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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd., Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Jin Soo Seol, Cheongju-si, KR;
Byung Cheol Lee, Jinju-si, KR;
Jong Pil Lee, Cheonju-si, KR;
Doo Sik Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd., Cheongwon-gun, KR;
Abstract
A camera system is provided. The camera system includes a first housing, a lens module accommodated in an inner space of the first housing, a support panel engaged to a side surface of the first housing, a magnet which is mounted on the lens module and confronts the support panel, and a drive portion which is arranged on the support panel and linearly moves the lens module in a direction of an optical axis, wherein the drive portion comprises a hall sensor portion for detecting displacement of the lens module, a coil fixed on a circuit board of the drive portion, and a controller for controlling current applied to the coil according to output of the hall sensor portion, and wherein the controller and the hall sensor portion are integrated in one chip.