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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Masaki Tagome, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Tamaki, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Haruguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera moduleincludes a movable sectionthat includes a lens, a fixed sectionhaving a hollow space extending in the optical axis direction of the lens, and an elastic bodythat elastically supports the movable sectionand the fixed section, an imaging elementthat is fixed to the fixed sectionand has a light-receiving surface perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens, a plurality of magnets,,, andarranged along the fixed section, and a coil sectionprovided in the movable section. The elastic bodyincludes an upper springand a lower spring, which support the fixed sectionbetween adjacent ones of the magnets, andalong the arrangement direction of these magnets on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a camera module with an automatic focusing control function, whose thickness can be reduced remarkably.