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).

  • Publication number: 20240380964
    Abstract: A camera module includes a driving assembly configured to drive a lens module in a direction intersecting an optical axis. The driving assembly includes: a driving magnet member; auxiliary magnet members arranged on opposing sides of the driving magnet member and arranged to have polarities different from a polarity of the driving magnet member in a first direction; and a driving coil including portions extending along boundaries between the driving magnet member and the auxiliary magnet members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Cheol LIM, Nam Ki PARK
  • Publication number: 20240369913
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing having an internal space; a carrier disposed in the internal space; a lens module disposed in the carrier; a guide frame disposed between the carrier and the lens module; a first ball member and a second ball member disposed between the housing and the carrier, spaced apart from each other in a diagonal direction of the housing and the carrier, and configured to guide a movement of the carrier in a direction of an optical axis; and a third ball member disposed between the carrier and the guide frame, and a fourth ball member disposed between the guide frame and the lens module, and configured to guide a movement of the lens module in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, wherein the third ball member and the fourth ball member do not overlap each other in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Kyeong KIM, Nam Ki PARK, Bo Sung SEO, Soo Cheol LIM, Je Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20240345410
    Abstract: A camera module including a lens module, a carrier accommodating the lens module, a housing accommodating the carrier, and a shaking correction driver including a plurality of magnets disposed on the lens module, a plurality of coils disposed on the housing, and three or more position sensors, wherein the shaking correction driver is configured to form driving force to move the lens module on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, wherein at least one of the plurality of magnets faces two or more position sensors, and wherein a position sensor facing one of the plurality of magnets is disposed closer to the optical axis than a position sensor facing an other of the plurality of magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Ki PARK, Soo Cheol LIM, Su Kyeong KIM, Ki Hyun ROH, Se Hyeun YUN, Se Houn LEE
  • Publication number: 20240319568
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing having an internal space; a carrier disposed in the internal space; a lens module provided in the carrier; and a first ball member and a second ball member, disposed between the carrier and the housing and spaced apart in a direction, perpendicular to an optical axis, wherein a virtual line connecting a center of a ball included in the first ball member and a center of a ball included in the second ball member passes through the lens module, wherein the lens module includes a first avoidance portion securing space in which at least one of the first ball member or the second ball member is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Kyeong KIM, Bo Sung SEO, Nam Ki PARK, Soo Cheol LIM, Je Ho KIM
  • Patent number: 12099283
    Abstract: A camera module includes: a housing; a carrier accommodated in the housing, and configured to move in an optical axis direction; a lens unit accommodated in the carrier, and configured to move in the optical axis direction together with the carrier; a driving unit configured to move the carrier; and a guide unit configured to guide the movement of the carrier, and comprising: a ball member configured to move in the optical axis direction; and a guide groove unit comprising a plurality of guide grooves in which the ball member is disposed, wherein the plurality of guide grooves comprise a first guide groove in which an angle between normals of two adjacent surfaces of the first guide groove in contact with the ball member is an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soo Cheol Lim
  • Publication number: 20240310694
    Abstract: A camera module including a lens module configured to move in one or more of an optical axis direction, a first axis direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a second axis direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction and the first axis direction, a housing configured to accommodate the lens module, a printed circuit board coupled to the housing, an aperture module configured to form an incident opening of various sizes, and coupled to the lens module and moved together with the lens module, and a connection substrate connected to the printed circuit board and the aperture module. The aperture module includes an aperture driver including a magnet portion and a coil portion, and an aperture substrate in which the coil portion is disposed, and one side of the connection substrate is coupled to the aperture substrate, and another side thereof is coupled to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Hun LEE, Soo Cheol LIM, Young Bok YOON
  • Patent number: 12075147
    Abstract: A camera module includes a driving assembly configured to drive a lens module in a direction intersecting an optical axis. The driving assembly includes: a driving magnet member; auxiliary magnet members arranged on opposing sides of the driving magnet member and arranged to have polarities different from a polarity of the driving magnet member in a first direction; and a driving coil including portions extending along boundaries between the driving magnet member and the auxiliary magnet members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo Cheol Lim, Nam Ki Park
  • Patent number: 12025851
    Abstract: A camera module includes: a magnet disposed on a lens module; a bearing member disposed in a ball guide portion formed between the lens module and a housing that accommodates the lens module; a coil disposed in the housing to face the magnet; and a yoke member disposed on the housing to interact with the magnet to generate a biased magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Ki Park, Soo Cheol Lim, Byung Woo Kang, Sung Taek Oh, Young Bok Yoon, Bo Sung Seo, Oh Byoung Kwon, Jun Sup Shin
  • Publication number: 20240210788
    Abstract: A camera module includes a carrier provided in a housing; a guide member disposed in the carrier, and configured to compensate for shaking in a perpendicular direction to an optical axis direction; a stopper configured to cover an upper portion of the carrier to accommodate the guide member; and a damper member, disposed in the stopper, comprising either one or both of an eleventh damper member opposing the guide member in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a twenty first damper member opposing the guide member in a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction and the first direction. The damper member directly opposes the guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hwan KWON, Su Kyeong KIM, Soo Cheol LIM, Young Bok YOON
  • Publication number: 20240201511
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ryung PARK, Oh Byoung KWON, Soo Cheol LIM, Byung Woo KANG
