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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Kyung Rin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Gyu Won Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/023 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuator of a camera module includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire group and a driver. The shape memory alloy (SMA) wire group includes first SMA wires driving a first lens module and second SMA wires driving a second lens module. The driver configured to drive a pair of SMA wires driving different lens modules of the first and the second lens modules among the first and the second SMA wires in a same scheme.