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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Jae Woo Jun, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G03B 30/00 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); G02B 7/02 (2013.01); G03B 30/00 (2021.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A camera module is provided. The camera module includes an optical assembly including one or more lens and an image sensor, a first driving unit configured to move the optical assembly in a first direction to retract the optical assembly into a housing of an electronic device in which the optical assembly is disposed, or configured to move the optical assembly in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, so that the optical assembly protrudes externally from the housing, and a second driving unit configured to rotate the optical assembly in a protruding state based on a rotation axis, parallel to the first direction.


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