Patent ID: 8194169
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A compound eye camera module, comprising: a lens module integrally having a plurality of lenses arranged on a single plane; a plurality of imaging regions; an optical filter array placed between the lens module and the plurality of imaging regions and having a plurality of optical filters, each transmitting light in a particular wavelength band; and a light shielding block placed between the lens module and the plurality of imaging regions and having light shielding walls forming a plurality of openings independent from each other, the plurality of lenses, the plurality of imaging regions, the plurality of optical filters, and the plurality of openings corresponding to each other in a one-to-one relationship, wherein a first sliding surface is provided on the light shielding block, and a second sliding surface sliding on the first sliding surface is provided on the lens module so that the lens module is capable of rotating with respect to the light shielding block with an axis normal to the plurality of imaging regions as a rotation center axis.