IP Library Granted Patent US 10,678,021
Granted Patent B2
US 10,678,021 · App. 16/146,612 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yukio Sekine (Sukagawa, JP); Kenichi Kamada (Sukagawa, JP); Koji Nitta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B9/62G02B7/021H04N5/2254
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Patent No.
US 10,678,021
App. No.
16/146,612
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number in well balance. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein said second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, composite refractive power of said second lens, said third lens and said fourth lens is negative, and below conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.85<vd1/(vd2+vd3)<1.95  (1) 0.15<vd5/vd6<0.55  (2) where vd1: abbe number at d-ray of the first lens, vd2: abbe number at d-ray of the second lens, vd3: abbe number at d-ray of the third lens, vd5: abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens, and vd6: abbe number at d-ray of the sixth lens.

Claims (115)

1. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens,

a second lens,

a third lens,

a fourth lens having a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis,

a fifth lens, and

a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein said second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, composite refractive power of said second lens, said third lens and said fourth lens is negative, and below conditional expressions (1), (2) and (10) are satisfied:

0.85<vd1/(vd2+vd3)<1.95  (1)

0.15<vd5/vd6<0.55  (2)

5.4<|f3|/f

where

vd1: abbe number at d-ray of the first lens,

vd2: abbe number at d-ray of the second lens,

vd3: abbe number at d-ray of the third lens,

vd5: abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens, and

vd6: abbe number at d-ray of the sixth lens,

f3: focal length of the third lens, and

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a below conditional expression (5) is satisfied:

1.3< f 34/ f< 5.1  (5)

where

f34: composite focal length of the third lens and the fourth lens, and

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a below conditional expression (6) is satisfied:

0.10< f 1/ f 4<0.55  (6)

where

f1: focal length of the first lens, and

f4: focal length of the fourth lens.

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

0.45<( D 3/| f 3|)×1000<8.00  (7)

where

D3: thickness along the optical axis of the third lens, and

f3: focal length of the third lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a below conditional expression (8) is satisfied:

5<( T 4/TTL)×100<20  (8)

where

T4: distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the object-side surface of the fifth lens, and

TTL: total track length.

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

1.0< T 4/ T 5<6.3  (9)

where

T4: distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the object-side surface of the fifth lens, and

T5: distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the fifth lens to an object-side surface of the sixth lens.

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

1.4<| f 5|/ f< 32.0  (11)

where

f5: focal length of the fifth lens, and

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a below conditional expression (12) is satisfied:

−2.4< f 6/ f<− 0.4  (12)

Where

f6: focal length of the sixth lens, and

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein a below conditional expression (13) is satisfied:

Fno≤ 2.05  (13)

where

Fno: F-number.

10. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens,

a second lens,

a third lens,

a fourth lens having a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis,

a fifth lens, and

a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein said fifth lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and below conditional expressions (3) and (4) are satisfied:

1.5< f 4/ f< 4.0  (3)

0.1< T 3/ T 4<0.5  (4)

where

f4: focal length of the fourth lens,

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens,

T3: distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and

T4: distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the object-side surface of the fifth lens.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein a below conditional expression (5) is satisfied:

1.3< f 34/ f< 5.1  (5)

where

f34: composite focal length of the third lens and the fourth lens, and

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein a below conditional expression (6) is satisfied:

0.10< f 1/ f 4<0.55  (6)

where

f1: focal length of the first lens, and

f4: focal length of the fourth lens.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein a below conditional expression (7) is satisfied:

0.45<( D 3/| f 3|)×1000<8.00  (7)

where

D3: thickness along the optical axis of the third lens, and

f3: focal length of the third lens.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein a below conditional expression (8) is satisfied:

5<( T 4/TTL)×100<20  (8)

where

T4: distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the object-side surface of the fifth lens, and

TTL: total track length.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein a below conditional expression (9) is satisfied:

1.0< T 4/ T 5<6.3  (9)

where

T4: distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the object-side surface of the fifth lens, and

T5: distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the fifth lens to an object-side surface of the sixth lens.

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

5.4<| f 3|/ f   (10)

where

f3: focal length of the third lens, and

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

17. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein a below conditional expression (11) is satisfied:

1.4<| f 5|/ f< 32.0  (11)

where

f5: focal length of the fifth lens, and

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

18. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein a below conditional expression (12) is satisfied:

−2.4< f 6/ f<− 0.4  (12)

Where

f6: focal length of the sixth lens, and

f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

19. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein a below conditional expression (13) is satisfied:

Fno≤ 2.05  (13)

where

Fno: F-number.

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 Jan 2, 2020
From: SEKINE, YUKIO; KAMADA, KENICHI; NITTA, KOJI
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051403/0249 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-189361 · Sep 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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