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Granted Patent B2
US 10,915,997 · App. 15/106,352 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Imaging device and imaging lens

Inventors: Yasuhide Nihei (Kanagawa, JP); Masaki Tamura (Kanagawa, JP); Kenshi Nabeta (Kumamoto, JP); Daigo Katsuragi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06T5/006G02B13/004G02B13/0045G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 10,915,997
App. No.
15/106,352
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device of the disclosure includes an imaging lens; an imaging element that converts an optical image formed on an image forming surface by the imaging lens, into an electric signal; and a computing device that corrects distortion aberration of an image picked up by the imaging element. The imaging lens includes, in order from object side, a front-group lens system having positive refractive power, and a rear-group lens system having negative refractive power, a lens surface on a closest side to the image of the rear-group lens system being concave on an image side near an optical axis and convex on the image side around a periphery, and the following conditional expression is satisfied: 5(%)< OD Max <20(%)  (1) where OD Max is a maximum value of distortion aberration within an imaging region of the imaging lens.

Claims (61)

1. An imaging device, comprising:

an imaging lens that includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens in this order from an object side, wherein

the first lens includes an object side surface that is on a closest side to an object,

the object side indicates a side that corresponds to the object,

the third lens includes a first lens surface on an image side,

the fourth lens includes a second lens surface on the object side and a third lens surface on the image side,

the fifth lens includes a fourth lens surface on the object side,

a distance between the first lens surface and the second lens surface is greater than a distance between the third lens surface and the fourth lens surface, and

a value of a paraxial curvature radius of each of the second lens surface and the third lens surface is positive;

an imaging element configured to:

pickup an optical image from an image forming surface of the imaging lens; and

convert the optical image into an electric signal; and

a computing device configured to correct distortion aberration of the optical image, wherein

the imaging lens further includes, in order from the object side, a front-group lens system having positive refractive power and a rear-group lens system,

the front-group lens system includes the first lens,

the rear-group lens system includes, on a closest side to the image forming surface, the fifth lens,

the fifth lens further includes a fifth lens surface on the image side,

the fifth lens surface is concave near an optical axis and convex around a periphery, and

the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions:

5(%)< OD Max <20(%)  (1)

0.55<Linf/ D 0.582 . . .  (2)

f ra <0  (3)

f rb <0  (4)

where OD Max is a maximum value of the distortion aberration within an imaging region of the imaging lens,

Linf is a distance from the object side surface to the image forming surface when the imaging lens is focused on infinity,

f ra is a synthetic focal length of the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens,

f rb is a synthetic focal length of the fourth lens and the fifth lens,

the distance is on the optical axis, and

D is a diagonal length of the image forming surface.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first lens has the positive refractive power and the second lens has negative refractive power.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the front-group lens system further includes the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens.

4. An imaging lens, comprising: in order from an object side

a front-group lens system having positive refractive power; and

a rear-group lens system, wherein

the object side indicates a side that corresponds to an object,

the imaging lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens in this order from the object side,

the first lens includes an object side surface that is on a closest side to the object,

the third lens includes a first lens surface on an image side,

the fourth lens includes a second lens surface on the object side and a third lens surface on the image side,

the fifth lens includes a fourth lens surface on the object side,

a distance between the first lens surface and the second lens surface is greater than a distance between the third lens surface and the fourth lens surface,

a value of a paraxial curvature radius of each of the second lens surface and the third lens surface is positive,

the front-group lens system includes the first lens,

the rear-group lens system includes, on a closest side to an image forming surface, the fifth lens,

the fifth lens further includes a fifth lens surface on the image side,

the fifth lens surface is concave near an optical axis and convex around a periphery,

the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions:

5(%)< OD Max <20(%)  (1)

0.55<Linf/ D 0.582 . . .  (2)

f ra <0  (3)

f rb <0  (4)

where OD Max is a maximum value of a distortion aberration within an imaging region of the imaging lens,

Linf is a distance from the object side surface to the image forming surface when the imaging lens is focused on infinity,

f ra is a synthetic focal length of the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens,

f rb is a synthetic focal length of the fourth lens and the fifth lens,

the distance is on the optical axis, and

D is a diagonal length of the image forming surface.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 4 , wherein

the first lens has the positive refractive power and the second lens has negative refractive power.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2016
From: NABETA, KENSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039754/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2016
From: NIHEI, YASUHIDE; TAMURA, MASAKI; KATSURAGI, DAIGO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039078/0632 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-268398 · Dec 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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