CAMERA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• US 20130222596A1
• Filed: 08/05/2011
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Han, Sangyeal
• Granted Patent: US 9,591,190 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/145 Arrangements wherein electric components are disposed between and simultaneously connected to two planar printed circuit boards, e.g. Cordwood modules
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/181 associated with surface mounted components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10121 Optical component, e.g. opto-electronic component

Abstract

A camera and a method for manufacturing the camera are disclosed, the camera including parts including a lens unit formed with at least one lens for concentrating an image of an outside object, and an image sensor for converting the image of the outside object concentrated in the lens to an electric signal; and a molding unit for exposing the lens of the lens unit and for integrating the parts without any coupling seams.

Claims

1. A camera, the camera comprising:

parts including a lens unit formed with at least one lens for concentrating an image of an outside object, and an image sensor for converting the image of the outside object concentrated in the lens to an electric signal; and

a molding unit for exposing the lens of the lens unit and for integrating the parts without any coupling seams.

2. The camera of claim 1, wherein the parts further include a PCB (printed circuit board) mounted with the image sensor, and a holder equipped with the lens unit and the PCB.

3. The camera of claim 2, wherein the holder is installed at a rear section of a vehicle.

4. The camera of claim 2, wherein the parts further include a cable unit electrically connected to the PCB.

5. The camera of claim 4, wherein the molding unit is formed on the lens unit, the holder, the PCB and the cable unit.

6. The camera of claim 4, wherein the molding unit is formed on an each partial portion of the lens unit and the cable unit.

7. The camera of claim 4, wherein the PCB includes a first PCB mounted with the image sensor, and a second PCB electrically connected to the first PCB and the cable unit respectively.

8. The camera of claim 7, wherein the cable unit includes a cable electrically connected to the second PCB.

9. The camera of claim 1, wherein material of the molding unit is resin.

10. The camera of claim 1, wherein the image sensor is mounted on the PCB, the PCB is attached to one opened side of a body tube, and the lens unit is equipped with the other opened side of the body tube.

11. The camera of claim 10, wherein the molding unit covers the body tube.

12. A method for manufacturing a camera, the method comprising:

arranging parts including a lens unit formed with at least one lens for concentrating an image of an outside object, and an image sensor for converting the image of the outside object concentrated in the lens to an electric signal; and

exposing the lens of the lens unit and molding the parts.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the parts are positioned and arranged on a mold.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of molding the parts includes molding the parts with resin.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein an axis of the lens unit and an axis of the image sensor are not molded in the step of molding the parts.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the parts further includes a PCB (printed circuit board) mounted with the image sensor, a holder equipped with the lens unit and the PCB, and a cable unit electrically connected to the PCB.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein an each partial portion of the lens unit and the cable unit is molded in the step of molding the parts.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the PCB includes a first PCB mounted with the image sensor, and a second PCB electrically connected to the first PCB and the cable unit respectively.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the cable unit includes a cable electrically connected to the second PCB.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the image sensor is mounted on the PCB, the PCB is attached to one opened side of a body tube, and the lens unit is equipped with the other opened side of the body tube.