Patent ID: 7268816

Claim:
A camera unit comprising: a plurality of movable elements holding a plurality of lenses; a stator supporting the movable elements so as to freely move reciprocally along the optical axis of the lens; an image pickup element imaging an image which was image-formed by the lens; a regulating member which regulates movement of the movable elements within a movable range thereof; a control unit controlling movement of the movable elements in order to detect a position of the movable element by making the movable elements abut the regulating member; wherein a first groove portion which is formed along the optical axis of the lenses and in which a basic end portion thereof is provided at the object side is formed at a first movable element among said plurality of movable elements, and a second groove portion which is formed along the optical axis of the lenses and in which a basic end portion thereof is provided at the image pickup element side is formed at a second movable element among said plurality of movable elements, and the regulating member has a first member in which a distal end portion thereof is extendedly provided so as to direct toward the object side along the optical axis of the lenses in the stator, and which is not engaged with the first movable element, and in which the distal end portion thereof abuts the basic end portion of the second groove portion, and a second member in which a distal end portion thereof is extendedly provided so as to direct toward the image pickup element side along the optical axis of the lenses in the stator, and which is not engaged with the second movable element, and in which the distal end portion thereof abuts the basic end portion of the first groove portion.