US 12,457,400 B2
Camera module
Chuel Jin Park, Suwon-si (KR); Su Kyeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Se Houn Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Soo Yeon Oh, 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. 18/109,952.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0066781 (KR), filed on May 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388614 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 7/10 (2021.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G02B 7/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module, comprising:
a driving unit configured to generate a driving force;
a plurality of barrels configured to move in an optical axis direction based on the driving force; and
a lens module accommodated in any one barrel among the plurality of barrels,
wherein the lens module comprises:
a lens holder fixed to the any one barrel, and
a carrier accommodated in the lens holder and configured to move with respect to the lens holder in the optical axis direction, and
a plurality of ball members disposed between the lens holder and the carrier, and configured to support a movement of the carrier.