IP Library Granted Patent US 9,678,310
Granted Patent B2
US 9,678,310 · App. 14/857,756 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus equipped with the imaging lens

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Patent No.
US 9,678,310
App. No.
14/857,756
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens is constituted essentially by four or more lenses, including, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; and a plurality of other lenses. The conditional formulae below are satisfied. 0.8< TL/f <1.0  (1) 1.0< f/fl <3.0  (2) 2.03 mm< f <5.16 mm  (3) 1.0 mm< fl <3.0 mm  (4) wherein f is the focal length of the entire lens system, fl is the focal length of the first lens, TL is the distance along the optical axis from the surface of the first lens toward the object side to the paraxial focal point position at the image side in the case that the portion corresponding to back focus is an air converted length.

Claims (68)

1. An imaging lens consisting of five lenses, including, in order from the object side to the image side:

a first lens having a positive refractive power;

a second lens having a negative refractive power;

a third lens having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; and

a fifth lens having a negative refractive power;

an aperture stop being positioned at the object side of the surface toward the object side of the first lens; and

the conditional formulae below being satisfied:

0.8< TL/f< 1.0  (1)

1.0< f/fl< 3.0  (2)

2.03 mm< f< 5.16 mm  (3)

1.0 mm< fl< 3.0 mm  (4)

wherein f is the focal length of the entire lens system, fl is the focal length of the first lens, and TL is the distance along the optical axis from the surface of the first lens toward the object side to the paraxial focal point position at the image side in the case that the portion corresponding to back focus is an air converted length.

2. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , in which the conditional formula below is further satisfied:

0.003< Da/f< 0.050  (5)

wherein Da is the distance along the optical axis between the first lens and the second lens.

3. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , wherein:

the surface of the second lens toward the image side is a concave surface.

4. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , wherein:

a second negative lens from the object side from among negative lenses within the entire lens system has a concave surface toward the object side.

5. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , wherein:

the lens most toward the image side to be a negative lens has a concave surface toward the image side.

6. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , wherein:

the surface toward the image side of the lens most toward the image side is an aspherical surface having an inflection point, which is concave in the vicinity of the optical axis.

7. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , in which the conditional formula below is further satisfied:

0.9< TL/f< 1.0  (1-1).

8. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , in which the conditional formula below is further satisfied:

1.2< f/fl< 2.5  (2-1).

9. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , in which the conditional formula below is further satisfied:

1.7< f/fl< 2.0  (2-2).

10. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , in which the conditional formula below is further satisfied:

0.004< Da/f< 0.040  (5-1)

wherein Da is the distance along the optical axis between the first lens and the second lens.

11. An imaging lens as defined in claim 1 , in which the conditional formula below is further satisfied:

0.005< Da/f< 0.030  (5-2)

wherein Da is the distance along the optical axis between the first lens and the second lens.

12. An imaging apparatus comprising the imaging lens as defined in claim 1 .

13. An imaging lens consisting of four lenses, including, in order from the object side to the image side:

a first lens having a positive refractive power;

a second lens having a negative refractive power;

a third lens having a positive refractive power; and

a fourth lens having a negative refractive power;

an aperture stop being positioned at the object side of the surface toward the object side of the first lens; and

the conditional formulae below being satisfied:

0.8< TL/f< 1.0  (1)

1.0< f/fl< 3.0  (2)

2.03 mm< f< 5.16 mm  (3)

1.0 mm< fl< 3.0 mm  (4)

wherein f is the focal length of the entire lens system, fl is the focal length of the first lens, and TL is the distance along the optical axis from the surface of the first lens toward the object side to the paraxial focal point position at the image side in the case that the portion corresponding to back focus is an air converted length.

14. An imaging apparatus comprising the imaging lens as defined in claim 13 .

15. An imaging lens consisting of six lenses, including, in order from the object side to the image side:

a first lens having a positive refractive power;

a second lens having a negative refractive power; and

four lenses;

an aperture stop being positioned at the object side of the surface toward the object side of the first lens; and

the conditional formulae below being satisfied:

0.8< TL/f< 1.0  (1)

1.0< f/fl< 3.0  (2)

2.03 mm< f< 5.16 mm  (3)

1.0 mm< fl< 3.0 mm  (4)

0.004< Da/f< 0.040  (5-1)

wherein f is the focal length of the entire lens system, fl is the focal length of the first lens, TL is the distance along the optical axis from the surface of the first lens toward the object side to the paraxial focal point position at the image side in the case that the portion corresponding to back focus is an air converted length, and Da is the distance along the optical axis between the first lens and the second lens.

16. An imaging lens as defined in claim 15 , wherein the four lenses, which are, in order from the object side to the image side:

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.

17. An imaging apparatus comprising the imaging lens as defined in claim 15 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2023
From: TIANJIN OFILM OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: JIANGXI OFILM OPTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064178/0340 →
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 Sep 25, 2015
From: IWASAKI, TATSURO; KISHINE, YASUNOBU
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036652/0078 →