Patents by Inventor Soo Cheol Lim
Soo Cheol Lim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20160170170Abstract: A camera module having a housing accommodating a lens module; a lens driver, comprising a magnet mounted in the housing, configured to induce a driving force along an optical axis direction and in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction; and a yoke portion offset from the magnet along the optical axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Chul GO, Chul Jin KIM, Soo Cheol LIM
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Publication number: 20160170229Abstract: There is provided a camera module including a plurality of ball bearings to support the driving of a lens barrel at the time of compensating for unintended camera movement due to disturbance such as hand shake. The lens barrel may be driven in first and second directions, independently, by one driving force exerted in the first direction perpendicular to an optical axis and by another driving force exerted in the second direction perpendicular to both the optical axis and the first direction, thereby preventing driving displacement from being generated at the time of compensating for unwanted motion such as hand shake while securing reliability against external impact, and having reduced power consumption at the time of compensating for the disturbance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Ryung PARK, Oh Byoung KWON, Soo Cheol LIM, Byung Woo KANG
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Patent number: 9360735Abstract: Disclosed herein is camera module including: a lens barrel; an auto-focusing actuator; and a handshake compensating actuator, wherein the auto-focusing actuator and the handshake compensating actuator include a common magnet for actuating auto-focusing and handshake compensation, an auto-focusing corner magnet, a coil for auto-focusing, and a coil for handshake compensation, one surface of the common magnet for actuating auto-focusing and handshake compensation and the auto-focusing corner magnet face the coil for auto-focusing and the other surface of the common magnet for actuating auto-focusing and handshake compensation faces the coil for handshake compensation.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soo Cheol Lim, Sung Ryung Park, Yutaka Yamauchi, Byung Woo Kang, Sang Min On
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Publication number: 20160154204Abstract: A camera module having a case coupled to a base part to form an internal space; a lens module disposed in the internal space; and an auto-focusing driving part comprising a first magnet attached to one surface of the lens module and a first coil disposed to face the first magnet, wherein the base part has a first board on which an image sensor is disposed, and a fixing part on one side portion of the base part and extending from the base part in an optical axis direction, and wherein other side portions of the base part exclude the fixing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Cheol LIM, Jae Hyuk KIM, Oh Byoung KWON
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Patent number: 9329402Abstract: A lens driving device includes a lens barrel supporting a lens; an autofocusing driving unit disposed on one side of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction based on the lens barrel to thereby drive the lens barrel in the optical axis direction; and a hand-shake prevention driving unit disposed on sides of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction other than the one side on which the autofocusing driving unit is disposed, to thereby drive the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soo Cheol Lim, Chul Jin Kim, Jae Hyuk Lee, Sung Ryung Park
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Publication number: 20160004091Abstract: An optical image stabilizer, in which a magnet and a coil are arranges such that they oppose each other. The Hall sensor is arranged such that one face thereof is opposed to one face of the magnet. The Hall sensor can easily detect the location of a group of lenses by generating a corresponding signal in response to a variation in magnetic force following a variation in the gap between magnets depending on the direction in which a group of lenses is driven, and simultaneously, in response to a variation in magnetic force that occurs when the group of lenses is displaced in the direction that intersects the direction of the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Cheol LIM, Byung Woo KANG, Sang Min OH
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Publication number: 20150373272Abstract: A camera module includes first and second frames accommodated in housing, and a hand-shake correction unit. The hand-shake correction unit is provided on the first frame or the second frame and configured to generate a driving force in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of a lens accommodated in the first and second frames. Sidewalls of the housing opposite to each other comprise different thicknesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soo Cheol LIM, Sung Ryung PARK, Chul Jin KIM, Jae Hyuk KIM, Oh Byoung KWON, Byung Woo KANG
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Publication number: 20150346587Abstract: There is provided a camera module including: a housing unit; a lens unit which is movable relative to the housing unit in an optical axis direction and directions perpendicular with respect to an optical axis; and an actuator unit moving the lens unit, wherein corners of the housing unit are provided with flat surfaces which are inclined with respect to an optical axis of the lens unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Cheol LIM, Chul Jin KIM, Oh Byoung KWON, Sung Ryung PARK, Jae Hyuk LEE
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Publication number: 20150304562Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an imaging unit, a lens transferring means, and an image processing device. The image processing device may include a controlling unit, an illuminance sensing unit, an image storing unit, an image processing unit, a noise removing unit, a memory, and a displaying unit. Therefore, hand shaking at the time of capturing an image may be compensated for by the lens transferring means, and an exposure time may be compensated for by synthesizing luminance information of several images with the image processing device, whereby a clear image may be obtained even in a low luminance environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Min On, Sung Ryung Park, Soo Cheol Lim, Byung Woo Kang, Chul Jin Kim
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Publication number: 20150296112Abstract: There is provided a camera module including a plurality of ball bearings to support the driving of a lens barrel at the time of compensating for unintended camera movement due to disturbance such as hand shake. The lens barrel may be driven in first and second directions, independently, by one driving force exerted in the first direction perpendicular to an optical axis and by another driving force exerted in the second direction perpendicular to both the optical axis and the first direction, thereby preventing driving displacement from being generated at the time of compensating for unwanted motion such as hand shake while securing reliability against external impact, and having reduced power consumption at the time of compensating for the disturbance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Ryung PARK, Oh Byoung KWON, Soo Cheol LIM, Byung Woo KANG
