IP Library Granted Patent US 9,319,608
Granted Patent B2
US 9,319,608 · App. 14/324,296 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Image capturing module for increasing assembly flatness and method of assembling the same

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Patent No.
US 9,319,608
App. No.
14/324,296
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image capturing module includes an image sensing unit, a housing frame, an actuator structure and a reflecting material. The image sensing unit includes a carrier substrate and an image sensing chip, and the image sensing chip has a first horizontal top surface on the top side thereof. The housing frame is disposed on the carrier substrate to surround the image sensing chip. The actuator structure includes a lens holder disposed on the housing frame and a movable lens assembly movably disposed inside the lens holder. The reflecting material is movably and temporarily placed on the movable lens assembly, and the reflecting material has a second horizontal top surface on the top side thereof. The first horizontal top surface and the second horizontal top surface are horizontal to each other, for increasing the assembly flatness of the movable lens assembly relative to the image sensing chip.

Claims (27)

1. An image capturing module for increasing assembly flatness, comprising:

an image sensing unit including a carrier substrate and an image sensing chip disposed on the carrier substrate and electrically connected to the carrier substrate, wherein the image sensing chip has a first horizontal top surface on the top side thereof, and the first horizontal top surface is obtained by a horizontal correction system using a laser light source;

a housing frame disposed on the carrier substrate to surround the image sensing chip;

an actuator structure disposed on the housing frame and above the image sensing chip, wherein the actuator structure includes a lens holder disposed on the housing frame and a movable lens assembly disposed inside the lens holder and above the image sensing chip, the lens holder includes a surrounding movable member movably disposed therein, the movable lens assembly is fixed inside the surrounding movable member through at least two separate bonding glue, and the movable lens assembly is movably disposed inside the lens holder through the surrounding movable member; and

a reflecting material temporarily placed on the top side of the movable lens assembly, wherein the reflecting material has a second horizontal top surface on the top side thereof, and the second horizontal top surface is obtained by the horizontal correction system using the laser light source;

wherein the first horizontal top surface of the image sensing chip and the second horizontal top surface of the reflecting material are horizontal to each other, for increasing the assembly flatness of the movable lens assembly relative to the image sensing chip.

2. The image capturing module of claim 1 , further comprising: an optical filter disposed on the housing frame and between the image sensing chip and the movable lens assembly, wherein the housing frame has a top opening disposed on the top side thereof and between the image sensing chip and the movable lens assembly, and the top opening of the housing frame is enclosed by the optical filter.

3. The image capturing module of claim 1 , wherein the movable lens assembly has a first plane on the top side thereof, the reflecting material has a second plane on the bottom side thereof and corresponding to the first plane, and the second plane is horizontal to the second horizontal top surface, wherein the reflecting material is movably disposed on the first plane of the movable lens assembly, and the reflecting material is one of a total reflection substance and a semi-reflection substance.

4. The image capturing module of claim 1 , wherein the laser light source is disposed on a predetermined position above the image sensing chip to generate a first laser light beam that is directly projected onto the first horizontal top surface of the image sensing chip, and the first laser light beam generated by the laser light source is reflected by the first horizontal top surface of the image sensing chip to form a first reflecting light beam that is directly projected onto the predetermined position or very close to the predetermined position.

5. The image capturing module of claim 1 , wherein the laser light source is disposed on a predetermined position above the reflecting material to generate a second laser light beam that is directly projected onto the second horizontal top surface of the reflecting material, and the second laser light beam generated by the laser light source is reflected by the second horizontal top surface of the reflecting material to form a second reflecting light beam that is directly projected onto the predetermined position or very close to the predetermined position.

6. An image capturing module for increasing assembly flatness, comprising:

an image sensing unit including a carrier substrate and an image sensing chip disposed on the carrier substrate and electrically connected to the carrier substrate, wherein the image sensing chip has a first horizontal top surface on the top side thereof;

a housing frame disposed on the carrier substrate to surround the image sensing chip;

an actuator structure disposed on the housing frame and above the image sensing chip, wherein the actuator structure includes a lens holder disposed on the housing frame and a movable lens assembly movably disposed inside the lens holder and above the image sensing chip, and the movable lens assembly has a first plane on the top side thereof; and

a reflecting material movably and temporarily placed on the first plane of the movable lens assembly, wherein the reflecting material has a second horizontal top surface on the top side thereof, the reflecting material has a second plane on the bottom side thereof and corresponding to the first plane, and the second plane is horizontal to the second horizontal top surface;

wherein the first horizontal top surface of the image sensing chip and the second horizontal top surface of the reflecting material are horizontal to each other, for increasing the assembly flatness of the movable lens assembly relative to the image sensing chip.

7. The image capturing module of claim 6 , further comprising: an optical filter disposed on the housing frame and between the image sensing chip and the movable lens assembly, wherein the housing frame has a top opening disposed on the top side thereof and between the image sensing chip and the movable lens assembly, and the top opening of the housing frame is enclosed by the optical filter.

8. A method of assembling an image capturing module for increasing assembly flatness, comprising:

providing an image sensing unit and a housing frame, wherein the image sensing unit includes a carrier substrate and an image sensing chip disposed on the carrier substrate and electrically connected to the carrier substrate, and the housing frame is disposed on the carrier substrate to surround the image sensing chip;

obtaining a first horizontal top surface on the top side of the image sensing chip by a horizontal correction system using a laser light source;

providing an actuator structure disposed on the housing frame and above the image sensing chip, wherein the actuator structure includes a lens holder disposed on the housing frame and a movable lens assembly disposed inside the lens holder and above the image sensing chip, and the lens holder includes a surrounding movable member movably disposed therein;

temporarily placing a reflecting material on the top side of the movable lens assembly;

obtaining a second horizontal top surface on the top side of the reflecting material by the horizontal correction system using the laser light source, wherein the first horizontal top surface of the image sensing chip and the second horizontal top surface of the reflecting material are horizontal to each other, for increasing the assembly flatness of the movable lens assembly relative to the image sensing chip;

fixing the movable lens assembly inside the surrounding movable member through at least two separate bonding glue, wherein the movable lens assembly is movably disposed inside the lens holder through the surrounding movable member; and

removing the reflecting material from the movable lens assembly.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the laser light source is disposed on a predetermined position above the image sensing chip to generate a first laser light beam that is directly projected onto the first horizontal top surface of the image sensing chip, and the first laser light beam generated by the laser light source is reflected by the first horizontal top surface of the image sensing chip to form a first reflecting light beam that is directly projected onto the predetermined position or very close to the predetermined position.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the laser light source is disposed on a predetermined position above the reflecting material to generate a second laser light beam that is directly projected onto the second horizontal top surface of the reflecting material, and the second laser light beam generated by the laser light source is reflected by the second horizontal top surface of the reflecting material to form a second reflecting light beam that is directly projected onto the predetermined position or very close to the predetermined position.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 6, 2026
From: GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
To: LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CORP. LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074245/0396 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2020
From: LUXVISIONS INNOVATION LIMITED
To: GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053250/0724 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2018
From: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: LUXVISIONS INNOVATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047489/0931 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2014
From: LARVIEW TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
To: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033634/0968 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2014
From: JAO, CHING-LUNG; CHUANG, CHIANG-YUAN; CHOU, YU-TE
To: LARVIEW TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Reel/Frame 033248/0412 →