Abstract: An optical image stabilizing (OIS) module and a camera module are provided. The OIS module includes a driving holder provided on a bottom surface of a housing, a driving frame comprising a reflection member and supported on an inner wall of the driving holder, a driving part configured to provide a driving force to move the driving holder and the driving frame, wherein the driving holder is configured to move in one or more of a linear direction and a rotational direction on the bottom surface of the housing to move the reflection member in a first axial direction, perpendicular to an optical axis, and the driving frame is configured to move in one or more of the linear direction and the rotational direction on the inner wall of the driving holder to move the reflection member in a second axial direction, perpendicular to the optical axis.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing including a lens module, blades disposed on an object side of the lens module to consecutively form apertures having various sizes, a magnet portion including a driving magnet opposing a driving coil and being moveable rectilinearly, and a rotating plate interlocked with the magnet portion and the blades to convert linear movement of the magnet portion to rotational movement.

Abstract: A reflective module includes a rotation plate supported by an internal wall of a housing; and a movable holder supported by the rotation plate and including a reflective member. The movable holder moves the reflective member in a first axis direction perpendicular to an optical axis and in a second axis direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis direction. At least two ball members aligned in the first axis direction are disposed in at least one of a first gap between the housing and the rotation plate and a second gap between the rotation plate and the movable holder. A guide groove is disposed in the rotation plate and in at least one of the housing and the movable holder, and the ball members are inserted into the guide grooves. The ball members are inserted into and three-point supported by the guide grooves.

Abstract: A reflecting module includes: a housing; a rotation holder supported by the housing, and including an inclined seating portion; and a reflective member disposed on the inclined seating portion. The rotation holder is rotatable with respect to a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the housing, and with respect to a second axis perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis. The first and second axes cross an inside of a rectangular parallelepiped having a surface coinciding with a surface of the reflective member, and the reflective member interfaces with the seating portion along a diagonal plane within the parallelepiped.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing; a plurality of movable lens modules disposed in an internal space of the housing and configured to be movable in an optical axis direction, each of the plurality of movable lens modules comprising at least one lens; and a stopper configured to prevent contact between at least two of the plurality of movable lens modules, wherein the stopper includes a frame mounted on the housing; an extension portion extending from the frame into the internal space of the housing to face a side of one movable lens module of the plurality of movable lens modules in the optical axis direction; and a damping member disposed on the extension portion to face the side of the one movable lens module in the optical axis direction.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing; a lens module provided in an internal space of the housing to be movable in an optical axis direction, and including at least one lens therein; a magnet disposed in the lens module; and position detection sensors to detect a position of the magnet. One or more of the position detection sensors are disposed to face a first polarity of the magnet and one or more of the position detection sensors are disposed to face a second polarity of the magnet different than the first polarity.

Abstract: An aperture module includes blades to form an incident hole having a variable size, a magnet portion including a driving magnet opposing a driving coil to allow the magnet portion to be linearly movable, and a rotation plate linked to the magnet portion and to the blades to convert linear motion of the magnet portion into rotational motion of the blades. The blades include a first blade having N sides (N being a positive integer) that form the incident hole, and a second blade having (N+1) sides that form the incident hole. The incident hole is in the form of a polygon having an odd number of sides.

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.

Abstract: An aperture module includes a rotary plate disposed on an upper portion of a base, an aperture driving unit rotating the rotary plate, and four blades interlocked with rotation of the rotary plate, and forming entrance holes having various sizes through combinations. The four blades are disposed on respective fixing shafts disposed on the base and rotated and driven around the respective fixing shafts, and the fixing shafts are interconnected to form a rectangle having a long side and a short side.

Abstract: A camera module includes a carrier accommodating a lens module, a housing accommodating the lens module and the carrier, a focus adjusting unit configured to move the lens module and the carrier in an optical axis direction, and a position measuring unit including a sensing yoke mounted on the carrier and a sensing coil facing the first sensing yoke. The sensing yoke includes a body unit and an extension unit extending in the optical axis direction from the body unit.

