IP Library Granted Patent US 10,254,509
Granted Patent B2
US 10,254,509 · App. 14/930,851 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Image pickup lens

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Patent No.
US 10,254,509
App. No.
14/930,851
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup lens includes in order from an object side, a front lens unit having a positive refractive power, one focusing lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear lens unit having a negative refractive power, wherein at the time of focusing, the focusing lens moves on an optical axis, and a single lens having a positive refractive power is disposed nearest to an object in the rear lens unit.

Claims (36)

1. An image pickup lens comprising in order from an object side:

a front lens unit having a positive refractive power;

a single focusing lens having a positive refractive power; and

a rear lens unit having a negative refractive power, wherein

at the time of focusing, only the single focusing lens moves on an optical axis, and

a single lens having a positive refractive power is disposed nearest to an object in the rear lens unit,

wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional expression (2)

1.0< f r1 /f fo ≤4.46  (2)

where,

f r1 denotes a focal length of the single lens having a positive refractive power which is disposed nearest to an object in the rear lens unit, and

f fo denotes a focal length of the single focusing lens.

2. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1)

1.0< f f /f fo   (1)

where,

f f denotes a focal length of the front lens unit, and

f fo denotes a focal length of the single focusing lens.

3. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional expression (3)

0.5<(1− mg Fo 2 )×( mg R ) 2   (3)

where,

mg Fo denotes a lateral magnification of the single focusing lens, and

mg R denotes a lateral magnification of the rear lens unit.

4. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional expression (4)

v dFo ≥40.0  (4)

where,

v dFo denotes Abbe's number for the single focusing lens.

5. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional expression (5)

( r Rfof +r Rfor )/( r Rfof −r Rfor )<0.0  (5)

where,

r Rfof denotes a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the single focusing lens, and

r Rfor denotes a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the single focusing lens.

6. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional expression (6)

0.0< F no/( f× 21.633/ Y )<0.08  (6)

where,

f denotes a focal length of the overall lens system,

Fno denotes an F-number of the overall lens system, and

Y denotes a maximum image height on image forming surface of the lens.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058329/0766 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 24, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045552/0191 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2015
From: NISHIO, AKINORI; NAKAGAWA, KOJI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036945/0040 →