IP Library Granted Patent US 8,810,924
Granted Patent B2
US 8,810,924 · App. 14/068,565 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Image capturing lens and image capturing apparatus provided with the image capturing lens

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Patent No.
US 8,810,924
App. No.
14/068,565
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image capturing lens which substantially consists of five lenses, composed of a first lens having a positive refractive power with the object side surface being formed in a convex shape toward the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power with the object side surface being formed in a concave shape toward the object side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power with a region in which the negative refractive power is gradually reduced outwardly in a radial direction from the optical axis, arranged in this order from the object side, and satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

Claims (90)

1. An image capturing lens substantially consisting of five lenses, composed of:

an aperture stop;

a first lens having a positive refractive power with the object side surface being formed in a convex shape toward the object side;

a second lens having a negative refractive power;

a third lens having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having a negative refractive power with the object side surface being formed in a concave shape toward the object side; and

a fifth lens having a negative refractive power with a region in which the negative refractive power is gradually reduced outwardly in a radial direction from the optical axis, arranged in this order from the object side,

wherein the image capturing lens is configured to satisfy a conditional expression given below:

4.2 <f 3 /f 1<25.0  (1),

where:

f1 is a focal length of the first lens; and

f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

2. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

−4.0 <f 2 /f 1<−1.8  (2),

where, f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

3. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has a meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side near the optical axis.

4. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

0.09 <D 6 /f< 0.20  (3),

where:

D6 is a distance between the third and fourth lenses on the optical axis; and

f is a focal length of the entire system.

5. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

2.00 <D 6 /D 8<6.00  (4),

where:

D6 is a distance between the third and fourth lenses on the optical axis; and

D8 is a distance between the fourth and fifth lenses on the optical axis.

6. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a convex surface on the object side near the optical axis.

7. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying conditional expressions given below:

ν d 1>50  (5); and

ν d 2<30  (6),

where:

νd1 is an Abbe number of the first lens with respect to the d-line; and

νd2 is an Abbe number of the second lens with respect to the d-line.

8. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

0.09 <D 2 /D 1<0.25  (7),

where:

D1 is a axial thickness of the first lens; and

D2 is a distance between the first and second lenses on the optical axis.

9. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

3.0<| R 3 /f 2|<40.0  (8),

where:

R3 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the second lens; and

f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

10. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

1.0 <TL/f< 1.2  (9),

where:

TL is a length from the object side surface of the first lens to the image forming surface on the optical axis; and

f is a focal length of the entire system.

11. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

−1.9<( R 7 −R 8)/( R 7 +R 8)<0  (10),

where:

R7 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the fourth lens; and

R8 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the image side surface of the fourth lens.

12. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

4.2 <f 3 /f 1<20.0  (1-1).

13. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

−3.5 <f 2 /f 1<−1.8  (2-1),

where f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

14. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

0.09 <D 6 /f< 0.18  (3-1),

where:

D6 is a distance between the third and fourth lenses on the optical axis; and

f is a focal length of the entire system.

15. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

2.20 <D 6 /D 8<5.60  (4-1),

where:

D6 is a distance between the third and fourth lenses on the optical axis; and

D8 is a distance between the fourth and fifth lenses on the optical axis.

16. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying conditional expressions given below:

ν d 1>53  (5-1); and

ν d 2<25  (6-1),

where:

νd1 is an Abbe number of the first lens with respect to the d-line; and

νd2 is an Abbe number of the second lens with respect to the d-line.

17. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

0.09 <D 2 /D 1<0.22  (7-1),

where:

D1 is a axial thickness of the first lens; and

D2 is a distance between the first and second lenses on the optical axis.

18. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

3.3 <|R 3 /f 2|<35.0  (8),

where:

R3 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the second lens; and

f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

19. The image capturing lens of claim 1 , further satisfying a conditional expression given below:

1.05 <TL/f< 1.15  (9-1),

where:

TL is a length from the object side surface of the first lens to the image forming surface on the optical axis; and

f is a focal length of the entire system.

20. An image capturing apparatus provided with the image capturing lens of claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2023
From: TIANJIN OFILM OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: JIANGXI OFILM OPTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064178/0340 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2020
From: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
To: TIANJIN OFILM OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052431/0700 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2019
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048045/0443 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2013
From: KONDO, MASATO; NODA, TAKAYUKI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031522/0635 →