US 12,439,158 B2
Camera module with sensor shifting actuator
Sang Jong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Su Bong Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Hee Soo Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Tae Ho Yun, Suwon-si (KR); and Ju Ho 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 Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,601.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0190121 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209198 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/687 (2023.01) [H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/6812 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor shifting actuator comprising:
a sensor substrate on which an image sensor having an imaging surface is disposed;
a base configured to accommodate the sensor substrate; and
a driver configured to drive the image sensor in a first direction and a second direction, parallel to the imaging surface,
wherein the sensor substrate includes a movable portion on which the image sensor is disposed, a fixed portion coupled to the base, and a connection portion disposed between the movable portion and the fixed portion and configured to surround the movable portion,
wherein the movable portion and the connection portion are spaced apart from each other to form a space therebetween, and the connection portion and the fixed portion are spaced apart from each other to form a space therebetween, and
wherein depending on a movement direction of the image sensor, the movable portion and the connection portion relatively move with respect to the fixed portion, or the movable portion relatively moves with respect to the connection portion.