Camera module including liquid lens, optical device including the same, and method of manufacturing camera module including liquid lens
AssigneeLG Innotek Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeung Ryong Park, Jung Shik Baik
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Abstract
An embodiment of a camera module includes a holder configured such that the upper and lower portions of the holder are open and such that a first hole and a second hole, opposite to the first hole, are formed in the side surface of the holder, a first lens unit coupled to the upper portion of the holder, a second lens unit coupled to the lower portion of the holder, and a liquid lens disposed in the first hole and the second hole of the holder between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, the liquid lens protruding outward from the side surface of the holder, wherein at least a portion of the liquid lens may be spaced apart from the inner surface of the holder.
Claims20
A camera module, comprising:
- a holder comprising a side wall having a hole;
- a first lens unit comprising a plurality of lenses and fixed to the holder;
- and
- a focus adjustable lens fixed in the holder,
- wherein the focus adjustable lens overlaps the first lens unit in a first direction parallel to an optical axis direction, and
- wherein a thickness of the hole in the first direction is greater than a thickness of the focus adjustable lens in the first direction.
A camera module, comprising:
- a holder comprising a side wall having a hole;
- a first lens unit comprising a plurality of lenses and disposed in the holder;
- and
- a focus adjustable lens disposed on the first lens unit,
- wherein the focus adjustable lens overlaps the first lens unit in a first direction parallel to an optical axis direction, and
- wherein the focus adjustable lens is inserted through the hole and overlapped with the hole in a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction.
A camera module, comprising:
- a holder comprising a side wall having a hole;
- a first lens disposed in the holder;
- a second lens disposed in the holder;
- and
- an interface variable lens disposed between the first lens and the second lens,
- wherein the interface variable lens comprises a first material, a second material on the first material, and an interface between the first material and the second material,
- wherein a part of the interface variable lens is disposed in the hole,
- wherein a size of the hole is greater than a thickness of a center of the interface variable lens, in a direction parallel to an optical axis, and
- wherein the size of the hole is less than a combined thickness, along the optical axis, of the interface variable lens and the first lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.