# US 2021/0243288 A1 · Camera module and portable electronic device including the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243288 A1 - Document ID: US20210243288A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/070,171 - Filed: 2020-10-14 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-03 - Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jae Woo JUN; Chul CHOI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243288A1 ## CPC - H04M 1/0264: {for a camera module assembly} - G03B 5/02: Lateral adjustment of lens - G03B 17/04: collapsible, foldable or extensible, e.g. book type - G03B 19/22: Double cameras - G03B 30/00: Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles - G03B 35/08: by simultaneous recording - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - G03B 2217/002: Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body - H04M 1/0237: {Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom} - 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) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a base plate and a plurality of cameras provided on the base plate, wherein one of the plurality of cameras is configured to be moved by a driver, and wherein the other cameras of the plurality of cameras are configured to move while being interlocked with the one of the plurality of cameras. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camera module, comprising: a base plate; and a plurality of cameras provided on the base plate, wherein one of the plurality of cameras is configured to be moved by a driver, and wherein the other cameras of the plurality of cameras are configured to move while being interlocked with the one of the plurality of cameras. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein a distance between the other cameras is configured to decrease or increase when the one of the cameras moves. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein a direction in which the one of the cameras moves is perpendicular to a direction in which other cameras move. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein a plurality of guide holes having lengths in moving directions of the plurality of cameras, respectively, are provided in the base plate, wherein each of the plurality of cameras include a protrusion disposed in a corresponding guide hole, and wherein the plurality of cameras is configured to move along the plurality of guide holes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the one of the cameras is connected to the other cameras by a link member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the driver comprises a motor and a first gear connected to the motor, and wherein the one of the cameras comprises a second gear connected to the first gear. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cameras include a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera, wherein the first camera is disposed between the second camera and the third camera, and wherein the second camera and the third camera are configured to move while being interlocked with the first camera. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The camera module of claim 7, wherein the first camera and the second camera are connected to each other by a first link member, and wherein the first camera and the third camera are connected to each other by a second link member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The camera module of claim 7, wherein the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are configured to move from a position in which centers of the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are linearly disposed, to a position in which the centers of the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera form a triangular shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are configured to have different fields of view. ### Claim 11 A portable electronic device, comprising: a case and a cover coupled to each other, and configured to form an internal space; and a camera module disposed in the internal space, wherein the camera module comprises: a base plate; at least three cameras provided on the base plate; a driver configured to move one of the at least three cameras in a first direction; and a link member configured to connect the one of the cameras to each of the other cameras, wherein the other cameras are configured to move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction while being interlocked with the one of the cameras. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the at least three cameras include a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera, and wherein the second camera and the third camera are configured to move closer or farther from each other when the first camera is moved by the driver. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The portable electronic device of claim 12, further comprising a cover plate mounted on the cover, the cover plate comprising a first incident hole which has a length formed in the first direction, a second incident hole which has a length formed in the second direction, and a third incident hole which has a length formed in the second direction, wherein an infrared cut filter is mounted on one of a first side and a second side of the first incident hole, and an infrared pass filter is mounted on the other of the first side and the second side of the first incident hole. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The portable electronic device of claim 12, further comprising a cover plate mounted on the cover, the cover plate comprising a first incident hole which has a length formed in the first direction, a second incident hole which has a length formed in the second direction, and a third incident hole which has a length formed in the second direction, wherein diameters of a first side and a second side of each of the first incident hole, the second incident hole, and the third incident hole are configured to be different from each other. ### Claim 15 A portable electronic device comprising: a case and a cover coupled to each other, and configured to form an internal space; and a camera module disposed in the internal space; wherein the camera module comprises: a base plate; a plurality of cameras provided on the base plate; a driver configured to selectively move the plurality of cameras in different respective directions; and a link member configured to connect the plurality of cameras based on a selection of the driver; wherein the plurality of cameras include: a first camera, configured to move in a first direction; a second camera, configured to move in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction; and a third camera, configured to move in a third direction, perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the second camera and the third camera are configured to move while being interlocked with the first camera. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are configured to have different fields of view. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein a linear distance between the second camera and the third camera increases or decreases based on a movement of the first camera. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the first camera is connected to the second camera by a first link, and the first camera is connected to the third camera by a second link.