IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,877,251
Granted Patent B2
US 10,877,251 · App. 15/774,769 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Imaging lens

Inventors: Akira Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Yoshitomo Onoda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
G02B13/04G02B9/62G02B13/0045G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 10,877,251
App. No.
15/774,769
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens is provided in which a total angle of view is 150 degrees or more, and which exhibits a high-image quality, is compact, is inexpensive, and keeps a stable quality under a harsh environment in an on-board camera or the like. An imaging lens includes a first lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape in which a convex surface is directed toward an object side; a second lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape in which a convex surface is directed toward the object side; a third lens having a positive refracting power and having bi-convex shape; an aperture stop; a fourth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape; a fifth lens having a negative refracting power and having a bi-concave shape; and a sixth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape, the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the aperture stop, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens being arranged in order from the object side to an image surface side. Thus, the imaging lens includes six groups and six sheets of independent lenses as a whole, has a total angle of view of 150 degrees or more, and fulfills predetermined conditional expressions.

Claims (73)

1. An imaging lens, comprising:

a first lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape in which a convex surface is directed toward an object side;

a second lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape in which a convex surface is directed toward the object side;

a third lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape;

an aperture stop;

a fourth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape;

a fifth lens having a negative refracting power and having a bi-concave shape; and

a sixth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape,

the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the aperture stop, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens being arranged in order from the object side to an image surface side,

the imaging lens being constituted by six groups and six sheets of independent lenses as a whole,

a total angle of view being set to 150 degrees or more,

a following conditional expression (1) being fulfilled:

40< R 5/ f   (1)

where

R5 is a radius of curvature on an optical axis of a surface on the object side of the third lens and

f is a focal length of an entire system.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a following conditional expression (2) is fulfilled:

1.5< f 6/ f< 2.05  (2)

where

f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a following conditional expression (3) is fulfilled:

−0.6< R 4/ f 2<−0.52  (3)

where

R4 is a radius of curvature on an optical axis of a surface on an image side of the second lens and

f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a following conditional expression (4) is fulfilled:

−5.5< f 123/ f 456<−1.35  (4)

where

f123 is a synthetic focal length of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens and

f456 is a synthetic focal length of the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a following conditional expression (5) is fulfilled:

1<( R 3+ R 4)/( R 3− R 4)<1.067  (5)

where

R3 is a radius of curvature on an optical axis of a surface on the object side of the second lens and

R4 is a radius of curvature on an optical axis of a surface on the image side of the second lens.

6. An imaging apparatus, comprising:

an imaging sensor; and

an imaging lens, including:

a first lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape in which a convex surface is directed toward an object side;

a second lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape in which a convex surface is directed toward the object side;

a third lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape;

an aperture stop;

a fourth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape;

a fifth lens having a negative refracting power and having a bi-concave shape; and

a sixth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape,

the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the aperture stop, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and

the sixth lens being arranged in order from the object side to an image surface side,

the imaging lens being constituted by six groups and six sheets of independent lenses as a whole,

a total angle of view being set to 150 degrees or more,

a following conditional expression (1) being fulfilled:

(1)40<R5/f

where

R5 is a radius of curvature on an optical axis of a surface on the object side of the third lens and

f is a focal length of an entire system.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a following conditional expression (2) is fulfilled:

(2)1.5<f6/f<2.05

where

f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a following conditional expression (3) is fulfilled:

(3)−0.6<R4/f2<0.52

where

R4 is a radius of curvature on an optical axis of a surface on an image side of the second lens and

f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

9. The imaging apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a following conditional expression (4) is fulfilled:

(4)−5.5<f123/f456<−1.35

where

f123 is a synthetic focal length of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens and

f456 is a synthetic focal length of the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a following conditional expression (5) is fulfilled:

(5)1<(R3+R4)/(R3−R4)<1.067

where

R3 is a radius of curvature on an optical axis of a surface on the object side of the second lens and

R4 is a radius of curvature on an optical axis of a surface on the image side of the second lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2018
From: NAKAMURA, AKIRA; ONODA, YOSHITOMO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046024/0018 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-227642 · Nov 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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Cited By (1)
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