IP Library Granted Patent US 9,335,527
Granted Patent B2
US 9,335,527 · App. 14/299,405 · Granted May 10, 2016

Zoom lens and electronic apparatus including the same

Inventors: Chang-keun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jung-hoi Ko (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G02B15/16G02B13/009G02B15/173H04N5/23296
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Patent No.
US 9,335,527
App. No.
14/299,405
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens includes: in an order 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 positive refractive power, wherein, when zooming is performed from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, the first through fourth lens groups move, and the first lens group includes a first negative lens and a second positive lens from the object side. The zoom lens may be part of an electronic apparatus, such as a photographing apparatus.

Claims (56)

1. A zoom lens comprising, in an order 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 positive refractive power,

wherein, when zooming is performed from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, the first through fourth lens groups move, and

wherein the first lens group comprises a first negative lens and a second positive lens from the object side, the second lens group comprises a third negative lens, a fourth negative lens, and a fifth positive lens, and the third negative lens comprises a concave surface at an object side thereof,

wherein

( D/Z )/ fw< 0.32

( Dt/Z )/ fw< 1.3

0< R 1/ R 2<2.5

nG 5>2.0

where Dt is an optical overall length of the zoom lens in the telephoto position, Z is a zoom ratio, D is a sum of thicknesses of entire lenses of the first through fourth lens groups, R1 is a radius of curvature of the image side of the second positive lens of the first lens group, R2 is a radius of curvature of the object side of the third negative lens of the second lens group, fw is a focal length in the wide angle position, and nG5 is a refractive index of the fifth positive lens of the second lens group.

2. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein:

nG 1>1.9

where nG1 is a refractive index of the first negative lens of the first lens group.

3. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein:

L/ft< 0.7

f 1/ fw< 6.0

f 1/ ft< 0.7

where L is a sum of movement distances of the first through fourth lens groups when zooming is performed from the wide angle position to the telephoto position, ft is a focal length in the telephoto position, f1 is a focal length of the first lens group, and fw is a focal length in the wide angle position.

4. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein:

| f 2/ fw|< 1.3

f 2/ ft< 0.16,

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

5. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the third lens group comprises doublet lenses.

6. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein:

D 1( w−t )/ Z< 1.7

D 2( w−t )/ Z< 0.15

where D1(w−t) is a movement distance of the first lens group when zooming is performed from the wide angle position to the telephoto position, and D2(w−t) is a movement distance of the second lens group when zooming is performed from the wide angle position to the telephoto position.

7. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein each of the first through fourth lens groups comprises at least one aspherical surface.

8. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein:

2.8< Fno _ w< 3.5

where Fno_w is Fno in the wide angle position.

9. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein, when the zoom lens performs zooming, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group is reduced, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group increases.

10. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens group performs focusing according to a variation in a distance from an object.

11. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens group comprises plastic lenses.

12. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens has an 8× or more and 12× or less zoom ratio.

13. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the first negative lens and the second positive lens are cemented as doublet lenses.

14. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the third negative lens and the fourth negative lens are bi-concave lenses.

15. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a zoom lens; and

an imaging device that receives an image formed by the zoom lens,

wherein the zoom lens comprises, in an order 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 positive refractive power,

wherein, when zooming is performed from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, the first through fourth lens groups move,

wherein the first lens group includes a first negative lens and a second positive lens from the object side, the second lens group includes a third negative lens, a fourth negative lens, and a fifth positive lens, and the third negative lens includes a concave surface at an object side thereof,

wherein:

( D/Z )/ fw< 0.32

( Dt/Z )/ fw< 1.3

0< R 1/ R 2<2.5

nG 5>2.0

where Dt is an optical overall length of the zoom lens in the telephoto position, Z is a zoom ratio, D is a sum of thicknesses of entire lenses of the first through fourth lens groups, R1 is a radius of curvature of the image side of the second positive lens of the first lens group, R2 is a radius of curvature of the object side of the third negative lens of the second lens group, fw is a focal length in the wide angle position, and nG5 is a refractive index of the fifth positive lens of the second lens group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2014
From: KIM, CHANG-KEUN; KO, JUNG-HOI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0147816 · Nov 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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