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US 11,378,814 B2Granted
Camera module with controller to move image sensor or lens assembly
AssigneesLG Innotek Co., Ltd., Corning Incorporated
InventorsYong Bok Choi, Eun Sung Seo
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Abstract
A camera module includes a lens assembly comprising a plurality of solid lenses, an image sensor disposed on an optical axis of the plurality of solid lenses, a liquid lens disposed on the optical axis, the liquid lens being disposed on the image sensor, and a controller configured to move the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
Claims19
A camera module, comprising:
- a lens assembly comprising a plurality of solid lenses;
- an image sensor disposed on an optical axis of the plurality of solid lenses;
- a liquid lens disposed on the optical axis, the liquid lens being disposed on the image sensor, the liquid lens comprising a first liquid and a second liquid, the first liquid and the second liquid providing a single interface therebetween;
- and
- a controller configured to move the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis,
- wherein, in response to movement of the image sensor by the controller, the controller is configured to change a position or a shape of the single interface or to change a position of at least one solid lens among the plurality of solid lenses.
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A camera module, comprising:
- a lens assembly comprising a plurality of solid lenses;
- an image sensor disposed on an optical axis of the plurality of solid lenses;
- a liquid lens disposed on the optical axis, the liquid lens being disposed on the image sensor;
- a controller configured to move the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis;
- a moving substrate on which the image sensor is disposed;
- a fixed substrate disposed below the moving substrate;
- and
- a ball disposed between the moving substrate and the fixed substrate.
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A camera module, comprising:
- a lens assembly including a plurality of solid lenses;
- an image sensor disposed on an optical axis of the plurality of solid lenses;
- a liquid lens disposed above the image sensor on the optical axis;
- and
- a controller configured to move the lens assembly in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis,
- wherein the liquid lens includes a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid that form a single interface therebetween, and
- wherein, in response to movement of the lens assembly by the controller, the controller is further configured to change a position or a shape of the single interface or change a position of at least one solid lens among the plurality of solid lenses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.