Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera module and control method thereof
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Application No.: US14047890Application Date: 2013-10-07
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Publication No.: US10175449B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Hoon Heo , Yong-Joon Park , Jung-Wook Hwang
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: NSIP Law
- Priority: KR10-2012-0113095 20121011
- Main IPC: G02B7/09
- IPC: G02B7/09 ; G02B7/08

Abstract:
A camera module including a housing; a lens barrel having a lens and reciprocating in the housing; a magnetic member coupled with the lens barrel; an electromagnetic member coupled with the housing and generating a magnetic field so that the lens barrel moves along an optical axis; and a Hall sensor in the housing and detecting a change in magnetic field according to a position of the magnetic member before electric power is outputted to the electromagnetic member. A control unit sets a current position of the magnetic member as a first target position, setting an initial position for driving auto focusing as a second target position, aligning the lens barrel to the first target position by controlling electric power supplied to the electromagnetic member, and then moving the lens barrel to the second target position by supplying electric power to the electromagnetic member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140104710A1 CAMERA MODULE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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