Apparatus and method of driving piezoelectric actuator for auto-focus

Abstract

There is provided an apparatus for driving a piezoelectric actuator moving a lens for auto-focus, the apparatus including: a lens position sensing unit sensing a position of the lens and generating a sensed lens position value; a lens control unit comparing the sensed lens position value with a target lens position value for auto-focus to determine a moving direction of the lens; and an actuator driving unit generating an actuator driving signal for driving the piezoelectric actuator to move the lens in the moving direction determined by the lens control unit, wherein the lens control unit temporarily stops the operation of the actuator driving unit, and receives the sensed lens position value corresponding to the lens position sensed by the lens position sensing unit and compares the sensed lens position value with the target lens position value while the operation of the actuator driving unit is temporarily stopped.

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