# US 11,910,078 B2 · Camera module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,078 B2 - Document ID: US11910078B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/005,960 - Filed: 2020-08-28 - Published: 2021-03-04 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-30 - Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong Shin Yang; Sot Eum Seo; Ju Sung Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910078B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof - G02B 5/003: {Light absorbing elements} - G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses} - G02B 27/646: {compensating for small deviations, e.g. due to vibration or shake (movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur in cameras, projectors or printers G03B2205/0007; image stabilisation in cameras peculiar to the presence or use of an electronic image sensor H04N23/68)} - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - H04M 1/0264: {for a camera module assembly} - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A camera module includes a first lens module having a first lens barrel accommodating a first lens group, and a second lens module spaced apart from the first lens module in an optical axis direction, configured to be moveable in the optical axis direction, and having a second lens barrel accommodating a second lens group, the first lens barrel includes a first through-hole on one side and a first opening on the other side, the second lens barrel includes a second opening opposing the first opening on one side and a second through-hole on the other side, a diameter of the first opening is greater than a diameter of the first through-hole, and a diameter of the second opening is greater than a diameter of the second through-hole, and a light shielding member is disposed at one or more of the first opening and the second opening. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camera module, comprising: a first lens module comprising a first lens barrel accommodating a first lens group; and a second lens module spaced apart from the first lens module in an optical axis direction, configured to be moveable in the optical axis direction, and comprising a second lens barrel accommodating a second lens group, wherein the first lens barrel comprises a first through-hole on one side and a first opening on the other side, wherein the second lens barrel comprises a second opening adjacent to the first opening on one side and a second through-hole on the other side, wherein a diameter of the first opening is greater than a diameter of the first through-hole, and a diameter of the second opening is greater than a diameter of the second through-hole, and wherein a light shielding member is disposed at an inner side of one or more of the first opening and the second opening to cover a portion of one or more of the first opening and the second opening. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein a surface of the light shielding member is surface-processed to scatter light. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein a light absorbing layer is disposed on a surface of the light shielding member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are disposed to oppose each other, and wherein the light shielding member is disposed on one or more of opposing surfaces of the first lens group and the second lens group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein a stopper is disposed between the first lens module and the second lens module, and wherein the stopper comprises a buffering member having elasticity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, further comprising: a reflective module disposed in front of the first lens module, wherein the reflective module comprises a reflective member configured to change a path of light incident to the reflective module to be directed to the first lens module. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein a first magnet is disposed in the second lens module, and a first coil is disposed in a position opposing the first magnet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, further comprising: a third lens module spaced apart from the second lens module in the optical axis direction, configured to be moveable in the optical axis direction, and comprising a third lens barrel accommodating a third lens group, wherein the third lens barrel comprises a third through-hole opposing the second through-hole on one side and a third opening on the other side, and wherein a diameter of the third opening is greater than a diameter of the third through-hole. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The camera module of claim 8, wherein the first lens group has negative refractive power, the second lens group has positive refractive power, and the third lens group has negative refractive power. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The camera module of claim 9, wherein the first lens group comprises a first lens having positive refractive power and a second lens having negative refractive power, wherein the second lens group comprises a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens having positive refractive power, and wherein the third lens group comprises a sixth lens having positive refractive power and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The camera module of claim 8, wherein a gap between the first lens module and the second lens module is smaller than a gap between the second lens module and the third lens module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The camera module of claim 8, further comprising: a housing in which the first lens module, the second lens module and the third lens module are accommodated, wherein the first lens module is fastened to and disposed in the housing, and wherein a ball member is disposed between the second lens module and the housing and between the third lens module and the housing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The camera module of claim 8, wherein one side surface and the other side surface of each of the second lens module and the third lens module have different lengths in the optical axis direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The camera module of claim 13, wherein the first magnet is disposed on a side surface having a longer length between the one side surface and the other side surface of the second lens module, and the first coil is disposed in a position opposing the first magnet, and wherein a second magnet is disposed on a side surface having a longer length between the one side surface and the other side surface of the third lens module, and a second coil is disposed in a position opposing the second magnet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The camera module of claim 14, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are disposed opposite to each other with reference to an optical axis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A portable electronic device comprising: a first camera module comprising the camera module of claim 1; an image sensor module configured to convert light which passes through the first and second lens modules into an electrical signal; and a second camera module comprising a different field of view than the first camera module. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The portable electronic device of claim 16, wherein the first camera module comprises a narrower field of view than the second camera module. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The portable electronic device of claim 17, wherein the first camera module comprises a field of view within a range of 10° to 25° and the second camera module comprises a field of view within a range of 75° to 85°. ### Claim 19 A camera module, comprising: a housing comprising an internal space; a lens module disposed in the internal space, and comprising lenses disposed in lens barrels, the lenses aligned in an optical axis direction, wherein ends of the lens barrels face each other; and a light shielding member disposed in a region between lenses of facing lens barrels, wherein the light shielding member is disposed on a side of a lens in a lens barrel adjacent a facing lens barrel on a side of the lens toward the facing lens barrel, wherein a first lens barrel comprises a first through-hole on one side and a first opening on the other side, wherein a second lens barrel comprises a second opening adjacent to the first opening on one side and a second through-hole on the other side, wherein a diameter of the first opening is greater than a diameter of the first through-hole, and a diameter of the second opening is greater than a diameter of the second through hole, and wherein the light shielding member is disposed at an inner side of one or more of the first opening and the second opening to cover a portion of one or more of the first opening and the second opening. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The camera module of claim 19, wherein a third lens barrel spaced apart from the second lens barrel in the optical axis direction is configured to be moveable in the optical axis direction, wherein the third lens barrel comprises a third through-hole opposing the second through-hole on one side and a third opening on the other side, and wherein a diameter of the third opening is greater than a diameter of the third through-hole. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) A portable electronic device comprising: a first camera module comprising the camera module of claim 19; an image sensor module configured to convert light which passes through the lenses into an electrical signal; and a second camera module comprising a different field of view than the first camera module.