Patent ID: 8243193

Claim:
A camera module comprising: a housing defining a first hole, a second hole aligned with the first hole, and a central hole; a first transparent window installed on the first hole, and a second transparent window installed on the second hole; a rotating unit rotatably received in the central hole of the housing, wherein the rotating unit comprises a cylindrical rotating component, a reflector formed on one tilted end of the rotating component, and a rotating platform formed on the other end of the rotating component; the rotating platform protruding from a top of the housing and being substantially parallel to the top of the housing; and a lens unit fixed in the other end of the housing and facing the reflector; wherein when the rotating component is rotated to vary the direction of the reflector, the reflector faces and receives image light rays from one of the first transparent window and the second transparent window to the lens unit, the rotating component blocks light rays from the other of first transparent window and the second transparent window.