US 11,994,737 B2
Camera module and electronic device including the same
Seungyong Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/681,042.
Application 17/681,042 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/001969, filed on Feb. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0026608 (KR), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276459 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 7/021 (2013.01) [G03B 17/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a camera module configured to receive external light through a portion of a surface of the electronic device,
wherein the camera module comprises:
a camera housing having an image sensor disposed on a bottom surface the camera housing; and
a lens assembly, wherein at least a portion of the lens assembly is disposed in the camera housing, and wherein the lens assembly comprises a first lens, a second lens, and a spacer disposed between the first lens and the second lens,
wherein the spacer has an opening area formed therein, and an optical axis passes through the opening area,
wherein the spacer is formed such that a first inner surface of the opening area and a second inner surface of the opening area are inclined and parallel to each other in a cross-sectional view that includes the optical axis,
wherein the spacer comprises a first surface configured to at least partially contact the first lens, and a second surface configured to at least partially contact the second lens,
wherein a first circular periphery configured to define the opening area is formed on the first surface and a second circular periphery configured to define the opening area is formed on the second surface, and
wherein a first center of the first circular periphery is different from a second center of the second circular periphery with respect to the optical axis.