Camera module
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsNam Ki PARK, Young Hwan KWON, Young Bok YOON, Dong Yeon SHIN, Kum Kyung LEE, Ta Kyoung LEE, Jung Seok LEE
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Abstract
A camera module includes a housing; a lens module provided in an internal space of the housing to be movable in an optical axis direction, and including at least one lens therein; a magnet disposed in the lens module; and position detection sensors to detect a position of the magnet. One or more of the position detection sensors are disposed to face a first polarity of the magnet and one or more of the position detection sensors are disposed to face a second polarity of the magnet different than the first polarity.
Claims14
A camera module comprising:
- a housing;
- a first lens module fixedly disposed inside the housing;
- a second lens module movably disposed inside the housing;
- at least one ball member disposed between the second lens module and the housing;
- and
- a first driving unit configured to move the second lens module along an optical axis of the second lens module,
- wherein the first driving unit comprises a first magnet disposed on the second lens module, a first coil disposed to face the first magnet and a plurality of first position sensors located inside the first coil,
- wherein the second lens module includes a first extension portion extending in an optical axis direction, and
- wherein at least a portion of the first magnet is disposed on the first extension portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.