IP Library Granted Patent US 10,564,394
Granted Patent B2
US 10,564,394 · App. 15/801,507 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Imaging lens

Inventor: Yukio Sekine (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B9/62G02B13/0045G02B13/04G02B13/06G02B27/0037H04N5/335
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Patent No.
US 10,564,394
App. No.
15/801,507
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with high resolution which effectively achieves low-profileness while maintaining the wide field of view, and favorably corrects aberrations. The imaging lens comprising a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens, wherein the first lens has a concave surface facing the image side, and the aspheric surface on the image side of the sixth lens is formed as a concave surface near the optical axis and has at least one pole point at an off-axial point, and a below conditional expression (1) is satisfied: ω≥45°  (1) where ω: a half field of view.

Claims (91)

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

a first lens having negative refractive power,

a second lens having positive refractive power and a biconvex shape,

a third lens,

a fourth lens having positive refractive power,

a fifth lens having negative refractive power and is a double-sided aspheric lens, and

a sixth lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens,

wherein the first lens has a concave surface facing the image side near an optical axis, and the sixth lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and at least one pole point at an off-axial point on an image-side surface, and

below conditional expressions (1), (5), and (9) are satisfied:

ω≥45°  (1)

−2.5< f 1/ f<− 1.0  (5)

−6.0< f 5/ f<− 1.5  (9)

where

ω: a half field of view,

f1: a focal length of the first lens,

f5: a focal length of the fifth lens, and

f: a focal length of the overall optical system.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

0.1<SAG L1R/ r 2<0.6  (2)

where

SAG L 1 R: an amount of sag at the peripheral area of the effective diameter of an image-side surface of the first lens, and

r 2 : a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the first lens.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

0.5< r 2/ f< 1.5  (3)

where

r 2 : the curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens has negative refractive power and a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image side near the optical axis.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens has negative refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

f 2 −f 4>0  (4)

where

f2: a focal length of the second lens, and

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein conditional expressions below are satisfied:

0.5< f 2/ f< 1.5  (6)

−6.0< f 3/ f<− 1.5  (7)

0.5< f 4/ f< 1.5  (8)

−2.5< f 6/ f<− 1.0  (10)

where

f2: a focal length of the second lens,

f3: a focal length of the third lens,

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens, and

f6: a focal length of the sixth lens.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

1.0< f 456/ f< 2.5  (11)

where

f456: a composite focal length of the fourth lens, the fifth lens and the sixth lens.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

0.2< t 1/ f< 0.6  (12)

where

t 1 : a distance along the optical axis between the first lens and the second lens.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

0.5<CA1/ ih< 2.0  (13)

where

CA 1 : an effective diameter of an object-side surface of the first lens,

Ih: a maximum image height.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein conditional expressions below are satisfied:

0.05<SAG L1F/CA1<0.50  (14)

0.05<SAG L1R/CA2<0.50  (15)

where

SAG L 1 F: an amount of sag at the peripheral area of the effective diameter of an object-side surface of the first lens,

SAG L 1 R: an amount of sag at the peripheral area of the effective diameter of an image-side surface of the first lens,

CA 1 : an effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens,

CA 2 : an effective diameter of the image-side surface of the first lens.

13. An imaging lens forming an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor, comprising in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens having negative refractive power;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having a concave surface facing the image side near an optical axis;

a fourth lens having positive refractive power and a meniscus shape;

a fifth lens having negative refractive power and is a double-sided aspheric lens; and

a sixth lens that is a double-sided aspheric lens,

wherein the first lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, and the sixth lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and at least one pole point at an off-axial point on an image-side surface, and below conditional expressions (1) and (5) are satisfied:

ω≥45°  (1)

−2.5 <f 1 /f <−1.0  (5)

where

ω: a half field of view

f1: a focal length of the first lens, and

f: a focal length of the overall optical system.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein conditional expressions below are satisfied:

0.5< f 2/ f <1.5  (6)

−6.0< f 3 /f <−1.5  (7)

0.5< f 4/ f< 1.5  (8)

−6.0 <f 5 /f −1.5  (9)

−2.5< f 6/ f< −1.0  (10)

where

f2: a focal length of the second lens,

f3: a focal length of the third lens,

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens,

f5: a focal length of the fifth lens, and

f6: a focal length of the sixth lens.

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 Dec 30, 2019
From: SEKINE, YUKIO
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051446/0348 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-215076 · Nov 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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