Patent ID: 9609196
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging module, comprising: a lens unit which includes a lens group; and an imaging element unit which is fixed to the lens unit and includes an imaging element which captures a photographic subject through the lens group, wherein the lens unit includes a first lens driving unit which moves at least a portion of lenses of the lens group in a first direction along an optical axis of the lens group, a plurality of first connection portions which are electrically connected to the first lens driving unit, a second lens driving unit and a third lens driving unit which move at least a portion of the lenses in a second direction and a third direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens group, respectively, a plurality of second connection portions which are electrically connected to the second lens driving unit, a plurality of third connection portions which are electrically connected to the third lens driving unit, and a housing in which at least the first lens driving unit, the second lens driving unit, and the third lens driving unit are accommodated, wherein the imaging element unit includes a fourth connection portion which is electrically connected to each of the plurality of first connection portions, the plurality of second connection portions, and the plurality of third connection portions, wherein each connection portion of the plurality of first connection portions, the plurality of second connection portions, and the plurality of third connection portions includes an exposed surface which is exposed outside the housing, wherein each of the plurality of first connection portions, the plurality of second connection portions, and the plurality of third connection portions has a connection portion in which the exposed surface has a first area, and a connection portion in which the exposed surface has a second area which is larger than the first area, wherein the exposed surface of at least one connection portion of the plurality of first connection portions has the second area, and wherein the exposed surface of each connection portion of the plurality of second connection portions and the plurality of third connection portions has the first area.