IP Library Granted Patent US 9,316,816
Granted Patent B2
US 9,316,816 · App. 14/584,141 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Image pickup lens

Inventor: Sayuri Noda (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B3/04G02B9/60G02B13/18G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 9,316,816
App. No.
14/584,141
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup lens includes a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens with negative refractive power, a third meniscus lens having a concave image-side surface, a fourth meniscus lens having a convex image-side surface, and a fifth lens with negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave object-side and image-side surfaces near an optical axis; wherein following conditional expressions (9) and (12) are satisfied; 1.0<|( r 3+ r 4)/( r 3− r 4)|<1.3  (9) −1.1< f 2/ f <−0.7  (12) where r3 represents a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens, r4 represents a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens, f represents a focal length of an overall optical system of the image pickup lens, and f2 represents a focal length of the second lens.

Claims (28)

1. An image pickup lens composed of five lenses for a solid imaging element, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens as a meniscus lens with a concave surface facing the image side, a fourth lens as a meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the image side, and a fifth lens having both sides formed as aspherical surfaces and having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side and the image side near an optical axis;

wherein conditional expressions (9) and (12) below are satisfied:

1.0<|( r 3+ r 4)/( r 3− r 4)|<1.3  (9)

−1.1< f 2/ f<− 0.7  (12)

where r3 represents a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens, r4 represents a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens, f represents a focal length of the overall optical system of the image pickup lens, and f2 represents a focal length of the second lens.

2. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein an aperture stop is arranged between the first lens and the second lens.

3. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape with a convex surface on the image side.

4. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens and the fourth lens each have a positive refractive power.

5. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3)

50<ν1<85  (1)

20<ν2<35  (2)

1.55< Nd 2<1.70  (3)

where ν1 represents an Abbe number of the first lens, ν2 represents an Abbe number of the second lens, and Nd2 represents a refractive index of the second lens at d-ray.

6. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expressions (5), (6), and (7):

20<ν3<30  (5)

50<ν4<60  (6)

1.5 <Nd 3<1.7  (7)

where ν3 represents an Abbe number of the third lens, ν4 represents an Abbe number of the fourth lens, and Nd3 represents a refractive index of the third lens at d-ray.

7. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the image-side aspheric surface of the fifth lens has a pole-change point off the optical axis.

8. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expression (10):

1.7< r 2/ r 3<6.0  (10)

where r2 represents a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens, and r3 represents a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the second lens.

9. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expression (11):

0.5< f 1/ f< 0.8  (11)

where f represents a focal length of the overall optical system of the image pickup lens, and f1 represents a focal length of the first lens.

10. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expression (13):

0.5< f 4/ f< 0.7  (13)

where f represents a focal length of the overall optical system of the image pickup lens, and f4 represents a focal length of the fourth lens.

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 Dec 29, 2014
From: NODA, SAYURI
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034593/0412 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-095388 · Apr 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13864702 · Apr 17, 2013
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