Abstract: An apparatus and a method for providing image stabilization (IS) using a low-power processor are provided. The method includes an IS control instruction group in a memory using a general-purpose processor when a camera operates, initialize based on the IS control instruction group, drive a polling timer included in the low-power processor so that IS may be performed at a preset interval based on the IS control instruction group, and correct a shake through the low-power processor based on the IS control instruction group.

Abstract: A camera module is provided, which includes a camera housing, a camera assembly including a lens, the camera assembly being rotatable about a first axis and a second axis substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens with respect to the camera housing, and a guide plate connected to the camera assembly and the camera housing. The camera assembly further includes a first corner area and a second corner area substantially facing a direction of the first axis and facing each other, and a third corner area and a fourth corner area substantially facing the second axis and facing each other. The fourth corner area includes a chamfer area. The guide plate includes a first portion and a second portion rotatably connected to the camera assembly about the first axis, and a third portion and a fourth portion rotatably connected to the camera housing about the second axis.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a housing and a camera module, a first camera housing enclosing a camera assembly, the camera assembly including a second camera housing enclosing a lens carrier having at least one lens, and an image sensor. The second camera housing includes a first surface, a second surface, at least one side area surrounding a space defined between the first and second surface, and at least one corner area. The camera assembly is rotatable about the camera assembly, so that an optical axis of the lens is angled at a predetermined angle with respect to the first direction. The side area is spaced by a first gap from an inner surface of the second camera housing, and the at least one corner area is spaced by a second gap from the inner surface of the second camera housing.

Abstract: A camera module is provided, which includes a camera housing, a camera assembly including a lens, the camera assembly being accommodated in the camera housing and being rotatable about a first axis and a second substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens with respect to the camera housing, and a guide plate connected to the camera assembly and the camera housing. The camera assembly further includes a. first corner area and a second corner area substantially facing a direction of the first axis and facing each other, and a third corner area and a fourth corner area substantially facing a direction of the second axis and facing each other. The fourth corner area includes a. chamfer area formed therein. The guide plate includes a first portion and a second portion rotatably connected to the camera assembly about the first axis, and a third portion and a fourth portion rotatably connected to the camera housing about the second axis.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a camera module including an optical image stabilization device, a memory, and a processor, and the optical image stabilization device includes a first direction driver, a first driver circuit that controls the first direction driver, a second direction driver, and a second driver circuit that controls the second direction driver, and the first direction driver monitors a movement amount of the second direction driver from a control signal transmitted from the processor, determines a first correction amount corresponding to the movement amount, and controls the first direction driver based on the first correction amount. Additional various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.

Abstract: A camera module is disclosed. The camera module includes a camera housing, a camera assembly including a lens and an image sensor, at least a portion of the camera assembly being disposed inside the camera housing, and a guide plate connected to the camera assembly and the camera housing. The camera assembly is rotatable with respect to each of a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, which are substantially perpendicular to an optical axis L of the lens. The guide plate includes a central portion disposed in a peripheral portion of the lens, a first portion and a second portion, which extend from the central portion in a direction of the first rotation axis and are rotatably connected to the camera assembly, and a third portion and a fourth portion, which extend from the central portion in a direction of the second rotation axis and are rotatably connected to the camera housing.

Abstract: In an electronic device for controlling the shaking of a lens part of a camera module and an operation method for the electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device includes: a housing; a first camera that is accommodated in the housing and includes a first lens part capable of refracting light, reflected from an external object, through one surface of the housing, and a first optical image stabilizer (OIS) capable of compensating for the shaking of the first lens part; a second camera that is accommodated in the housing and includes a second lens part capable of refracting light, reflected from the external object, through the one surface and a second optical image stabilizer capable of compensating for the shaking of the second lens part; and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit may be configured to: acquire an image of the external object by using the first camera and the second camera; acquire a first signal, corresponding to the shaking of the first lens part, and a s

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a housing and a camera module, a first camera housing enclosing a camera assembly, the camera assembly including a second camera housing enclosing a lens carrier having at least one lens, and an image sensor. The second camera housing includes a first surface, a second surface, at least one side area surrounding a space defined between the first and second surface, and at least one corner area. The camera assembly is rotatable about the camera assembly, so that an optical axis of the lens is angled at a predetermined angle with respect to the first direction. The side area is spaced by a first gap from an inner surface of the second camera housing, and the at least one corner area is spaced by a second gap from the inner surface of the second camera housing.

Abstract: A camera module is disclosed. The camera module includes a camera housing, a camera assembly including a lens and an image sensor, at least a portion of the camera assembly being disposed inside the camera housing, and a guide plate connected to the camera assembly and the camera housing. The camera assembly is rotatable with respect to each of a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, which are substantially perpendicular to an optical axis L of the lens. The guide plate includes a central portion disposed in a peripheral portion of the lens, a first portion and a second portion, which extend from the central portion in a direction of the first rotation axis and are rotatably connected to the camera assembly, and a third portion and a fourth portion, which extend from the central portion in a direction of the second rotation axis and are rotatably connected to the camera housing.

Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing, a lens assembly received in the housing and including at least one lens, an aperture including an aperture blade having an opening for adjusting an amount of external light incident on the at least one lens and a rotary shaft formed on a side of the aperture blade, in which the rotary shaft is coupled to the lens assembly such that the aperture blade is rotated about the rotary shaft, a magnet disposed on the aperture so as to be adjacent to the rotary shaft, at least one coil disposed on one surface of the housing so as to face the magnet, control circuitry that rotates the aperture using the coil, and a lens driving unit that moves the lens assembly in an optical axis direction of the lens.

Abstract: In an electronic device for controlling the shaking of a lens part of a camera module and an operation method for the electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device includes: a housing; a first camera that is accommodated in the housing and includes a first lens part capable of refracting light, reflected from an external object, through one surface of the housing, and a first optical image stabilizer (OIS) capable of compensating for the shaking of the first lens part; a second camera that is accommodated in the housing and includes a second lens part capable of refracting light, reflected from the the external object, through the one surface and a second optical image stabilizer capable of compensating for the shaking of the second lens part; and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit may be configured to: acquire an image of the external object by using the first camera and the second camera; acquire a first signal, corresponding to the shaking of the first lens part, and

Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing, a lens assembly received in the housing and including at least one lens, an aperture including an aperture blade having an opening for adjusting an amount of external light incident on the at least one lens and a rotary shaft formed on a side of the aperture blade, in which the rotary shaft is coupled to the lens assembly such that the aperture blade is rotated about the rotary shaft, a magnet disposed on the aperture so as to be adjacent to the rotary shaft, at least one coil disposed on one surface of the housing so as to face the magnet, control circuitry that rotates the aperture using the coil, and a lens driving unit that moves the lens assembly in an optical axis direction of the lens.