US 12,222,525 B2
Camera module
Tae Jin Jung, Seoul (KR); and Sang Jun Min, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/419,135
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/018610
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/139024, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0172577 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0113456 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 3/14 (2013.01) [G02B 13/0075 (2013.01); G02B 26/005 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G02B 2207/115 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0007 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a housing;
a liquid lens disposed on the housing;
a magnet disposed on the housing;
a base disposed to be spaced apart from the housing;
a substrate disposed on the base and comprising a coil disposed at a position corresponding to that of the magnet;
a plurality of wires connected to the housing and the substrate;
a printed circuit board electrically connected to the substrate; and
a connection part connecting the liquid lens and at least one wire of the plurality of wires,
wherein the liquid lens and the substrate are electrically connected to each other through the connection part and the at least one wire,
wherein the housing comprises a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall disposed opposite to the first lateral wall, and a third lateral wall and a fourth lateral wall disposed opposite to each other between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall,
wherein the magnet comprises a first magnet disposed on the first lateral wall, a second magnet disposed on the second lateral wall, a third magnet disposed on the third lateral wall, and a fourth magnet disposed on the fourth lateral wall,
wherein the coil of the substrate comprises a first coil facing the first magnet, a second coil facing the second magnet, a third coil facing the third magnet, and a fourth coil facing the fourth magnet,
wherein a first Hall sensor is disposed on the substrate at a position corresponding to that of the first magnet or that of the second magnet;
wherein a second Hall sensor is disposed on the substrate at a position corresponding to that of the third magnet or that of the fourth magnet,
wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of terminals, and
wherein the plurality of terminals of the substrate comprise a terminal electrically connected to the liquid lens, a terminal electrically connected to the first coil and the second coil, a terminal electrically connected to the third coil and the fourth coil, a terminal electrically connected to the first Hall sensor, and a terminal electrically connected to the second Hall sensor.