| 摘要 |
A camera module includes a lens drive device that moves an image pickup lens along an optical axis. The lens drive device has electromagnetic drive means that drives the image pickup lens by electromagnetic force with use of a coil and a magnet. The image pickup lens has a planimetrically rectangular shape. The magnet and the coil are disposed along each of at least one pair of opposite sides of the rectangular shape. By utilizing the characteristics of the image pickup lens having a rectangular shape, the magnet and coil of the lens drive device are disposed along each of the at least one pair of opposite sides. This makes it possible to provide a camera module having a lens drive device with a smaller footprint (amount of space that the camera module uses) than in the case of an arrangement of magnets at the corners of the image pickup lens. |
