Patent ID: 11960139
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A camera module, comprising:
a supporting component that includes an opening through which light from a lens passes, wherein the lens collects the light;
an imaging element is configured to perform photoelectric conversion of the light; and
an optical component configured to cover the opening, wherein
the supporting component is configured to support the optical component between the lens and the imaging element,
the optical component is supported on a first side of the supporting component which is closer to the imaging element than a second side of the supporting component; and

a sloped portion around the opening, wherein
the sloped portion is inclined in a thickness direction of the supporting component,
a slope of the sloped portion faces the lens,
a portion of the lens is placed closer to a first face of the supporting component beyond a second face of the supporting component,
the portion of the lens faces the supporting component,
the optical component is placed on the first face,
the second face is opposite to the first face,
the slope portion comprises a groove which is recessed from a tip of the sloped portion, and
the groove is on the first face of the supporting component such that the groove is between the tip of the sloped portion and the optical component.