US 12,443,005 B2
Camera module
Jae Sun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Chul Wan Park, 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 Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,337.
Application 17/545,337 is a continuation of application No. 17/022,674, filed on Sep. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,409,073.
Application 17/022,674 is a continuation of application No. 15/904,001, filed on Feb. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,816,756, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0076729 (KR), filed on Jun. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0099919 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 7/18 (2021.01); G02B 7/00 (2021.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 7/09 (2021.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 7/18 (2013.01) [G02B 7/003 (2013.01); G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/687 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a housing comprising an internal space;
a plurality of lens barrels each comprising at least one lens aligned in an optical axis direction;
a reflecting module configured to change a direction of incident light to the optical axis direction;
an image sensor disposed along the optical axis and spaced apart from the plurality of lens barrels in the optical axis direction; and
at least one ball member disposed on a first side surface of the housing and a second side surface of the housing,
wherein a first lens barrel of the plurality of lens barrels is disposed on the at least one ball member and supported on the first side surface of the housing or the second side surface of the housing,
wherein a second lens barrel of the plurality of lens barrels is disposed on the at least one ball member and supported on the other surface of the housing from the first lens barrel, and
wherein the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are configured to be movable along the optical axis direction and supported in different directions from each other in the internal space.