Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Nidec Sankyo Corporation

Chanyoung Moon

Hyungjin Rho

Kihuk Lee

Mooyoung Kim

Yeonhak Kim

Shinji Minamisawa

Donghyun Yeom

Woosung Chun

Hokeun Kwak

Takeshi Sue

Tadashi Takeda

Jonghoon Won

Doosik Park

Wonseok Song

Sungjun Lee

Yoon-Seok Kang

Yongkoo Her

Kazuhiko Yanagisawa

Doukyoung Song

Jun Yamashita

Jungpa Seo

Dongyup Lee

Wonseok Kang

Hongbum Park

Duseung Oh

Jonghyeok Chun

Sangkee Jung

A camera module includes a camera housing, a first carrier provided in the camera housing and configured to be movable, a second carrier having a lens coupled thereto, the second carrier being at least partially provided in the first carrier and configured to move relative to the first carrier in at least one direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, a plurality of magnets provided on the second carrier, the plurality of magnets including a first magnet and a second magnet facing directions perpendicular to each other, and a plurality of yoke members provided on the first carrier and configured to form magnetic attractions with the plurality of magnets, the plurality of yoke members including a first yoke member and a second yoke member facing the first magnet and the second magnet, respectively.

Camera module and electronic device including the same

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing; a hinge unit rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing; a display; a first speaker disposed in the first housing; a second speaker disposed in the second housing; at least one sensor; and a memory. The memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: receive an event related to audio data; identify a state of the electronic device on the basis of information obtained through the at least one sensor; determine at least one speaker to output the audio data, among the first speaker and the second speaker, on the basis of the state of the electronic device; and output the audio data through the at least one speaker.

Method for providing audio data according to the folding state of an electronic device and electronic device for supporting same

A camera module is provided, which includes a camera housing, a camera assembly including a lens, the camera assembly being rotatable about a first axis and a second axis substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens with respect to the camera housing, and a guide plate connected to the camera assembly and the camera housing. The camera assembly further includes a first corner area and a second corner area substantially facing a direction of the first axis and facing each other, and a third corner area and a fourth corner area substantially facing the second axis and facing each other. The fourth corner area includes a chamfer area. The guide plate includes a first portion and a second portion rotatably connected to the camera assembly about the first axis, and a third portion and a fourth portion rotatably connected to the camera housing about the second axis.

Camera module including a lens that rotates and moves about at least two axes and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a housing and a camera module, a first camera housing enclosing a camera assembly, the camera assembly including a second camera housing enclosing a lens carrier having at least one lens, and an image sensor. The second camera housing includes a first surface, a second surface, at least one side area surrounding a space defined between the first and second surface, and at least one corner area. The camera assembly is rotatable about the camera assembly, so that an optical axis of the lens is angled at a predetermined angle with respect to the first direction. The side area is spaced by a first gap from an inner surface of the second camera housing, and the at least one corner area is spaced by a second gap from the inner surface of the second camera housing.

The present disclosure provides an optical unit with shake correction function capable of preventing a thrust receiving member, which fixes a sphere, from falling off from the movable body in an optical axis direction. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a thrust receiving member to which a first sphere is fixed is held by a holding portion formed of the cutout recess provided in a fixed body. A bottom wall surface of the holding portion makes contact with a bent plate portion of the thrust receiving member from &#x2212;Z direction side. Further, locked surface parts provided on a pair of side wall surfaces of a holding portion make contact, from +Z direction side, with a pair of locking plate portions protruding from a bent plate portion in circumferential direction in the thrust receiving member.

Optical unit with correction function

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes as a foldable housing, a first housing structure which includes a first face facing a first direction, a second face facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a first side member surrounding at least part of a space between the first face and the second face and including at least one second conductive portion, and a second housing structure which includes a third face facing a third direction, a fourth face facing a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, and a second side member surrounding at least part of a space between the third face and the fourth face, a flexible display extending from the first face to the third face, and at least one camera disposed to the camera mounting region.

Electronic device with flexible display and camera

A camera module is disclosed. The camera module includes a camera housing, a camera assembly including a lens and an image sensor, at least a portion of the camera assembly being disposed inside the camera housing, and a guide plate connected to the camera assembly and the camera housing. The camera assembly is rotatable with respect to each of a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, which are substantially perpendicular to an optical axis L of the lens. The guide plate includes a central portion disposed in a peripheral portion of the lens, a first portion and a second portion, which extend from the central portion in a direction of the first rotation axis and are rotatably connected to the camera assembly, and a third portion and a fourth portion, which extend from the central portion in a direction of the second rotation axis and are rotatably connected to the camera housing.

In certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a camera; a tilt optical image stabilizer (OIS) configured to rotate the camera with respect to the electronic device, about at least one axis; and at least one processor operatively connected to the camera and the tilt OIS, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: operate the camera and the tilt OIS such that the camera is rotated about the at least one axis and captures an image, and synthesize a plurality of images captured by the camera.

Electronic device including tilt OIS and method for capturing image and processing captured image

A foldable electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing, a flexible display including a first display part and a second display part, a first camera module mounted in the first housing and disposed adjacent to the cutting structure, and a second camera module and a third camera module mounted in the second housing, in which the first housing includes a notch having any suitable shape. At least one of the second camera module or the third camera module is disposed to face the same direction as the first camera module when the first housing and the second housing are folded.

Foldable electronic device including a plurality of camera modules

A method and an apparatus for running and configuring a display in connection with an electronic device that can be folded and unfolded (foldable electronic device) are provided. The electronic device includes a first display surface, a second display surface, at least one sensor, at least one processor, and a memory configured to store a first application program including a first user interface and a second application program including a second user interface. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to display the first user interface on the first display surface, display the second user interface on the second display surface, receive data from the at least one sensor, and select one of a first mode or a second mode with regard to the first display surface and select one of a third mode or a fourth mode with regard to the second display surface, at least partially based on the data.

Electronic device having two display surfaces and method for running display thereof

A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing, a lens assembly received in the housing and including at least one lens, an aperture including an aperture blade having an opening for adjusting an amount of external light incident on the at least one lens and a rotary shaft formed on a side of the aperture blade, in which the rotary shaft is coupled to the lens assembly such that the aperture blade is rotated about the rotary shaft, a magnet disposed on the aperture so as to be adjacent to the rotary shaft, at least one coil disposed on one surface of the housing so as to face the magnet, control circuitry that rotates the aperture using the coil, and a lens driving unit that moves the lens assembly in an optical axis direction of the lens.

Camera module including aperture

A camera gimbal is disclosed. The disclosed camera gimbal comprises: a pitching housing, in which a lens part is disposed, rotating around a first axis; a yawing housing rotating around a second axis vertical to the first axis, and to which the pitching housing is coupled so as to be rotatable around the second axis; and a rolling housing rotating around a third axis vertical to the first and second axes, and to which the yawing housing is coupled so as to be rotatable around the third axis, wherein the first and second axes can cross at a right angle, the second and third axes can cross at a right angle, the first and third axes can be spaced from each other in a state in which the first and third axes can cross at a right angle, and the first and third axes can be arranged on the same plane. In the present invention, various examples are possible.

Small-sized camera gimbal and electronic device having same

An autofocus camera apparatus and method using multiple motors are provided. The AF camera apparatus includes a housing, an AF lens group disposed in the housing, a processor configured to generate a control signal to control movement of the AF lens group according to a determined focus location, and a plurality of motors configured to move the AF lens group in an optical axis direction according to the control signal of the processor.

Growing community of inventors

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Chanyoung Moon