Lens moving apparatus

• US 10,095,047 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2015
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Min, Sang Jun, Yoo, Kyoung Ho, Yoo, Hyune O
• Primary Examiner(s): Collins, Darryl J
• Assistant Examiner(s): SUMLAR, JOURNEY F
• Application Number:
  US14/886,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20160109721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,086 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/646 compensating for small deviations, e.g. due to vibration or shake movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur in cameras, projectors or printers G03B2205/0007; image stabilisation in cameras peculiar to the presence or use of an electronic image sensor H04N23/68
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/08 adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof

Abstract

A lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin including a first coil, a first magnet facing the first coil, a housing supporting the first magnet, upper and lower elastic members coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a base spaced apart from the housing, a second coil unit, which faces the first magnet and includes a second coil, a circuit board on which the second coil unit 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 circuit board, and a second sensor detecting displacement of the housing in the second and/or third directions, wherein the center of the second sensor is disposed so as not to overlap the second coil.

Claims

1. A lens moving apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a bobbin disposed in the housing;

a first coil disposed on the bobbin;

a first magnet disposed on the housing and facing the first coil;

an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing;

a circuit member disposed below the housing and comprising a second coil facing the first magnet;

a circuit board disposed below the circuit member;

a base disposed below the circuit board;

a support member connecting the elastic member and the circuit board; and

a second sensor disposed between the circuit board and the base,

wherein the second coil comprises a first coil part, a second coil part disposed opposite to the first coil part, a third coil part, and a fourth coil part disposed opposite to the third coil part;

wherein a length of the first coil part is smaller than a length of the second coil part, and a length of the third coil part is smaller than a length of the fourth coil part;

wherein the second sensor comprises a first sensor part and a second sensor part,

wherein the first sensor part is disposed closer to the first coil part than it is to the second coil part, and the second sensor part is disposed closer to the third coil part than it is to the fourth coil part;

wherein the first magnet comprises a first magnet part facing the first coil part, a second magnet part facing the second coil part, a third magnet part facing the third coil part, and a fourth magnet part facing the fourth coil part;

wherein both ends of the second magnet part are disposed within both ends of the second coil part when viewed from a top, and

wherein one end of the first magnet part is disposed within both ends of the first coil part and the other end of the first magnet part is disposed outside the first coil part when viewed from the top.

2. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second coil is disposed parallel to a side of the circuit member.

3. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first sensor part is disposed at an end portion of the first coil part and the second sensor part is disposed at an end portion of the third coil part, and

wherein a focusing function and a handshake correction function are configured to be performed by sharing the first magnet.

4. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, in a longitudinal direction of the second magnet when viewed from the top, the second coil part has a length equal to or longer than that of the second magnet part.

5. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a center of the second sensor overlaps the first magnet when viewed from the top.

6. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a width of the second coil is larger than a sum of a width of the first magnet and a movable distance of the housing.

7. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first sensor for detecting displacement of the bobbin,

wherein the elastic member comprises an upper elastic member coupled to an upper surface of the housing and a lower elastic member coupled to a lower surface of the housing;

wherein the upper elastic member comprises first to fourth upper elastic members,

wherein the support member comprises first to fourth support members,

wherein the first sensor is connected to the first to fourth support members via the first to fourth upper elastic members, respectively.

8. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the lower elastic member comprises first and second lower elastic members, which are separated from each other, and

wherein the first coil is connected to the first and second lower elastic members.

9. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the upper elastic member further comprises a fifth upper elastic member and a sixth upper elastic member, which are separated from each other,

wherein each of the fifth upper elastic member and the sixth upper elastic member is coupled to the housing and electrically connected to the first coil.

10. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a second magnet disposed to face the first sensor,

wherein the first sensor is disposed on the bobbin.

11. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a sensor substrate coupled to the bobbin,

wherein the first sensor is coupled to the sensor substrate.

12. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first sensor part is disposed to overlap the first magnet part when viewed from the top and the second sensor part is disposed to overlap the second magnet part when viewed from the top, and

wherein one end of the second sensor part is disposed so as not to overlap the second coil when viewed from the top.

13. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a center of the second sensor part is disposed so as not to overlap the second coil when viewed from the top.

14. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the other end of the second sensor part overlaps with the second coil when viewed from the top.

15. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an edge portion of the first magnet part comprising the other end of the first magnet part is overlapped with the first sensor part when viewed from the top.

16. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the other end of the first magnet part is overlapped with the first sensor part when viewed from the top.

17. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one end of the first sensor part is disposed outside the other end of the first magnet part when viewed from the top.

18. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one end of the first coil part is overlapped with the first sensor part when viewed from the top.

19. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the first sensor part is disposed outside the first coil part when viewed from the top, and a portion of the second sensor part is disposed outside the third coil part when viewed from the top.

20. A camera comprising:

a housing;

a bobbin disposed in the housing;

a lens coupled with the bobbin;

a first coil disposed on the bobbin;

a first magnet disposed on the housing and facing the first coil;

an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing;

a circuit member disposed below the housing and comprising a second coil facing the first magnet;

a circuit board disposed below the circuit member;

a base disposed below the circuit board;

an image sensor disposed below the base;

a support member connecting the elastic member and the circuit board; and

a second sensor disposed between the circuit board and the base;

wherein the second coil comprises a first coil part, a second coil part disposed opposite to the first coil part, a third coil part, and a fourth coil part disposed opposite to the third coil part;

wherein a length of the first coil part is smaller than a length of the second coil part, and a length of the third coil part is smaller than a length of the fourth coil part;

wherein the second sensor comprises a first sensor part and a second sensor part,

wherein the first sensor part is disposed closer to the first coil part than it is to the second coil part, and the second sensor part is disposed closer to the third coil part than it is to the fourth coil part;

wherein the first magnet comprises a first magnet part facing the first coil part, a second magnet part facing the second coil part, a third magnet part facing the third coil part, and a fourth magnet part facing the fourth coil part;

wherein both ends of the second magnet part are disposed within both ends of the second coil part when viewed from a top, and

wherein one end of the first magnet part is disposed within both ends of the first coil part and the other end of the first magnet part is disposed outside the first coil part when viewed from the top.