Patent classifications
H04N23/686
METHOD OF IMAGE STABILIZATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR
A method for operating an electronic device includes: obtaining an image using at least one of a first camera having a first FOV or a second camera comprising a reflective member and having a second FOV narrower than the first FOV; obtaining, from a motion sensor, first movement information of the electronic device, which is shaken to correspond to the obtaining of the image; obtaining information on movement of the reflective member of the second camera according to at least one of an optical image stabilizer (OIS) correction operation or an object tracking operation during at least a portion of a period in which the image is obtained; obtaining output information by performing an image stabilization operation with respect to the image based on at least one of the first movement information or the information on the movement of the reflective member; and outputting an image corrected by correcting distortion of the image based on a distortion variation resulting from the movement of the reflective member and the output information.
Camera module
A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing, and a first lens module and a second lens module disposed in the housing and individually movable in an optical axis direction, the first and second lens modules being configured to generate rolling friction on one of both sides of each of the first and second lens modules and sliding friction on the other of both sides when the first and second lens modules are moved.
Camera module adjusting a driving voltage applied to a liquid lens based on a feedback signal
A camera module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first plate comprising a cavity in which a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid forming an interface are disposed; a common terminal disposed on the first plate; a plurality of individual terminals disposed below the first plate; a second plate disposed on the common terminal; a liquid lens comprising a third plate disposed below the individual terminals; a lens assembly comprising at least one solid lens and the liquid lens; a sensor substrate disposed below the lens assembly and having an image sensor disposed thereon; a connection substrate for electrically connecting the liquid lens and the sensor substrate; and a control unit for supplying a driving voltage applied to the common terminal and the individual terminals, wherein the control unit may sense the voltage applied between the common terminal and the individual terminals, and supply the compensated driving voltage to the common terminal and the individual terminals on the basis on the sensed voltage.
CAMERA ACTUATOR AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING SAME
A camera actuator according to an embodiment includes a housing; a prism unit disposed in the housing; a first driving unit disposed in the housing and controlling a tilt of the prism unit; and a second driving unit disposed under the housing and controlling a tilt of the housing, wherein the first driving unit includes a first piezoelectric device disposed in a region overlapping a center of the prism unit in a first direction, wherein the second driving unit includes a second piezoelectric device disposed in a region overlapping the center of the prism unit in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the prism unit is provided to be tiltable in the second direction by the first driving unit, and wherein the housing is provided to be tiltable in the first direction by the second driving unit.
Camera actuator and a camera module including the same
Embodiments relate to a camera actuator and a camera module including same. The camera actuator according to an embodiment comprises a lens unit, a shaper unit, a first driver coupled to the shaper unit, and a second driver arranged to correspond to the first driver. The shaper unit may include a first protruding region having a first protrusion which protrudes from a surface of a first side and a second protrusion which protrudes from another surface of the first side and is separated from the first protrusion; and a second protruding region comprising a third protrusion which protrudes from a surface of a second side and a fourth protrusion which protrudes from another surface of the second side and is separated from the third protrusion.
LENS ASSEMBLY PROVIDED WITH OPTICAL PATH CHANGING UNIT
Disclosed is a lens assembly. The disclosed lens assembly comprises: a base; a lens unit which is disposed on one side inside the base and moves forward or rearward in the length-wise direction of the base; an optical path changing unit which is disposed on the other side inside the base, and has a portion fixed to the base and the other portion disposed to be movable inside the base; an auto focusing (AF) drive unit that moves the lens unit forward or rearward; and first and second optical image stabilizing (OIS) drive units that move the optical path changing unit in a tiltable posture.
Reflection module capable of image stabilization, camera module and electronic device
A reflection module capable of image stabilization includes a reflecting element, a rotatable holder, a fixed base, a spherical supporting structure, an auxiliary supporting structure and an image stabilizing actuator. The reflecting element having a reflecting surface for folding optical path of incident light is disposed on the rotatable holder. The fixed base is connected to the rotatable holder via an elastic element. The spherical supporting structure is disposed between the rotatable holder and the fixed base. The auxiliary supporting structure disposed on at least one of the rotatable holder and the fixed base and corresponds to the spherical supporting structure. At least part of the image stabilizing actuator is disposed on the rotatable holder for driving the rotatable holder to rotate by taking the spherical supporting structure as rotation center. The spherical supporting structure is a ball having at least three contact points with the auxiliary supporting structure.
CAMERA ACTUATOR AND CAMERA MODULE COMPRISING SAME
An embodiment of the present invention discloses a camera actuator comprising: a housing; a mover disposed in the housing and including protrusions on one surface which protrude toward the housing; and a driving unit disposed in the housing and rotating the mover on the basis of a first direction or a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the protrusions comprise: a first protrusion disposed on the one surface; a second protrusion spaced apart from the first protrusion; and a third protrusion separated from the first protrusion by a distance greater than from the second protrusion, and wherein the housing comprises: a groove in which the first protrusion is seated on an inner surface corresponding to the one surface; a first hole through which the second protrusion passes; and a second hole through which the third protrusion passes, wherein a side surface of the second protrusion is spaced apart from the first hole, and the housing includes a protruding part disposed on a side of the second hole and extending toward the third protrusion.
Imaging apparatus having camera shake correction device
An imaging apparatus includes a first vibration isolation control unit configured to control a first vibration isolation unit that corrects camera shake by moving an imaging element, a second vibration isolation control unit configured to control a second vibration isolation unit that corrects camera shake by moving a lens, and a setting unit configured to conduct setting of which of the first vibration isolation unit and the second vibration isolation unit is to be used for which of the camera shake correction and the moving of the photographic range.
CAMERA ACTUATOR
A camera actuator according to an embodiment includes: a housing; a prism unit disposed in the housing; a driving part tilting the prism unit; a second pivot plate disposed on a side wall of the housing; and a first pivot plate disposed between the second pivot plate and the prism unit, wherein the prism unit includes a pulling magnet, and the prism unit is tilted with respect to a rotation reference axis of the first pivot plate or the second pivot plate while being supported by the housing by attractive force between the pulling magnet and the second pivot plate.