Camera device configured to perform optical image stabilization by moving an image sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12563281-B2
Application number	US-202218562097-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2022
Priority date	May 21, 2021
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

A first embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera device comprising: a fixed part; a first moving part located inside the fixed part and comprising a lens; a second moving part comprising an image sensor; a first driving part for moving the first moving part relative to the fixed part; a second driving part for moving the second moving part relative to the fixed part; a connecting member for movably connecting the second moving part to the fixed part; and a ball located between the fixed part and the second moving part. The connecting member presses the second moving part toward the ball.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A camera device comprising:
a fixed part; a first moving part disposed in the fixed part and comprising a lens; a second moving part comprising an image sensor; a first driving part configured to move the first moving part with respect to the fixed part; a second driving part configured to move the second moving part with respect to the fixed part; a connecting member movably connecting the second moving part to the fixed part; and a ball disposed between the fixed part and the second moving part, wherein the connecting member is configured to press the second moving part toward the ball, wherein the connecting member comprises a connecting substrate and a metal plate coupled with the connecting substrate, wherein the connecting substrate comprises an extension part that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the image sensor, and the connecting substrate comprises a portion extending in a direction in parallel to the upper surface of the image sensor, and wherein the metal plate is coupled with the extension part.

2 . The camera device of claim 1 , wherein the fixed part comprises a first substrate,
wherein the second moving part comprises a second substrate electrically connected with the image sensor, and wherein the connecting substrate connects the first substrate and the second substrate.

3 . The camera device of claim 1 , wherein the metal plate has elasticity.

4 . The camera device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the metal plate is equal to a thickness of the connecting substrate or greater than the thickness of the connecting substrate.

5 . The camera device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting substrate comprises a connecting portion connected with the second moving part, the extension part extending from the connecting portion, and a terminal portion connected with the extension part and comprising a terminal, and
wherein at least a portion of the metal plate is disposed on the extension part of the connecting substrate.

6 . The camera device of claim 5 , wherein at least a portion of the metal plate has a length equal to a length of the extension part in an optical axis direction.

7 . The camera device of claim 5 , wherein the extension part comprises a bending region bent in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction, and
wherein the metal plate is disposed on the bending region.

8 . The camera device of claim 7 , wherein the metal plate comprises a hole, and
wherein at least a portion of the hole of the metal plate is disposed in the bending region.

9 . The camera device of claim 7 , wherein the metal plate comprises a first portion and a second portion formed to be shorter than the first portion in an optical axis direction, and
wherein at least a portion of the second portion of the metal plate is disposed on the bending region.

10 . A camera device comprising:
a fixed part; a first moving part disposed in the fixed part and comprising a lens; a second moving part comprising an image sensor; a first driving part configured to move the first moving part with respect to the fixed part; a second driving part configured to move the second moving part with respect to the fixed part; a connecting member movably connecting the second moving part to the fixed part; and a ball disposed between the fixed part and the second moving part, wherein the connecting member comprises a connecting substrate and a metal plate coupled with the connecting substrate, wherein the connecting substrate comprises an extension part that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the image sensor, and the connecting substrate comprises a portion extending in a direction in parallel to the upper surface of the image sensor, and wherein the metal plate is coupled with the extension part.

11 . The camera device of claim 7 , wherein the metal plate comprises a plurality of grooves concavely formed in an optical axis direction, and
wherein the plurality of grooves of the metal plate are not disposed on the bending region.

12 . The camera device of claim 5 , wherein the extension portion part comprises a bending region bent in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction, and
wherein the metal plate is not disposed on the bending region.

13 . The camera device of claim 5 , wherein the terminal portion of the connecting substrate is fixed to the first substrate, and
wherein an upper end of the extension part slopes downward from the connecting portion toward the terminal portion.

14 . The camera device of claim 2 , wherein the second moving part comprises a holder coupled with the second substrate, and
wherein the ball is disposed between the holder and the first substrate.

15 . The camera device of claim 2 , wherein the image sensor is disposed between the first moving part and the first substrate.

16 . The camera device of claim 14 , wherein the first driving part comprises a magnet disposed on the fixed part and a first coil disposed on the first moving part at a position corresponding to the magnet, and
wherein the second driving part comprises a second coil disposed on the second moving part at a position corresponding to the magnet.

17 . The camera device of claim 16 , wherein the second coil is disposed on the holder, and
wherein the holder comprises a portion disposed between the second coil and the ball in an optical axis direction.

18 . An optical device comprising:
a main body; the camera device of claim 1 disposed on the main body; and a display disposed on the main body and configured to output a video or image photographed by the camera device.

19 . The camera device of claim 10 , wherein the fixed part comprises a first substrate, and
wherein the connecting substrate electrically connects the first substrate and the second moving part.

20 . A camera device comprising:
a first substrate; a housing disposed on the first substrate; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a lens coupled with the bobbin; a second substrate disposed below the bobbin; an image sensor electrically connected with the second substrate; a holder coupled with the second substrate; a first driving part configured to move the lens with respect to the first substrate; a second driving part configured to move the image sensor with respect to the first substrate; a connecting substrate connecting the first substrate and the second substrate; a metal plate coupled with the connecting substrate; and a ball disposed between the first substrate and the holder, wherein the metal plate is configured to press the holder toward the first substrate, wherein the connecting substrate comprises an extension part that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the image sensor, and the connecting substrate comprises a portion extending in a direction in parallel to the upper surface of the image sensor, and wherein the metal plate is coupled with the extension part.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Jung Seok
• Park Sang Ok

Classifications

• G03B13/36

  Autofocus systems · CPC title

• H04N23/687

  by shifting the lens or sensor position · CPC title

• G03B17/02

  Bodies · 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

• G03B5/00

  Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing · CPC title