Patent ID: 11871099
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing; and
a camera, at least part of which is disposed inside the housing,
wherein the camera comprises:
a fixed part comprising a camera housing fixedly disposed in the electronic device,
a moving part comprising a lens and an image sensor and configured to enable the lens and the image sensor to move together, wherein at least part of the moving part is received inside the camera housing such that the moving part moves relative to the fixed part,
a drive member configured to move the moving part, the drive member comprising a first drive member disposed on the camera housing and a second drive member disposed on the moving part and configured to electromagnetically interact with the first drive member, and
a support structure configured to support a movement of the moving part, the support structure comprising a ball coupled to one of the moving part or the camera housing so as to enable the moving part to be tilted and disposed to make contact with the other of the moving part or the camera housing, and
wherein the moving part is configured such that a first distance from an optical axis of the lens to the ball is greater than a second distance from the optical axis of the lens to the second drive member.