IP Library Granted Patent US 9,810,884
Granted Patent B2
US 9,810,884 · App. 15/390,241 · Granted Nov 7, 2017

Imaging lens

Inventor: Yukio Sekine (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/62G02B27/0025G02B3/04G02B5/005G02B13/002G02B13/0015G02B13/16G02B13/18
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,810,884
App. No.
15/390,241
Granted
Nov 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compact high-resolution imaging lens which provides a wide field of view of 80 degrees or more and corrects various aberrations properly. Designed for a solid-state image sensor, the imaging lens includes constituent lenses arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first positive (refractive power) lens having a convex object-side surface; a second negative lens having a concave image-side surface; a third positive lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a convex object-side surface; a fourth positive lens having a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image-side surface; and a sixth negative lens having a concave image-side surface. The image-side surface of the sixth lens has an aspheric shape with a pole-change point in a position off an optical axis.

Claims (57)

1. An imaging lens for a solid-state image sensor, comprising in order from an object side to an image side of the imaging lens:

a first lens having positive refractive power and convex surfaces facing the object side and the image side;

a second lens having a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side;

a third lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens having positive refractive power;

a fourth lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens having positive refractive power;

a fifth lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens having negative refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side; and

a sixth lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens, at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the sixth lens having a pole-change point separated from an optical axis of the imaging lens.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens has negative refractive power, and the third lens has a convex surface facing the object side.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a concave surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side,

the fifth lens has a concave surface facing the image side, at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fifth lens having a pole-change point separated from the optical axis, and

the sixth lens has negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein when f is an overall focal length of the imaging lens, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens, a conditional expression (1) below is satisfied:

0.55< f 1/ f< 1.7.  (1)

5. The imaging lens according to claim 2 , wherein when f is an overall focal length of the imaging lens, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens, a conditional expression (2) below is satisfied:

−2.3< f 2/ f<− 0.8.  (2)

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein when νd1 is an Abbe number of the first lens at d-ray, and νd2 is an Abbe number of the second lens at d-ray, conditional expressions (3) and (4) below are satisfied:

45<ν d 1<80  (3)

20<ν d 2<40.  (4)

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein when νd3 is an Abbe number of the third lens at d-ray, νd4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens at d-ray, νd5 is an Abbe number of the fifth lens at d-ray, and νd6 is an Abbe number of the sixth lens at d-ray, conditional expressions (5) to (8) below are satisfied:

50<ν d 3<75  (5)

50<ν d 4<75  (6)

20<ν d 5<40  (7)

50<ν d 6<75.  (8)

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein when TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an image plane of the imaging lens to an object-side surface of an optical element located nearest an imaged object, and Σd is a distance along the optical axis from an

object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the sixth lens, a conditional expression (9) below is satisfied:

0.65<Σ d /TTL<0.90.  (9)

9. The imaging lens according to claim 3 , wherein when TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an image plane of the imaging lens to an object-side surface of an optical element located nearest an imaged object, and f is an overall focal length of the imaging lens, a conditional expression (10) below is satisfied:

TTL/ f< 1.6.  (10)

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein when f is an overall focal length of the imaging lens, and ih is a maximum image height, a conditional expression (11b) below is satisfied:

0.8< ih/f< 1.2.  (11)

11. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein when f is an overall focal length of the imaging lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens, a conditional expression (12) below is satisfied:

1.3< f 3/ f< 7.0.  (12)

12. An imaging lens for a solid-state image sensor, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side of the imaging lens:

a first lens having positive refractive power and convex surfaces facing the object side and the image side;

a second lens having a convex surface facing the object side and concave surface facing the image side;

a third lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens;

a fourth lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface facing object side;

a fifth lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface facing the image side; and

a sixth lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens, at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the sixth lens having a pole-change point separated from an optical axis of the imaging lens,

wherein a composite refractive power of the fifth and sixth lenses is negative.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein the second lens has negative refractive power, and the third lens has positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein

the fourth lens has positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the image side,

the fifth lens has a convex surface facing the object side, at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fifth lens having a pole-change point separated from the optical axis,

the sixth lens has negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein when f is an overall focal length of the imaging lens, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens, a conditional expression (1) below is satisfied:

0.55< f 1/ f< 1.7.  (1)

16. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein when f is an overall focal length of the imaging lens, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens, a conditional expression (2) below is satisfied:

−2.3< f 2/ f<− 0.8.  (2)

17. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein when νd1 is an Abbe number of the first lens at d-ray, and νd2 is an Abbe number of the second lens at d-ray, conditional expressions (3) and (4) below are satisfied:

45<ν d 1<80  (3)

20<ν d 2<40.  (4)

18. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein when νd3 is an Abbe number of the third lens at d-ray, νd4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens at d-ray, νd5 is an Abbe number of the fifth lens at d-ray, and νd6 is an Abbe number of the sixth lens at d-ray, conditional expressions (5) to (8) below are satisfied:

50<ν d 3<75  (5)

50<ν d 4<75  (6)

20<ν d 5<40  (7)

50<ν d 6<75  (8).

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 Aug 2, 2021
From: SEKINE, YUKIO
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0591 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-116152 · May 31, 2013 · national
JP 2014-035806 · Feb 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15198606 · Jun 30, 2016
Continuation 15048431 · Feb 19, 2016
Continuation 14287288 · May 27, 2014
Related Publication 20170108668A1 · Apr 20, 2017