Abstract: An aperture module includes blades to form an incident hole having a variable size, a magnet portion including a driving magnet opposing a driving coil to allow the magnet portion to be linearly movable, and a rotation plate linked to the magnet portion and to the blades to convert linear motion of the magnet portion into rotational motion of the blades. The blades include a first blade having N sides (N being a positive integer) that form the incident hole, and a second blade having (N+1) sides that form the incident hole. The incident hole is in the form of a polygon having an odd number of sides.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a lens module including a yoke and disposed in the housing, an iris module including a plurality of blades and configured to form N apertures having different sizes using the plurality of blades, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the iris module being disposed in the housing above the lens module, and an iris driver including a driving coil, and a magnet unit configured to be movable reciprocally in a linear direction and including a driving magnet opposing the driving coil and the yoke, wherein the yoke is configured to enable the magnet unit to be fixed at N positions along a movement path of the magnet unit.

Abstract: A sensing unit of a camera module includes a detection target provided on a side surface of a lens module, one or more sensing coils disposed to face the detection target, and a calculator. The calculator may determine a displacement of the detection target translated in any of an optical axis direction, a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, based on inductances of the one or more sensing coils.

Abstract: A camera module includes a first position sensor configured to detect a position of a lens barrel in a first direction and including a 1-1-th sensing coil and a 1-2-th sensing coil having respective inductances that change as the lens barrel moves in the first direction; and a second position sensor including a second sensing coil having an inductance that changes as the lens barrel moves in a second direction, and a third sensing coil having an inductance that changes as the lens barrel moves in a third direction, wherein the second position sensor is configured to detect a position of the lens barrel in the second direction and a position of the lens barrel in the third direction by adding or subtracting a reference inductance to or from the inductance of the second sensing coil and the inductance of the third sensing coil.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens module including lenses and a reflecting module disposed in front of the lens module. The reflecting module is configured to change a path of light to direct the light toward the lens module. The reflecting module includes a holder in which a reflecting member configured to change the path of the light is mounted and a first housing supporting the holder. The holder is configured to slide with respect to the first housing to enable rotation of the reflecting member with respect to a first axis and a second axis.

Abstract: An aperture stop includes a housing, a blades disposed in the housing and rotated to form an incident hole having variable sizes, and a driver to rotatably move the blades. Each of the blades includes a through hole and protrusions disposed on an internal surface of the through hole forming the incident hole.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing accommodating a lens module, a driving unit including a magnet disposed on the lens module and a coil disposed to face the magnet, a yoke generating attractive force with the magnet, a first ball member accommodated in a first receiving space disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by the attractive force, and a second ball member accommodated in a second receiving space disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by the attractive force. A length of the first receiving space in an optical axis direction is different from a length of the second receiving space in the optical axis direction.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a lens module including a yoke and disposed in the housing, an iris module including a plurality of blades and configured to form N apertures having different sizes using the plurality of blades, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the iris module being disposed in the housing above the lens module, and an iris driver including a driving coil, and a magnet unit configured to be movable reciprocally in a linear direction and including a driving magnet opposing the driving coil and the yoke, wherein the yoke is configured to enable the magnet unit to be fixed at N positions along a movement path of the magnet unit.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens module including lenses and a reflecting module disposed in front of the lens module. The reflecting module is configured to change a path of light to direct the light toward the lens module. The reflecting module includes a holder in which a reflecting member configured to change the path of the light is mounted and a first housing supporting the holder. The holder is configured to slide with respect to the first housing to enable rotation of the reflecting member with respect to a first axis and a second axis.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing including a lens module, blades disposed on an object side of the lens module to consecutively form apertures having various sizes, a magnet portion including a driving magnet opposing a driving coil and being moveable rectilinearly, and a rotating plate interlocked with the magnet portion and the blades to convert linear movement of the magnet portion to rotational movement.