Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.

Soon Seok Kang

Young Bok Yoon

Nam Ki Park

Young Hwan Kwon

Jae Won Jung

Kyung Hun Lee

Joo Hyun Kim

Oh Byoung Kwon

Dae Sik Kim

Hae Seung Hyun

Jae Sun Lee

Ik Jin Jang

A folded module is provided. The folded module includes a housing including a first space and a second space, a reflection module disposed in the first space; and a lens module disposed in the second space. A length of the first space in a first axis direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction is longer than a length of the second space in the first axis direction. The housing also includes a carrier, and a rotation holder is disposed in the carrier. At least a portion of the housing, the carrier and the rotation holder is configured to have a rounded shape corresponding to an arc shape of a circle centered on a second axis perpendicular to an optical axis direction and a first axis direction. The first axis direction and the second axis direction are perpendicular to the optical axis direction and cross each other.

Folded module and portable electronic device including a folded module

A camera module includes a housing, a reflective member positioned in the housing and changing a direction of light to a direction of an optical axis, a carrier carrying the reflective member and rotatable about a first axis with respect to the housing, and a first ball group disposed between the housing and the carrier, wherein the first ball group includes a main ball member providing the first axis of the carrier, and an auxiliary ball member disposed away from the first axis, and one or both of the housing and the carrier partially accommodates the auxiliary ball member, and includes an auxiliary guide groove extended in a circumferential direction of the first axis.

Folded module and camera module including folded module

A folded module includes a housing, a carrier disposed in the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing about a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis, a rotation holder disposed on the carrier and rotatable with respect to the carrier about a second axis both perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis, a reflective member disposed on the rotation holder to change a path of incident light, and a first auxiliary member coupled to the carrier to surround a portion of the rotation holder. The first auxiliary member includes a damping member protruding in a direction parallel to the first axis.

Camera module and reflective member

A reflective module assembly include a housing having an internal space, a first reflective module provided in the housing to change a path of incident light, and a second reflective module provided in the housing to change a path of light emitted from the first reflective module. The first reflective module includes a first reflective member rotatable about a first axis formed by at least two first ball members. The second reflective module includes a second reflective member rotatable about a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis and passing through a rotation axis ball provided at the second reflective module.

Reflective module assembly and camera module including the same

A folded module includes a housing, a carrier provided in the housing, and a rotation holder provided on the carrier and including a reflective member. The carrier is rotatable, with respect to the housing, around a first axis formed by one rotating shaft ball, the rotation holder is rotatable with respect to the carrier around a second axis formed by two ball members, and the first axis and the second axis intersect each other, and the one rotating shaft ball and the two ball members are provided together on a plane on which both the first axis and the second axis are provided.

An iris scanning camera module includes a housing having an internal space, and a first lens module and a second lens module inside the internal space. The first lens module and the second lens module have optical axes parallel to each other. An image sensor is configured to convert light passing through the first lens module and the second lens module into an image. The image sensor is divided into a region including a color pixel array and as another region including a black-and-white pixel array. The color pixel array is aligned in an optical axis direction of the first lens module, and the black-and-white pixel array is aligned in an optical axis direction of the second lens module.

Iris scanning camera module and mobile device including the same

Provided are an apparatus for synchronizing a stereocamera, a stereocamera, and a method of synchronizing a stereocamera. The apparatus for synchronizing a stereocamera includes a synchronization error calculating unit configured to calculate a synchronization error from output signals of first and second image sensors, and a pulse adjusting unit configured to adjust a pulse of a synchronization signal of at least one of the first and second image sensors using the calculated error. In addition, the stereocamera and the method of synchronizing the same are provided.

Apparatus for synchronizing stereocamera, stereocamera, and method of synchronizing stereocamera

Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for controlling an actuator in an optical image stabilizer. The apparatus includes a hand-shake frequency determination unit configured to determine a hand-shake frequency based on distance data output from a distance calculator which is configured to calculate a distance based on an output from a motion sensor. The apparatus further includes a proportional-integral-derivative coefficient selection and switching controller configured to apply proportional-integral-derivative coefficients suitable for the determined hand-shake frequency to a PID controller.

Apparatus and method for controlling actuator in optical image stabilizer and optical image stabilizer using the same

Disclosed herein are a stereo camera system and a method for controlling convergence, including: a camera unit photographing both-eyes images; a filter unit filtering signal values of pixels for each line for any one of the both-eyes images along a line direction to detect a reference line of any one image; a line memory unit storing data for the reference line and a reference line of the other one image corresponding to the reference line; and a convergence control unit calculating the image control amount so as to align convergences of the both-eyes images by performing a comparison operation on the data for the reference lines and generating an optimal synthesis image of the both-eyes images by applying the image control amount.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Soon Seok Kang