Dual camera module and optical instrument

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11493725-B2
Application number	US-201716319628-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2017
Priority date	Jul 29, 2016
Publication date	Nov 8, 2022
Grant date	Nov 8, 2022

Abstract

The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module, in which a first lens driving device is spaced apart from and arranged in parallel with a second lens driving device, a first Hall sensor of the first lens driving device is disposed is disposed at a corner portion which is spaced most apart from a second sensing magnet of the second lens driving device, among a plurality of corner portions of a first housing; and a second Hall sensor of the second lens driving device is disposed at a corner portion which is spaced most apart from the first Hall sensor, among a plurality of corner portions of a second housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A camera module, the camera module comprising:
a first lens driving device comprising a first cover member, a first bobbin disposed in the first cover member, a first coil disposed on the first bobbin, a first driving magnet disposed in the first cover member and facing the first coil, a first sensing magnet on the first bobbin, and a first Hall sensor configured to detect the first sensing magnet; and
a second lens driving device comprising a second cover member, a second bobbin disposed in the second cover member, a second coil disposed on the second bobbin, and a second driving magnet disposed in the second cover member and facing the second coil,
wherein the first cover member comprises first and third lateral plates opposite to each other, second and fourth lateral plates opposite to each other, a first corner disposed between the first and second lateral plates, a second corner disposed between the second and third lateral plates, a third corner disposed between the third and fourth lateral plates, and a fourth corner disposed between the fourth and first lateral plates,
wherein the first driving magnet comprises a first magnet disposed at a position corresponding to that of the first lateral plate, a second magnet disposed at a position corresponding to that of the second lateral plate, a third magnet disposed at a position corresponding to that of the third lateral plate, and a fourth magnet disposed at a position corresponding to that of the fourth lateral plate,
wherein a distance between the third magnet and the third corner is smaller than a distance between the third magnet and the second corner,
wherein the second cover member comprises a fifth lateral plate facing the first lateral plate, a seventh lateral plate opposite to the fifth lateral plate, and sixth and eighth lateral plates opposite to each other, a fifth corner disposed between the fifth and sixth lateral plates, a sixth corner disposed between the sixth and seventh lateral plates, a seventh corner disposed between the seventh and eighth lateral plates, and an eighth corner disposed between the eighth and fifth lateral plates,
wherein the second driving magnet comprises a fifth magnet disposed at a position corresponding to that of the fifth lateral plate, a sixth magnet disposed at a position corresponding to that of the sixth lateral plate, a seventh magnet disposed at a position corresponding to that of the seventh lateral plate, and an eighth magnet disposed at a position corresponding to that of the eighth lateral plate, and
wherein a distance between the seventh magnet and the seventh corner is smaller than a distance between the seventh magnet and the sixth corner.

2. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first magnet and the first corner is smaller than a distance between the first magnet and the fourth corner, a distance between the second magnet and the first corner is smaller than a distance between the second magnet and the second corner, and a distance between the fourth magnet and the third corner is smaller than a distance between the fourth magnet and the fourth corner.

3. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the first magnet is not overlapped with the third magnet in a direction from the first lateral plate toward the third lateral plate.

4. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the first magnet is in parallel to the first lateral plate.

5. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the first Hall sensor is disposed at a position corresponding to that of the second corner of the first cover member.

6. The camera module of claim 5 , wherein the second lens driving device comprises a second sensing magnet on the second bobbin, and a second Hall sensor configured to detect the second sensing magnet, and wherein the second corner of the first cover member is a corner most spaced apart from the second sensing magnet among the first to fourth corners of the first cover member.

7. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the first lens driving device comprises a first compensation magnet disposed on the first bobbin, and
wherein the first compensation magnet is symmetrical to the first sensing magnet with respect to a first optical axis.

8. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing magnet is disposed in the first coil.

9. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the first lens driving device comprises a first substrate disposed on the first cover member and a lower support member coupled to the first bobbin,
wherein the first Hall sensor is disposed on the first substrate, and
wherein the lower support member electrically connects the first coil and the first substrate.

10. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the first cover member is spaced apart from the second cover member, and
wherein a first optical axis of the first lens driving device is in parallel to a second optical axis of the second lens driving device.

11. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the first lens driving device comprises a first support member coupled to the first bobbin and movably supporting the first bobbin along a first optical axis, and
wherein the second lens driving device comprises a second support member coupled to the second bobbin and movably supporting the second bobbin along a second optical axis.

12. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the fifth magnet and the fifth corner is smaller than a distance between the fifth magnet and the eighth corner, a distance between the sixth magnet and the fifth corner is smaller than a distance between the sixth magnet and the sixth corner, and a distance between the eighth magnet and the seventh corner is smaller than a distance between the eighth magnet and the eighth corner.

13. The camera module of claim 12 , wherein the first to fourth magnets are mutually symmetrical with respect to a first optical axis,
wherein the fifth to eighth magnets are mutually symmetrical with respect to a second optical axis, and
wherein each of the first to eighth magnets is formed with a flat plate shape.

14. The camera module of claim 12 , wherein the first magnet is not overlapped with the fifth magnet in a direction facing from a first optical axis toward a second optical axis, and
wherein the first magnet is overlapped with the seventh magnet in a direction facing from the first optical axis toward the second optical axis.

15. An optical instrument, comprising:
a main body;
the camera module of claim 1 disposed on the main body to capture an image of a subject; and
a display displaying the image captured by the camera module.

16. A camera module comprising:
a first lens driving device comprising a first housing, a first bobbin disposed in the first housing, a first driving magnet disposed on the first housing, and a first coil disposed on the first bobbin and facing the first driving magnet; and
a second lens driving device comprising a second housing, a second bobbin disposed in the second housing, a second driving magnet disposed on the second housing, and a second coil disposed on the second bobbin facing the second driving magnet,
wherein the first housing comprises first and third lateral portions opposite to each other, second and fourth lateral portions opposite to each other, a first corner portion disposed between the first and second lateral portions, a second corner portion disposed between the second and third lateral portions, a third corner portion disposed between the third and fourth lateral portions, and a fourth corner portion disposed between the fourth and first lateral po

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sang Ok
• Min Sang Jun
• Lee Seong Min

Classifications

• H04N23/00 Primary

  Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/67

  Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals · CPC title

• H04N23/57

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

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/45

  for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images · CPC title