Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yoon-Seok Kang

Woo-Jong Cho

Bon-Min Koo

Jae-Kyu Shim

Bae-Seok Lim

Min-Hyuk Nam

Sungjin Park

Sung-jin Park

Baeseok Lim

Ki-yun Jo

Young-Ky Kim

Chanyoung Moon

Ho-Young Park

Kyeong-eun Lee

Seong-ho Hwang

Soo-jung Kim

Hee-seung Choi

Nam-Sun Kim

Hyun-Min Oh

Hee-Seung Choi

Bae-seok Lim

Kyeong-Eun Lee

A vacuum suction device including a suction pad having a concave inner surface. The vacuum suction device also includes a vent hole penetrating from the concave inner surface of the suction pad to an outer surface of the suction pad. The vacuum suction device also includes a valve member disposed on the outer surface of the suction pad. As a pressure of a space, formed by an inner space of the suction pad, decreases, the valve member closes the vent hole from the outer surface of the suction pad.

Vacuum suction device and electronic device including the same

A posture maintaining device for a 360&#xb0; camera according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first correcting portion comprising a seating portion, on which a camera having a 360&#xb0; view angle is seated, the first correcting portion being able to make a rotational movement about a first direction; a second correcting portion arranged on one side of the first correcting portion to be able to make a rotational movement about a second direction, which is different from the first direction; a third correcting portion arranged on the lower end of the second correcting portion to be able to make a rotational movement about a third direction, which is different from the first or second direction; and a counterbalance connected to the first correcting portion and configured to guide the camera so as to remain horizontal. A posture maintaining device for a 360&#xb0; camera according to an embodiment of the present invention corrects the inclination in real time when images are taken through a camera having a 360&#xb0; view angle, making it possible to implement pictures or moving images without vibration. Moreover, when images are taken through a camera having a 360&#xb0; view angle, a gimbal with minimized image blocking is implemented, making it possible to obtain images with minimized interference.

Horizontal posture maintaining device and posture maintaining device driving method

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

A camera module comprising: a first optical system and a second optical system, each of the first and second optical systems including: a first frame configured to support a first lens group and move along an optical axis in a first direction; and a second frame configured to support a reflector configured to reflect light passing through the first lens group, and move in a second direction that is different from the first direction.

Camera module and electronic device including the same

A 3-axis camera gimbal is disclosed in the present disclosure. The disclosure gimbal may include: a first supporting body; a lens barrel including a lens group and coupled to the first supporting body in a rotatable manner about a first axis; a rolling driving unit mounted at a first position of the lens barrel to provide force for rotating the lens group about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; a pitching driving unit mounted to the first supporting body to provide force for rotating the lens barrel about the first axis; a second supporting body coupled to the first supporting body in a rotatable manner about a third axis perpendicular each of to the first and second axes; and a yawing driving unit mounted to the second supporting body to allow the first supporting body to rotate about the third axis. Various embodiments are also possible.

3-axis adjustable small gimbal

A photographing apparatus is provided. The photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit comprising a photographing sensor and a lens unit configured to focus image light onto the photographing sensor, a first driver configured to drive the photographing sensor to perform a first rotation about a first axis that is coincide with an optical axis of the lens unit, and a second driver configured to drive the photographing unit and the first driver to perform a second rotation about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.

Photographing apparatus, unmanned aerial vehicle having the photographing apparatus, and attitude control method for the photographing apparatus

A horizontal-posture maintaining apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a barrel, a cover unit provided on a side surface of the barrel, a first driver provided in the cover unit, for rotating the barrel in a first direction (around an X axis) to keep the barrel in horizontal posture, a second driver provided in the cover unit, for rotating the cover unit in a second direction (around a Y axis) to keep the barrel in the horizontal posture, and a controller for controlling rotation of the first and second drivers.

Horizontal-posture maintaining apparatus

A camera gimbal is provided. The camera gimbal includes a gimbal barrel; a lens barrel configured to support a camera module thereon, and assembled to the gimbal barrel; and a connection unit configured to interconnect the gimbal barrel and the lens barrel, wherein the lens barrel is connected to be freely rotatable, wherein the connection unit provides a rolling axis, a yawing axis, and a pitching axis of the lens barrel, and wherein the lens barrel assembled to the connection unit is configured to maintain a horizontal posture by gravity.

