US 7,563,041 B2
Camera module with brightness adjustable LCD shutter in portable wireless terminal
Bum-Suk Kang, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/239,951.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0080863 (KR), filed on Oct. 11, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0077279 A1, Apr. 13, 2006
Int. Cl. G02F 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 396—506 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable wireless terminal with a camera module for photographing an object through a liquid crystal panel, the portable wireless terminal comprising:
a camera module driver for driving the camera module;
a controller for generating a control signal used to drive the camera module according to a user key input;
a power supply for supplying a power source to the camera module according to the control signal; and
a liquid crystal driver for driving the liquid crystal panel so that brightness of the liquid crystal panel is adjustable by a selective application of power to the liquid crystal panel according to the control signal.