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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Yoshihiro Sekimoto, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Fujita, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoharu Shimano, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Sekimoto, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Fujita, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoharu Shimano, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a camera moduleof the present invention, a mechanical shutteris provided above a top surface of a lens unit, and a protrusion section formed to an end of a lensis held in a depression section formed on a back surface of the mechanical shutter. With the arrangement, it is possible to cause the camera moduleemploying the mechanical shutterto be smaller and thinner at the same time.