Patent ID: 7929045
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image pickup device comprising: an optical structure that forms a subject image and moves up and down along an optical path; a solid-state image pickup element that converts, into an electrical signal, a subject image formed by the optical structure; and a holding section, holding the optical structure therein, which contains the solid-state image pickup element, the holding section having a contact surface that makes contact with a back surface of the optical structure, the optical structure having a cushioning member so provided on the back surface thereof as to absorb an impact of contact between the optical structure and the holding section, the cushioning member having a removing section for, when in contact with the contact surface of the holding section, removing dust on the contact surface outward from the contact surface; wherein the removing section is a brush.