Patent ID: 8194182

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens section which forms a subject image; and an image pickup section which converts the subject image formed by the lens section, into an electric signal, the image pickup section including: a wiring substrate; a solid-state image sensing device which is mounted on the wiring substrate; and a transparent cover section which is provided (i) so as to face a light-receiving section of the solid-state image sensing device and (ii) so as to have a gap between the solid-state image sensing device and the transparent cover section, the solid-state image sensing device and the transparent cover section each being provided so as to be spaced from the lens section, and the transparent cover section being provided with a positioning mark which serves as a reference for positioning the lens section in consideration of the image pickup section, the positioning mark indicates a central part of the light-receiving section of the solid-state image sensing device; and the positioning mark is a light-emitting film which is transparent under external light and which emits light under black light irradiation.