Patent ID: 8106344

Claim:
A compound eye camera module, comprising: a lens array including at least two lenses having different optical axes from each other and located on the same plane; an imaging element having two imaging areas corresponding one-to-one to the two lenses; a light shielding block located between the lens array and the imaging element and having a light shielding wall for separating optical paths of light transmitted through the two lenses; an optical filter located between the light shielding block and the imaging element for transmitting light of a specific wavelength range among the light transmitted through the two lenses; and a substrate having an opening larger than the optical filter; wherein: the imaging areas and the optical filter are located at a position corresponding to the opening; the imaging element is fixed to a face of the substrate opposite to the side of the lens array; the imaging element is in contact with a face of the optical filter which faces the imaging element; the light shielding block is fixed to a face of the optical filter which faces the light shielding block; the optical filter has portions protruding outside both of ends of the imaging element in a direction connecting the two optical axes of the two lenses; and the light shielding block is fixed to the protruding portions of the optical filter.