US 11,722,756 B2
Camera module with droplet removing device
Chan Hoon Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Won Kyu Jang, Suwon-si (KR); and Hee Sung Jun, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,118.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0073617 (KR), filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394158 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/81 (2023.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G03B 11/04 (2021.01)
CPC H04N 23/51 (2023.01) [G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); G03B 11/043 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/811 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module, comprising:
a housing;
a lens barrel disposed in the housing;
a cover screen disposed above the lens barrel, and including a central portion that overlaps the lens barrel in an optical axis, and a peripheral portion that surrounds the central portion;
a blade pivotably coupled to the cover screen, and configured to have at least a portion in contact with a surface of the cover screen; and
a rotation member disposed on the blade, and configured to pivot the blade with respect to the cover screen,
wherein the cover screen includes a groove that extends in an outer surface of the cover screen in a circumferential direction based on the optical axis, and
wherein the groove is configured to be disposed between the central portion of the cover screen and the peripheral portion of the cover screen.