IP Library Granted Patent US 7,443,602
Granted Patent B2
US 7,443,602 · App. 11/564,311 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

Zoom lens and imaging apparatus using zoom lens

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Patent No.
US 7,443,602
App. No.
11/564,311
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a zoom lens which attains high zoom ratio and high optical performance over the entire zoom range, enables vibration control and miniaturization, and is compatible with a solid-state imaging device with a large size and a large number of pixels, the zoom lens 10 includes a first lens group G 1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group G 5 having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged in that order from the object side. Zooming is performed by the independent movement of the first lens group G 1, the second lens group G 2, the third lens group G 3, and the fourth lens group G 4 along an optical axis. Image stabilization for mitigating camera shake is performed by the movement of the fourth lens group G 4 along the direction perpendicular to the optical axis.

Claims (82)

1. A zoom lens comprising, as arranged sequentially from an object side:

a first lens group having a positive refractive power;

a second lens group having a negative refractive power;

a third lens group having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power,

wherein at least four lens groups including the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group independently move along an optical axis to implement zooming,

at least part of a lens group of the fourth lens group moves along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image; and

the zoom lens has a zooming range in which a space between the third lens group and the fourth lens group is gradually reduced from a wide angle end to a telephoto end.

2. A zoom lens comprising, as arranged sequentially from an object side:

a first lens group having a positive refractive power;

a second lens group having a negative refractive power;

a third lens group having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power,

wherein at least four lens groups including the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group independently move along an optical axis to implement zooming,

at least part of a lens group of the fourth lens group moves along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image; and

wherein, when a surface spaces between the third lens group and the fourth lens group on the optical axis at the wide angle end and the telephoto end are taken T 34 w and T 34 t , respectively, the zoom lens satisfies the following condition:

2.0< T 34 w/T 34 t< 7.0.

3. A zoom lens comprising, as arranged sequentially from an object side:

a first lens group having a positive refractive power;

a second lens group having a negative refractive power;

a third lens group having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power,

wherein at least four lens groups including the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group independently move along an optical axis to implement zooming,

at least part of a lens group of the fourth lens group moves along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image; and

wherein, when the composite focal lengths of the third lens group and the fourth lens group at the wide angle end and the telephoto end are f 34 w and f 34 t , respectively; the focal length of the third lens group is f 3 ; the focal length of the fourth lens group is f 4 ; and the focal length of the overall system of the zoom lens at the wide angle end and the telephoto end are fw and ft, respectively, the zoom lens satisfies the following conditions:

2.7< f 34 w/fw< 4.0

0.15< f 34 t/ft< 0.36

3.3< f 3 /fw < 5.5

0.2< f 4/ ft< 0.6.

4. A zoom lens comprising, as arranged sequentially from an object side:

a first lens group having a positive refractive power;

a second lens group having a negative refractive power;

a third lens group having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power,

wherein at least four lens groups including the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group independently move along an optical axis to implement zooming,

at least part of a lens group of the fourth lens group moves along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image; and

wherein, when the focal length of the first lens group is f 1 , the focal length of the second lens group is f 2 , and the focal lengths of the overall system at the wide angle end and the telephoto end are fw and ft, respectively, the zoom lens satisfies the following conditions:

6.7< f 1 /fw< 14.0

0.08< |f 2/ ft | 0.16.

5. A zoom lens comprising, as arranged sequentially from an object side:

a first lens group having a positive refractive power;

a second lens group having a negative refractive power;

a third lens group having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power,

wherein at least four lens groups including the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group independently move along an optical axis to implement zooming,

at least part of a lens group of the fourth lens group moves along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image; and

wherein, when the lens face of the fourth lens group positioned nearest to the image plane has a convex shape facing the image plane, the radius of curvature of the lens face is Ra, and the focal length of the overall system is fw at the wide angle end, the zoom lens satisfies the following condition:

| Ra/fw|> 5.5.

6. A zoom lens comprising, as arranged sequentially from an object side:

a first lens group having a positive refractive power;

a second lens group having a negative refractive power;

a third lens group having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power,

wherein at least four lens group, including the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group independently move along an optical axis to implement zooming,

at least part of a lens group of the fourth lens group moves along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image; and

the fourth lens group is constituted by a cemented lens in which a negative meniscus lens with its convex surface facing the object side and a biconvex lens having a positive refractive power are sequentially arranged in that order from the object side and joined together.

7. A zoom lens comprising, as arranged sequentially from an object side:

a first lens group having a positive refractive power;

a second lens group having a negative refractive power;

a third lens group having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power,

wherein at least four lens groups including the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group independently move along an optical axis to implement zooming,

at least part of a lens group of the fourth lens group moves along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image; and

wherein, when the fifth lens group is moved to focus, the focal length of the fifth lens group is f 5 , and the focal length of the entire system at the telephoto end is ft, the zoom lens satisfies the following condition:

0.24< f 5/ ft< 0.80.

8. A zoom lens comprising, as arranged sequentially from an object side;

a first lens group having a positive refractive power;

a second lens group having a negative refractive power;

a third lens group having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power,

wherein at least four lens groups including the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group independently move along an optical axis to implement zooming,

at least part of a lens group of the fourth lens group moves along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image; and

each of the second lens group and the third lens group comprises at least one aspherical lens.

9. An imaging apparatus comprising the zoom lens according to claim 1 .

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2023
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC
To: MONUMENT PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 064599/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2017
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC
To: MONUMENT PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 041941/0079 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2013
From: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC
Reel/Frame 030213/0245 →
PATENT RELEASE Recorded Feb 1, 2013
From: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY; EASTMAN KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC.; FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD.; KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC.; KODAK AMERICAS, LTD.; KODAK PORTUGUESA LIMITED; KODAK REALTY, INC.; LASER-PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION; KODAK AVIATION LEASING LLC; KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD.; NPEC INC.; FPC INC.; KODAK IMAGING NETWORK, INC.; PAKON, INC.; QUALEX INC.; CREO MANUFACTURING AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 029913/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY; PAKON, INC.
To: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 028201/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2006
From: KUSHIDA, TARO; MIYAHARA, SHINJI
To: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Reel/Frame 018600/0496 →