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Granted Patent B2
US 11,372,140 · App. 17/057,551 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Liquid lens, camera module, and optical device including the same

Inventor: Ji Young Jung (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.; CORNING INCORPORATED
G02B3/14G02B7/021G03B30/00H04N5/2254H04N5/22525
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Patent No.
US 11,372,140
App. No.
17/057,551
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid lens includes a first plate in which a cavity accommodating a first liquid and a second liquid is formed, the first liquid being conductive and the second liquid being non-conductive; a first electrode disposed on the first plate; a second electrode disposed under the first plate; a second plate disposed on the first electrode; and a third plate disposed under the second electrode, wherein an opening formed in the cavity adjacent to the second plate has a diameter of 1.6 mm to 1.9 mm, and wherein the first plate has a thickness of 0.45 mm to 0.55 mm.

Claims (22)

1. A liquid lens, comprising:

a first plate in which a cavity accommodating a first liquid and a second liquid is formed, the first liquid being conductive and the second liquid being non-conductive;

a first electrode disposed on the first plate;

a second electrode disposed under the first plate;

a second plate disposed on the first electrode; and

a third plate disposed under the second electrode,

wherein an opening formed in the cavity adjacent to the second plate has a diameter of 1.6 mm to 1.9 mm, and

wherein the first plate has a thickness of 0.45 mm to 0.55 mm.

2. A camera module, comprising:

a holder comprising one sidewall having a first opening and another sidewall having a second opening facing the first opening in a direction perpendicular to an optical-axis direction;

the liquid lens according to claim 1 , at least a portion of the liquid lens being disposed in the first opening and the second opening; and

an adhesive member coupling the holder and the liquid lens unit.

3. The camera module according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a first lens unit disposed inside the holder, the first lens unit being disposed with being adjacent to the second plate of the liquid lens; and

a second lens unit disposed adjacent to the third plate,

wherein the first lens unit comprises three plastic lenses.

4. The camera module according to claim 2 , wherein the first lens unit has a thickness of 1.1 mm to 1.4 mm.

5. The camera module according to claim 2 , wherein a gap between the liquid lens and the first lens unit on an optical axis is 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm.

6. An optical device, comprising:

the camera module according to claim 2 ;

a controller configured to convert an image introduced through the camera module into an electrical signal; and

a display module comprising a plurality of pixels configured to change in color in response to the electrical signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.; CORNING INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055841/0477 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2020
From: JUNG, JI YOUNG
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054444/0686 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0058366 · May 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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