US 12,392,986 B2
Camera module
Jae Kyung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Hwan Jun Kang, 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 Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/588,621.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0030943 (KR), filed on Mar. 9, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0150806 (KR), filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291475 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 7/09 (2013.01) [G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a first lens module, comprising a first lens group, configured to move along an optical axis, and a support portion;
a first driver configured to drive the first lens module;
a second lens module comprising a second lens group, disposed on the support portion, configured to move along the optical axis when the first lens module is driven by the first driver;
a second driver configured to drive the second lens module independent of the first lens module; and
a housing configured to accommodate the first lens module and the second lens module, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are sequentially arranged in a direction toward an image sensor along the optical axis,
wherein the second lens module is slidably coupled to the support portion.