A camera module includes a lens assembly aligned along an optical axis, an optical image stabilization (OIS) carrier coupled to the lens assembly to move the lens assembly on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and a housing to accommodate the lens assembly and the OIS carrier. A first OIS magnet and a second OIS magnet are fixed to a first side surface of the OIS carrier, and are arranged side by side on the first side surface along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. A first OIS coil member and a second OIS coil member face the first OIS magnet and the second OIS magnet, respectively. A first portion of the first OIS magnet is adjacent to the second OIS magnet and a second portion of the second OIS magnet is adjacent to the first OIS magnet.

An optical driving mechanism is provided. The optical driving mechanism includes a first movable part, a fixed part, and a first driving assembly. The first movable part is connected with an optical element. The first movable part is movable relative to the fixed part. The first driving assembly drives the first movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The fixing part has an opening.

An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor unit having an image sensor in a state swingable within a plane orthogonal to an image capturing optical axis, a cooling plate connected to the image sensor unit, and a heat dissipation unit attached to a rear side plate. The heat dissipation unit includes a heat dissipation rubber movable in the image capturing optical axis direction between a contact position in contact with the cooling plate and a spaced position spaced from the cooling plate, and a graphite sheet that connects between the heat dissipation rubber and a heat dissipation plate. In the contact position of the heat dissipation rubber, heat from the image sensor is transferred to the rear side plate via the cooling plate, the heat dissipation rubber, the graphite sheet, and the heat dissipation plate.

Devices, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed describing an adaptive approach for image bracket selection and fusion, e.g., to generate low noise and high dynamic range (HDR) images in a wide variety of capturing conditions. An incoming image stream may be obtained from an image capture device, wherein the incoming image stream comprises a variety of differently-exposed captures, e.g., EV0 images, EV− images, EV+ images, long exposure (or synthetic long exposure) images, EV0/EV− image pairs, etc., which are received according to a particular pattern. When a capture request is received, a set of rules and/or a decision tree may be used to evaluate one or more capture conditions associated with the images from the incoming image stream and determine which two or more images to select for a fusion operation. A noise reduction process may optionally be performed on the selected images before (or after) the registration and fusion operations.

A camera includes a lens barrel, a holder, a filter disposed in the holder, a circuit board having an aperture, a reinforcing member including a first region corresponding to the aperture and a second region in which the circuit board is disposed, and an image sensor disposed in the first region of the reinforcing member. The first region of the reinforcing member includes a protruding part protruding farther than the second region of the reinforcing member. The image sensor is disposed on the upper surface of the protruding part.

A digital graduated filter is implemented in an imaging device by combining multiple images of the subject wherein the combining may include combining different numbers of images for highlights and for shadows of the subject. The imaging device may present a user with a set of pre-defined graduated filter configurations to choose from. A user may also specify the direction of graduation and strength of graduation in a viewfinder. In an alternative implementation, combining may include scaling of pixels being added instead of varying the number of images being combined. In an alternative implementation, the combining of multiple images may include combining a different number of images for highlights of the subject than for shadows of subject.

An optical-element driving device includes: a holding groove formed in a first fixing part to hold a first supporting part; and a first biasing part including an elastic member and a spacer that are disposed with the first supporting part in the holding groove. The first biasing part biases the first supporting part toward a first movable part by the elastic member via the spacer. The first supporting part includes a pair of ball rows arranged at an interval from each other outside of the first movable part. Each ball row is parallel to an optical axis. The ball rows being held respectively by different ones of a plurality of the holding grooves. The first biasing part biases one of the ball rows obliquely with respect to a formation direction in which one of the holding grooves for holding another one of the ball rows is formed.

An electronic device is disclosed, including a housing, an optical image stabilization (OIS) coil and an auto-focus (AF) coil, a first lens disposed along an optical axis, a second lens disposed under the first lens, and a third lens disposed under the second lens, the second lens is deformable according to movement of an AF carrier, an OIS carrier including an OIS magnet disposed corresponding to the OIS coil of the housing, and configured to move the third lens along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein the AF carrier includes an AF magnet corresponding to the AF coil, to move the second lens along the optical axis, and a processor configured to apply a current to the OIS coil to move the OIS carrier, resulting in movement of the third lens in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and apply a current to the AF coil to deform the second lens by movement of the AF carrier.

A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a carrier; a lens holder accommodated in the carrier; an optical image stabilization (OIS) cover coupled to the carrier and disposed on the lens holder; and first buffer members coupled to the OIS cover, wherein a distance between the lens holder and the first buffer member is less than a distance between the lens holder and the OIS cover.

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a display; a camera disposed under the display; and a processor configured to, obtain a first image using the camera in a first state in which a first portion of the display corresponding to a position where the camera is disposed is in a first mode, obtain a second image, using the camera in a second state in which the first portion of the display is in a second mode, calculate correction values, based on first data for a first area of the first image and second data for a second area of the second image, wherein the second area of the second image corresponds to the first area of the first image, and correct at least one image among a plurality of images, using the correction values, wherein one of obtaining the first image and obtaining the second image is responsive to the other of obtaining the first image and the second image.