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US 8,576,330 B2Granted
Camera module and electronic device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhito Nagura
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Abstract
A camera module 20 includes an image sensing device 3, and a lens 5 for converging, on the image sensing device 3, incident light 40 from a direction in which an image is shot. The camera module 20 further includes a filter 30 including (i) a visible light scattering filter 8 for scattering the incident light 40 and (ii) a visible light transmitting filter 9 for transmitting the incident light 40, the filter 30 being provided, on a side of the lens 5 from which side the incident light 40 enters, so as to be movable perpendicular to a direction 42 of the incident light 40.
Claims5
An electronic device, comprising:
- a camera module;
- and
- a signal processing circuit,
- the camera module including:
- an image sensing device;
- responsive to the signal processing circuit terminating an application for shooting a high-definition image and after the application for shooting a high-definition image has ended, the signal processing circuit transmitting a control signal to the camera module;
- a lens for converging, on the image sensing device, incident light from a direction in which an image is shot;
- a filter including (i) a visible light scattering section for scattering the incident light and (ii) a visible light transmitting section for transmitting the incident light, the filter being provided, on a side of the lens from which side the incident light enters, so as to be movable perpendicular to a direction of the incident light;
- and
- a filter moving device operatively connected to the filter, the filter moving device automatically moving, in response to the control signal, the filter to a first location where the visible light scattering section covers the lens from a second location where the visible light transmitting section covers the lens,
- wherein the filter moving device requires manual operation to move the filter from the first location to the second location.
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