CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210215945A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17144629

    申请日:2021-01-08

    Abstract: A portable communication device is provided. The device includes a camera assembly comprising a lens and an image sensor, a printed circuit board (PCB) surrounding at least a portion of the camera assembly, and a plurality of coils including a first, second, and third coils respectively disposed on first, second, and third areas of the PCB, and a control circuit electrically connected to the PCB, the first coil, the second coil, and the third coil. The control circuit performs a first function related to the camera assembly by moving the camera assembly, by using the first coil, in a direction substantially parallel to an optical axis of the lens, and a second function related to the camera assembly by rotating the camera assembly about at least one rotation shaft, which is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis, using at least one of the second coil or the third coil.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230014687A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17945239

    申请日:2022-09-15

    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed, including a housing, an optical image stabilization (OIS) coil and an auto-focus (AF) coil, a first lens disposed along an optical axis, a second lens disposed under the first lens, and a third lens disposed under the second lens, the second lens is deformable according to movement of an AF carrier, an OIS carrier including an OIS magnet disposed corresponding to the OIS coil of the housing, and configured to move the third lens along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein the AF carrier includes an AF magnet corresponding to the AF coil, to move the second lens along the optical axis, and a processor configured to apply a current to the OIS coil to move the OIS carrier, resulting in movement of the third lens in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and apply a current to the AF coil to deform the second lens by movement of the AF carrier.

    CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220221771A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17571350

    申请日:2022-01-07

    Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a camera housing, a lens assembly, part of which is accommodated in the camera housing, the lens assembly including a lens, in which the lens assembly moves in a direction of an optical axis of the lens inside the camera housing, and a stopper member coupled to the inside of the camera housing and at least part of the stopper member limits a movement range of the lens assembly in the direction of the optical axis. The stopper member includes a first stopper member to limit the movement range of the lens assembly in a first optical axis direction and a second stopper member to limit the movement range of the lens assembly in a second optical axis direction opposite to the first optical axis direction, and the first stopper member and the second stopper member are configured to provide damping when the lens assembly makes contact with the first stopper member and the second stopper member.

    CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230418129A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18463662

    申请日:2023-09-08

    Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a camera housing including an image sensor, a lens assembly including a lens aligned with the image sensor in a direction of an optical axis, a first holder coupled to the lens assembly and configured to move together with the lens assembly in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a second direction perpendicular to each of the optical axis and the first direction, a first magnet being disposed on a first side surface of the first holder, a first coil disposed on a first inner side surface of the camera housing, the first coil being disposed to at least partially overlap each of an N-pole region and an S-pole region of the first magnet when viewed in the second direction, and a second coil disposed on the first inner side surface of the camera housing.

    CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING APERTURE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210109421A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US17065008

    申请日:2020-10-07

    Inventor: Youngbok YU

    Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing assembly, a lens assembly that is accommodated in the housing assembly and that includes at least one lens, and an aperture module that adjusts an amount of external light incident on the at least one lens. The aperture module includes an aperture base including a base opening through which the at least one lens is exposed based on being viewed from above the at least one lens, an aperture slider that is disposed on one side surface of the aperture base and that performs a sliding motion along a specified path, an aperture lever that rotates through a specified angle depending on the sliding motion of the aperture slider, and aperture blades that move toward or away from each other depending on a rotation of the aperture lever.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING IMAGE SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20250088747A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18960892

    申请日:2024-11-26

    Inventor: Youngbok YU

    Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include: an image sensor, an optical image stabilization (OIS) carrier coupled to the image sensor and configured to move the image sensor on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, a housing accommodating the image sensor and the OIS carrier, an OIS magnet fixed to a first side of the OIS carrier, a first OIS coil and a second OIS coil fixed to a first inner surface of the housing to face the OIS magnet, the first OIS coil and the second OIS coil disposed side by side on the first inner surface along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and a driving circuit electrically connected to the first OIS coil and the second OIS coil. The driving circuit may be configured to: control a first current applied to the first OIS coil and a second current applied to the second OIS coil to perform OIS by moving the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and perform roll rotation correction of the image sensor by rotating the image sensor on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230224564A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US18174654

    申请日:2023-02-27

    Inventor: Youngbok YU

    CPC classification number: H04N23/54 H04N23/68

    Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a base defining at least a portion of a lower exterior of the camera module; a plurality of magnets disposed on the base about an optical axis; an auto focus (AF) coil disposed to surround the plurality of magnets while being spaced apart from the plurality of magnets by a predetermined distance; an AF carrier coupled to the AF coil and configured to be movable along the optical axis together with the AF coil; an optical image stabilization (OIS) carrier disposed to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis within a space defined by the AF coil and the AF carrier; a plurality of OIS coils coupled to an external portion of the OIS carrier to face of the plurality of magnets; and a lens assembly disposed on the OIS carrier.

    CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220385822A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17819573

    申请日:2022-08-12

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing, a lens assembly disposed in the housing, a first carrier operatively connected to the lens assembly to move the lens assembly in an optical axis direction, wherein the first carrier includes a first yoke part and a second yoke part, a second carrier operatively connected to the lens assembly to move the lens assembly in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein the second carrier includes a first magnet interacting with the first yoke part and a second magnet interacting with the second yoke part, and a plurality of balls disposed between the first carrier and the second carrier. The first carrier may include a plurality of guide grooves to accommodate the plurality of balls, respectively. The plurality of balls may each be in contact with an upper end of the first carrier and a lower end of the second carrier, and may be movable within each of the plurality of guide grooves. Various other embodiments identified through the specification are possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE FOR TAKING IMAGE THROUGH AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF DISPLAY

    公开(公告)号:US20210297515A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17207160

    申请日:2021-03-19

    Inventor: Youngbok YU

    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a display and a camera module. The display includes a camera exposure area. The camera module is disposed on the camera exposure area and includes a housing. The camera module includes a lens housing that is fixed to the housing and at least one lens that is disposed in the lens housing and includes an optical axis facing toward the camera exposure area. The camera module includes a first printed circuit board that moves in the housing in an optical axis direction of the lens and an image sensor that faces the lens and that is mounted on the first printed circuit board. The camera module includes a second printed circuit board disposed on an opposite side to the image sensor. The camera module includes a connecting member disposed between the first and second printed circuit boards for transferring an electrical signal.

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