Camera gimbal

An auto focusing (AF) module includes a fixed base, an AF barrel configured to support a focus lens, an AF base supported by the fixed base and configured to support the AF barrel such that the AF barrel that moves along an optical axis. A stepper motor is fixed to the AF base and provides a driving force to the AF barrel; a bonding member is arranged between the fixed base and the AF base, the bonding member being configured to bond the fixed base and the AF base to each other. The AF module may fix the AF base in an optimum location with respect to the fixed base, so that the assembling error of a first guide shaft assembled in the AF base may be compensated. The AF module may be fixed to the optimum location with respect to another component, such as the lens frame.

Auto focusing module, photographing apparatus including the same, and method of manufacturing auto focusing module

A lens driving assembly includes a cam barrel having an opening in an outer circumferential surface thereof and that rotates around an optical axis, a front barrel accommodated in the cam barrel and that moves in an optical axis direction corresponding to rotation of the cam barrel, and a first lens group assembly that pivots between a home position that is deviated from the optical axis and an alignment position that is aligned with the optical axis, in which the first lens group assembly moves through the opening between the home position and the alignment position according to the rotation of the cam barrel and an elastic force.

Lens driving assembly and electronic apparatus having the same

A lens barrel assembly includes: a lens barrel that is rotatable about an optical axis and is movable in a direction along the optical axis; a moving plate that is combined with the lens barrel so that the moving plate is rotated together with the lens barrel and is movable with respect to the lens barrel in the direction along the optical axis; a power transmission unit that is installed on the moving plate and transmits an outside rotation force to the lens barrel via the moving plate; and a stopper that is disposed on a path on which the moving plate moves in the direction along the optical axis and that limits a movement of the moving plate in the direction along the optical axis in a partial section of the path on which the lens barrel is moved.

Lens barrel assembly and photographing apparatus including the same

A barrel assembly includes a barrel, at least one lens group disposed in the barrel to move in an optical axis direction, an aperture disposed in the barrel that adjusts an amount of light passing through the at least one lens group; and a light adjustment unit disposed in the barrel to move in the optical axis direction and that blocks light passing through a peripheral area of the at least one lens group when the at least one lens group is in at least one part of a travel section along which the at least one lens group moves in the barrel.

Lens barrel assembly and photographing apparatus having the same

A lens barrel assembly, which has improved shock resistance and quickly resumes normal operation when external shock is applied, includes a first barrel including an elastic moving pin which protrudes toward a second barrel and elastically deforms. The second barrel includes a first guide groove into which the elastic moving pin is inserted and which extends obliquely in a circumferential direction to guide a movement of the first barrel, and at least one second guide groove including an end separated from the first guide groove and another end connected to the first guide groove to guide the elastic moving pin so that the elastic moving pin returns into the first guide groove when the elastic moving pin is separated from the first guide groove. The second barrel rotates in an optical axis direction and supports the first barrel so that the first barrel moves relative to the optical axis direction.

A zoom lens barrel assembly includes: a first zoom ring that supports a first lens group; a first guide ring, of which the first zoom ring is disposed on an inner side, is cam-connected to the first zoom ring to cause the first lens group to move linearly along an optical axis direction by rotation; a second zoom ring that supports a second lens group and is cam-connected to the first guide ring to move linearly along the optical axis direction; a second guide ring cam-connected to the first guide ring and configured to move linearly along the optical axis direction to rotate the first guide ring; a second cylinder configured to move linearly along the optical axis direction together with the second zoom ring while being rotated; and an external cylinder including a third lens group and is cam-connected to the second cylinder to cause the second cylinder to rotate.

Zoom lens barrel assembly and capturing apparatus including the same

A lens barrel assembly includes: a lens group; a lens barrel that support the lens group and includes, on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a first movement pin projected outwardly and a second guide groove that is extended along a circumferential direction; and an outer barrel disposed outside the lens barrel and includes, on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a first guide groove extended along the circumferential direction to be coupled with the first movement pin, and a second movement pin that is projected inwardly to be coupled with the second guide groove, where the lens barrel is moved in an optical axis direction as the outer barrel rotates, and where a movement section of the lens barrel comprises a first movement section, a second movement section, and an intersection movement section that connects the first movement section with the second movement section.

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Seoul, South Korea

Yoon-Seok Kang