Lens driving apparatus with shake compensation having three ball members

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10747013-B2
Application number	US-201615161667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2016
Priority date	Nov 13, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

A lens driving apparatus and a camera module including the same are provided. A lens driving apparatus includes a shake compensation unit configured to move in directions perpendicular to an optical axis, and ball members supporting the shake compensation unit, such that a degree of freedom for one of the ball members is different from a degree of freedom for another of the ball members.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lens driving apparatus comprising:
a shake compensation unit configured to move in directions perpendicular to an optical axis, the shake compensation unit comprising a lens holder attached to a lens barrel and disposed in a focus adjustment unit, a frame disposed in the focus adjustment unit, a first magnet, and a first coil facing the first magnet in one of the directions perpendicular to the optical axis;
a carrier accommodating the lens barrel and configured to move together with the lens barrel in a direction of the optical axis;
a magnetic yoke part disposed on the carrier; and
ball members supporting the shake compensation unit, and comprising:
a first ball member disposed between the focus adjustment unit and the frame;
a second ball member disposed between the frame and the lens holder; and
a third ball member disposed between the locus adjustment unit and the lens holder,

wherein the first magnet and the magnetic yoke part are configured such that an attractive force between the first magnet and the magnetic yoke part generates pressing forces on the ball members,
wherein the first magnet and the first coil are configured to generate a driving force in the one of the directions perpendicular to the optical axis, and
wherein the first ball member is movable in a rolling motion in a first axis direction perpendicular to the optical axis, the second ball member is movable in a rolling motion in a second axis direction perpendicular to the first axis direction, and the third ball member is movable in a rolling motion in both the first axis direction and the second axis direction.

2. The lens driving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein degree of freedom for one of the ball members is greater than a degree of freedom for another of the ball members.

3. The lens driving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second ball member is not movable in a rolling motion in the first axis direction and the first ball member is not movable in a rolling motion in the second axis direction.

4. The lens driving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the shake compensation unit comprises guide grooves that accommodate the ball members therein, and one of the guide grooves has a different shape from another of the guide grooves.

5. The lens driving apparatus of claim 4 , wherein a shape of a guide groove, among the guide grooves, in which the third ball member is accommodated is circular, and
a guide grooves, among the guide grooves, in which the first and second ball members are respectively accommodated is rectangular.

6. The lens driving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first, second, and third ball members are disposed on different planes from each other.

7. The lens driving apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first magnet is disposed between the first, second, and third ball members.

8. The lens driving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic yoke part is spaced apart from the first magnet in the direction of the optical axis.

9. The lens driving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the focus adjustment unit is movable in the direction of the optical axis, and
the shake compensation unit is configured to be movable together with the focus adjustment unit in the direction of the optical axis.

10. The lens driving apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a plurality of second magnets are mounted on different surfaces of the focus adjustment unit.

11. The lens driving apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a magnet, among the plurality of second magnets, mounted on one surface, among the different surfaces of the focus adjustment unit, faces a second coil, and
a magnet, among the plurality of second magnets, mounted on another surface, among the different surfaces of the focus adjustment unit, faces a position sensor.

12. The lens driving apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a plurality of second coils are disposed to face the plurality of second magnets, and
a position sensor is disposed at a position adjacent to one of the plurality of second coils.

Assignees

• Samsung Electro Mech

Inventors

• Lim Soo Cheol

Classifications

• H04N23/687

  by shifting the lens or sensor position · CPC title

• H04N23/57

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

• G03B30/00

  Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles · CPC title

• G03B5/04 Primary

  Vertical adjustment of lens; Rising fronts · CPC title

• G02B7/04

  with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification · CPC title