Patent ID: 7874746

Claim:
A camera module comprising: a camera housing including an aperture at an outer surface and a predetermined mounting section provided at an inner portion; a plurality of lenses inserted and mounted in the mounting section of the camera housing so as to receive an optical image of a subject through the aperture of the camera housing; an IR cut-off filter disposed at an upper portion of the lenses; a support protrusion provided at a lower portion of the mounting section of the camera housing so as to support the lenses; an image sensor that receives the optical image through the IR cut-off filter and the lenses; and a printed circuit board coupled to the image sensor; wherein the IR cut-off filter comprises a spacer protruding from the IR cut-off filter, wherein the spacer is in direct contact with at least one lens of the plurality offenses such that the spacer supports the at least one lens, wherein a maximum distance between side surfaces of the IR cut-off filter is greater than a maximum distance between side surfaces of the spacer, and wherein a portion of the lens supported by spacer is disposed on a same horizontal plane with the spacer.