IP Library Granted Patent US 8,817,390
Granted Patent B2
US 8,817,390 · App. 13/748,319 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Image pickup lens

Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: Kantatsu Co., Ltd.
G02B9/34G02B13/004
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Patent No.
US 8,817,390
App. No.
13/748,319
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup lens having a relatively wide angle of field with various aberrations preferably corrected and having a small F-value is achieved. The image pickup lens is composed of, in order from an object side, an aperture stop, a first lens of a biconvex shape having a refractive power, a second lens of a meniscus shape having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side near the optical axis, a third lens of a meniscus shape having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and a fourth lens of a biconcave shape having a negative refractive power near the optical axis, wherein the image pickup lens satisfies a following conditional expression (1): 0.6< f 1/ f <0.8  (1) where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens, and f represents a focal length of the overall image pickup lens.

Claims (27)

1. An image pickup lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image plane side:

an aperture stop;

a first lens of a biconvex shape having a positive refractive power with convex surfaces facing both the object side and the image side near an optical axis;

a second lens of a meniscus shape having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side near the optical axis;

a third lens of a meniscus shape having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side near the optical axis; and

a fourth lens of a biconcave shape having a negative refractive power with concave surfaces facing both the object side and the image side near the optical axis;

wherein the image pickup lens satisfies following conditional expressions (1) and (4):

0.6< f 1 / f <0.8  (1)

0.7<| f 2|/ f <1.2  (4)

where f 1 represents a focal length of the first lens, f 2 represents a focal length of the second lens, and f represents a focal length of an overall optical system of the image pickup lens, and

wherein none of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are in contact with each other.

2. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying a following conditional expression (5):

0.28< Bf/TTL <0.35  (5)

where Bf represents a distance on an optical axis from an image plane side of the fourth lens to the image plane (distance calculated through air), and TTL represents a distance on an optical axis from an object side surface of the first lens to the image plane (distance calculated through air).

3. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying a following conditional expression (6):

0.7 <IH/f <0.80  (6)

where IH represents a maximum image height.

4. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying following conditional expressions (2) and (3):

f 3 <f 1  (2)

0.9 <f 3 /|f 4|<1.10  (3)

where f 3 represents a focal length of the third lens, and f 4 represents a focal length of the fourth lens.

5. The image pickup lens according to claim 4 , satisfying a following conditional expression (5):

0.28 <Bf/TTL <0.35  (5)

where Bf represents a distance on an optical axis from an image plane side of the fourth lens to the image plane (distance calculated through air), and TTL represents a distance on an optical axis from an object side surface of the first lens to the image plane (distance calculated through air).

6. The image pickup lens according to claim 4 , satisfying a following conditional expression (6):

0.7 <IH/f <0.80  (6)

where IH represents a maximum image height.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057109/0379 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 3, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057061/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2013
From: HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029681/0269 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-011272 · Jan 23, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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