Camera module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10084946-B2
Application number	US-201615367889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2016
Priority date	Sep 19, 2012
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor, a holder member mounted at the PCB to support a lens module, movable lens concentrically arranged with the lens module, a first actuator compensating movement of an image captured by the image sensor by moving the movable lens, and a gyro sensor unit integrally formed with the first actuator to detect rotation of trajectory in response to movement of an electronic device mounted with the camera module.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A camera module, the camera module comprising:
a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor;
a holder member disposed on the PCB;
a lens module coupled with the holder member, the lens module including one or more lenses;
a sensor unit disposed on the holder member;
a liquid lens disposed on the sensor unit;
a connection member disposed between the sensor unit and the liquid lens; and
a movable lens concentrically arranged with and coupled to the liquid lens,
wherein the sensor unit includes a body centrally formed with a through hole, a plurality of sensing lugs protrusively formed at a periphery of the body, and a sensing unit arranged at a surface corresponding to the plurality of sensing lugs,
wherein the sensor unit detects movement of an electronic device mounted with the camera module,
wherein the sensing unit is provided spaced apart from and separate from the body,
wherein the liquid lens is configured to implement at least one function of a focusing function, a zoom function and a handshake compensation function by moving the movable lens, and
wherein the connection member electrically connects the sensor unit and the liquid lens and is electrically connected to the PCB.

2. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the through hole is formed with a diameter greater than a diameter of the lens module.

3. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the body is provided in a shape of a ring and centrally formed with the through hole.

4. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein at least four sensing lugs are formed at the periphery of the body.

5. The camera module of claim 4 , wherein the four sensing lugs are discretely arranged each at a predetermined same distance.

6. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the sensing unit is arranged opposite to at least two surfaces of the sensing lugs.

7. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the sensor unit is any one of a gyro sensor unit and an acceleration sensor unit.

8. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the liquid lens and the connection member are disposed above or below the lens module.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Hack Ho

Classifications

• H04N23/687 Primary

  by shifting the lens or sensor position · CPC title

• H04N23/68

  for stable pick-up of the scene, e.g. compensating for camera body vibrations · CPC title

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/6812

  based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors · CPC title

• H04N5/2257

  Electricity · mapped topic