US Patent Application 18224663. ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE simplified abstract
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ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE
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Seungyong Kim of Gyeonggi-do (KR)
ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18224663 titled 'ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes an electronic device with a camera module inside a housing.
- The camera module includes a barrel with an opening and multiple lenses aligned with an image sensor inside the barrel.
- The lenses include a first lens closest to the opening, which has a larger diameter than the opening.
- The first lens has a lens portion exposed to the opening, a connecting portion extending away from the lens portion, and a flange portion extending perpendicular to the stack direction of the lenses.
- The barrel has a head portion with the opening and a smaller diameter, a body portion accommodating other lenses with a larger diameter, and an engaging portion that connects with the flange portion of the first lens.
Original Abstract Submitted
According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a housing; and a camera module disposed in an inner space of the housing and including: a barrel having an opening; and a plurality of lenses with aligned centers with an image sensor in an inner space of the barrel, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises at least one other lens and a first lens disposed closest to the opening and having a first outer diameter, wherein the first lens includes: a lens portion, forming an effective area of the first lens, the lens portion exposed to the opening; a connecting portion, forming a portion of an ineffective area of the first lens, extended from the lens portion and inclined at an angle in a first direction away from the lens portion; and a flange portion, forming another portion of the ineffective area of the lens portion, extended from the connecting portion in a second direction substantially perpendicular to a stack direction of the plurality of lenses, wherein the barrel includes: a head portion containing the opening and having a second outer diameter; a body portion extended from the head portion, accommodating the at least one other lens of the plurality of lenses, and having a third outer diameter greater than the second outer diameter; and an engaging portion formed in the inner space of the barrel and engaged with the flange portion, and wherein the first outer diameter of the first lens is greater than the second outer diameter of the head portion.
