Abstract: An embodiment comprises: an image sensor; a moving part including a lens and disposed on the image sensor; a fixed part; an elastic member connecting the fixed part and the moving part; and a control part which obtains a correction value for compensating for the amount of tilt of the moving part when the moving part is tilted due to gravity, and uses the correction value to control the movement of the moving part.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin in which a lens is mounted, a first coil and a magnet configured to electromagnetically interact with each other so as to move the bobbin, a housing configured to accommodate the bobbin therein, an elastic member including an inner frame coupled to the bobbin, an outer frame coupled to the housing, and a frame connection portion configured to connect the inner frame and the outer frame to each other, and a support member connected to the elastic member and configured to support the housing, and the outer frame includes a first coupling portion coupled to the housing, a second coupling portion coupled to the support member, the second coupling portion being spaced apart from the first coupling portion, and a single connection portion configured to connect the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion to each other.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a camera module comprising: a light output unit for outputting an optical signal to an object; a sensor for receiving an optical signal reflected from the object; and a control unit for acquiring distance information about the object by using the phase difference of the received optical signal, wherein the sensor includes a non-extraction area from which the phase different is not extracted and an extraction area from which the phase difference is extracted and the control unit stops timing control for the received optical signal in the non-extraction area.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a lens driving device and a camera module including same. The lens driving device according to the one embodiment can include: a base; a pin coupled to the base; and a housing including a lens group and moving in the optical axis direction along the pin. The housing can include, in one side thereof, a ball accommodation part and a plurality of balls arranged in the ball accommodation part. The pin is arranged in the ball accommodation part so as to be capable of guiding the housing while being in contact with the plurality of balls.

Abstract: An embodiment may provide a sensing device including a stator including a stator tooth and a rotor including a magnet, wherein the stator tooth includes a first stator tooth and a second stator tooth disposed inside the first stator tooth, the first stator tooth includes a plurality of first teeth, the second stator tooth includes a plurality of second teeth, the first tooth overlaps the second tooth in a radial direction from a center of the stator, the stator includes a stator holder and a stator body which is coupled to the stator holder and on which the first stator tooth and the second stator tooth are disposed, the stator body includes a protrusion, and the protrusion is in contact with a lower end of the first stator tooth or a lower end of the second stator tooth.

Abstract: A circuit board includes an insulating portion and a pattern portion on the insulating portion. The insulating portion includes a first insulating region and a second insulating region outside the first insulating region and spaced apart from the first insulating region with a separation region therebetween. The pattern portion includes a first pattern portion for signal transmission and a second pattern portion including a dummy pattern separated from the first pattern portion. The first pattern portion includes a first terminal portion on the first insulating region, a second terminal portion on the second insulating region, and a connection portion on the separation region and connecting between the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion. The second pattern portion includes a second-first pattern portion on the first insulating region and a second-second pattern portion on the second insulating region and separated from the second-first pattern portion.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a sensing apparatus comprising: a first rotation part; a second rotation part in which the first rotation part is disposed; a housing in which the second rotation part is disposed; and a first metal member disposed between the housing and the second rotation part, wherein the second rotation part includes a first holder and a second holder combined with the first holder, and the first metal member includes a body disposed between the first holder and the housing and a first flange portion extending radially outward from the body.

Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light output portion for successively outputting a first output light signal and a second output light signal, which are emitted to an object, during a single period; a lens portion for concentrating a first input light signal and a second input light signal, which are reflected from the object, the lens portion comprising an infrared (IR) filter and at least one lens disposed on the IR filter; an image sensor for generating a first electric signal and a second electric signal from the first input light signal and the second input light signal, which have been concentrated by the lens portion; a tilting portion for shifting optical paths of the first input light signal and the second input light signal according to a predetermined rule; and an image control portion for acquiring depth information of the object by using the first electric signal and a phase difference between the first output light signal and the first input light

Abstract: An embodiment relates to a lens actuator and a camera module including same. A lens actuator according to an embodiment may comprise: a base; a pin coupled to the base; a housing including a group of lenses to be moved along the pin in an optical axis direction; a magnet disposed on one side of the housing; a yoke spaced apart from the magnet; and a coil disposed between the magnet and the yoke. The housing may include a guide hole disposed at one side thereof and a guide groove disposed at the other side thereof. The pin may include a first pin disposed in the guide hole, and a second pin disposed in the guide groove. An attractive force may be applied between the yoke and the magnet.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus is disclosed. The lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin equipped with at least one lens, a coil and a driving magnet arranged opposite to each other for moving the bobbin in an optical axis direction of the lens through interaction therebetween, a first circuit board for supplying electric current required by the coil, and a cover can and a base coupled to, contacted to, supported at, fixed to, or temporarily fixed to each other for forming a space in which the bobbin, the driving magnet, and the first circuit board are received, wherein the cover can is connected to a second circuit board having an image sensor mounted thereon.

