CAMERA MODULE WITH IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS

• US 20090244302A1
• Filed: 07/01/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TSAI, Shen-Fu
• Application Number:
  US12/166,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20090244302A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/208.990
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 5/00 Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing

Abstract

A camera module includes a lens module, a box having a through hole for fixing the lens module, an image sensor module, a vibration sensor, a platform assembly, and a controller. The vibration sensor is connected to the image sensor and configured for detecting a vibrating direction and amplitude of the image sensor during capturing and sending signals according to the vibrating direction and amplitude. The platform assembly includes a fixed platform and a movable platform. A side of the movable platform is configured for holding the image sensor module and an opposite side of the movable platform is connected to the fixed platform by a plurality of linear actuators. The linear actuators are configured for moving the movable platform in three rotational directions and in three translational directions. The fixed platform is fixed in the box corresponding to the lens module.

Claims

1. A camera module with an image stabilizing apparatus, comprising:

a box having a through hole;

a lens module fixed in the through hole of the box and configured for imaging an object;

an image sensor module disposed within the box and at an image side of the lens module;

a vibration sensor connected to the image sensor module and configured for detecting a vibrating direction and amplitude of the image sensor module, during capturing and sending signals according to the vibrating direction and amplitude;

a platform assembly comprising a fixed platform and a movable platform and a plurality of linear actuators connecting to the fixed platform and the movable platform, the movable platform being configured for holding the image sensor module, the linear actuators being configured for moving the movable platform in three rotational directions and in three translational directions, the fixed platform being fixed in the box; and

a controller in signal communication with the vibration sensor and a linear actuators, the controller being configured for controlling movement of the movable platform corresponding to the signals from the vibration sensor.

2. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image sensor is a charge coupled device image sensor.

3. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image sensor is a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor.

4. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of linear actuators are a hexapod.

5. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a computer.

6. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a CPU.

7. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform assembly further comprises a holding mechanism on the movable platform for holding the image sensor module.

8. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the translational directions are along an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis.

9. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotational directions are about an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis.

10. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vibration sensor is an angular velocity sensor.

11. The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vibration sensor is an acceleration sensor.