Patent ID: 7317476

Claim:
A camera incorporating method comprising: providing a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side; providing a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted; providing a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots; and housing the camera unit in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and fitting the ribs into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body, wherein the camera IC has a ground terminal, and the substrate has patterns connected to the ground terminal, each of the ribs has a conductive surface portion, and each of the ribs is abutted against the corresponding pattern to connect electrically the shield holder to the ground terminal of the camera IC.