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US 10,379,315 B2Granted
Camera module
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoo Chang Kim, Byung Gi An, Po Chul Kim
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Abstract
A camera module includes a housing; a first lens module and a second lens module accommodated in the housing; a printed circuit board attached to the housing; an actuator disposed between the first and second lens modules and the housing and configured to move the first and second lens modules in an optical axis direction; and a single integrated circuit disposed on the printed circuit board and configured to control movements of the first and second lens modules.
Claims20
A camera module comprising:
- a housing;
- a first lens module and a second lens module accommodated in the housing;
- a printed circuit board attached to the housing;
- an actuator disposed between the first and second lens modules and the housing and configured to move the first and second lens modules in an optical axis direction;
- and
- a single integrated circuit disposed on the printed circuit board and configured to control movements of the first and second lens modules.
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A camera module comprising:
- a housing;
- lens modules accommodated in the housing;
- a substrate attached to the housing;
- an actuator comprising:
- magnets attached to the lens modules, respectively;
- and
- coils disposed on the substrate facing the magnets, respectively;
- and
- a single controller disposed on the substrate between the coils and configured to control the actuator to move the lens modules.
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A camera module comprising:
- a housing;
- a first lens module and a second lens module supported by the housing so that the first and second lens modules are independently movable in an optical axis direction;
- an actuator configured to independently move the first and second lens modules in the optical axis direction;
- and
- a single integrated circuit configured to control the actuator to independently move the first and second lens modules in the optical axis direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.