IP Library Granted Patent US 10,996,442
Granted Patent B2
US 10,996,442 · App. 16/232,054 · Granted May 4, 2021

Lens assembly and fabrication method thereof

Inventors: Sheng-Tang Lai (Hsinchu, TW); Ching-Sheng Chang (Taichung, TW); Hsin-Te Chen (Yilan County, TW); Kuo-Chuan Wang (Miaoli County, TW)
Assignee: Rays Optics Inc.
G02B13/0045G02B9/60G02B9/62
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Patent No.
US 10,996,442
App. No.
16/232,054
Granted
May 4, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens assembly including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, arranged from the magnification side to the reduction side, is provided. The fourth lens and the fifth lens are combined into a cemented lens having an aspherical surface. The lens assembly includes 5 to 6 lenses with a refractive power. The first lens is a glass lens, and the others are aspherical lenses. R1 is the radius of curvature of the lens surface of the first lens facing the magnification side, R2 is the radius of curvature of the lens surface of the first lens facing the reduction side, T is the thickness, on the optical axis of the lens assembly, of the first lens, wherein the refractive index of the first lens>1.55, the Abbe number of the first lens>55, and R1-R2-T<8.8.

Claims (23)

1. A lens assembly, located between a magnification side and a reduction side, comprising:

a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, arranged from the magnification side to the reduction side, wherein the first lens is a glass lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens are combined into a cemented lens having a cemented surface, wherein the cemented surface is an aspherical surface; and

an aperture located between the second lens and the fourth lens, wherein the lens assembly comprises 5 to 6 lenses with a refractive power, and the lens assembly satisfies the following conditions:

the dN/dT of the third lens >−100×10 −6 , the dN/dT of the fourth lens <−120×10 −6 , wherein dN is the difference between refractive indexes of light with a wavelength of 587 nm passing the lens at 40° C. and 20° C., and dT is the difference between 40° C. and 20° C.

2. The lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) F-number (F/#) ≥1.5; (2) 180°<full field of view (FOV)<220°.

3. The lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the lens assembly comprises three lenses whose Abbe numbers are greater than 50.

4. The lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) LT is the length from the lens surface of the first lens facing the magnification side to the lens surface of the fifth lens facing the reduction side on the optical axis of the lens assembly and is less than 14.5 mm; (2) TTL is the length from the lens surface of the first lens facing the magnification side to the imaging plane on the optical axis of the lens assembly, wherein TTL is less than 16.5 mm.

5. The lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) the lenses arranged from the image magnification side to the image reduction side sequentially are: convex-concave lens, aspherical lens, aspherical lens, aspherical lens and aspherical lens; (2) the refractive powers of the lenses arranged from the image magnification side to the image reduction side, sequentially are negative, negative, positive, negative, positive.

6. The lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein BFL is the effective focal length from the lens surface of the fifth lens facing the reduction side to the imaging plane on the optical axis of the lens assembly; TTL is the length from the lens surface of the first lens facing the magnification side to the imaging plane on the optical axis of the lens assembly; f is the effective focal length of the lens assembly; f45 is the effective focal length of the cemented lens; CRA is the angle formed by the chief ray of the lens assembly passing the maximum imaging height of the imaging plane and the normal line of the imaging plane near and parallel to the optical axis; Dist is the optical distortion at the imaging height of the lens assembly measured when FOV=160°; the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) BFL/TTL <0.2; (2) |f/f45|<0.3; (3) CRA <18°; (4) Dist <−67%.

7. The lens assembly according to claim 1 : wherein the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are aspherical lenses; R1 is the radius of curvature of the lens surface of the first lens facing the magnification side, R2 is the radius of curvature of the lens surface of the first lens facing the reduction side, T is the thickness, on the optical axis of the lens assembly, of the first lens, the lens assembly further satisfies the following conditions: the refractive index of the first lens >1.55, the Abbe number of the first lens >55, and R1-R2-T<8.8.

8. The lens assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) F-number (F/#) ≥1.5; (2) 180°<full field of view (FOV)<220°.

9. The lens assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the lens assembly comprises three lenses whose Abbe numbers are greater than 50.

10. The lens assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) the lens assembly comprises at least one aspherical lens between the magnification side and the aperture; (2) the lens assembly comprises the cemented lens between the reduction side and the aperture, and the difference in the radius of curvature between two adjacent surfaces of the cemented lens <0.005 mm; (3) the aperture is located between the second lens and the third lens; (4) the aperture is located between the third lens and the fourth lens; (5) the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens are all formed of plastics.

11. The lens assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) LT is less than 14.5 mm; (2) TTL is less than 16.5 mm.

12. The lens assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) the lenses arranged from the image magnification side to the image reduction side sequentially are: convex-concave lens, aspherical lens, aspherical lens, aspherical lens and aspherical lens; (2) the refractive powers of the lenses arranged from the image magnification side to the image reduction side, sequentially are negative, negative, positive, negative, positive.

13. The lens assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) BFL/TTL <0.2; (2) |f/f45|<0.3; (3) CRA <18°; (4) Dist <−67%.

14. The lens assembly according to claim 7 , further comprising an aperture located between the second lens and the fourth lens.

15. The lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) F-number (F/#) ≥1.5; (2) 180°<full field of view (FOV)<220°.

16. The lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the lens assembly comprises three lenses whose Abbe numbers are greater than 50.

17. The lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) the lens assembly comprises at least one aspherical lens between the magnification side and the aperture; (2) the lens assembly comprises the cemented lens between the reduction side and the aperture, and the difference in the radius of curvature between two adjacent surfaces of the cemented lens <0.005 mm; (3) the aperture is located between the second lens and the third lens; (4) the aperture is located between the third lens and the fourth lens; (5) the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens are all formed of plastics.

18. The lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) LT is less than 14.5 mm; (2) TTL is less than 16.5 mm.

19. The lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) the lenses arranged from the image magnification side to the image reduction side sequentially are: convex-concave lens, aspherical lens, aspherical lens, aspherical lens and aspherical lens; (2) the refractive powers of the lenses arranged from the image magnification side to the image reduction side, sequentially are negative, negative, positive, negative, positive.

20. The lens assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the lens assembly satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) BFL/TTL <0.2; (2) |f/f45|<0.3; (3) CRA <18°; (4) Dist <−67%.

Assignments (3)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: RAYS OPTICS INC.; YOUNG OPTICS INC.
To: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 066275/0325 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 2ND CONVEYING PARTY NAME. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 047850 FRAME: 0832. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2019
From: LAI, SHENG-TANG; CHANG, CHING-SHENG; CHEN, HSIN-TE; WANG, KUO-CHUAN
To: RAYS OPTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 048083/0809 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2018
From: LAI, SHENG-TANG; CHNAG, CHING-SHENG; CHEN, HSIN-TE; WANG, KUO-CHUAN
To: RAYS OPTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 047850/0832 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 10713214.2 · Sep 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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