Patent ID: 9547153
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04N

Claim:
1. A camera module comprising: a lens; an image pickup element; a housing section which has an opening facing the lens and which houses the image pickup element; a translucent member, fixed on the housing section, which closes the opening; a movable section which holds the lens; and a fixed section, fixed in a different position on the housing section from the translucent member, which drives the movable section, the translucent member protruding from the housing section toward the lens, the translucent member having an upper surface that is closer to the lens than a mounting surface on the housing section on which the fixed section is fixed, the movable section including a first coil configured to drive the lens along an optical axis of the lens, the fixed section having (i) a second coil configured to drive the movable section in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens and (ii) an overhanging part overhanging in such a manner as to cover part of the translucent member, the camera module having a space provided between the overhanging part and the translucent member, and the housing section being provided with a recess surrounding the opening, the recess being wider than a size of the translucent member and shallower than a thickness of the translucent member.