IP Library Granted Patent US 10,838,201
Granted Patent B2
US 10,838,201 · App. 16/158,413 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Optical system and image pickup apparatus

Inventor: Masato Katayose (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B27/0062G02B15/177G02B15/20
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Patent No.
US 10,838,201
App. No.
16/158,413
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical system of this invention includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power that is moved to an object side for focusing from infinity to a close distance. The first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to an image side, a first lens sub-unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens sub-unit including a positive lens. A positive lens made of a material having an extraordinary dispersion characteristic ΔθgF which is largest among the positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit is represented by positive lens Lp. An extraordinary dispersion characteristic of the material of the positive lens Lp, a focal length of the positive lens Lp, a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the first lens sub-unit, and a focal length f1b of the second lens sub-unit are each appropriately set.

Claims (65)

1. An optical system comprising a first lens unit having a positive refractive power that is configured to move to an object side for focusing from infinity to a close distance, wherein:

the first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to an image side, a first lens sub-unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens sub-unit comprising one or more positive lenses; and

the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.0<Δθ gFLp,

0.4< fLp/f 1<1.2,

0.15< f 1 b/f 1 a< 0.60,

0.0 1< bf/f 1 b< 0.60, and

0.01<bf/f1b<0.40

where ΔθgFLp is an extraordinary dispersion characteristic of the material of a positive lens Lp, the positive lens LP being included in the one or more positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit, the positive lens LP being made of a material having a largest extraordinary dispersion characteristic among extraordinary dispersion characteristics of materials of the one or more positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit, fLp is a focal length of the positive lens Lp, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, f1 a is a focal length of the first lens sub-unit, f1b is a focal length of the second lens sub-unit, and bf is a back focus when focusing at infinity.

2. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein, the following conditional expression is satisfied:

50.0<ν dLp

where νdLp is an Abbe number at a d-line of the material of the positive lens Lp.

3. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second lens sub-unit comprises one or more positive lenses on the image side of the positive lens Lp, and the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.2< fLpr/fLp< 1.1

where fLpr is a focal length of a positive lens Lpr having a strongest refractive power among the one or more positive lenses on the image side of the positive lens Lp.

4. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second lens sub-unit comprises a cemented lens Lpc formed by cementing together the positive lens Lp and a negative lens, and a cemented lens Lc 2 formed by cementing together a plurality of lenses that is disposed on the image side of the cemented lens Lpc, and, the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−0.80< fLpc/fLc 2<−0.15

where fLpc is a focal length of the cemented lens Lpc and fLc2 is a focal length of the cemented lens Lc 2 .

5. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.60< Ndr ave<1.83

where Ndrave is an average value of refractive indexes at a d-line of the materials of the one or more positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit.

6. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second lens sub-unit comprises one or more positive lenses on the image side of the positive lens Lp, and the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0 <θgFpa −(−1.720×10 −7 ×νdpa 3 +5.572×10 −5 ×νdpa 2 −5.755×10 −3 ×νdpa+ 0.7245)

where νdpa and θgFpa are respectively an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of a material of a positive lens Lpa that is one positive lens among the one or more positive lenses on the image side of the positive lens Lp.

7. The optical system according to claim 6 , wherein:

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.20< fLpa/f 1<1.00

where fLpa is a focal length of the positive lens Lpa.

8. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second lens sub-unit comprises one or more negative lenses, and the following conditional expression is satisfied:

θ gFna −(−4.516×10 −5 ×νdna 2 +1.291×10 −3 ×νdna+ 0.965)<0.0

where νdna and θgFna are respectively an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of a material of one negative lens Lna among the one or more negative lenses.

9. The optical system according to claim 1 , comprising:

a second lens unit having a positive refractive power that is disposed adjacent to an image side of the first lens unit,

wherein the second lens unit is immobile for focusing.

10. The optical system according to claim 1 , comprising:

a second lens unit having a positive refractive power that is disposed adjacent to an image side of the first lens unit,

wherein the second lens unit is moved to the image side for focusing from infinity to a close distance.

11. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

the optical system according to claim 1 , and

an image pickup element that receives light of an image that is formed by the optical system.

12. An optical system consisting of a first lens unit having a positive refractive power that is configured to move to an object side for focusing from infinity to a close distance, wherein:

the first lens unit consists of a first lens sub-unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens sub-unit comprising one or more positive lenses, which are arranged in that order from the object side to an image side; and

the following conditions are satisfied:

0.0<θ gFLp,

0.4< fLp/f 1<1.2, and

0.15< f 1 b/f 1 a< 0.60

where ΔθgFLp is an extraordinary dispersion characteristic of the material of a positive lens Lp, the positive lens LP being included in the one or more positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit, the positive lens LP being made of a material having a largest extraordinary dispersion characteristic among extraordinary dispersion characteristics of materials of the one or more positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit, fLp is a focal length of the positive lens Lp, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, f1a is a focal length of the first lens sub-unit, and f1b is a focal length of the second lens sub-unit.

13. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

the optical system according to claim 12 , and

an image pickup element that receives light of an image that is formed by the optical system.

14. An optical system consisting of a first lens unit having a positive refractive power that is configured to move to an object side for focusing from infinity to a close distance, and a second lens unit that is moved for focusing from infinity to a close distance, wherein:

the first lens unit consists of a first lens sub-unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens sub-unit comprising one or more positive lenses, which are arranged in that order from the object side to an image side; and:

the following conditions are satisfied:

0.0<Δθ gFLp,

0.4< fLp/f 1<1.2, and

0.15< f 1 b/f 1 a< 0.60

where a positive lens ΔθgFLp is an extraordinary dispersion characteristic of the material of the positive lens Lp, the positive lens LP being included in the one or more positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit, the positive lens LP being made of a material having a largest extraordinary dispersion characteristic among extraordinary dispersion characteristics of materials of the one or more positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit, fLp is a focal length of the positive lens Lp, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, f1a is a focal length of the first lens sub-unit, and f1b is a focal length of the second lens sub-unit.

15. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

the optical system according to claim 14 , and

an image pickup element that receives light of an image that is formed by the optical system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2019
From: KATAYOSE, MASATO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048042/0455 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-200166 · Oct 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190113721A1 · Apr 18, 2019
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