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Granted Patent B2
US 11,159,728 · App. 16/902,294 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Lens drive apparatus, camera module and camera

Inventors: Akihiro Moriya (Tokyo, JP); Masayoshi Sugawara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H04N5/23287G02B7/08G02B7/09G02B13/001G02B27/646G03B3/00G03B3/10G03B5/00G03B13/36G03B17/00G03B17/02H04N5/2253H04N5/2254H04N5/2257H04N5/23248H04N5/23264H04N5/335G03B2205/0015G03B2205/0069
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Patent No.
US 11,159,728
App. No.
16/902,294
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera module has a magnet which is held by a magnet holder included in an optical device part together with a lens holder and which is used in common as a magnet in collaboration with a first coil to move an imaging device and the lens holder relative to each other in a direction of an optical axis, a magnet in collaboration with a second coil to move the imaging device and the optical device part relative to each other in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, and a magnet of which a magnetic force is detected by a Hall device.

Claims (38)

1. A camera module comprising:

an optical device part including:

a lens holder capable of comprising a tubular section for holding a lens; and

a magnet holder disposed around to be spaced apart from the lens holder on an outside of the tubular section;

an imaging device part including:

a base disposed apart from the optical device part in a direction of an optical axis and having a central opening; and

an imaging device disposed at the opening;

an optical device part side coil disposed around the tubular section and fixed to the lens;

a plurality of magnets including a certain magnet and held by the magnet holder, the certain magnet being disposed to face the optical device part side coil at a position outside of the tubular section in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis;

an imaging device part side coil disposed to the imaging device part such that the imaging device part side coil faces the certain magnet;

a Hall device disposed to the imaging device part such that the Hall device faces the certain magnet, wherein

the certain magnet is used in common as:

a magnet configured to move the imaging device and the lens holder relative to each other in the direction of the optical axis by interacting with the optical device part side coil,

a magnet configured to move the imaging device and the optical device part relative to each other in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by interacting with the imaging device part side coil, and

a magnet of which a magnetic force is detected by the Hall device to detect a relative position between the imaging device and the optical device part in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.

2. A camera comprising the camera module according to claim 1 .

3. A camera module comprising:

an optical device part including:

a lens holder comprising a tubular section for holding a lens; and

a magnet holder disposed to be spaced apart from the lens holder on an outside of the tubular section;

an imaging device part including:

a base disposed apart from the optical device part in a direction of an optical axis and having a central opening; and

an imaging device disposed at the opening;

a first coil disposed around the tubular section and fixed to the lens holder;

a first magnet and a second magnet held by the magnet holder and disposed to face the first coil at positions outside of the tubular section in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis and in a second direction orthogonal to both the first direction and optical axis, respectively;

a second coil disposed to the imaging device part such that the second coil faces the first magnet;

a third coil disposed to the imaging device part such that the third coil faces the second magnet;

a first Hall device disposed to the imaging device part such that the first Hall device faces the first magnet;

a second Hall device disposed to the imaging device part such that the second Hall device faces the second magnet, wherein

the first magnet is used in common as:

a magnet configured to move the imaging device and the lens holder relative to each other in the direction of the optical axis by interacting with the first coil,

a magnet configured to move the imaging device and the optical device part relative to each other in the first direction by interacting with the second coil, and

a magnet of which a magnetic force is detected by the first Hall device to detect a relative position between the imaging device and the optical device part in the first direction, and

the second magnet is used in common as:

a magnet configured to move the imaging device and the lens holder relative to each other in the direction of the optical axis by interacting with the first coil,

a magnet configured to move the imaging device and the optical device part relative to each other in the second direction by interacting with the third coil, and

a magnet of which a magnetic force is detected by the second Hall device to detect a relative position between the imaging device and the optical device part in the second direction.

4. A camera comprising the camera module according to claim 3 .

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-191619 · Aug 21, 2009 · national
JP 2010-158602 · Jul 13, 2010 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16392795 · Apr 24, 2019
Continuation 14664198 · Mar 20, 2015
Continuation 13390603
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