Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Shicoh Engineering Co., Ltd.

Katsuitsu Nishida

Yoshinori Tanida

Kazuo Kinoshita

Masayuki Ehiro

Naoki Sekiguchi

Kiyoharu Shimano

Morimasa Yoshie

Fujio Tanaka

Tohru Shigeta

Hidetoshi Nishimura

A camera apparatus () includes: a first housing () including a lens section (); a second housing () including an image pickup section (); and a connecting section () which connects the first and second housings () and (). During image pickup, a focal length is specified by a contact between a bottom surface of a lens holder () which is exposed in the first housing () and a top surface of a transparent cover section () which is exposed in the second housing (). This allows a realization of a camera apparatus in which a focal length is specified with high accuracy.

Camera apparatus and electronic device provided with the same

A camera moduleincludes: an optical structurethat forms a subject image and moves up and down along an optical path; a solid-state image pickup elementthat converts, into an electrical signal, a subject image formed by the optical structure; a lens holder, holding the optical structuretherein, which contains the solid-state image pickup element, the optical structurehaving a cushioning memberso provided on a back surface thereof as to absorb the impact of contact between the optical structureand the holding section. The cushioning memberhas a removing section for, when in contact with a contact surfaceof the holding section, removing dust D on the contact surfaceoutward from the contact surface. This makes it possible to provide a small camera modulewhile preventing (reducing) dust from causing an image defect.

Solid-state image pickup device and electronic apparatus including same

An optical structure is disposed on a surface of a device substrate, and a lens system for introducing external light into a solid-state image pickup device is placed in the center of the optical structure. The outer shape of the optical structure seen from the light incident side of the lens system is rectangular, and its plane shape forms a rectangular frame section. An intermediate structure is disposed between the device substrate and the optical structure. The intermediate structure has a fitting section for fitting the optical structure in a part of side faces of the frame section.

Camera module, manufacturing method of camera module, electronic apparatus, and manufacturing method of electronic apparatus

There are provided a first casingA that has a photosensor sectionfor capturing an image, a second casingB that has a lens sectionfor projecting the image of a subject onto the photosensor sectionof the first casingA and a connection sectionC that foldably connects the first casingA with the second casingB. The photosensor sectionand the lens sectionare arranged so that the photosensor sectionand the lens sectionare superposed on each other in a state in which the first casingA and the second casingB are folded together. With this arrangement, the folding type camera device and the folding type portable telephone equipped with this device can be reduced in thickness.

Folding type camera device and folding type portable telephone

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Souraku-gun Kyoto, Japan

Katsuitsu Nishida