Lens driving device
A lens driving device is provided, including a frame, a lens holder, a spring sheet, and at least one damping element. The lens holder is movably disposed in the frame. The spring sheet has an outer periphery portion combined with the frame, an inner periphery portion combined with the lens holder, and an arm portion connected between the outer periphery portion and the inner periphery portion. The damping element is connected between the arm portion of the spring sheet and at least one of the frame and the lens holder.
1. A lens driving device, comprising:
a frame
a lens holder movably connected to the frame for holding a lens, wherein the lens comprises an optical axis, and the frame has a rectangular shape and two diagonals when viewed along the optical axis;
a spring sheet elastically connecting the lens holder to the frame, wherein the spring sheet comprises:
an outer periphery portion affixed to the frame;
an inner periphery portion affixed to the lens holder; and
an arm portion, wherein the inner periphery portion is connecting the outer periphery portion through the arm portion; and
a damping element simultaneously disposed directly on the arm portion and the inner periphery portion, wherein a distance between the outer periphery portion and the optical axis is greater than that between the inner periphery portion and the optical axis, and the arm portion is disposed between the outer periphery portion and the inner periphery portion, wherein when viewed along the optical axis, a first line and a second line intersect the optical axis and are perpendicular to each other, the first line is parallel to an outer edge of the frame, and the second line is parallel to another outer edge of the frame, wherein the damping element does not overlap either of the first line and the second line when viewed along the optical axis, and does not overlap either of the diagonals of the frame when viewed along the optical axis.
2. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arm portion further comprises a first section and a second section, wherein the first section and the second section are straight, and the damping element is disposed on the first section or the second section.
3. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in a connecting direction that is from the damping element to the optical axis when viewed along the optical axis, a shortest distance between the damping element and the optical axis is less than a shortest distance between the outer periphery portion and the optical axis in the connecting direction when viewed along the optical axis.
4. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the damping element partially overlaps the inner periphery portion when viewed along the optical axis.
5. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the damping element partially overlaps the arm portion when viewed along the optical axis.
6. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer periphery portion overlaps the inner periphery portion along a radial direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
7. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the arm portion partially overlaps the outer periphery portion and the inner periphery portion when viewed along the radial direction.
8. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the lens driving device has a rectangular structure, the radial direction passes through a corner of the lens driving device, and the damping element does not overlap the arm portion along the radial direction when viewed along the optical axis.
9. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the first side and the second side extend in different directions, the first side has a first central line which is perpendicular to the optical axis and passes through a center of the first side, the second side has a second central line which is perpendicular to the optical axis and passes through a center of the second side, and the damping element does not overlap the first central line or the second central line when viewed along the optical axis.
10. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of damping elements, a plurality of outer periphery portions and a plurality of arm portions, wherein the outer periphery portions are separate from each other, the arm portions respectively connect to the outer periphery portions, and the damping elements are respectively disposed on the arm portions.
11. A lens driving device, comprising:
a frame;
a lens holder movably connected to the frame for holding a lens, wherein the lens comprises an optical axis, and the frame has a rectangular shape and two diagonals when viewed along the optical axis;
a spring sheet elastically connecting the lens holder to the frame, wherein the spring sheet comprises:
an outer periphery portion affixed to the frame;
an inner periphery portion affixed to the lens holder; and
an arm portion, wherein the inner periphery portion is connecting the outer periphery portion through the arm portion; and
a damping element directly disposed on the arm portion,
wherein the inner periphery portion has a continuous and closed structure and is around the optical axis, and the outer periphery portion overlaps the inner periphery portion along a radial direction perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein when viewed along the optical axis, a first line and a second line intersect the optical axis and are perpendicular to each other, the first line is parallel to an outer edge of the frame, and the second line is parallel to another outer edge of the frame, wherein the damping element does not overlap either of the first line and the second line when viewed along the optical axis, and does not overlap either of the diagonals of the frame when viewed along the optical axis.
12. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in a connecting direction that is from the damping element to the optical axis when viewed along the optical axis, a shortest distance between the damping element and the optical axis is less than a shortest distance between the outer periphery portion and the optical axis in the connecting direction when viewed along the optical axis.
13. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the arm portion partially overlaps the outer periphery portion and the inner periphery portion when viewed along the radial direction.
14. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the lens driving device has a rectangular structure, and the radial direction passes through a corner of the lens driving device.
15. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a distance between the outer periphery portion and the optical axis is greater than that between the inner periphery portion and the optical axis, and the arm portion is disposed between the outer periphery portion and the inner periphery portion.
16. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the arm portion further comprises a first section, wherein the first section is straight, and the damping element is directly disposed on the first section.
17. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising a plurality of damping elements and a plurality of arm portions, wherein the arm portions are connected to the inner periphery portion, the arm portions and the inner periphery portion have a continuous upper surface. and the damping elements are respectively disposed on the arm portions.
18. The lens driving device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the damping elements are arranged along a direction that is perpendicular to the optical axis, and a connection between the damping elements intersects the optical axis when viewed along the optical axis.