IP Library Granted Patent US 9,866,817
Granted Patent B2
US 9,866,817 · App. 15/013,677 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Camera module

Inventors: Chen-Er Hsu (Yangmei Taoyuan, TW); Chih-Wei Weng (Yangmei Taoyuan, TW); Chao-Chang Hu (Yangmei Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corp.
H04N13/0239H04N5/2257H04N5/23287H04N13/0296
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Patent No.
US 9,866,817
App. No.
15/013,677
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a number of camera assembles. Each of the camera assembles includes a lens unit and an electromagnetic driving unit. The electromagnetic driving unit includes at least one magnetic element for controlling the movement of the corresponding lens unit. The distance between two of the magnetic elements, which are closest to each other and respectively positioned in two of the camera assemblies, is greater than the distance between two of the light through holes, to which the two of the camera assemblies are arranged to correspond.

Claims (17)

1. A camera module, comprising:

a plurality of camera assemblies, wherein each of the camera assemblies is configured to receive and detect light passing through at least one of light guiding holes and comprises:

a lens unit;

an electromagnetic driving unit, comprising at least one magnetic element for controlling the movement of the lens unit; and

a light guiding assembly, arranged to be adjacent to a first of the camera assemblies and configured to guide the light, passing through the light guiding hole to which the first of the camera assemblies is arranged to correspond, to the first of the camera assemblies, wherein the light guiding assembly comprises:

a light path control unit, pivotable about a rotation axis so as to guide the light passing through a first and a second of the light guiding holes, which are arranged to be facing one another, to the first of the camera assemblies; and

a switching unit, comprising a magnetic element configured to control a rotation angle of the light path control unit,

wherein a distance between the magnetic element of the switching unit and the magnetic element of a second of the camera assemblies is greater than a distance between the first of the light guiding holes corresponding to the first of the camera assemblies and a third of the light guiding holes corresponding to the second of the camera assemblies;

wherein the distance between two of the magnetic elements, which are closest to each other and respectively positioned in a first and a second of the camera assemblies, is greater than the distance between two of the centers of the light through holes, to which the first and the second of the camera assemblies are arranged to correspond.

2. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second of the camera assemblies are respectively configured to receive and detect light passing through two light guiding holes.

3. The camera module as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first of the camera assemblies comprises an OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer) adapter for controlling the movement of the lens unit in the first of the camera assemblies along a direction perpendicular to an optical axis thereof; and the second of the camera assemblies comprises a VCM (voice coil motor) for controlling the movement of the lens unit in the second of the camera assemblies along an optical axis thereof.

4. The camera module as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first and the second of the camera assemblies each comprises an optical sensor, and a plane on which the optical sensor of the first of the camera assemblies is located is perpendicular to a plane on which the optical sensor of the second of the camera assemblies is located.

5. The camera module as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first of the camera assemblies comprises an OIS adapter for controlling the movement of the lens unit in the first of the camera assemblies along a direction perpendicular to an optical axis thereof; and

the second of the camera assemblies comprises an OIS adapter for controlling the movement of the lens unit in the second of the camera assemblies along a direction perpendicular to an optical axis thereof.

6. The camera module as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first and the second of the camera assemblies each comprises an optical sensor, and a plane on which the optical sensor of the first of the camera assemblies is located is parallel to a plane on which the optical sensor of the second of the camera assemblies is located.

7. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the magnetic elements is selected from a magnet or a yoke.

8. The camera module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light guiding assembly is selected from a group consisting of a prism, a reflective mirror, and a refraction mirror.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2026
From: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
To: ACTUTEK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074858/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2016
From: HSU, CHEN-ER; WENG, CHIH-WEI; HU, CHAO-CHANG
To: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
Reel/Frame 037685/0883 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 104120104 A · Jun 23, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160381346A1 · Dec 29, 2016