IP Library Granted Patent US 12663621
Granted Patent B2
US 12663621 · App. 18/558,167 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Optical lens, camera module, and electronic device

Inventors: Yasuhide Nihei (Tokyo, JP); Takumi Matsui (Tokyo, JP); Kaiyuan Zhang (Dongguan, CN); Liuchang Xiao (Dongguan, CN); Rongkai Feng (Shenzhen, CN); Yita Chiang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G02B15/1421H04N23/55H04N23/958
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12663621
App. No.
18/558,167
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides an optical lens, a camera module, and an electronic device. The optical lens includes a first lens element group and a second lens element group. The first lens element group and the second lens element group each include a plurality of lens elements. In different use scenarios, the second lens element group can be moved to change a distance between the first lens element group and the second lens element group, to change a focal length of the optical lens. In this application, the second lens element group is disposed within a back focal length range of the first lens element group.

Claims (52)

1 . An optical lens, comprising:

a first lens element group and a second lens element group that are arranged from an object side to an image side, wherein the first lens element group and the second lens element group being coaxially disposed;

the first lens element group and the second lens element group each comprise a plurality of lens elements, and each of the lens element comprises an object side surface facing the object side and an image side surface facing the image side;

the first lens element group has positive optical power, and the second lens element group has negative optical power; and

the second lens element group being movable relative to the first lens element group in an axial direction, a distance Δd for which the second lens element group is movable relative to the first lens element group satisfies the following relation: Δd≤4 mm, and the second lens element group of the optical lens satisfies the following relation: 1.4<|1−β{circumflex over ( )}2|<3.8, wherein β represents a ratio of an incident angle of light on the second lens element group to an emergent angle of the light, and 1−β{circumflex over ( )}2|1−β{circumflex over ( )}2| represents focal length sensitivity of the second lens element group.

2 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

TTL≤25 mm, wherein TTL represents a total track length of the optical lens.

3 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

F #≥2, wherein F #represents an f-number of the optical lens.

4 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein a position of the first lens element group is fixed.

5 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of lens elements in the first lens element group comprises a first lens element and a second lens element that are sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side, the first lens element having positive optical power, the second lens element having negative optical power, and combined optical power of the lens elements in the first lens element group, except the first lens element and the second lens element, is positive optical power.

6 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein a first lens element closest to the object side in the second lens element group is a meniscus lens element, and an image side surface of the first lens element is a concave surface.

7 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens element group comprises three or four lens elements, and the second lens element group comprises two or three lens elements.

8 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

0.4<|f1/f2|<1.1, wherein f1 represents a focal length of the first lens element group, and f2 represents a focal length of the second lens element group.

9 . The optical lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

0.4<|f1/f2|<1, wherein f1 represents the focal length of the first lens element group, and f2 represents the focal length of the second lens element group.

10 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

0.4<|f2/f|<1, wherein f2 represents the focal length of the second lens element group, and f represents a focal length of the optical lens corresponding to a case in which the first lens element group is closest to the second lens element group.

11 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens element group of the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

0.2<|f11/f12|<1.1, wherein

f11 represents a focal length of the first lens element in the first lens element group, and

f12 represents a focal length of the second lens element in the first lens element group.

12 . The optical lens according to claim 11 , wherein the first lens element group of the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

0.2<|f11/f12|<1, wherein f11 represents the focal length of the first lens element in the first lens element group, and f12 represents the focal length of the second lens element in the first lens element group.

13 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens element group of the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

|f21/f2L|<10, wherein f21 represents a focal length of the first lens element in the second lens element group, and f2L represents a focal length of a lens element closest to the image side in the second lens element group.

14 . The optical lens according to claim 13 , wherein the second lens element group of the optical lens satisfies the following relation:

|f21/f2L|<1, wherein f2L represents the focal length of the first lens element in the second lens element group, and f 2 L represents the focal length of the lens element closest to the image side in the second lens element group.

15 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the lens element closest to the object side in the first lens element group is a glass lens element, and the lens element closest to the object side in the first lens element group is a spherical lens element.

16 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of lens elements in the first lens element group comprise at least four aspheric lens elements, and the lens elements in the second lens element group are all aspheric lens elements.

17 . The optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical lens further comprises an optical path refraction element, the optical path refraction element is disposed on a side that is of the first lens element assembly side and that is away from the second lens element assembly, wherein light is refracted by the optical path refraction component, sequentially passes through the first lens element assembly and the second lens element assembly, and then is emergent.

18 . A camera module, comprising:

a photosensitive element; and

an optical lens, the optical lens comprising a first lens element group and a second lens element group arranged from an object side to an image side, the first lens element group and the second lens element group being coaxially disposed;

the first lens element group and the second lens element group each comprise a plurality of lens elements, each lens element comprises an object side surface facing the object side and an image side surface facing the image side;

the first lens element group has positive optical power, and the second lens element group has negative optical power;

the second lens element group being movable relative to the first lens element group in an axial direction, a distance Δd for which the second lens element group is movable relative to the first lens element group satisfies the relation: Δd≤4 mm, and the second lens element group of the optical lens satisfies the following relation: 1.4<|1−β{circumflex over ( )}2↑<3.8, wherein β represents a ratio of an incident angle of light on the second lens element group to an emergent angle of the light, and 1−β{circumflex over ( )}2|1−β{circumflex over ( )}2| represents focal length sensitivity of the second lens element group;

wherein the photosensitive element is located on the image side of the optical lens, and light is projected onto the photosensitive element after passing through the optical lens; and

a distance between the first lens element assembly and the photosensitive element remains unchanged, and the second lens element assembly is movable along an optical axis between the first lens element assembly and the photosensitive element.

19 . An electronic device, comprising:

an image processor; and

a camera module, the camera module comprising:

a photosensitive element; and

an optical lens, the optical lens comprising a first lens element group and a second lens element group, the first lens element group and the second lens element group being arranged from an object side to an image side, the first lens element group and the second lens element group are coaxially disposed;

the first lens element group and the second lens element group each comprise a plurality of lens elements, and each lens element comprises an object side surface facing the object side and an image side surface facing the image side;

the first lens element group has positive optical power, and the second lens element group has negative optical power; and

the second lens element group being movable relative to the first lens element group in an axial direction, a distance Δd for which the second lens element group is movable relative to the first lens element group satisfies the relation: Δd≤4 mm, and the second lens element group of the optical lens satisfies the following relation: 1.4<|1−β2|<3.8, wherein Δ represents a ratio of an incident angle of light on the second lens element group to an emergent angle of the light, and 1−β{circumflex over ( )}2|1−β{circumflex over ( )}2| represents focal length sensitivity of the second lens element group;

the photosensitive element being located on the image side of the optical lens, and light is projected onto the photosensitive element after passing through the optical lens; and

a distance between the first lens element assembly and the photosensitive element remains unchanged, and the second lens element assembly is movable along an optical axis between the first lens element assembly and the photosensitive element;

the image processor being communicatively connected to the camera module;

the camera module being configured to obtain image data and input the image data into the image processor, and the image processor is configured to process the image data.