Patent ID: 7643085
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a casing; an image pickup portion that comprises a lens and an image pickup element and is contained in the casing; a panel that constitutes the casing and has a first opening through which a portion of the image pickup portion can be exposed; and a holding frame that holds the image pickup portion and is disposed on a second surface that is a rear surface of a first surface of the panel on which a portion of the image pickup portion is exposed, wherein a first wall is formed on an edge of the first opening of the panel, the holding frame has a second opening through which the image pickup portion is inserted, a second wall is formed on an edge of the second opening of the holding frame, and when the holding frame is fixed to a third surface adjacent to the second surface of the panel, a center of the first opening substantially coincides with a center of the second opening, and the first wall comes into contact with the second wall.