IP Library Granted Patent US 9,229,195
Granted Patent B2
US 9,229,195 · App. 14/242,967 · Granted Jan 5, 2016

Imaging lens

Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B13/06
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Patent No.
US 9,229,195
App. No.
14/242,967
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A low-cost, compact and low-profile imaging lens with relatively high brightness, which provides a wide field of view (full field of view: about 90 degrees) and corrects aberrations properly. Designed for a solid-state image sensor, it includes elements arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: an aperture stop, a first positive (refractive power) lens, a second negative lens having a concave image-side surface, a third positive lens having a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens as a meniscus double-sided aspheric lens having a convex object-side surface near an optical axis, a fifth negative lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image-side surface near the optical axis, and a conditional expression (1) below is satisfied: | r 1|>| r 2|  (1) where r1: curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens r2: curvature radius of the image-side surface of the first lens.

Claims (110)

1. An imaging lens for a solid-state image sensor in which elements are arranged in order from an object side to an image side, comprising:

an aperture stop;

a first lens with positive refractive power;

a second lens as a meniscus lens with negative refractive power having a concave surface on the image side;

a third lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on the image side;

a fourth lens as a meniscus double-sided aspheric lens having a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis; and

a fifth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens with negative refractive power having a concave surface on the image side near the optical axis,

wherein a conditional expression (1) below is satisfied:

| r 1 |>|r 2|  (1)

where

r1: curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens, and

r2: curvature radius of the image-side surface of the first lens.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (2) below is satisfied:

0.9 <ih/f< 1.1  (2)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

ih: maximum image height.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (3) below is satisfied:

2.20 <|r 1 /r 2|<8.20  (3)

where

r1: curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens, and

r2: curvature radius of the image-side surface of the first lens.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (4) below is satisfied:

−1.50 <f 2 /f<− 1.00  (4)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f2: focal length of the second lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (5) below is satisfied:

0.70 <f 3 /f< 1.50  (5)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f3: focal length of the third lens.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the aspheric surfaces of the fourth lens have a pole-change point in a position off the optical axis.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the aspheric surfaces of the fifth lens have a pole-change point in a position off the optical axis.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (6) below is satisfied:

0.6 <TTL/ 2 ih< 1.0  (6)

where

TTL: distance on the optical axis from the aperture stop to an image plane without a filter, and

ih: maximum image height.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,

wherein a conditional expression (4) below is satisfied:

−1.50 <f 2 /f<− 1.00  (4)

where

f2: focal length of the second lens.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,

wherein a conditional expression (5) below is satisfied:

0.70 <f 3 /f< 1.50  (5)

where

f3: focal length of the third lens.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,

wherein the aspheric surfaces of the fourth lens have a pole-change point in a position off the optical axis.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,

wherein the aspheric surfaces of the fifth lens have a pole-change point in a position off the optical axis.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,

wherein a conditional expression (6) below is satisfied:

0.6 <TTL/ 2 ih< 1.0  (6)

where

TTL: distance on the optical axis from the aperture stop to an image plane without a filter, and

ih: maximum image height.

14. An imaging lens for a solid-state image sensor in which elements are arranged in order from an object side to an image side, comprising:

a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on the object side;

a second lens having a convex surface on the object side;

a third lens;

a fourth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface on the image side near an optical axis; and

a fifth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface on the image side near the optical axis,

wherein a conditional expression (2) below is satisfied:

0.9 <ih/f< 1.1  (2)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

ih: maximum image height.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 14 ,

wherein a conditional expression (1) below is satisfied:

| r 1 |>|r 2|  (1)

where

r1: curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens, and

r2: curvature radius of the image-side surface of the first lens.

16. The imaging lens according to claim 14 ,

wherein conditional expressions (4) and (5) below are satisfied:

−1.50 <f 2 /f<− 1.00  (4)

0.70 <f 3 /f< 1.50  (5)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens,

f2: focal length of the second lens, and

f3: focal length of the third lens.

17. The imaging lens according to claim 14 ,

wherein the third lens with positive refractive power has a convex surface on the image side, and the fourth lens is a meniscus lens having a concave surface on the image side near the optical axis, and having a pole-change point in a position off the optical axis on the aspheric surfaces of the fourth lens.

18. The imaging lens according to claim 14 ,

wherein the fifth lens is a meniscus lens having a concave surface on the image side near the optical axis, and having a pole-change point in a position off the optical axis on the aspheric surfaces of the fifth lens.

19. An imaging lens for a solid-state image sensor in which elements are arranged in order from an object side to an image side, comprising:

an aperture stop;

a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on the object side;

a second lens having a convex surface on the object side;

a third lens;

a fourth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens with positive refractive power having a concave surface on the image side near an optical axis; and

a fifth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface on the image side near the optical axis,

wherein the fourth lens has a weaker refractive power than the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fifth lens.

20. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein conditional expressions (2) and (6) below are satisfied:

0.9 <ih/f< 1.1  (2)

0.6 <TTL/ 2 ih< 1.0  (6)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens,

TTL: distance on the optical axis from the aperture stop to an image plane without a filter, and

ih: maximum image height.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057109/0379 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 3, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057061/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2014
From: HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032580/0375 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-089041 · Apr 22, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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