IP Library Granted Patent US 10,444,598
Granted Patent B1
US 10,444,598 · App. 16/398,335 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Camera module and portable electronic device

Inventor: Chang Jae Heo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,444,598
App. No.
16/398,335
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A camera module includes a housing having an internal space, a first moving body disposed in the internal space of the housing, a second moving body disposed in an internal space of the first moving body, a driving wire for OIS formed of a shape memory alloy, and having both ends connected to the housing and a central portion connected to the first moving body, and a driving wire for AF formed of a shape memory alloy, and having both ends connected to the first moving body and a central portion connected to the second moving body. The driving wire for OIS includes a pair of driving wires for OIS disposed opposing each other configured to move the first moving body in one axis direction, and the driving wire for AF includes a pair of the driving wires for AF disposed on one side surface among internal surfaces of the first moving body spaced apart from each other upwardly and downwardly configured to move the second moving body in an upward direction and a downward direction.

Claims (46)

1. A camera module, comprising:

a housing comprising an internal space;

a first moving body disposed in the internal space of the housing;

a second moving body disposed in an internal space of the first moving body;

a driving wire for OIS formed of a shape memory alloy, and comprising both ends connected to the housing and a central portion connected to the first moving body; and

a driving wire for AF formed of a shape memory alloy, and comprising both ends connected to the first moving body and a central portion connected to the second moving body,

wherein the driving wire for OIS comprises a pair of driving wires for OIS disposed opposing each other configured to move the first moving body in one axis direction, and

wherein the driving wire for AF comprises a pair of the driving wires for AF disposed on one side surface among internal surfaces of the first moving body spaced apart from each other upwardly and downwardly configured to move the second moving body in an upward direction and a downward direction.

2. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the pair of driving wires for OIS comprises a first pair of a first driving wire for OIS connected to one side surface of the first moving body and a second driving wire for OIS opposing the first driving wire for OIS, and a second pair of a third driving wire for OIS connected to a side surface adjacent to the one side surface of the moving body and a fourth driving wire for OIS opposing the third driving wire for OIS.

3. The camera module of claim 1 ,

wherein the housing comprises first fixed connectors extending from four respective corners to an upper portion, and

wherein each end of the driving wire for OIS is fixed to a corresponding first fixed connector.

4. The camera module of claim 3 , wherein first mounting ports for connection with the driving wire for OIS are disposed on four side surfaces among external surfaces of the first moving body.

5. The camera module of claim 4 , wherein the first mounting ports are disposed in central portions of side surfaces of the first moving body.

6. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the pair of the driving wires for AF comprises a first driving wire for AF connected to an upper end of a side surface of the second moving body and a second driving wire for AF disposed in a lower portion of the first driving wire for AF.

7. The camera module of claim 6 , wherein second fixed connectors to which corresponding ends of the driving wires for AF are connected are disposed on one side surface among internal surfaces of the first moving body.

8. The camera module of claim 7 , wherein second mounting ports to which the corresponding driving wires for AF are connected are disposed on an external surface of the second moving body.

9. The camera module of claim 8 , wherein a second mounting port of the second mounting ports is disposed in an upper portion and another second mounting port of the second mounting ports is disposed in a lower portion of one side surface of the second moving body.

10. The camera module of claim 9 , wherein an insertion groove opposing the second mounting ports is formed in an internal surface of the first moving body.

11. A portable electronic device, comprising:

the camera module of claim 1 further comprising an image sensor configured to convert light incident through a lens disposed in the second moving body to an electrical signal; and

a display unit disposed on a surface of the portable electronic device to display an image based on the electrical signal.

12. A camera module, comprising:

a housing comprising an internal space;

a first moving body disposed in the internal space of the housing;

a second moving body disposed in an internal space of the first moving body;

a driving wire for OIS formed of a shape memory alloy, and comprising both ends connected to the housing and a central portion connected to the first moving body; and

a driving wire for AF formed of a shape memory alloy, and having both ends connected to the first moving body and a central portion connected to the second moving body,

wherein the driving wire for OIS comprises a plurality of the driving wires for OIS disposed at the same height with reference to a bottom surface of the first moving body, and

wherein the driving wire for AF comprises a plurality of driving wires for AF spaced apart from each other upwardly and downwardly and disposed on one side surface among internal surfaces of the first moving body.

13. A portable electronic device, comprising:

the camera module of claim 12 further comprising an image sensor configured to convert light incident through a lens disposed in the second moving body to an electrical signal; and

a display unit disposed on a surface of the portable electronic device to display an image based on the electrical signal.

14. A camera module, comprising:

a housing comprising an internal space;

a first moving body disposed in the internal space of the housing;

a second moving body disposed in an internal space of the first moving body;

a driving wire for OIS comprising shape memory alloy, and comprising both ends connected to the housing and a central portion connected to the first moving body; and

a pair of driving wires for AF comprising shape memory alloy, disposed on an internal side surface of the first moving body spaced apart from each other upwardly and downwardly and each comprising both ends connected to the first moving body and a central portion connected to the second moving body.

15. The camera module of claim 14 , wherein each end of the driving wire for OIS is fixed to a corresponding first fixed connector portion extending from a respective corner to an upper portion of the housing.

16. The camera module of claim 15 , wherein the central portion of the driving wire for OIS is fixed to a first mounting port disposed on an external side surface of the first moving body.

17. The camera module of claim 14 , wherein each end of each driving wire for AF is fixed to a respective second fixed connector disposed on an internal side surface of the first moving body.

18. The camera module of claim 17 , wherein each central portion of each driving wire for AF is connected to a respective second mounting port disposed on an external surface of the second moving body.

19. A portable electronic device, comprising:

the camera module of claim 14 further comprising an image sensor configured to convert light incident through a lens disposed in the second moving body to an electrical signal; and

a display unit disposed on a surface of the portable electronic device to display an image based on the electrical signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2019
From: HEO, CHANG JAE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0079429 · Jul 9, 2018 · national
Cited By (1)
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