US 12,382,153 B2
Camera module
Tae Hoon Kim, 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 Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,964.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0123188 (KR), filed on Sep. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107139 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/52 (2023.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/52 (2023.01) [G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module, comprising:
a lens module comprising a forwardmost lens;
a housing configured to accommodate the lens module;
a heater formed on the forwardmost lens, and configured to heat the forwardmost lens based on a first driving signal; and
a dirt remover formed on the forwardmost lens, and configured to generate at least one of electrical vibrations, mechanical vibrations, and a voltage difference to remove particles attached to a surface of the forwardmost lens based on a second driving signal,
wherein the heater and the dirt remover are formed as a single electrode pattern layer on the surface of the forwardmost lens.