  • Publication number: 20240201573
    Abstract: A camera module includes a first lens module including one or more lenses disposed along a first optical axis; a housing defining an internal space; at least two guide portions disposed in the internal space to guide a coupling position of the first lens module; and a reflection module disposed in the internal space to change a traveling path of light incident along the first optical axis. The at least two guide portions include a first guide portion contacting the first lens module to form a first number of contact points and a second guide portion contacting the first lens module to form a second number of contact points different from the first number of contact points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Woo KIM, You Jin JEONG, Sot Eum SEO, Soo Cheol LIM, Kum Kyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20240147072
    Abstract: An actuator for optical image stabilization, includes a fixed frame having an internal space; a moving frame, accommodated in the internal space, configured to linearly and rotatably move on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; a first ball member disposed between the fixed frame and the moving frame; a first driver, disposed on the moving frame and the fixed frame, configured to provide a driving force to the moving frame; a plurality of magnetic bodies disposed on the fixed frame to generate attractive force with respect to the first driver disposed on the moving frame; a sensor substrate having a portion coupled to the moving frame to be movable, together with the moving frame, and another portion coupled to the fixed frame; and an image sensor disposed on the portion of the sensor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Oh Byoung KWON, Bo Sung SEO, Soo Cheol LIM, Gab Yong KIM, Ki Hoon JANG, Young Bok YOON
  • Patent number: 11947132
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ryung Park, Oh Byoung Kwon, Soo Cheol Lim, Byung Woo Kang
  • Publication number: 20240094601
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a movable body configured to move in a direction of an optical axis of the housing; a reinforcing member formed integrally on one surface of the movable body, and configured to increase a rigidity of the movable body; and a first buffer member formed in the reinforcing member, and configured to reduce an impactive force between the housing and the movable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk LEE, Soo Cheol LIM, Byung Woo KANG, Young Bok YOON, Jong Woo HONG, Jung Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20240069356
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing having an interior space; an Auto Focusing (AF) carrier disposed in the interior space of the housing and housing a lens barrel; a lens holder to which the lens barrel is fixed and accommodated in the AF carrier; an Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) driver configured to drive the lens holder to move in a first direction or a second direction perpendicular to an optical-axis, wherein the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other within the AF carrier; and an OIS stopper including an inward protrusion protruding from one inner surface of the housing in the first direction towards the lens holder, and an outward protrusion protruding from one outer surface of the lens holder towards the one inner surface of the housing and opposite the inward protrusion in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghun HAN, Soo Cheol LIM, Kum-Kyung LEE
  • Patent number: 11910090
    Abstract: An actuator for optical image stabilization, includes a fixed frame having an internal space; a moving frame, accommodated in the internal space, configured to linearly and rotatably move on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; a first ball member disposed between the fixed frame and the moving frame; a first driver, disposed on the moving frame and the fixed frame, configured to provide a driving force to the moving frame; a plurality of magnetic bodies disposed on the fixed frame to generate attractive force with respect to the first driver disposed on the moving frame; a sensor substrate having a portion coupled to the moving frame to be movable, together with the moving frame, and another portion coupled to the fixed frame; and an image sensor disposed on the portion of the sensor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh Byoung Kwon, Bo Sung Seo, Soo Cheol Lim, Gab Yong Kim, Ki Hoon Jang, Young Bok Yoon
  • Publication number: 20240053575
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a lens holder configured to accommodate a lens; a carrier configured to accommodate the lens holder; a first optical image stabilization (OIS) driver, disposed outside of the lens holder, configured to drive the lens holder in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis; and a second OIS driver, disposed outside of the carrier to oppose the first OIS driver and having the lens holder interposed therebetween, configured to drive the carrier in a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ohbyoung KWON, Soo Cheol LIM
  • Patent number: 11874594
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a movable body configured to move in a direction of an optical axis of the housing; a reinforcing member formed integrally on one surface of the movable body, and configured to increase a rigidity of the movable body; and a first buffer member formed in the reinforcing member, and configured to reduce an impactive force between the housing and the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Lee, Soo Cheol Lim, Byung Woo Kang, Young Bok Yoon, Jong Woo Hong, Jung Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20230371891
    Abstract: A user clustering and analysis method using body composition big data and a system includes analyzing, by a body composition analyzer, a user's body composition, and transmitting analyzed body composition data of the user to a user terminal, receiving, by the user terminal, the user's body composition data, and transmitting the body composition data to a service provider server providing services related to body composition analysis or executing a body composition data analysis application thereof, and analyzing, by the service provider server or the body composition data analysis application of the user terminal, the user's body composition data accumulated for a predetermined period of time, assigning a cluster that is a group of similar body composition, and providing the cluster to the user terminal or displaying the cluster on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Chul Cha, Won Young Jang, Soo Cheol Lim
  • Patent number: 11754851
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus and a camera module including the same are provided. A lens driving apparatus includes a shake compensation unit configured to move in directions perpendicular to an optical axis, and ball members supporting the shake compensation unit, such that a degree of freedom for one of the ball members is different from a degree of freedom for another of the ball members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soo Cheol Lim