Abstract: In an alloy metal plate according to an embodiment, diffraction intensity of a (111) plane of the alloy metal plate is defined as I (111), diffraction intensity of a (200) plane of the alloy metal plate is defined as I (200), diffraction intensity of a (220) plane of the alloy metal plate is defined as I (220), a diffraction intensity ratio of I (200) is defined by the following Equation 1, and a diffraction intensity ratio of I (220) is defined by the following Equation 2. At this time, the A is 0.5 to 0.6, the B is 0.3 to 0.5, and the value A may be larger than a value B. A=I(200)/{I(200)+I(220)+I(111)}??[Equation 1] The diffraction intensity ratio of I (220) is defined by the following Equation 2.

Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment is a camera module including a lens assembly including a liquid lens including a first liquid and a second liquid which form an interface therebetween, a voltage controller which applies a driving signal to the liquid lens to adjust the interface, a temperature sensor which detects temperature information of the liquid lens, an image sensor which receives light passing through the lens assembly, a sensing unit which detects information corresponding to the interface of the liquid lens, and a compensation unit which outputs feedback information to the voltage controller using the information corresponding to the interface of the liquid lens and the temperature information.

Abstract: A camera module is provided. A camera module according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: a substrate comprising a window; an image sensor coupled to the lower surface of the substrate; and a filter coupled to the upper surface of the image sensor and arranged on the window.

Abstract: An embodiment may comprise: a housing; a first circuit board disposed in the housing; a magnet disposed in the housing; a holder spaced apart from the housing; a second circuit board coupled to the holder; a coil disposed on the second circuit board and corresponding to the magnet; a connection substrate comprising a first terminal; an image sensor disposed on the connection substrate; a support member having one end coupled to the first circuit board; and an elastic connection member comprising a first coupling part disposed in the holder and coupled to the first terminal, a second coupling part coupled to the other end of the support member, and a connection part for connecting the first coupling part and the second coupling part.

Abstract: A camera module or camera device according to an embodiment includes a base, a first lens assembly disposed in the base, a first coil part disposed on the base, a first spacer disposed on the base, a first spacer disposed on the first spacer, and a first position detection sensor disposed on the first spacer. The first spacer includes a first support portion and a first protrusion protruding from the first support portion, and the first position detection sensor may be disposed on the first protrusion, and the first protrusion may be disposed in the hollow of the first coil part.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin including a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a housing provided with first and second magnets for moving the bobbin by interaction with the first coil, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, and a first position sensor for detecting a sum of intensities of magnetic fields of the first and second magnets, wherein the first position sensor is disposed in a space between the first magnet and the second magnet when the bobbin is disposed at an initial position.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin including a first coil disposed therearound, a first magnet disposed to face the first coil, a housing for supporting the first magnet, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, a base disposed to be spaced apart from the housing by a predetermined distance, a second coil disposed to face the first magnet, a printed circuit board on which the second coil is mounted, a plurality of support members, which support the housing such that the housing is movable in second and/or third directions and which connect at least one of the upper and lower elastic members to the printed circuit board, and a conductive member for conductively connecting the upper and lower elastic members.

Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment may include a base 20, a first lens assembly 110 and a second lens assembly 120 disposed on the base 20, wherein the first lens assembly 110 may include a first driving part 116 and a third driving part 141. The second lens assembly 120 may include a second driving part 126 and a fourth driving part 142. In the first lens assembly 110, the first driving part 116 may include a first magnet 116b and a first yoke 116a. The third driving part 141 may include a first coil part 141b and a third yoke 141a. In the second lens assembly 120, the second driving part 126 may include a second magnet 126b and a second yoke 126a, and the fourth driving part 142 may include a second coil part 142b and a fourth yoke 142a.

Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet disposed on the housing; a first sensing coil, disposed on the housing, for generating a first induced voltage by interacting with the first coil; a first circuit board connected to the first coil and the first sensing coil; and a first amplifier, disposed on the first circuit board, for amplifying the first induced voltage of the first sensing coil and outputting a first amplified signal.

Abstract: A camera module according to the present embodiment comprises: a light-emitting unit for outputting light to an object; a filter allowing the light to pass therethrough; at least one sheet of lens disposed on the filter and condensing the light reflected from the object; a sensor including a plurality of pixels aligned in an array and generating an electrical signal from the light condensed by the lens; and a tilt unit for tilting the filter such that an optical path of the light having passed through the filter is repeatedly moved according to a predetermined rule, wherein the tilt unit includes: a tilting driver for generating an output signal synchronized with an exposure cycle of the sensor on the basis of a trigger signal input from the sensor; and a tilting actuator for tilting the filter diagonally by the output signal.