US 12,250,445 B2
Camera module
Kyung Hun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jong Ho Lee, 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 Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/078,253.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0177869 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0133456 (KR), filed on Oct. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0188823 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/58 (2023.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/58 (2023.01) [G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a lens unit comprising one or more lenses disposed in an optical axis direction;
an image sensor on which light passing through the lens unit is incident;
a first module comprising a first driving unit configured to move the lens unit in the optical axis direction; and
a second module comprising a second driving unit configured to move the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, the second driving unit being independent of the first driving unit,
wherein the first module further comprises:
a lens holder supporting the lens unit and at least partially overlapping the second module in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction; and
a housing in which the lens holder is disposed.