IP Library Granted Patent US 9,146,389
Granted Patent B2
US 9,146,389 · App. 13/955,666 · Granted Sep 29, 2015

Zoom lens system

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Patent No.
US 9,146,389
App. No.
13/955,666
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens system that includes a first lens group including at least one lens and having a negative refractive power, and a second lens group including at least one lens and having a positive refractive power in an order from an object side to an image side, wherein the zoom lens system is configured to perform zooming by changing a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group and satisfies: 2<|f 1 /fw|<2.5 and 0.60<|f 1 /f 2 |<0.85, wherein f 1 indicates a synthetic focal length of the first lens group, fw indicates an overall focal length at a wide angle end, and f 2 indicates a synthetic focal length of the second lens group.

Claims (57)

1. A zoom lens system comprising, in an order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens group comprising at least one lens and having a negative refractive power; and

a second lens group comprising at least one lens and having a positive refractive power,

wherein the zoom lens system is configured to perform zooming by changing a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group and satisfies:

2 <|f 1 /fw |<2.5, and

0.60 <|f 1 /f 2|<0.85,

wherein f 1 indicates a synthetic focal length of the first lens group, fw indicates an overall focal length at a wide angle end, and f 2 indicates a synthetic focal length of the second lens group,

wherein the zoom lens system has only two lens groups,

wherein a number of lenses included in the first lens group is three.

2. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein a total length of the zoom lens system satisfies:

Tw/D <13.5,

wherein Tw indicates the total length of the zoom lens system at the wide angle end, and D indicates a diagonal length of an image surface passing a center of the image surface.

3. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein a lens disposed second closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the first lens group satisfies:

Vd12<55,

wherein Vd 12 indicates an Abbe number at a d line of the lens disposed second closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the first lens group.

4. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein a lens disposed third closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the first lens group satisfies:

Nd13>1.90,

wherein Nd 13 indicates a refractive index at a d line of the lens disposed third closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the first lens group.

5. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein lenses disposed second and third closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the first lens group form a cemented lens.

6. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein a lens disposed first closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group satisfies:

Vd24>60,

wherein Vd 24 indicates an Abbe number at a d line of the lens disposed first closest to the object side among the lenses of the second lens group.

7. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein lenses disposed third and fourth closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group satisfy:

Vd26<35, and

Vd27>75,

wherein Vd 26 indicates an Abbe number at a d line of a lens disposed third closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group, and Vd 27 indicates an Abbe number at the d line of a lens disposed fourth closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group.

8. The zoom lens system of claim 7 , wherein the lenses disposed third and fourth closest to the object side among the lenses of the second lens group form a cemented lens.

9. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group comprises a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens in the order from the object side to the image side.

10. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens group comprises a positive lens, a positive lens, a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens in the order from the object side to the image side.

11. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein a lens disposed closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group comprises at least one aspherical surface.

12. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein a lens disposed closest to the image side among the at least one lens of the second lens group comprises at least one aspherical surface.

13. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , further comprising an aperture disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group, and a near infrared ray blocking filter disposed on or adjacent to a surface of the aperture facing the image side.

14. A zoom lens system comprising:

a first lens group comprising at least one lens and having a negative refractive power; and

a second lens group comprising at least one lens and having a positive refractive power,

wherein the zoom lens system is configured to perform zooming by changing a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group, and satisfies;

2 <|f 1 /fw |<2.5, and

2.8 <|f 2 /fw |<3.2,

wherein f 1 indicates a synthetic focal length of the first lens group, fw indicates an overall focal length at a wide angle end, and f 2 indicates a synthetic focal length of the second lens group,

wherein the zoom lens system has only two lens groups,

wherein a number of lenses included in the first lens group is three.

15. The zoom lens system of claim 14 , wherein the zoom lens system satisfies:

0.60 <|f 1 /f 2|<0.85.

16. The zoom lens system of claim 14 , wherein a total length of the zoom lens system satisfies:

Tw/D< 13.5,

wherein Tw indicates the total length of the zoom lens system at a wide angle end, and D indicates a diagonal length of an image surface passing a center of the image surface.

17. The zoom lens system of claim 14 , wherein lenses disposed second and third closest to the object side among at least one lens of the first lens group form a cemented lens, and the lenses satisfy:

Vd12<55, and

Nd13>1.90,

wherein Vd 12 indicates an Abbe number at a d line of a lens disposed second closest to the object side of the first lens group, and Nd 13 indicates a refractive index at a d line of a lens disposed third closest to the object side of the first lens group.

18. The zoom lens system of claim 14 , wherein a lens disposed closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group satisfies:

Vd24>60,

wherein Vd 24 indicates an Abbe number at a d line of the lens disposed closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group.

19. The zoom lens system of claim 14 , wherein lenses disposed third and fourth closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group satisfy:

Vd26<35, and

Vd27>75,

where Vd 26 indicates an Abbe number at a d line of the lens disposed third closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group, and Vd 27 indicates an Abbe number at the d line of the lens disposed fourth closest to the object side among the at least one lens of the second lens group.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064549/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2019
From: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049013/0723 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 10/853,669. IN ADDITION PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046927 FRAME 0019. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jan 17, 2019
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048496/0596 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046927/0019 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 24, 2015
From: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036254/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2013
From: HAN, HEE-JOONG
To: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030915/0621 →