# US 2025/0085609 A1 · Camera device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0085609 A1 - Document ID: US20250085609A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/953,409 - Filed: 2024-11-20 - Published: 2025-03-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-28 - Assignees: LG Innotek Co., Ltd. - Applicants: LG Innotek Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jung Seok OH - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250085609A1 ## CPC - G03B 5/00: Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing - 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 - 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 23/687: {by shifting the lens or sensor position} - G03B 2205/0069: using electromagnetic actuators, e.g. voice coils - 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) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract The present embodiment relates to a camera device including a magnet and a coil. The magnet includes: a first magnet disposed on each of first and second side surfaces of a camera module, and having a different polarity in a top portion and a bottom portion of the surface facing the coil; and a second magnet disposed on each of third and fourth side surfaces of the camera module, and having a different polarity on both side portions of the surface facing the coil. The coil includes: a first coil facing the first magnet; a second coil facing the first magnet and electrically separated from the first coil; and a third coil facing the second magnet and electrically separated from the first and second coils. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camera device comprising: a base; a protrusion providing a pivot center for the pivot movement of a camera module; and a housing disposed on the base, wherein the camera module comprises: a lens and an image sensor disposed on the protrusion in the housing; a magnet disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the camera module; and a coil disposed on the housing and facing the magnet, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the camera module comprises a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface disposed opposite to each other and a third lateral surface and a fourth lateral surface disposed opposite to each other, wherein the magnet comprises a first magnet disposed on each of the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface of the camera module and a second magnet disposed on each of the third lateral surface and the fourth lateral surface of the camera module, wherein a width of the first magnet in a horizontal direction is greater than a width of the second magnet in the horizontal direction, wherein the coil comprises a first coil facing the first magnet, a second coil facing the first magnet and electrically separated from the first coil, and a third coil facing the second magnet and electrically separated from the first coil and the second coil, and wherein the second coil is disposed spaced apart from the first coil on both sides of the first coil. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The camera device of claim 1, wherein the first magnet comprises a first surface facing the first or/and second coil and having different polarities on an upper portion and a lower portion thereof and, wherein the second magnet comprises a second surface facing the third coil and having different polarities on both lateral portions thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The camera device of claim 1, wherein the first magnet comprises a first-first magnet disposed on the first lateral surface of the camera module and a first-second magnet disposed on the second lateral surface of the camera module, wherein the first coil comprises a first-first coil facing the first-first magnet and a first-second coil facing the first-second magnet, wherein the first coil rotates the camera module about a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis through interaction with the first magnet, wherein the second coil rotates the camera module about a second axis perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis through interaction with the first magnet, and wherein the third coil rotates the camera module about the optical axis through interaction with the second magnet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The camera device of claim 3, wherein the second coil comprises a second-first coil facing the first-first magnet and disposed on one side of the first-first coil, a second-second coil facing the first-first magnet and disposed on an other side of the first-first coil, a second-third coil facing the first-second magnet and disposed on one side of the first-second coil, and a second-fourth coil facing the first-second magnet and disposed on an other side of the first-second coil. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The camera device of claim 4, wherein the second magnet comprises a second-first magnet disposed on the third lateral surface of the camera module and a second-second magnet disposed on the fourth lateral surface of the camera module, and wherein the third coil comprises a third-first coil facing the second-first magnet and a third-second coil facing the second-second magnet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The camera device of claim 1, comprising: a holder, at least a portion of the holder being disposed in the housing and coupled to the camera module; an upper elastic member comprising a portion coupled to the holder; a wire connecting the upper elastic member and the base; and an elastic member disposed on the base. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The camera device of claim 6, wherein the protrusion is formed on the elastic member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The camera device of claim 6, comprising a first substrate disposed on an outer surface of the housing, wherein the coil is coupled to an inner surface of the first substrate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The camera device of claim 1, wherein the camera module comprises a cover comprising an upper plate and a lateral plate extending from the upper plate; a bobbin disposed in the cover and coupled to the lens; a coil disposed on the bobbin; another magnet disposed between the coil of the camera module and the lateral plate of the cover; and an elastic member coupled to the bobbin. ### Claim 10 A camera device comprising: a base; a protrusion providing a pivot center for the pivot movement of a camera module; and a housing disposed on the base, wherein the camera module comprises: a lens and an image sensor disposed on the protrusion in the housing; a magnet disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the camera module; and a coil disposed on the housing and facing the magnet, wherein the magnet comprises a first magnet and a second magnet, wherein the coil comprises a first coil configured to rotate the camera module about a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis through interaction with the first magnet, a second coil configured to rotate the camera module about a second axis perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis through interaction with the first magnet, and a third coil configured to rotate the camera module about the optical axis through interaction with the second magnet, and wherein a width of the first magnet in a horizontal direction is greater than a width of the second magnet in the horizontal direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The camera device of claim 10, wherein the first magnet comprises a first surface facing the first or/and second coil and having a first width in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction, and wherein the second magnet comprises a second surface facing the third coil and having a second width in a second direction perpendicular to both the optical axis direction and the first direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The camera device of claim 6, wherein the upper elastic member comprises a first coupling portion coupled to the holder, a second coupling portion coupled to the wire, and a connection portion connecting the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, and wherein the first coupling portion is disposed higher than the second coupling portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The camera device of claim 10, wherein the magnet of the camera module comprises the first magnet and the second magnet having a width smaller than that of the first magnet of the camera module. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The camera device of claim 10, comprising: an elastic member disposed on the base, wherein the elastic member comprises a coupling portion disposed on the base, and a connection portion elastically connecting the protrusion and the coupling portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The camera device of claim 10, wherein the first coil is configured to rotate the camera module about a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis through interaction with the first magnet, wherein the second coil is configured to rotate the camera module about a second axis perpendicular to both the optical axis and the first axis through interaction with the first magnet, and wherein the third coil is configured to rotate the camera module about the optical axis through interaction with the second magnet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) An optical apparatus comprising: a main body; the camera device of claim 1 disposed on the main body; and a display disposed on the main body and configured to output an image photographed by the camera device. ### Claim 17 A camera device comprising: a base; a camera module comprising a lens and an image sensor; an elastic member connecting the base and the camera module; a magnet disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the camera module; and a coil facing the magnet, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the camera module comprises a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface disposed opposite to each other and a third lateral surface and a fourth lateral surface disposed opposite to each other, wherein the magnet comprises a first magnet disposed on each of the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface of the camera module and a second magnet disposed on each of the third lateral surface and the fourth lateral surface of the camera module, wherein a width of the first magnet in a horizontal direction is greater than a width of the second magnet in the horizontal direction, wherein the coil comprises a first coil facing the first magnet, a second coil facing the first magnet and electrically separated from the first coil, and a third coil facing the second magnet and electrically separated from the first coil and the second coil, wherein the second coil is disposed spaced apart from the first coil on both sides of the first coil. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The camera device of claim 17, wherein the first magnet comprises a first surface facing the first or/and second coil and having different polarities on an upper portion and a lower portion thereof and, wherein the second magnet comprises a second surface facing the third coil and having different polarities on both lateral portions thereof. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The camera device of claim 17, wherein the first coil is configured to rotate the camera module about a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis through interaction with the first magnet, wherein the second coil is configured to rotate the camera module about a second axis perpendicular to both the optical axis and the first axis through interaction with the first magnet, and wherein the third coil is configured to rotate the camera module about the optical axis through interaction with the second magnet.