IP Library Granted Patent US 10,848,656
Granted Patent B2
US 10,848,656 · App. 16/115,611 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Camera module

Inventors: Chuel Jin Park (Suwon-si, KR); Soo Cheol Lim (Suwon-si, KR); Jung Seok Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Sang Ho Seo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
H04N5/2254G02B13/001G03B3/10G03B9/04G03B9/06H04N5/2253
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Patent No.
US 10,848,656
App. No.
16/115,611
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera module includes: a lens module disposed in a housing and a stop module coupled to the lens module. The stop module includes apertures having different diameters from each other so as to selectively change an amount of light incident on the lens module, a magnet portion to select any one of the apertures by movement of the magnet portion, and a coil disposed on the housing facing the magnet portion to move the magnet portion.

Claims (24)

1. A camera module, comprising:

a housing;

a lens module accommodated in the housing;

a stop module comprising two or more plates and a magnet; and

a stop driver configured to drive the two or more plates,

wherein the stop driver comprises a coil disposed in the housing fixed with respect to the housing and the magnet disposed to be opposite to the coil in a direction intersected with an optical axis direction.

2. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein movement directions of the two plates interlocked with the stop driver are different from each other.

3. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the through-holes of the two plates comprise a shape in which a plurality of holes having different sizes are connected to each other.

4. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the through-holes of the two plates comprise a substantially gourd-like shape.

5. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the magnet is configured to move together with the lens module in an optical axis direction.

6. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the magnet is configured to move linearly in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis direction.

7. A camera module, comprising:

a housing;

a lens module accommodated in the housing; and

a stop module comprising one or more plates,

wherein the housing comprises a first image stabilization (OIS) driving coil configured to provide a first driving force to move the lens module in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, a second OIS driving coil configured to provide a second driving force to move the lens module in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the optical axis direction, an autofocus (AF) driving coil configured to provide a third driving force to move the lens module in the optical axis direction, and a stop driving coil configured to drive at least one of the one or more plates of the stop module fixedly disposed on the surfaces of the housing that are parallel to an optical axis direction.

8. The camera module of claim 7 , wherein the first OIS driving coil, the second OIS driving coil, the AF driving coil, and the stop driving coil are disposed on a substrate fixed to the housing.

9. A camera module, comprising:

a housing;

a lens module accommodated in the housing;

a stop module comprising two or more plates; and

a stop driver configured to drive the two or more plates,

wherein the stop driver comprises a magnet holder that is linearly movable in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction, connected to one or more of the two or more plates, and extending in the optical axis direction to a greater distance than extending in a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction and perpendicular to the first direction.

10. The camera module of claim 9 , wherein the stop driver further comprises a coil disposed in the housing that interacts with a magnet disposed in the magnet holder to drive the one or more of the two or more plates.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2017-0064774 · May 25, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0105049 · Aug 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15914578 · Mar 7, 2018
Related Publication 20190020797A1 · Jan 17, 2019
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