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Publication number: 20150296143Abstract: A camera module including a lens unit configured to move in a direction of an optical axis and a direction perpendicular with respect to the optical axis; a housing unit accommodating the lens unit; and a shock absorbing member disposed between the housing unit and the lens unit to reduce impacts and noise generated when the housing unit and the lens unit collide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Woo KANG, Oh Byoung KWON, Soo Cheol LIM, Kwang Joon HAN
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Patent number: 9151965Abstract: A lens driving device includes a lens barrel supporting a lens; an autofocusing driving unit disposed on one side of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction based on the lens barrel to thereby drive the lens barrel in the optical axis direction; and a hand-shake prevention driving unit disposed on sides of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction other than the one side on which the autofocusing driving unit is disposed, to thereby drive the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soo Cheol Lim, Chul Jin Kim, Jae Hyuk Lee, Sung Ryung Park
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Patent number: 9134587Abstract: An optical image stabilizer, in which a magnet and a coil are arranged such that they oppose each other. The Hall sensor is arranged such that one face thereof is opposed to one face of the magnet. The Hall sensor can easily detect the location of a group of lenses by generating a corresponding signal in response to a variation in magnetic force following a variation in the gap between magnets depending on the direction in which a group of lenses is driven, and simultaneously, in response to a variation in magnetic force that occurs when the group of lenses is displaced in the direction that intersects the direction of the gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soo Cheol Lim, Byung Woo Kang, Sang Min On
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Publication number: 20150138639Abstract: A lens driving device includes a lens barrel supporting a lens; an autofocusing driving unit disposed on one side of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction based on the lens barrel to thereby drive the lens barrel in the optical axis direction; and a hand-shake prevention driving unit disposed on sides of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction other than the one side on which the autofocusing driving unit is disposed, to thereby drive the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Cheol LIM, Chul Jin KIM, Jae Hyuk LEE, Sung Ryung PARK
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Publication number: 20150116515Abstract: There is provided a camera module including: a housing; a lens unit mounted in the housing; a hand shake correction unit correcting a movement of the lens unit with respect to the housing; and a damping member disposed between the housing and the lens unit to thereby reduce the movement of the lens unit through the hand shake correction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Woo KANG, Sang Min On, Soo Cheol Lim, Hee Su Kang, Sung Ryung Park
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Patent number: 8982274Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera module, including: a lens holder including a receiving unit receiving a lens module therein; a driving unit joined to the lens holder to be movable in a direction vertical to an optical-axis direction; a housing in which the driving unit is installed to be movable in the vertical direction to the optical-axis direction and having a protruding member that protrudes on one surface thereof; a shape memory alloy wire part connected to the driving unit to generate driving force in the vertical direction to the optical-axis direction; and an elastic member applying a preload to the shape memory alloy wire part to cause initial transformation.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byung Woo Kang, Soo Cheol Lim, Sang Min On
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Publication number: 20150062706Abstract: There is provided a lens driving device, including: an auto-focusing driving unit disposed between a first frame supporting a lens in an optical axis direction and a second frame having a first gap with respect to the first frame; a camera shake stabilizing unit disposed between the second frame and an outer portion having a second gap with respect to the second frame; a leaf spring connected to the first and second frames to maintain the lens on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction, the leaf spring having a free-bent edge portion; and a suspension wire disposed in the optical axis direction, wherein one end of the suspension wire is fixed to the edge portion and the other end is fixed to the outer portion so that the second frame is floated from the outer portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Cheol Lim, Sung Ryung Park, Chul Jin Kim, Byung Woo Kang, Sang Min On
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Publication number: 20150055220Abstract: A lens driving device includes a lens barrel supporting a lens; an autofocusing driving unit disposed on one side of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction based on the lens barrel to thereby drive the lens barrel in the optical axis direction; and a hand-shake prevention driving unit disposed on sides of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction other than the one side on which the autofocusing driving unit is disposed, to thereby drive the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Cheol Lim, Chul Jin Kim, Jae Hyuk Lee, Sung Ryung Park
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Patent number: 8965189Abstract: There is provided a camera module including: a housing; a lens unit mounted in the housing; a hand shake correction unit correcting a movement of the lens unit with respect to the housing; and a damping member disposed between the housing and the lens unit to thereby reduce the movement of the lens unit through the hand shake correction unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byung Woo Kang, Sang Min On, Soo Cheol Lim, Hee Su Kang, Sung Ryung Park
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Publication number: 20140160584Abstract: A lens actuating module for realizing focus adjustment and optical zooming. The lens actuating module includes a rod which is disposed on one side of a lens barrel on which at least one lens is mounted, and has an axis direction corresponding to an optical axis direction of the lens barrel, a driving force transmission member which has a conjoining recess to be conjoined with an outside surface of the rod and has magnetism so as to be conjoined with the outside surface of the rod due to a magnetic force, and a piezoelectric actuator which is disposed on one side of the driving force transmission member in the optical axis direction to provide an axis direction driving force to the rod via the driving force transmission member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTDInventors: Byung Hoon KANG, Sung Won MIN, Jung Wook HWANG, Dong Kyun LEE, Ki Mun PARK, Jung Seok LEE, Won Seob OH, Chuel Jin PARK, Soo Cheol LIM, Byung Woo KANG