US 12,231,755 B2
Camera device
Jung Cheol Kim, Seoul (KR); Tae Bong Park, Seoul (KR); and Hyeon Jun Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/760,348
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/001591
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/158082, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0014404 (KR), filed on Feb. 6, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0073120 (KR), filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064006 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 3/12 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G02B 3/12 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera device comprising:
a holder comprising an upper plate and a side plate extending from the upper plate;
a liquid lens disposed on the upper plate of the holder;
a magnet coupled to the liquid lens;
a substrate disposed on the side plate of the holder; and
a coil coupled to the substrate and facing the magnet,
wherein the liquid lens comprises:
a transparent and elastically extendable membrane;
a body forming a cavity with the membrane therebetween;
a liquid disposed in the cavity; and
a lens forming member in direct contact with the membrane and configured to adjust a curvature of the membrane,
wherein the side plate of the holder comprises a first side plate and a second side plate disposed opposite to the first side plate,
wherein the substrate comprises a first substrate disposed on the first side plate of the holder and a second substrate disposed on the second side plate of the holder, and
wherein the coil comprises a first coil and a second coil both disposed on the first substrate, and a third coil and a fourth coil both disposed on the second substrate,
wherein the magnet comprises a first magnet disposed on the lens forming member and facing the first coil, a second magnet disposed on the lens forming member and facing the second coil, a third magnet disposed on the lens forming member and facing the third coil, and a fourth magnet disposed on the lens forming member and facing the fourth coil,
wherein an upper portion of the first magnet has an N-pole polarity, and a lower portion of the first magnet has an S-pole polarity, and
wherein an upper portion of the second magnet has an S-pole polarity, and a lower portion of the second magnet has an N-pole polarity.