US 11,758,251 B2
Camera module and vehicle camera
Jae Wook Ahn, Seoul (KR); Sun Min Hwang, Seoul (KR); Je Kyung Park, Seoul (KR); Kyung Mok Yoon, Seoul (KR); Chul Ho Lee, Seoul (KR); and Jong Chul Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,383.
Application 17/805,383 is a continuation of application No. 17/203,262, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,381,718.
Application 17/203,262 is a continuation of application No. 16/554,316, filed on Aug. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,979,606, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Application 16/554,316 is a continuation of application No. 15/756,443, granted, now 10,440,242, issued on Oct. 8, 2019, previously published as PCT/KR2016/009635, filed on Aug. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0123531 (KR), filed on Sep. 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311913 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/51 (2023.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2021.01); G03B 29/00 (2021.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/51 (2023.01) [B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 29/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G03B 2217/002 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a housing comprising a through hole;
a lens module disposed in the through hole;
a connector penetrating the housing and extending to an outside from an inside of the housing;
a first substrate unit located inside the housing and having an image sensor mounted thereon; and
a second substrate unit disposed inside the housing and connected to the connector;
wherein the first substrate unit includes a first substrate portion having an upper surface on which the image sensor is disposed, and a second substrate portion disposed below the first substrate portion and connected to the second substrate unit,
wherein a space within the housing includes a first space in which the first substrate portion is disposed, and a second space in which the second substrate portion is disposed,
wherein a cross-sectional area of the first substrate portion is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second substrate portion, and
wherein a cross-sectional area of the first space is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second space.