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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Sang Hyun Min, Suwon-si, KR;

Kwang Mook Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23225 (2013.01); H04N 5/23248 (2013.01);
Abstract

A controller of a camera iris is provided. The controller includes a signal processing circuit that generates a detected position value corresponding to a current position of the iris, based on first and second sensing signals respectively received from first and second position sensors that detects an aperture position of the iris; a control circuit, that sets a section between the first aperture position and the second aperture position to a plurality of control sections, and if a command to change the aperture of the iris is made, performing a corresponding control operation for each of the plurality of control sections to control a movement operation of the iris, based on the detected position value; and a driving circuit that generates a driving current, and provide the generates driving current to a coil to drive the iris under control of the controller.


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