Camera module, electronic device employing camera module, and method for controlling same
US11277549B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K1/18
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are a camera module, an electronic device having the camera module, and a method for controlling the electronic device. The camera module includes an image sensor shooting an image, a body tube disposed above the image sensor, including a lens group and a housing including an opening formed at an upper end of the lens group and transmitting a light exiting through the opening and the lens group to the image sensor, a cover window positioned at an upper end of the opening of the body tube and including a transparent material, a transparent substrate positioned at a lower end of the cover window, and an opaque conductive material disposed in a space defined by coupling the cover window to the transparent substrate. An electrode device is formed on the transparent substrate to generate an electric field or a magnetic field when receiving a power, and when the electric field or the magnetic field is generated, the conductive material reacts with the electric field or the magnetic field in the space and moves toward a center of the transparent substrate to cover the opening of the body tube.
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