Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyunho Yu

Byungkwon Kang

Hyungjin Rho

Kwangseok Byon

Youngjae Hwang

Youngbok Yu

Dongsung Hur

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a camera module, at least part of which is disposed inside the housing. The camera module includes a fixed part including a camera housing fixedly disposed in the electronic device, a moving part including a lens and an image sensor, at least part of the moving part being received inside the camera housing such that the moving part moves relative to the fixed part, a drive member that moves the moving part and that includes a first drive member disposed on the camera housing and a second drive member that is disposed on the moving part and that electromagnetically interacts with the first drive member, and a support structure that supports a movement of the moving part and that includes a ball coupled to one of the moving part or the camera housing so as to be rotatable.

Camera module and electronic device including the same

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.

Electronic device including camera and method of operating the same

An electronic device includes a lens assembly that receives external light, which is used by a camera module to capture a still image and/or a moving picture, in a first direction, a housing forming an outer portion of the camera module, a first support disposed inside the housing and disposed in a second direction away from the lens assembly, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; and a second support including at least a portion protruding in the second direction while surrounding the lens assembly, wherein the first support and the second support are disposed in the second direction away from the lens assembly.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hyunho Yu