IP Library Granted Patent US 9,453,988
Granted Patent B2
US 9,453,988 · App. 14/579,118 · Granted Sep 27, 2016

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus

Inventor: Taro Asami (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G02B13/0045G02B9/62G02B3/04G02B5/005G02B13/002G02B13/0015G02B13/04G02B13/18G02B15/177
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Patent No.
US 9,453,988
App. No.
14/579,118
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens composed of six lenses of a negative first lens, a positive second lens, a negative third lens, a positive fourth lens, a positive fifth lens, and a negative sixth lens, disposed in order from the object side, and when refractive indices of the third lens to the sixth lens are taken as Nd3 to Nd6 respectively, the imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions (1): Nd3<1.7, (2): Nd4<1.6, (3):Nd5<1.6 and (4): Nd6<1.89.

Claims (102)

1. An imaging lens, substantially consisting of six lenses, composed of a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, disposed in order from the object side, wherein the imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions given below:

Nd3<1.7  (1)

Nd4<1.6  (2)

Nd5<1.6  (3)

Nd6<1.89  (4)

where

Nd3: refractive index of the material of the third lens with respect to the d-line,

Nd4: refractive index of the material of the fourth lens with respect to the d-line,

Nd5: refractive index of the material of the fifth lens with respect to the d-line, and

Nd6: refractive index of the material of the sixth lens with respect to the d-line,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

−3.0<f1/f2<−0.2  (19)

where

f1: focal length of the first lens, and

f2: focal length of the second lens.

2. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

1.0<( R 1 f+R 1 r )/( R 1 f−R 1 r )  (5)

where

R1f: paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the first lens, and

R1r: paraxial radius of curvature of the image side surface of the first lens.

3. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.3 < f 4 / f 5  (6)

where

f4: focal length of the fourth lens, and

f5: focal length of the fifth lens.

4. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

f 5/ f< 3.4  (7)

where

f5: focal length of the fifth lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

5. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.3< f 56/f  (8)

where

f56: combined focal length of the fifth lens and the sixth lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

6. An imaging lens equipped with the imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 .

7. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.0< R/ 1 f/f   (10)

where

R1f: paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the first lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

8. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

−3.0< f 1/ f<− 0.5  (11)

where

f1: focal length of the first lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

9. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

−0.15<( R 2 f+R 2 r )/( R 2 f−R 2 r )  (12)

where

R2f: paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the second lens, and

R2r: paraxial radius of curvature of the image side surface of the second lens.

10. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.1 <f 12/ f <4.0  (13)

where

f12: combined focal length of the first lens and the second lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

11. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.5 <f 4/ f <5.0  (14)

where

f4: focal length of the fourth lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

12. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.1 <f 12/ f 3456<2.0  (15)

where

f12: combined focal length of the first lens and the second lens, and

f3456: combined focal length of the third lens to the sixth lens.

13. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

−3.0<( R 5 f+R 5 r )/( R 5 f−R 5 r )<−0.1  (16)

where

R5f: paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the fifth lens, and

R5r: paraxial radius of curvature of the image side surface of the fifth lens.

14. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.2 <f 2/ f <3.0  (17)

where

f2: focal length of the second lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

15. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.2<( D 3 +Db 23)/ f <3.0  (18)

where

D3: center thickness of the second lens

Db23: air space on the optical axis between the second lens and the third lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

16. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

vd3<30  (20)

where

vd3: Abbe number of the material of the third lens with respect to the d-line.

17. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens is a biconvex lens.

18. An imaging lens, substantially consisting of six lenses, composed of a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, disposed in order from the object side, wherein the imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions given below:

Nd3<1.7  (1)

Nd4<1.6  (2)

Nd5<1.6  (3)

Nd6<1.89  (4)

where

Nd3: refractive index of the material of the third lens with respect to the d-line,

Nd4: refractive index of the material of the fourth lens with respect to the d-line,

Nd5: refractive index of the material of the fifth lens with respect to the d-line, and

Nd6: refractive index of the material of the sixth lens with respect to the d-line,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below:

0.2 <Db 12/ f <3.0  (21)

where

Db12: air space on the optical axis between the first lens and the second lens, and

f: focal length of the entire system.

Assignments (3)
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 Dec 22, 2014
From: ASAMI, TARO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034568/0633 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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