US Patent 12007681 Camera actuator and camera module including same

A camera actuator according to an embodiment includes a housing; a prism unit disposed in the housing; a first driving unit disposed in the housing and controlling a tilt of the prism unit; and a second driving unit disposed under the housing and controlling a tilt of the housing, wherein the first driving unit includes a first piezoelectric device disposed in a region overlapping a center of the prism unit in a first direction, wherein the second driving unit includes a second piezoelectric device disposed in a region overlapping the center of the prism unit in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the prism unit is provided to be tiltable in the second direction by the first driving unit, and wherein the housing is provided to be tiltable in the first direction by the second driving unit.