US 12,231,771 B2
Sensor shifting module and camera module having the same
Su Bong Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Sang Jong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hee Soo Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); and Tae Ho Yun, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,330.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0162475 (KR), filed on Nov. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0164438 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/687 (2023.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module, comprising:
a housing;
a carrier, disposed in the housing, and configured to move in a first direction;
a first body movably disposed inside the carrier;
an image sensor disposed on the first body and comprising an imaging surface facing in the first direction; and
supporting balls disposed between the carrier and the first body,
wherein the first body is configured to move in a direction perpendicular to the first direction when supported by the supporting balls with respect to the carrier.