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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Prebesh Pavithran, Bukit Mertajam, MY;
Yeow Thiam Ooi, Butterworth, MY;
Khen Ming Goh, Mutiara Damansara, MY;
Haw Chyn Cheng, Butterworth, MY;
Prebesh Pavithran, Bukit Mertajam, MY;
Yeow Thiam Ooi, Butterworth, MY;
Khen Ming Goh, Mutiara Damansara, MY;
Haw Chyn Cheng, Butterworth, MY;
DigitalOptics Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A camera module having a flash that is provided therein. The flash may be an LED light source. The LED may come in a package that is generally rectangular, with the exception that one corner is flattened. The camera module includes a housing that receives the light source, an image sensor, and a lens. The housing includes mating features that receive the LED package, those features including a flattened corner so that the LED package can only be received within the housing when it is properly oriented. The housing also includes electrical terminals for connection to the LED that include springs. When the LED package is properly oriented and received within the housing, contact pads on the LED package and the electrical terminals on the housing are pressed together against the resilient force of the spring.