Patent ID: 7385680

Claim:
A camera module, comprising: a lens module having a plurality of lenses arranged on a same plane; a plurality of wavelength selection regions each having at least one optical filter for selectively transmitting light in a particular wavelength band among light from an object; and a plurality of imaging regions having a plurality of pixels and outputting image information in accordance with incident light, wherein the plurality of lenses, the plurality of wavelength selection regions, and the plurality of imaging regions are arranged in one-to-one correspondence, the plurality of wavelength selection regions include at least two infrared wavelength selection regions for selectively transmitting infrared light, and at least two visible light wavelength selection regions for selectively transmitting light in at least one wavelength band among red light, green light and blue light, at least two of the imaging regions respectively corresponding to the at least two infrared wavelength selection regions are first imaging regions having sensitivity with respect to light in a wavelength band that is transmitted by the infrared wavelength selection regions, at least two of the imaging regions respectively corresponding to the at least two visible light wavelength selection regions are second imaging regions having sensitivity with respect to light in a wavelength band that is transmitted by the visible light wavelength selection regions, the camera module further comprises a distance calculation circuit for calculating a distance to an object based on at least two pieces of image information outputted respectively from at least two of the first imaging regions, and calculating the distance to the object based on at least two pieces of image information outputted respectively from at least two of the second imaging regions, and the camera module outputs an image signal based on image information outputted from at least one of the plurality of imaging regions.