Patent ID: 9046678
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
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 fixed section having an overhanging part overhanging in such a manner as to cover part of the translucent member, said camera module having an empty space provided between the overhanging part and the translucent member, and no movable section being set in the empty space, wherein the housing section is provided with a recess surrounding the opening, the recess holding the translucent member on a surface facing the lens, the recess being wider than a size of the translucent member and shallower than a thickness of the translucent member, wherein the empty space is formed on and open to a lens side of the translucent member and is formed between a side surface of the recess and a side surface of the translucent member, and the translucent member is surrounded by the empty space provided between the side surface of the recess and the side surface of the translucent member.