Patent ID: 8947594
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An image pickup unit comprising: a frame body; an image pickup optical system disposed in the frame body at a first location in an optical axis direction; a backside illuminated image pickup device disposed in the frame body at a second location in the optical axis direction so as to define a gap between the image pickup optical system and the image pickup device, the image pickup device having a light-receiving section that receives light first entering the frame body via the image pickup optical system; and a cover glass that is adhered onto a light-entering surface of the image pickup device on which the light-receiving section is arranged, and is supported in the frame body, wherein the frame body includes an abutting portion that abuts an opposing surface of the image pickup device that opposes the light-entering surface, and the first location of the image pickup optical system with respect to the second location of the light-receiving section in the optical axis direction is defined using the opposing surface as a reference.