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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/23254 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuator of a camera module includes a magnetic body, a driving coil disposed to face the magnetic body, and a driving apparatus including a driving circuit connected to the driving coil and selectively providing one of a first control signal and a second control signal to the driving circuit according to a driving mode. The driving apparatus compares a level of a control signal of a previous driving mode with a level of a control signal of a following driving mode upon the driving mode being switched.