IP Library Granted Patent US 9,151,937
Granted Patent B2
US 9,151,937 · App. 14/529,885 · Granted Oct 6, 2015

Optical system and optical instrument, image pickup apparatus, and image pickup system using the same

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Patent No.
US 9,151,937
App. No.
14/529,885
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical system which forms an optical image on an image pickup element, comprising in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, which includes a plurality of lenses, a stop, and a second lens unit which includes a plurality of lenses, wherein the first lens unit includes a first object-side lens which is disposed nearest to an object, and the second lens unit includes a second image-side lens which is disposed nearest to an image, and the first lens unit includes a negative lens, and a positive lens which is disposed on the object side of the negative lens, and the following conditional expressions are satisfied: β≦−1.1  (15) 0.08<NA  (16) 1.0< WD/BF   (19) 0.5<2×( WD ×tan(sin −1 NA)+ Y obj )/φ s <4.0  (20).

Claims (75)

1. An optical system which forms an optical image on an image pickup element including a plurality of pixels arranged in rows two-dimensionally, which converts a light intensity to an electric signal, and a plurality of color filters disposed on the plurality of pixels respectively, comprising in order from an object side,

a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, which includes a plurality of lenses,

a stop, and

a second lens unit which includes a plurality of lenses, wherein

lens units which form the optical system include the first lens unit and the second lens unit, and

the first lens unit includes a first object-side lens which is disposed nearest to an object, and

the second lens unit includes a second image-side lens which is disposed nearest to an image, and

the first lens unit includes a negative lens, and a positive lens which is disposed on the object side of the negative lens, and

the following conditional expressions (15), (16), (19), and (20) are satisfied:

β≦−1.1  (15)

0.08<NA  (16)

1.0 <WD/BF   (19)

0.5<2×( WD ×tan(sin −1 NA)+ Y obj )/φ s <4.0  (20)

where,

β denotes an imaging magnification of the optical system,

NA denotes a numerical aperture on the object side of the optical system,

WD denotes a distance on an optical axis from the object up to an object-side surface of the first object-side lens,

BF denotes a distance on the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second image-side lens up to the image,

Y obj denotes a maximum object height, and

φ s denotes a diameter of the stop.

2. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first lens unit includes a first image-side lens which is disposed nearest to the image, and

the following conditional expression (31) is satisfied:

0.1 <L G1 /L G2 <1.5  (31)

where,

L G1 denotes a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first object-side lens up to an image-side surface of the first image-side lens, and

L G2 denotes a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the second object-side lens up to an image side surface of the second image-side lens.

3. The optical system according to claim 2 , wherein the following conditional expression (25) is satisfied:

0.15 <D os /D oi <0.8  (25)

where,

D os denotes a distance on the optical axis from the object up to the stop, and

D oi denotes a distance on the optical axis from the object up to the image.

4. The optical system according to claim 3 , wherein the following conditional expression (23) is satisfied:

0.4 <L L /D oi   (23)

where,

L L denotes a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first object-side lens up to the image-side surface of the second image-side lens, and

D oi denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object up to the image.

5. The optical system according to claim 4 , wherein the following conditional expression (34) is satisfied:

0.5 <D os /L G1 <4.0  (34)

where,

D os denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object up to the stop, and

L G1 denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first object-side lens up to the image-side surface of the first image-side lens.

6. The optical system according to claim 5 , wherein the following conditional expression (21) is satisfied:

0.01 <D max /φ s <3.0  (21)

where,

D max denotes a maximum distance from among distances on the optical axis of adjacent lenses in the optical system, and

φ s denotes the diameter of the stop.

7. The optical system according to claim 6 , wherein the following conditional expression (56) is satisfied:

0.78 <L L /D oi +0.07 ×WD/BF   (56)

where,

L L denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first object-side lens up to the image-side surface of the second image-side lens,

D oi denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object up to the image,

WD denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object up to the object-side surface of the first object-side lens, and

BF denotes the distance on the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second image-side lens up to the image.

8. The optical system according to claim 7 , wherein the following conditional expression (57) is satisfied:

D os /L G1 −0.39 ×WD/BF< 1.8  (57)

where,

D os denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object up to the stop,

L G1 denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first object-side lens up to the image-side surface of the first image-side lens,

WD denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object up to the object-side surface of the first object-side lens, and

BF denotes the distance on the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second image-side lens up to the image.

9. The optical system according to claim 8 , wherein the following conditional expression (27) is satisfied:

0 <BF/L L <0.4  (27)

where,

BF denotes the distance on the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second image-side lens up to the image, and

L L denotes the distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first object-side lens up to the image-side surface of the second image-side lens.

10. The optical system according to claim 9 , wherein the following conditional expressions (35) and (36) are satisfied:

1.0 <D ENP /Y   (35)

0 ≦CRA obj /CRA img <0.5  (36)

where,

D ENP denotes a distance on the optical axis from a position of an entrance pupil of the optical system up to the object-side surface of the first object-side lens,

Y denotes a maximum image height in an overall optical system,

CRA obj denotes a maximum angle from among of angles made by a principal ray that is incident on the first object-side lens, with the optical axis, and

CRA img denotes a maximum angle from among of angles made by a principal ray that is incident on an image plane, with the optical axis, and

an angle measured in a direction of clockwise rotation is let to be a negative angle, and an angle measured in a direction of counterclockwise rotation is let to be a positive angle.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062492/0267 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2014
From: UCHIDA, YOSHIHIRO; ABE, KENICHIRO; ICHIKAWA, KEISUKE
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
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