IP Library Granted Patent US 9,128,274
Granted Patent B2
US 9,128,274 · App. 13/972,471 · Granted Sep 8, 2015

Zoom lens system

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Patent No.
US 9,128,274
App. No.
13/972,471
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a zoom lens system including: 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 negative refractive power sequentially from an object side to an image side, wherein a zooming operation is performed by moving the second lens group and the fourth lens group.

Claims (62)

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

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 negative refractive power,

wherein a zooming operation is performed by moving the second lens group and the fourth lens group under a following condition:

0.25< f 1 /f t <0.31,

where f 1 denote a focal length of the first lens group, and f t denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system at a telephoto end,

wherein the fourth lens group comprises a cemented lens and an independent lens having at least one aspherical surface.

2. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens group satisfies a following condition:

0.12 <|f 43 /f 4142 |<0.35,

where f 43 denotes a focal length of the independent lens of the fourth lens group, and f 4142 denotes a focal length of the cemented lens of the fourth lens group.

3. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens group satisfies a following condition:

V T4 <50,

where V T4 denotes an average value of Abbe's numbers of the lenses included in the fourth lens group.

4. A zoom lens system comprising, sequentially from an object side to an image side:

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 negative refractive power,

wherein a zooming operation is performed by moving the second lens group and the fourth lens group under a following condition:

0.25< f 1 /ft <0.31,

where f1 denote a focal length of the first lens group, and ft denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system at a telephoto end,

wherein the second lens group comprises a first negative lens, a second negative lens, and a positive lens having at least one aspherical surface.

5. The zoom lens system of claim 4 , wherein the first negative lens, the second negative lens, and the positive lens are respectively independent lenses.

6. The zoom lens system of claim 4 , wherein the first negative lens, the second negative lens, and the positive lens of the second lens group satisfy a following condition:

0.8<( V 21 +V 23 )/ V 22 <1.2,

where V 21 denotes an Abbe's number of the first negative lens, V 22 denotes an Abbe's number of the second negative lens, and V 23 denotes an Abbe's number of the positive lens.

7. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein a focal length of the second lens group satisfies a following condition:

1.0 <|f 2 /f w |<2.0,

where f 2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group, and f w denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system at a wide-angle end.

8. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group comprises at least four lenses.

9. The zoom lens system of claim 8 , wherein the third lens group comprises at least three lenses.

10. The zoom lens system of claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens system satisfies a following condition:

30≦ f t /f w ,

where f t denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in a telephoto end, and f w denotes a focal length of the zoom lens in a wide-angle end.

11. A zoom lens system comprising, sequentially from an object side to an image side:

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 negative refractive power,

wherein a zooming operation is performed by moving the second lens group and the fourth lens group, and the fourth lens group comprises a cemented lens and an independent lens and satisfies a following condition:

0.12 <|f 43 /f 4142 |<0.35,

where f 43 denotes a focal length of the independent lens of the fourth lens group, and f 4142 denotes a focal length of the cemented lens of the fourth lens group.

12. The zoom lens system of claim 11 , wherein the independent lens of the fourth lens group comprises at least one aspherical surface.

13. The zoom lens system of claim 11 , wherein the fourth lens group satisfies a following condition:

V T4 <50,

where V T4 denotes an average value of Abbe's numbers of the lenses included in the fourth lens group.

14. The zoom lens system of claim 11 , wherein the first lens group satisfies a following condition:

0.25< f 1 /f t <0.31,

where f 1 denote a focal length of the first lens group, and f t denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system at a telephoto end.

15. The zoom lens system of claim 11 , wherein the second lens group comprises a first negative lens, a second negative lens, and a positive lens having at least one aspherical surface, and the first negative lens, the second negative lens, and the positive lens are respectively independent lenses and satisfy a following condition:

0.8<( V 21 +V 23 )/ V 22 <1.2,

where V 21 denotes an Abbe's number of the first negative lens, V 22 denotes an Abbe's number of the second negative lens, and V 23 denotes an Abbe's number of the positive lens.

16. The zoom lens system of claim 11 , wherein a focal length of the second lens group satisfies a following condition:

1.0 <|f 2 /f w |<2.0,

where f 2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group, and f w denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system at a wide-angle end.

17. The zoom lens system of claim 11 , wherein the first lens group comprises at least four lenses.

18. The zoom lens system of claim 11 , wherein the third lens group comprises a plurality of lenses.

19. The zoom lens system of claim 11 , wherein the zoom lens system satisfies a following condition:

30≦ f t /f w ,

where f t denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in a telephoto end, and f w denotes a focal length of the zoom lens in a wide-angle end.

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 30, 2015
From: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036233/0327 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2013
From: LEE, BYOUNG-GUY
To: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031058/0751 →