# US 12,015,728 B2 · Electronic device including camera module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,728 B2 - Document ID: US12015728B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/894,582 - Filed: 2022-08-24 - Published: 2022-12-22 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-02 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Doyun Kim; Hokyung Kang; Dongwoo Lee; Jihyuk Jang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015728B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/0264: {for a camera module assembly} - G03B 5/04: Vertical adjustment of lens; Rising fronts - G03B 17/02: Bodies - H02K 11/01: for shielding from electromagnetic fields {, i.e. structural association with shields} (means for preventing or reducing eddy-current losses in the winding heads by shielding H02K3/42) - H02K 11/21: Devices for sensing speed or position, or actuated thereby (specially adapted for machines having non-mechanical commutating devices H02K29/06, H02K29/14) - H02K 11/33: Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) - H02K 33/18: with coil systems moving upon intermittent or reversed energisation thereof by interaction with a fixed field system, e.g. permanent magnets - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - H04N 23/675: {comprising setting of focusing regions} - H04N 23/685: {performed by mechanical compensation} - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An electronic device includes a camera module, wherein the camera module includes a lens assembly including lenses aligned along an optical axis, an actuator, a first magnet disposed on a first surface of the lens assembly, a first coil configured to move the lens assembly along the optical axis, a metal shield structure disposed on an outer surface of the actuator to face the first coil, and a fixing structure disposed on a third surface perpendicular to the first surface of the lens assembly, wherein at least a portion of the fixing structure has a magnetic property. When one end of the fixing structure is inserted into an opening of a housing, the fixing structure is fixed in an optical axis direction by the opening and is fixed in the first direction by a magnetic force acting on the metal shield structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a camera module, wherein the camera module comprises: a lens assembly including lenses aligned along an optical axis; an actuator surrounding at least two surfaces of the lens assembly; a first magnet disposed on a first surface of the lens assembly; a first coil disposed on the actuator to correspond to the first surface of the lens assembly and configured to move the lens assembly along the optical axis; a metal shield structure disposed on an outer surface of the actuator to face the first coil; a second magnet disposed on a second surface of the lens assembly; a second coil disposed on the actuator to correspond to the second surface of the lens assembly and configured to move the lens assembly on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis; a fixing structure disposed on a third surface perpendicular to the first surface of the lens assembly, wherein at least a portion of the fixing structure has a magnetic property; at least one driving circuit electrically connected to the first coil and the second coil; and a housing in which the lens assembly and the actuator are accommodated, wherein the fixing structure is movable in a first direction parallel to the third surface in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein the housing includes an opening through which one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the housing, and wherein, when one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the opening, the fixing structure is fixed in an optical axis direction by the opening and is fixed in the first direction by a magnetic force acting on the metal shield structure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the third surface of the lens assembly includes an inwardly concave recess, wherein another end of the fixing structure includes a protrusion corresponding to the recess, and wherein when the one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the opening as the fixing structure moves in the first direction, the protrusion comes into contact with one end of the recess. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the opening is included in a first side surface corresponding to the first surface of the lens assembly among inner surfaces of the housing, wherein, when the lens assembly is located at a first position with respect to the housing, the one end of the fixing structure is in contact with the first side surface, and wherein, when the lens assembly is located at a second position shifted in the optical axis direction more than the first position relative to the housing, the fixing structure moves in the first direction relative to the lens assembly, and the one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein, when the camera module satisfies a predetermined condition, the at least one driving circuit controls the first coil to move the lens assembly to the second position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, further comprising: a Hall sensor disposed on the actuator to face the first magnet and configured to detect a position of the lens assembly, wherein the at least one driving circuit is configured to: control the first coil to output a signal for moving the lens assembly to the first position, and determine whether or not the lens assembly is fixed to the second position without being moved to the first position using the Hall sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein an angle between the third surface and a surface in which the one end of the recess and the protrusion are in contact with each other is an angle of 45 degrees, and wherein, when the one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the opening, the lens assembly is fixed in a second direction perpendicular to the surface in which the one end of the recess and the protrusion are in contact with each other on the plane perpendicular to the optical axis by contact between the one end of the recess and the protrusion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the at least one driving circuit is configured to control the second coil to move the lens assembly in a direction opposite to the second direction when the camera module satisfies a predetermined condition. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein, when the lens assembly moves in a direction opposite to the second direction, the one end of the fixing structure is separated from the opening. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the camera module further includes an auto focus (AF) carrier that accommodates the lens assembly and is accommodated in the housing, wherein the fixing structure is disposed on the AF carrier and configured to be movable in the first direction relative to the AF carrier, and wherein, when the one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the opening, the AF carrier is fixed in the optical axis direction by the opening, and the lens assembly is fixed on the plane perpendicular to the optical axis as the protrusion comes into contact with the one end of the recess. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one end of the fixing structure has a magnetic property. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein an entirety of the fixing structure has a magnetic property. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the actuator surrounds three surfaces including the first surface, the second surface, and a fourth surface of the lens assembly, wherein the camera module further includes a third magnet disposed on the fourth surface of the lens assembly, and a third coil disposed on the actuator to correspond to the fourth surface, and wherein the at least one driving circuit is configured to: control the third coil to move the lens assembly on the plane perpendicular to the optical axis along a first axis parallel to the second surface, and control the second coil to move the lens assembly on the plane perpendicular to the optical axis along a second axis parallel to the fourth surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera module includes at least two balls disposed between the actuator and the lens assembly to move the lens assembly along the optical axis. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera module includes at least four balls disposed between the housing and the lens assembly to move the lens assembly on the plane perpendicular to the optical axis. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: an application processor (AP) electrically connected to the camera module, wherein the AP is configured to control the camera module to fix the lens assembly relative to the housing. ### Claim 16 An electronic device comprising: a camera module, wherein the camera module comprises: a lens assembly including lenses aligned along an optical axis, an actuator surrounding at least two surfaces of the lens assembly, a first magnet disposed on a first surface of the lens assembly, a first coil disposed on the actuator to correspond to the first surface of the lens assembly and configured to move the lens assembly along the optical axis, a metal shield structure disposed on an outer surface of the actuator to face the first coil, a second magnet disposed on a second surface of the lens assembly, a second coil disposed on the actuator to correspond to the second surface of the lens assembly and configured to move the lens assembly on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, a fixing structure disposed on a third surface perpendicular to the first surface of the lens assembly, wherein at least a portion of the fixing structure has a magnetic property, at least one driving circuit electrically connected to the first coil and the second coil, and a housing in which the lens assembly and the actuator are accommodated, wherein the fixing structure is movable in a first direction parallel to the third surface in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein the housing includes an opening through which one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the housing, wherein the third surface of the lens assembly includes an inwardly concave recess, wherein another end of the fixing structure includes a protrusion corresponding to the recess, and wherein, when one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the opening, the fixing structure is fixed in an optical axis direction by the opening, and is fixed in the first direction by a magnetic force acting on the metal shield structure, and the protrusion comes into contact with one end of the recess. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein, when the fixing structure is inserted into the opening, the lens assembly is fixed in a second direction perpendicular to a surface in which the one end of the recess and the protrusion are in contact with each other on the plane perpendicular to the optical axis by contact between the one end of the recess and the protrusion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, wherein, when the at least one driving circuit controls the first coil to move the lens assembly to a predetermined position, the fixing structure moves in the first direction relative to the lens assembly, and the one end of the fixing structure is inserted into the opening. ### Claim 19 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the predetermined condition comprises a case in which fixing the lens assembly is necessary. ### Claim 20 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the predetermined condition comprises receiving, by the camera module, a signal to deactivate the camera module.