Camera module
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Woo JUN, Yun Kyoung CHOI
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Abstract
A camera module includes a housing having an internal space, a lens module disposed in the internal space to be slidably movable with respect to the housing, and a driving portion configured to provide a driving force to move the lens module in an optical axis direction. The driving portion includes a wire portion having a length that changes as power is applied to the wire portion, the lens module comprises a guide portion configured to guide a movement of the lens module in the optical axis direction, and the wire portion is in contact with and supported by the guide portion.
Claims21
A camera module comprising:
- a housing having an internal space;
- a lens module disposed in the internal space of the housing to be slidably movable with respect to the housing;
- and
- a driving portion configured to provide a driving force to move the lens module in an optical axis direction,
- wherein the driving portion comprises a wire portion having a length that changes as power is applied to the wire portion,
- the lens module comprises a guide portion configured to guide a movement of the lens module in the optical axis direction, and
- the wire portion is in contact with and supported by the guide portion.
An image sensor module comprising:
- an image sensor;
- and
- a first sensor driving portion configured to move the image sensor in a first direction parallel to a surface of the image sensor,
- wherein the first sensor driving portion comprises a first wire having a length that changes in a second direction in response to power being applied to the first wire, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the surface of the image sensor, and
- the first sensor driving portion is further configured to move the image sensor in the first direction in response to the length of the first wire changing in the second direction in response to the power being applied to the first wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.