IP Library Granted Patent US 8,437,091
Granted Patent B2
US 8,437,091 · App. 13/155,213 · Granted May 7, 2013

Wide viewing angle optical lens assembly

Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsu (Taichung, TW); Ming-Ta Chou (Taichung, TW); Tsung-Han Tsai (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,437,091
App. No.
13/155,213
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wide viewing angle optical lens assembly comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface. By adjusting the relationship among the above-mentioned lens elements, the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly can effectively reduce its size, obtain greater angle of view as well as superior imaging quality.

Claims (39)

1. A wide viewing angle optical lens assembly, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface;

a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; and

a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface;

wherein the wide viewing angle optical assembly has only three lens elements with refractive power, the first lens element, the second lens element, and the third lens element are non-cemented, near an optical axis, the second lens element has a focal length f 2 , the third lens element has a focal length f 3 , the object-side surface of the first lens element has a curvature radius R 1 , the object-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 5 , the image-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 6 , and the following relations are satisfied:

0.8 <f 2 /f 3 <1.2;

0 <R 1 /|R 5 |<1.0; and

0.4<( R 5 +R 6 )/( R 5 −R 6 )<2.0.

2. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 3 , the image-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 6 , and the following relation is satisfied: −2.5<R 3 /R 6 <−0.7.

3. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the image-side surface of the first lens element has a curvature radius R 2 , the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly has a focal length f, and the following relation is satisfied: 0<R 2 /f<0.6.

4. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 3 , the image-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 6 , and the following relation is satisfied: −1.5<R 3 /R 6 <−0.7.

5. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the first lens element is plastic, there is at least one inflection point on the first lens element and at least one of the object-side and the image-side surfaces of the first lens element is aspheric.

6. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 2 , further comprises a stop and an image plane, an axial distance from the stop to the image plane is SL, an axial distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is TTL, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.3<SL/TTL<0.68.

7. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the object-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 3 , the image-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 4 , and the following relation is satisfied: −0.5<R 3 /R 4 <0.5.

8. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a half of a maximal viewing angle in the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly is HFOV, and the following relation is satisfied: HFOV>60.

9. A wide viewing angle optical lens assembly, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface;

a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; and

a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface;

wherein the wide viewing angle optical assembly has only three lens elements with refractive power, the first lens element, the second lens element, and the third lens element are non-cemented, the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly further comprises a stop and an image plane, near an optical axis, the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly has a focal length f, the second lens element has a focal length f 2 , the third lens element has a focal length f 3 , the image-side surface of the first lens element has a curvature radius R 2 , an axial distance from the stop to the image plane is SL, an axial distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is TTL, and the following relations are satisfied:

0.8 <f 2 /f 3 <1.2;

0 <R 2 /f< 0.56; and

0.3 <SL/TTL< 0.68.

10. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the object-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 5 , the image-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 6 , and the following relation is satisfied: 0.4<(R 5 +R 6 )/(R 5 −R 6 )<2.0.

11. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the object-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 3 , the image-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 6 , and the following relation is satisfied: −1.5<R 3 /R 6 <−0.7.

12. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the object-side surface of the first lens element has a curvature radius R 1 , the object-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 5 , and the following relation is satisfied: 0<R 1 /|R 5 |<1.0.

13. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the object-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 3 , the image-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 4 , and the following relation is satisfied: −0.5<R 3 /R 4 <0.5.

14. A wide viewing angle optical lens assembly, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, wherein the first lens element is plastic with at least one inflection point and at least one of the object-side and the image-side surfaces being aspheric;

a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; and

a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface;

wherein the wide viewing angle optical assembly has only three lens elements with refractive power, the first lens element, the second lens element, and the third lens element are non-cemented, the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly further comprises a stop and an image plane, near an optical axis, the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly has a focal length f, the second lens element has a focal length f 2 , the third lens element has a focal length f 3 , the image-side surface of the first lens element has a curvature radius R 2 , the object-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 3 , the image-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 6 , an axial distance from the stop to the image plane is SL, an axial distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is TTL, and the following relations are satisfied:

0.8 <f 2 /f 3 <1.2;

0 <R 2 /f< 0.6;

−2.5 <R 3 /R 6 <−0.7; and

0.3 <SL/TTL< 0.68.

15. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the object-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 3 , the image-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 6 , and the following relation is satisfied: −1.5<R 3 /R 6 <−0.7.

16. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the object-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 3 , the image-side surface of the second lens element has a curvature radius R 4 , and the following relation is satisfied: −0.5<R 3 /R 4 <0.5.

17. The wide viewing angle optical lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the object-side surface of the first lens element has a curvature radius R 1 , the object-side surface of the third lens element has a curvature radius R 5 , and the following relation is satisfied: 0<R 1 /|R 5 |<1.0.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2011
From: HSU, CHIH-WEN; CHOU, MING-TA; TSAI, TSUNG-HAN
To: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026404/0550 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100106055 A · Feb 23, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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