IP Library Granted Patent US 8,031,411
Granted Patent B2
US 8,031,411 · App. 12/473,411 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

Telephoto zoom lens

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Patent No.
US 8,031,411
App. No.
12/473,411
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A telephoto zoom lens having four lens groups in a P-N-P-P configuration arranged sequentially from an object side. The first lens group includes a front group which is fixed when focusing and has a positive refractive power, and a rear group which moves when focusing and has a positive refractive power. The entire first lens group, including the front and rear groups, is fixed during zooming, and the second and third lens groups move during zooming. The second lens group compensates for shaking of an image plane caused by hand-shaking, by moving in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and satisfies the following condition: 1.2< f 1 a/f 1 b <1.8 where f 1 a and f 1 b denote the focal length of the front group of the first lens group and the focal length of the rear group of the first lens group, respectively.

Claims (9)

1. A telephoto zoom lens comprising 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, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side, wherein:

the first lens group comprises a front group which is fixed when focusing and has a positive refractive power, and a rear group which moves when focusing and has a positive refractive power;

the entire first lens group comprising the front and rear groups is fixed during zooming, and the second and third lens groups move during zooming; and

the second lens group compensates for shaking of an image plane caused by hand-shaking, by moving in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, and satisfies the following conditions:

1.2< f 1 a/f 1 b< 1.8

25<νmax−νmin<40

where f 1 a and f 1 b denote the focal length of the front group of the first lens group and the focal length of the rear group of the first lens group, respectively and νmax denotes the largest Abbe number of the lenses included in the rear group of the first lens group, and νmin denotes the smallest Abbe number of the lenses included in the rear group of the first lens group.

2. The telephoto zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the second lens group comprises four lenses, among which the lenses positioned first and fourth from the object side have negative refractive powers and the lenses positioned second and third from the object side have positive refractive powers.

3. The telephoto zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens group moves during zooming.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 14, 2011
From: SAMSUNG DIGITAL IMAGING CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026128/0759 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2009
From: RYU, JAE-MYUNG
To: SAMSUNG DIGITAL IMAGING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022843/0032 →