Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a carrier, a frame, a lens holder, an autofocusing (AF) ball bearing, and an optical image stabilization (OIS) ball bearing. The carrier is coupled to the housing and configured to move in an optical axis direction. The frame is coupled to the carrier and configured to move in a first axis direction, perpendicular to the optical axis direction. The lens holder is coupled to the frame and configured to move in a second axis direction, perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis. The AF ball bearing is disposed between the housing and the carrier. The OIS ball bearing is disposed on either one or both of the carrier and the frame, and the frame and the lens holder. Either one or both of the AF ball bearing and the OIS ball bearing have an elastic modulus of 20 GPa or less.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a carrier, a frame, a lens holder, an autofocusing (AF) ball bearing, and an optical image stabilization (OIS) ball bearing. The carrier is coupled to the housing and configured to move in an optical axis direction. The frame is coupled to the carrier and configured to move in a first axis direction, perpendicular to the optical axis direction. The lens holder is coupled to the frame and configured to move in a second axis direction, perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis. The AF ball bearing is disposed between the housing and the carrier. The OIS ball bearing is disposed on either one or both of the carrier and the frame, and the frame and the lens holder. Either one or both of the AF ball bearing and the OIS ball bearing have an elastic modulus of 20 GPa or less.

Abstract: There is provided a stamp for molding lenses, including: a first stamp including a plurality of first lens molding parts; and a second stamp including a plurality of second lens molding parts corresponding to the plurality of first lens molding parts, wherein the first lens molding parts have different sizes so as to mold at least two types of lens.

Abstract: There is provided a lens module including: a first lens member including an optical part and a bonding part; and an identification mark printed on the first lens member. Further, there is provided a lens module manufacturing method, the manufacturing method including: preparing a first lens member including an optical part and a bonding part; and printing and forming a light shielding film and an identification mark on the bonding part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a lens used in a camera module including the steps of: preparing a preform for manufacturing a lens; forming a front lens on a front surface of the preform; and forming an array lens by forming a rear lens on a rear surface of the preform during the formation of the front lens.

Abstract: There is provided a lens module. The lens module according to the present invention may include a lens unit including one or more lenses, each having a lens function part and a flange part forming a circumference of the lens function part; and a piezoelectric body disposed on the flange part so as to shield unnecessary light incident through the lens unit and performing autofocusing according to an application of voltage thereto.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a lens used in a camera module including the steps of: preparing a preform for manufacturing a lens; forming a front lens on a front surface of the preform; and forming an array lens by forming a rear lens on a rear surface of the preform during the formation of the front lens.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging optical system including: a first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element having an object-side planar surface in contact with an image-side surface of the first lens element and an image-side planar surface; and a third lens element having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the second lens element, wherein the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspherical, and the third lens element has a point of inflection formed within an effective aperture thereof such that the image-side surface is convexed toward an image plane at a central portion to have positive refractive power and concaved toward the image plane at a peripheral portion to have negative refractive power.

Abstract: An optical system is mounted in a mobile communication terminal and a personal digital assistant (PDA) for a monitoring camera and a digital camera. The optical system includes: a first optical element formed in a meniscus shape entirely convex toward an object and having a positive refractive power; and a second optical element having an object-side surface convex toward the object and an image-side surface formed of a plane, wherein the second optical element includes: a fourth optical element having an object-side surface entirety convex toward the object on the optical axis; and a fifth optical element having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the fourth optical element, and an image-side surface and an object-side surface formed of planes respectively.

Abstract: There is provided a lens assembly including: a first lens part including a first lens surface as an object-side surface, a second lens surface as an image-side surface, and a peripheral part defining a periphery of the second lens surface; a second lens part disposed at an image side of the first lens part and including at least one lens; a spacer spacing the first lens part and the second lens part from each other; and a light adjustor disposed between the second lens surface and the peripheral part, the light adjustor totally reflecting or refracting light incident at a predetermined angle of view or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser used for fabricating a wafer lens. The dispenser of the present invention includes: a dispenser body charged with a fluid resin therein; a needle coupled to a bottom part of the dispenser body with a nozzle mounted on an end of a pipe extending to a lower part thereof; and a dispenser case that includes an air inlet and an air outlet in a lower part a circumference surface and a bottom part of the dispenser body, and is mounted with covering the dispenser. The dispenser has a merit that a discharge amount error of the fluid resin can be reduced and an accurate amount of resin can be always discharged.

Abstract: Provided is a wafer lens aligning method including the steps of: preparing a lens mold that has a lens forming portion formed in the central portion thereof and a groove formed around the lens forming portion; preparing a wafer that has two or more position recognition patterns formed at arbitrary positions thereof and a plurality of minute patterns formed in array at lens formation positions; loading the wafer, searching the position recognition patterns, and setting a coordinate system; causing the coordinate system of the wafer to coincide with the coordinate system of the lens mold; causing the center among the minute patterns formed on the wafer to coincide with the center of the lens mold so as to align the wafer with the lens mold; and forming a master lens in the lens formation positions arranged on the wafer.

Abstract: In a camera module having an array lens, a first lens group has at least two lenses. A second lens group has a plurality of lenses corresponding to the lenses of the first lens group, the second lens group stacked below the first lens group and interposing a spacer part therebetween. An image sensor has an imaging region where light passing through the first and second lens groups is imaged. Also, a shielding unit shields portions excluding apertures of the lenses of the first and second lens groups, the shielding unit disposed between the first and second lens groups. The camera module has a lower optical system along an optical axis for smaller size, keeps light refracted from an adjacent lens from affecting an image, blocks leakage of light for imaging and increases definition of the image through signal processing.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wafer scale lens assembly, and a wafer scale lens assembly manufactured by the same are disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of transmissive regions and a plurality of non-transmissive regions on an object-side surface or an image-side surface of each of first and second lens substrates, forming a plurality of lens elements having refractive power on at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of each of the first and second lens substrates, and stacking the first and second lens substrates, with a spacer interposed between the first lens substrate and the second lens substrate. Accordingly, image quality is improved by preventing undesired light from forming an image on an image plane of an image sensor. The process time is reduced to reduce a manufacturing cost.

Abstract: There is provided a subminiature optical system mounted in a mobile communication terminal and a personal digital assistant (PDA) or used for a monitoring camera and a digital camera.

Abstract: There is provided a subminiature imaging optical system subminiature imaging optical system including: a first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the first lens element; and a third lens element having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the second lens element, wherein the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspherical, and the third lens element has a point of inflection formed within an effective aperture thereof such that the image-side surface is convexed toward an image plane at a central portion to have positive refractive power and concaved toward the image plane at a peripheral portion to have negative refractive power.