IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,983,309
Granted Patent B2
US 10,983,309 · App. 15/911,279 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Optical system

Inventor: Jin Hwa Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B13/0045G02B9/64
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Patent No.
US 10,983,309
App. No.
15/911,279
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an optical system including: a first lens having positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power and having a concave image-side surface, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, whereby an aberration improvement effect may be increased and a high degree of resolution may be realized.

Claims (73)

1. An optical system comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having refractive power;

a fourth lens having refractive power;

a fifth lens having refractive power and having a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region;

a sixth lens having refractive power and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region; and

a seventh lens having negative refractive power and having a concave image-side surface,

wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side.

2. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens has a meniscus shape of which the object-side surface is convex.

3. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein both surfaces of the second lens are convex.

4. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has negative refractive power.

5. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein both surfaces of the third lens are concave.

6. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has positive or negative refractive power.

7. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.

8. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein both surfaces of the fourth lens are convex.

9. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has positive or negative refractive power.

10. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex.

11. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens has positive refractive power.

12. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens has a meniscus shape.

13. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein both surfaces of the seventh lens are concave.

14. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the seventh lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.

15. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein at least one surface of the seventh lens is aspherical.

16. The optical system of claim 1 , further comprising an image sensor converting an image of a subject incident thereon through the first to seventh lenses into an electrical signal,

wherein Conditional Expression 1 is satisfied:

IMH/EPD< 2.0  [Conditional Expression 1]

where IMH is a diagonal length of the image sensor, and EPD is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical system.

17. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 2 is satisfied:

BFL/TTL< 0.25  [Conditional Expression 2]

where BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the seventh lens to an imaging surface, and TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface.

18. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 3 is satisfied:

TTL/F< 1.2  [Conditional Expression 3]

where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging surface, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

19. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 4 is satisfied:

| Nd 4− Nd 6|<0.1  [Conditional Expression 4]

where Nd4 is a refractive index of the fourth lens, and Nd6 is a refractive index of the sixth lens.

20. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 5 is satisfied:

( r 3− r 4)/( r 3+ r 4)<−1.0  [Conditional Expression 5]

where r3 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens, and r4 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens.

21. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 7 is satisfied:

r 14/ F> 0.3  [Conditional Expression 7]

where r14 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the seventh lens, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

22. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 8 is satisfied:

F 12/ F> 0.5  [Conditional Expression 8]

where F12 is a composite focal length of the first and second lenses, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

23. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein both surfaces of the fourth lens are aspherical.

24. An optical system comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having refractive power;

a fourth lens having refractive power;

a fifth lens having refractive power and having a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region;

a sixth lens having refractive power; and

a seventh lens having negative refractive power and having a concave image-side surface,

wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, and Conditional Expression 6 is satisfied:

|( r 7− r 8)/( r 7+ r 8)|<1.4  [Conditional Expression 6]

where r7 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and r8 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fourth lens.

25. An optical system comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having negative refractive power;

a fourth lens having positive or negative refractive power;

a fifth lens having positive or negative refractive power and having a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region;

a sixth lens having positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region; and

a seventh lens having negative refractive power,

wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side.

26. The optical system of claim 25 , wherein the first lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.

27. The optical system of claim 25 , wherein both surfaces of the second lens are convex.

28. The optical system of claim 25 , wherein both surfaces of the third lens are concave.

29. The optical system of claim 25 , wherein the fifth lens has a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex.

30. The optical system of claim 25 , wherein the sixth lens has a meniscus shape.

31. The optical system of claim 25 , wherein both surfaces of the seventh lens are concave.

32. The optical system of claim 25 , wherein the seventh lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0092584 · Jul 22, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14643942 · Mar 10, 2015
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