IP Library Granted Patent US 9,261,671
Granted Patent B2
US 9,261,671 · App. 14/221,303 · Granted Feb 16, 2016

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus including the imaging

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Patent No.
US 9,261,671
App. No.
14/221,303
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens substantially consists of, in order from an object side, five lenses of a first lens that has a positive refractive power and has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the object side, a second lens that has a biconcave shape, a third lens that has a meniscus shape which is convex toward an image side, a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power and has at least one inflection point on an image side surface. Further, the imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.

Claims (97)

1. An imaging lens consisting of, in order from an object side, five lenses of:

a first lens that has a positive refractive power and has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the object side;

a second lens that has a biconcave shape;

a third lens that has a meniscus shape which is convex toward an image side;

a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power and has at least one inflection point on an image side surface,

wherein the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied:

−0.06 <f 1 /f 3<0.4  (1),

where

f 1 is a focal length of the first lens, and

f 3 is a focal length of the third lens.

2. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.65 <f/f 2<−0.2  (2),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 2 is a focal length of the second lens.

3. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.2<( R 3 f−R 3 r )/( R 3 f+R 3 r )<0.2  (3),

where

R 3 f is a paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface of the third lens, and

R 3 r is a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface of the third lens.

4. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−1 <f/f 5<−0.3  (4),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 5 is a focal length of the fifth lens.

5. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

1 <f ·tan ω/ R 5 r< 10  (5),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system,

ω is a half angle of view, and

R 5 r is a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface of the fifth lens.

6. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

0.8 <f/f 1<1.6  (6),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 1 is the focal length of the first lens.

7. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.3 <f/f 3<0.5  (7),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 3 is the focal length of the third lens.

8. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

0 <f/f 34<0.7  (8),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 34 is a composite focal length of the third lens and the fourth lens.

9. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a positive refractive power.

10. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

0.05 <D 7 /f< 0.3  (9),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

D 7 is a spacing on an optical axis between the third lens and the fourth lens.

11. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop that is disposed on the object side of an object side surface of the second lens.

12. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.055 <f 1 /f 3<0.3  (1-1),

where

f 1 is the focal length of the first lens, and

f 3 is the focal length of the third lens.

13. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.64 <f/f 2<−0.25  (2-1),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 2 is a focal length of the second lens.

14. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.16<( R 3 f−R 3 r )/( R 3 f+R 3 r )<0.15  (3-1),

where

R 3 f is a paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface of the third lens, and

R 3 r is a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface of the third lens.

15. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.8 <f/f 5<−0.35  (4-1),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 5 is a focal length of the fifth lens.

16. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

1.3 <f ·tan ω/ R 5 r< 3  (5-1),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system,

ω is a half angle of view, and

R 5 r is a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface of the fifth lens.

17. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

1 <f/f 1<1.5  (6-1),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 1 is the focal length of the first lens.

18. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.1 <f/f 3<0.4  (7-1),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 3 is the focal length of the third lens.

19. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

0 <f/f 34<0.6  (8-1),

where

f is a focal length of a whole system, and

f 34 is a composite focal length of the third lens and the fourth lens.

20. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the imaging lens, as defined in 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 Mar 21, 2014
From: NODA, TAKAYUKI; CHO, MICHIO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032491/0410 →