Patent ID: 11914218
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A camera module, comprising:
a lens including an incident surface upon which an outside light is incident and a light emitting surface to emit the light having passed the incident surface, wherein the lens comprises a plurality of lenses;
a heating layer disposed on and in physical contact with a surface of the lens to generate heat when power is supplied thereto, comprising two or more heating layer units spaced apart from each other;
a heating wire, which is positioned on a surface of the lens or of the heating layer, configured to generate heat when a current is supplied thereto from an external power supply, comprising two or more heating wire units spaced apart from each other and being electrically connected to the heating layer; and
a lens barrel accommodating some of the plurality of lenses;
wherein the two or more heating layer units and the two or more heating wire units are disposed alternately in an interleaved pattern, and bottom surfaces of the two or more heating layer units and bottom surfaces of the two or more heating wire units are disposed on a same surface;
wherein the heating layer and the heating wire are disposed on a surface of an outermost lens closest to a subject among the plurality of lenses, and
wherein the outermost lens is located above the lens barrel and is exposed to the outside.