US 11,871,099 B2
Camera module and electronic device including the same
Hyungjin Rho, Suwon-si (KR); Byungkwon Kang, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunho Yu, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/430,181
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/010006
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/025719, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0096404 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311916 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 30/00 (2021.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/687 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing; and
a camera, at least part of which is disposed inside the housing,
wherein the camera comprises:
a fixed part comprising a camera housing fixedly disposed in the electronic device,
a moving part comprising a lens and an image sensor and configured to enable the lens and the image sensor to move together, wherein at least part of the moving part is received inside the camera housing such that the moving part moves relative to the fixed part,
a drive member configured to move the moving part, the drive member comprising a first drive member disposed on the camera housing and a second drive member disposed on the moving part and configured to electromagnetically interact with the first drive member, and
a support structure configured to support a movement of the moving part, the support structure comprising a ball coupled to one of the moving part or the camera housing so as to enable the moving part to be tilted and disposed to make contact with the other of the moving part or the camera housing, and
wherein the moving part is configured such that a first distance from an optical axis of the lens to the ball is greater than a second distance from the optical axis of the lens to the second drive member.