IP Library Granted Patent US 11,614,596
Granted Patent B2
US 11,614,596 · App. 16/778,699 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Optical element driving mechanism and optical element driving system

Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, TW); Mao-Kuo Hsu (Taoyuan, TW); Hsueh-Ju Lu (Taoyuan, TW); Chih-Wei Weng (Taoyuan, TW); Che-Wei Chang (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
G02B7/08G03B9/06G02B7/09G02B27/646G03B5/06G03B13/36G03B30/00G03B2205/0023G03B2205/0069H04N5/2257H04N5/23287
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Patent No.
US 11,614,596
App. No.
16/778,699
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical element driving mechanism is provided, including a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion and includes a holder to hold an optical element having a main axis. The driving assembly is disposed on the movable portion or the fixed portion for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion.

Claims (29)

1. An optical element driving mechanism, comprising:

a fixed portion;

a movable portion movably connected to the fixed portion and comprises a holder to hold an optical element having a main axis;

a driving assembly disposed on the movable portion or the fixed portion for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion;

a control element disposed on the fixed portion, wherein corresponding position information is stored in the control element, and the corresponding position information comprises information between a stroke and a code of the holder;

a position sensing assembly disposed on the movable portion or the fixed portion for detecting relative movement between the movable portion and the fixed portion; and

a switch element disposed on the fixed portion to switch the optical element driving mechanism between a close-loop mode and an open-loop mode;

wherein the driving of the movable portion refers to information provided from the position sensing assembly in the close-loop mode, and the driving of the movable portion does not refer to the information provided from the position sensing assembly in the open-loop mode;

wherein current is provided to the optical element driving mechanism by the control element based on a target position of the movable portion when moving the movable portion relative to the fixed portion.

2. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an adjust element disposed on the fixed portion for providing a compensated angle to the holder to adjust the tilting angle of the holder relative to the main axis.

3. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 2 , wherein corresponding tilting information is stored in the adjust element, and the corresponding tilting information records the relationship between the stroke and the compensated angle.

4. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a processing module disposed on the fixed portion, wherein the switch element, the control element, the adjust element, and the position sensing assembly are at least partially disposed at the processing module.

5. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the movable portion is moved by the adjust element during the open-loop mode, and the movable portion is not moved by the adjust element during the close-loop mode.

6. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , when the optical element driving mechanism is switched to the open-loop mode by the switch element, a fixed current is provided to the optical element driving mechanism by the control element, to maintain the movable portion at the target position.

7. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the fixed current is an average of required current to maintain the holder at the target position.

8. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the position sensing assembly comprises:

a position sensing element disposed on the fixed portion; and

a sensed object disposed on the movable portion, wherein the position sensing element and the sensed object do not overlap with each other when viewed along the main axis.

9. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the position sensing assembly comprises:

a position sensing element disposed on the fixed portion; and

a sensed object disposed on the movable portion, wherein the position sensing element and the sensed object do not overlap with each other when viewed along a direction that is perpendicular to the main axis.

10. The optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an adjust element disposed on the fixed portion, wherein tilting angles of the holder at different positions are gained by images of the holder holding the optical element at the different positions, the tilting angles are combined as tilting angle information, and the tilting angle information is calculated to be corresponding tilting information and is written into the adjust element.

11. An optical element driving system, comprising:

the optical element driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 ;

an adjust element disposed on the fixed portion; and

an external device electrically connected to the optical element driving mechanism to measure tilting angles of the holder at different positions and combining the tilting angles to be tilting angle information, wherein the tilting angle information is calculated to be corresponding tilting information and is written into the adjust element.

12. The optical element driving system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein calculating the tilting angle information to be the corresponding tilting information is performed by software.

13. The optical element driving system as claimed in claim 12 , further comprises an image capturing device, wherein the optical element driving mechanism is dispose in the image capturing device, and the software is built in the image capturing device.

14. The optical element driving system as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the image capturing device is a mobile device.

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 7, 2020
From: HU, CHAO-CHANG; HSU, MAO-KUO; HU, HSUEH-JU; WENG, CHIH-WEI; CHANG, CHE-WEI
To: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
Reel/Frame 051748/0635 →