Patent ID: 8355216
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: A61B,G02B,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup module comprising: an image forming lens that includes a flanged lens element, the flanged lens element having an optical part and a flange part that are integral with each other; and an image pickup element that is arranged adjacently behind the flanged lens element, to receive light from the image forming lens; wherein the image forming lens further includes a frame for holding the flanged lens element or lens elements including the flanged lens element, of the image forming lens, an outside perimeter surface of the flanged lens element, at an end region nearest the image pickup element, is inclined so that, in the end region, the flanged lens element has a larger outer diameter as measured at a position nearer the image pickup element, and an outside perimeter surface of the frame has an inclined portion on an object side of the frame that is inclined so that the frame has a larger outer diameter as measured at a position nearer the image pickup element.