US 12,219,232 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)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,253.
Application 18/404,253 is a continuation of application No. 17/430,181, granted, now 11,871,099, previously published as PCT/KR2021/010006, filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0096404 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147041 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G03B 30/00 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/687 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a housing; and
a camera accommodated in the housing, the camera including:
an image sensor,
a plurality of lenses including a first lens and a second lens stacked each other in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the image sensor and corresponding to an optical axis,
a first camera housing including a base and a sidewall structure surrounding the base,
a second camera housing substantially surrounded by the sidewall structure of the first camera housing, the second camera housing accommodating the plurality of lenses and the image sensor,
a plurality of coils including a first coil, a second coil and a third coil disposed as part of a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a third sidewall of the sidewall structure, respectively, and
one or more balls disposed between the sidewall structure and the second camera housing to enable the second camera housing to move relative to the first camera housing,
wherein when a current flows in at least one of the first to third coils, the plurality of lenses, the image sensor and the second camera housing are tilted with respect to the first direction.