摘要 |
A camera module allowing for its downsizing and reducing power consumption transmits and receives data to and from another apparatus via wireless communication, and includes: a camera unit capturing object images and providing information of the images as image data; a memory in which the data is stored; an antenna unit used for wireless transmission and reception; a wireless IC unit wirelessly transmitting the data; a power supply unit receiving electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication via the antenna unit and generating power by electromagnetic induction through the electromagnetic waves or by a radiated electromagnetic field; a power supply unit supplying the power at least to the camera unit; and a memory power control unit selecting one of the power supply units as a power source of the memory according to a state of the camera module. |