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US 10,652,458 B2Granted
Camera module and electronic device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoon-seok Kang, Bae-seok Lim
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Abstract
A camera module comprising: a first optical system and a second optical system, each of the first and second optical systems including: a first frame configured to support a first lens group and move along an optical axis in a first direction; and a second frame configured to support a reflector configured to reflect light passing through the first lens group, and move in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
Claims13
A camera module comprising:
- a first optical system and a second optical system that are arranged in opposite directions to each other in a housing,
- each of the first and second optical systems including:
- a first frame configured to support a first lens group and move along an optical axis in a first direction;
- and
- a second frame configured to support a reflector configured to reflect light passing through the first lens group, and move in a second direction that is different from the first direction,
- wherein the optical axis comprises a first optical axis extending through the first lens group and a second optical axis that is transverse to the first optical axis,
- the first frame is configured to move along the first optical axis, and
- the second frame is configured to move in a direction transverse to the first optical axis and the second optical axis,
- wherein the first frame of the first optical system is arranged to move in synch with the second frame of the first optical system,
- wherein the first frame comprises a contact surface arranged to contact the second frame, and the contact surface has a slope oblique relative to a movement path of the second frame and a parallel surface parallel to the moving path of the second frame,
- wherein the second frame comprises a gap maintaining member,
- wherein each of the first and second optical systems is arranged to move between a projection position wherein at least a part of the first lens group projects outside the housing and a storage position wherein the first lens group is stored in the housing, and
- wherein, when the first optical system and the second optical system are in the projection position, the gap maintaining member contacts with the parallel surface of the first frame to maintain a gap between the first frame of the first optical system and the first frame of the second optical system.
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An electronic device comprising a camera module, the camera module comprising:
- a first optical system and a second optical system that are arranged in opposite directions to each other in a housing, each of the first and second optical systems including:
- a first frame configured to support a first lens group and move along an optical axis in a first direction;
- and
- a second frame configured to support a reflector configured to reflect light passing through the first lens group, and move in a second direction that is different from the first direction,
- wherein the optical axis comprises a first optical axis extending through the first lens group and a second optical axis that is transverse to the first optical axis,
- the first frame is configured to move along the first optical axis, and
- the second frame is configured to move in a direction transverse to the first optical axis and the second optical axis,
- wherein the first frame of the first optical system is arranged to move in synch with the second frame of the first optical system,
- wherein the first frame comprises a contact surface arranged to contact the second frame, and the contact surface has a slope oblique relative to a movement path of the second frame and a parallel surface parallel to the moving path of the second frame,
- wherein the second frame comprises a gap maintaining member,
- wherein each of the first and second optical systems is arranged to move between a projection position wherein at least a part of the first lens group projects outside the housing and a storage position wherein the first lens group is stored in the housing, and
- wherein, when the first optical system and the second optical system are in the projection position, the gap maintaining member contacts with the parallel surface of the first frame to maintain a gap between the first frame of the first optical system and the first frame of the second optical system.
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