IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,736,981
Granted Patent B2
US 8,736,981 · App. 13/848,150 · Granted May 27, 2014

Imaging lens system

Inventor: Chun-Shan Chen (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,736,981
App. No.
13/848,150
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention provides an imaging lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens having a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, at least one surface thereof having at least one inflection point; and an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the third lens. The on-axis spacing between the first lens and second lens is T12, the focal length of the imaging lens system is f, and they satisfy the relation: 0.5<(T12/f)×100<15.

Claims (65)

1. An imaging lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side:

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

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

a third lens element;

a fourth lens element having a convex image-side surface;

a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, at least one surface thereof being provided with at least one inflection point; and

an electronic sensor with a pixel area,

wherein a gap exists between each two adjacent lens element along an optical axis of the imaging lens system; and

wherein the lens elements with refractive power in the imaging lens system are only the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements, an Abbe number of the second lens element is V2, an Abbe number of the third lens element is V3, an on-axis spacing between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the electronic sensor is TTL, half of the diagonal length of the effective pixel area of the electronic sensor is ImgH, and the following relations are satisfied:

| V 2 −V 3|<15; and

TTL/ImgH<2.0.

2. The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein an Abbe number of the first lens element is V1 and the following relation is satisfied: V1−V2>20.

3. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein the fourth lens element has a concave object-side surface.

4. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein the following relation is satisfied: V1−V2>30.

5. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein a focal length of the imaging lens system is f, a focal length of the first lens element is f1, and the following relation is satisfied: 1.0<f/f1<1.8.

6. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein the fourth lens element has positive refractive power.

7. The imaging lens system according to claim 6 , wherein a focal length of the fourth lens element is f4, a focal length of the fifth lens element is f5, and the following relation is satisfied: −1.5<f4/f5<−0.5.

8. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the third, fourth and fifth lens elements is meniscus in shape, and wherein, of the third, fourth and fifth lens elements, all lens elements which are meniscus in shape satisfy the relation: 0.5<R o /R i <2.0, wherein R o represents a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the meniscus lens element and R i represents a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the meniscus lens element.

9. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein the imaging lens system further comprises an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the first lens element.

10. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the second lens element is R4, a focal length of the imaging lens system is f, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.7<R4/f<1.2.

11. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens element is R1, a focal length of the imaging lens system is f, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.2<R1/f<0.4.

12. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein the third lens element has negative refractive power.

13. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex.

14. The imaging lens system according to claim 2 , wherein the third lens element has a concave image-side surface.

15. An imaging lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side:

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

a second lens element with negative refractive power;

a third lens element with negative refractive power;

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

a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, at least one surface thereof being provided with at least one inflection point; and

an electronic sensor with a pixel area,

wherein a gap exists between each two adjacent lens element along an optical axis of the imaging lens system; and

wherein the lens elements with refractive power in the imaging lens system are only the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements, an Abbe number of the second lens element is V2, an Abbe number of the third lens element is V3, an on-axis spacing between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the electronic sensor is TTL, half of the diagonal length of the effective pixel area of the electronic sensor is ImgH, and the following relations are satisfied:

| V 2 −V 3|<15; and

TTL/ImgH <2.0.

16. The imaging lens system according to claim 15 , wherein an Abbe number of the first lens element is V1 and the following relation is satisfied: V1−V2>20.

17. The imaging lens system according to claim 16 , wherein the fourth lens element has a concave object-side surface.

18. The imaging lens system according to claim 16 , wherein a focal length of the fourth lens element is f4, a focal length of the fifth lens element is f5, and the following relation is satisfied: −1.5<f4/f5<−0.5.

19. The imaging lens system according to claim 16 , wherein at least one of the third, fourth and fifth lens elements is meniscus in shape, and wherein, of the third, fourth and fifth lens elements, all lens elements which are meniscus in shape satisfy the relation: 0.5<R o /R i <2.0, wherein R o represents a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the meniscus lens element and R i represents a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the meniscus lens element.

20. The imaging lens system according to claim 16 , wherein the imaging lens system further comprises an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the first lens element.

21. The imaging lens system according to claim 16 , wherein a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the second lens element is R4, a focal length of the imaging lens system is f, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.7<R4/f<1.2.

22. The imaging lens system according to claim 16 , wherein the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex.

23. The imaging lens system according to claim 16 , wherein the third lens element has a concave image-side surface.

24. An imaging lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side:

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

a second lens element with negative refractive power;

a third lens element;

a fourth lens element having a convex image-side surface;

a fifth lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, at least one surface thereof being provided with at least one inflection point; and

an electronic sensor with a pixel area,

wherein a gap exists between each two adjacent lens element along an optical axis of the imaging lens system; and

wherein the imaging lens system further comprises an electronic sensor with a pixel area; and wherein the lens elements with refractive power in the imaging lens system are only the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements, an Abbe number of the second lens element is V2, an Abbe number of the third lens element is V3, an on-axis spacing between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the electronic sensor is TTL, half of the diagonal length of the effective pixel area of the electronic sensor is ImgH, and the following relations are satisfied:

| V 2 −V 3|<15; and

TTL/ImgH<2.0.

25. The imaging lens system according to claim 24 , wherein an Abbe number of the first lens element is V1 and the following relation is satisfied: V1−V2>20.

26. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein the following relation is satisfied: V1−V2>30.

27. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein a focal length of the imaging lens system is f, a focal length of the first lens element is f1, and the following relation is satisfied: 1.0<f/f1<1.8.

28. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein the fourth lens element has a concave object-side surface.

29. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein the fourth lens element has positive refractive power.

30. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein a focal length of the fourth lens element is f4, a focal length of the fifth lens element is f5, and the following relation is satisfied: −1.5<f4/f5<−0.5.

31. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein the second lens element has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface.

32. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein the imaging lens system further comprises an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the first lens element.

33. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens element is R1, a focal length of the imaging lens system is f, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.2<R1/f<0.4.

34. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein the on-axis spacing between the first lens element and the second lens element is T12, the focal length of the imaging lens system is f, and they satisfy the relation: 0.5<(T12/f)×100<15.

35. The imaging lens system according to claim 25 , wherein the third lens element has a concave image-side surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2013
From: CHEN, CHUN-SHAN
To: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030065/0550 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 98123694 A · Jul 14, 2009 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13433438 · Mar 29, 2012
Continuation 12654912 · Jan 8, 2010
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