IP Library Granted Patent US 12699257
Granted Patent B2
US 12699257 · App. 18/029,667 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Imaging lens system and capturing apparatus

Inventor: Takashi Sugiyama (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
G02B13/02G02B9/60
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12699257
App. No.
18/029,667
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens system includes a first lens having positive power, a second lens being a meniscus lens having a convex surface on an object side, a third lens, a fourth lens being a meniscus lens having a concave surface on the object side, and a fifth lens having positive power, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses being arranged in this order from the object side, in which the first lens is a glass lens; the second, third, and fourth lenses are plastic lenses; and the imaging lens system satisfies a following Conditional Expression (1): 1.25< f 1/ f <1.55  (1) where f is a focal length of the entire lens system and f1 is a focal length of the first lens.

Claims (29)

1 . An imaging lens system consisting of a first lens having positive power, a second lens being a meniscus lens having a convex surface on an object side, a third lens, a fourth lens being a meniscus lens having a concave surface on the object side, and a fifth lens having positive power, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses being arranged in this order from the object side, wherein the first lens is a glass lens,

the second, third, and fourth lenses are plastic lenses, and

the imaging lens system satisfies a following Conditional Expressions (1), (2) and (3):

1.25< f 1/ f< 1.55  (1)

| f/f 2|<0.3  (2); and

f/f 3|<0.3  (3),

where f is a focal length of the entire lens system and f1 is a focal length of the first lens, f2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

2 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens system satisfies a below-shown Conditional Expression (4):

0.1 <bftol <0.3  (4)

where tol is a total track length of the lens system and bf is a distance between a last lens and a focal plane.

3 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has a convex shape on the object side and its image-side surface has an inflection point.

4 . A capturing apparatus comprising:

the imaging lens system according to claim 1 ; and

a capturing element disposed at a focal point of the imaging lens system.

5 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens is a meniscus lens having a convex surface on an object side.

6 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens has negative power.

7 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has positive power.

8 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens is a plastic lens.

9 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein an object-side lens surface of the first lens is a convex surface.

10 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein an image-side lens surface of the first lens is a concave surface.

11 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein an image-side lens surface of the second lens is a concave surface.

12 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein an object-side lens surface of the third lens is a convex surface.

13 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein an image-side lens surface of the fourth lens is a convex surface.

14 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein an image-side lens surface of the fifth lens is a concave surface.

15 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens is a spherical lens.

16 . The imaging lens system according to claim 15 , wherein the second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses are aspherical lenses.

17 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses are aspherical lenses.

18 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein an image-side lens surface of the fifth lens has an inflection point and a concave curved part.

19 . The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens has an Abbe number of less than 30.