Patent ID: 8300143

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: (a) a solid-state imaging element having an imaging region; and (b) a transparent cover covering a whole surface of the imaging region, wherein the cover comprises i. a transmission section corresponding to the imaging region of the imaging element; and ii. an edge section that surrounds the transmission section outside the transmission section, wherein the edge section of the cover comprises a frustum-shaped part whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously from an exit side to an incidence side in the cover around a periphery of the edge section, and a curved, projecting part formed at a position adjacent to a border with the transmission section on the incidence side of the frustum-shaped part of the edge section, and a curved, depressed part formed to be continuous to the projecting part by way of a transition part; and (c) an optical function region having an optical absorption, reflection, or scattering action, wherein the optical function region is formed on an outer face of the frustum-shaped part of the cover.