Camera module with imaging sensor and light emitter
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorEiji Machii
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Abstract
A camera module includes an imaging sensor, a light emitter, and a circuit board. The circuit board includes first and second rigid printed wiring boards, and a foldable flexible printed wiring board connecting the two. A surface of the first rigid printed wiring board on which the imaging sensor is mounted has a holder which is configured to hold the second rigid printed wiring board in a state in which a surface of the second rigid printed wiring board on which the light emitter is mounted and the surface on which the imaging sensor is mounted face the same direction. The holder is arranged at a position which is different from the imaging sensor, and holds the second rigid printed wiring board at a height higher than the surface of the first rigid printed wiring board.
Claims8
A camera module comprising:
- an imaging sensor configured to capture an image of an object;
- a light emitter configured to illuminate the object with illumination light;
- and
- a circuit board including:
- a first rigid printed wiring board having a surface on which the imaging sensor is mounted;
- a second rigid printed wiring board having a surface on which the light emitter is mounted;
- and
- a foldable flexible printed wiring board connecting the first rigid printed wiring board and the second rigid printed wiring board;
- wherein,
- the first rigid printed wiring board has a holder on the surface of the first rigid printed wiring board on which the imaging sensor is mounted, the holder which is configured to hold the second rigid printed wiring board in a state in which (i) the surface of the second rigid printed wiring board on which the light emitter is mounted and (ii) the surface of the first printed wiring board on which the imaging sensor is mounted face the same direction,
- the holder is arranged at a position which is different from the imaging sensor, and
- the holder holds the second rigid printed wiring board at a height higher than the surface of the first rigid printed wiring board on which the imaging sensor is mounted.
A camera module comprising:
- an imaging sensor configured to capture an image of an object;
- a light emitter configured to illuminate the object with illumination light;
- and
- a circuit board including:
- a first rigid printed wiring board having a surface on which the imaging sensor is mounted;
- a second rigid printed wiring board having a surface on which the light emitter is mounted;
- and
- a foldable flexible printed wiring board connecting the first rigid printed wiring board and the second rigid printed wiring board;
- wherein,
- the first rigid printed wiring board has a holder on the surface of the first rigid printed wiring board on which the imaging sensor is mounted, the holder which is configured to be capable of holding the second rigid printed wiring board in a state in which (i) the surface of the second rigid printed wiring board on which the light emitter is mounted and (ii) the surface of the first printed wiring board on which the imaging sensor is mounted face the same direction,
- the holder is arranged at a position which is different from the imaging sensor, and
- the holder is capable of holding the second rigid printed wiring board at a height higher than the surface of the first rigid printed wiring board on which the imaging sensor is mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.