Folded module and camera module including the same

1 . A folded module comprising:

a housing;

a rotation holder supported, together with a reflection member, on the housing to be rotatable about a first axis;

a first ball group, disposed between the housing and the rotation holder, comprising one rotation axis ball forming the first axis and two guide balls spaced apart from the rotation axis ball; and

a first driving unit, comprising a first driving magnet and a first driving coil, configured to generate a driving force to rotate the rotation holder about the first axis,

wherein the first driving magnet and the first driving coil are disposed in a space between the rotation axis ball and the two guide balls to be closer to the two guide balls than the rotation axis ball.

2 . The folded module of claim 1 , wherein

the first driving coil comprises a first coil and a second coil that face the first driving magnet.

3 . The folded module of claim 2 , wherein the first driving magnet comprises:

a first magnet facing the first coil, and comprising two polarity regions on a surface that faces the first coil; and

a second magnet facing the second coil, and comprising three polarity regions on a surface that faces the second coil.

4 . The folded module of claim 3 , wherein the first driving unit further comprises a first position sensor facing the second magnet.

5 . The folded module of claim 2 , wherein the first driving magnet, comprising a third magnet facing the first coil and the second coil, comprises four polarity regions on a surface that faces the first coil and the second coil.

6 . The folded module of claim 5 , wherein the third magnet comprises a first polarity region, a second polarity region, a third polarity region, and a fourth polarity region sequentially disposed in a length direction of the third magnet,

the first coil faces the first polarity region and the second polarity region, and the second coil faces the third polarity region and the fourth polarity region.

7 . The folded module of claim 5 , wherein the first driving unit further comprises a first position sensor facing a third magnet, and

the first position sensor is disposed between the first coil and the second coil.

8 . The folded module of claim 1 , wherein the first driving magnet is disposed on the rotation holder, and the first driving coil is disposed on the housing and faces the first driving magnet, and

wherein the folded module further comprises a first yoke facing the first driving magnet while having the first driving coil interposed therebetween and generating magnetic attraction with the first driving magnet.

9 . The folded module of claim 1 , further comprising:

a reflection holder coupled with the reflection member, and supported on the rotation holder to be rotatable about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;

a second ball group, disposed between the rotation holder and the reflection holder, forming the second axis; and

a second driving unit, comprising a second driving magnet and a second driving coil, configured to generate a driving force to rotate the reflection holder about the second axis.

10 . The folded module of claim 9 , wherein the second driving magnet is disposed on the reflection holder, and

the second driving coil, disposed on the housing, faces the second driving magnet.

11 . The folded module of claim 10 , further comprising:

a first magnetic material disposed on the reflection holder; and

a second magnetic material, disposed on the rotation holder, facing the first magnetic material,

wherein the first magnetic material and the second magnetic material generate magnetic attraction therebetween.

12 . A camera module comprising:

a housing;

one or more lens modules, disposed in the housing, comprising at least one lens; and

a folded module disposed in the housing, the folded module comprising:

a rotation holder supported, together with a reflection member configured to change an incident light path, on the housing to be rotatable about a first axis,

a first ball group, disposed between the housing and the rotation holder, comprising one rotation axis ball forming the first axis and two guide balls spaced apart from the rotation axis ball, and

a first driving unit, comprising a first driving magnet, a first driving coil, and a first position sensor, the first driving unit configured to generate a driving force to rotate the rotation holder about the first axis,

wherein the first driving magnet comprises a magnet comprising three or more polarity regions and two or more neutral regions, respectively disposed between the polarity regions, and

a subset of the two or more neutral regions in the magnet face the first driving coil, and a remainder of the two or more neutral regions face the first position sensor.

13 . The camera module of claim 12 , wherein the first driving magnet further comprises:

a first magnet comprising two polarity regions on a surface that faces the first driving coil; and

a second magnet comprising three polarity regions on a surface that faces the first driving coil, and

wherein the first driving coil comprises a first coil facing the first magnet and a second coil facing the second magnet.

14 . The camera module of claim 12 , wherein the first driving magnet further comprises a third magnet comprising four polarity regions on a surface that faces the first driving coil, and

the first driving coil comprises a first coil and a second coil facing different polarity regions among the four polarity regions of the third magnet.

15 . The camera module of claim 14 , wherein the first position sensor is disposed between the first coil and the second coil.

16 . The camera module of claim 12 , wherein the folded module further comprises:

a reflection holder coupled to the reflection member, and supported on the rotation holder to be rotatable about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;

a second ball group, disposed between the rotation holder and the reflection holder, forming the second axis; and

a second driving unit, comprising a second driving magnet and a second driving coil, configured to generae a driving force to rotate the reflection holder about the second axis.

17 . The camera module of claim 12 , wherein the lens module comprises:

a first lens module disposed in front of the folded module based on an incident light path, and

a second lens module disposed behind the folded module based on an incident light path.