classification number: H05B37/02 H05B33/083

    Abstract: Provided is an LED driving apparatus. The LED driving apparatus includes a plurality of LED groups each comprising one or more diodes, a switch group comprising a plurality of switch units connected respectively to the LED groups to drive the connected LED group when a control signal is activated, and a switch controlling unit configured to compare an input voltage of the LED groups with an output voltage of the LED groups, calculate a comparison value, and generate the control signal according to the comparison value. Accordingly, the LED driving apparatus drives the LED groups selectively according to the difference between the input voltage of the LED group and the output voltage of the LED group, thereby overcoming the problem of heat generation by forward voltage distribution.

    Abstract translation: 提供了LED驱动装置。 LED驱动装置包括多个LED组,每个LED组包括一个或多个二极管,开关组包括分别连接到LED组的多个开关单元,以在控制信号被激活时驱动所连接的LED组;以及开关控制单元 配置为将LED组的输入电压与LED组的输出电压进行比较,计算比较值,并根据比较值生成控制信号。 因此,LED驱动装置根据LED组的输入电压和LED组的输出电压之间的差异选择性地驱动LED组,从而克服了通过正向电压分配发热的问题。

    TILTLESS OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION (OIS) CIRCUIT AND OIS DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220146852A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17209567

    申请日:2021-03-23

    Abstract: A tiltless OIS circuit includes a first signal processing unit generating a first direction-position detection signal and a tilt detection signal based on a first direction-first sensing signal and a first direction-second sensing signal, a control unit generating a first direction position control signal, a tilt control signal, and a second direction position control signal, based on the first direction-position detection signal, the tilt detection signal, and a second direction sensing signal, respectively, a second signal processing unit generating a first direction-first position control signal and a first direction-second position control signal based on the first direction position control signal and the tilt control signal, and a driving unit generating a first direction-first driving signal, a first direction-second driving signal, and a second direction driving signal, based on the first direction-first position control signal, the first direction-second position control signal, and the second direction position control signal, respectively.

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