US 12,276,898 B2
Camera module
Young Bae Jang, Seoul (KR); Jong Hyun Kang, Seoul (KR); and Sung June Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/630,067
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/008298
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/020738, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0091162 (KR), filed on Jul. 26, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0092860 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276462 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 13/36 (2021.01); G03B 3/10 (2021.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 13/36 (2013.01) [G03B 3/10 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0007 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0053 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a housing;
a lens assembly disposed in the housing;
a first driving unit disposed on the lens assembly;
a second driving unit disposed on the housing and facing the first driving unit;
a first guide unit disposed in the housing;
a second guide unit opposite to the first guide unit;
a substrate disposed on the housing; and
a sensor spaced apart from the lens assembly and configured to sense a position of the lens assembly in an optical axis direction and electrically connected to the substrate,
wherein the lens assembly comprises a first lens assembly configured to move along the first guide unit and a second lens assembly configured to move along the second guide unit,
wherein the sensor comprises a first sensor configured to sense a position of the first lens assembly and a second sensor configured to sense a position of the second lens assembly,
wherein the first sensor comprises two sensors spaced apart in the optical axis direction, and
wherein the second sensor comprises two sensors spaced apart in the optical axis direction.