IP Library Granted Patent US 10,281,681
Granted Patent B2
US 10,281,681 · App. 15/414,767 · Granted May 7, 2019

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Nagano, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Nagano, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Nagano, JP); Hisao Fukaya (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/62G02B27/0025G02B5/005G02B13/001G02B13/002G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 10,281,681
App. No.
15/414,767
Granted
May 7, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, and a third lens having at least one aspheric surface, arranged with a space in between. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power and at least one aspheric surface, a fifth lens having two aspheric surfaces, and a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces, arranged with a space in between. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface on the object side is negative near an optical axis.

Claims (63)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,

wherein said imaging lens has a total of six lenses,

said first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, and a third lens having at least one aspheric surface, these lenses arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side and with a space in between,

said second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power and at least one aspheric surface, a fifth lens having two aspheric surfaces, and a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces, these lenses arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side and with a space in between,

said fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the object side is negative near an optical axis thereof, and

said second lens has a focal length f2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.3< f 2/ f< 0.9,

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is negative near an optical axis thereof.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are positive near an optical axis thereof.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said sixth lens is formed in the shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is negative near the optical axis thereof.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f1 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

10< f 1/ f< 40.

6. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,

wherein said imaging lens has a total of six lenses,

said first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, and a third lens having at least one aspheric surface, these lenses arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side and with a space in between,

said second lens group includes a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface, a fifth lens having negative refractive power and two aspheric surfaces, and a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces, these lenses arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side and with a space in between,

said fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the object side is negative near an optical axis thereof, and

said second lens has a focal length f2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.3< f 2/ f< 0.9,

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 6 , wherein said second lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is negative near an optical axis thereof.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 6 , wherein said third lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are positive near an optical axis thereof.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 6 , wherein said sixth lens is formed in the shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is negative near the optical axis thereof.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 6 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f1 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

10< f 1/ f< 40.

11. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,

wherein said imaging lens has a total of six lenses,

said first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, and a third lens having at least one aspheric surface, these lenses arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side and with a space in between,

said second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power and at least one aspheric surface, a fifth lens having two aspheric surfaces, and a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces, these lenses arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side and with a space in between,

said fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the object side is negative near an optical axis thereof, and

said third lens is arranged away from the fourth lens by a distance D34 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.1< D 34/ f< 0.4,

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said second lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is negative near an optical axis thereof.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said third lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are positive near an optical axis thereof.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said sixth lens is formed in the shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is negative near the optical axis thereof.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said second lens has a focal length f2 and said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−5< f 3/ f 2<−1.

16. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,

wherein said imaging lens has a total of six lenses,

said first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, and a third lens having at least one aspheric surface, these lenses arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side and with a space in between,

said second lens group includes a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface, a fifth lens having negative refractive power and two aspheric surfaces, and a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces, these lenses arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side and with a space in between,

said fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the object side is negative near an optical axis thereof, and

said first lens group has a focal length F1 and said second lens group has a focal length F2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−12< F 2/ F 1<−1.5.

17. The imaging lens according to claim 16 , wherein said second lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is negative near an optical axis thereof.

18. The imaging lens according to claim 16 , wherein said third lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are positive near an optical axis thereof.

19. The imaging lens according to claim 16 , wherein said sixth lens is formed in the shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is negative near the optical axis thereof.

20. The imaging lens according to claim 16 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f4 and said fifth lens has a focal length f5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−15< f 5/ f 4<−5.

Assignments (4)
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: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057060/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2021
From: KUBOTA, YOJI; KUBOTA, KENICHI; HIRANO, HITOSHI; FUKAYA, HISAO
To: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0188 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-136541 · Jul 2, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15131111 · Apr 18, 2016
Continuation 14568173 · Dec 12, 2014
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