IP Library Granted Patent US 10,466,448
Granted Patent B2
US 10,466,448 · App. 16/291,021 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Nagano, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Tochigi, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Tochigi, JP); Tomohiro Yonezawa (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/64
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Patent No.
US 10,466,448
App. No.
16/291,021
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side and a surface thereof on the object side are aspheric. The imaging lens has a specific angle of view.

Claims (65)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens;

a third lens;

a fourth lens having positive refractive power;

a fifth lens;

a sixth lens; and

a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,

wherein said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius,

said seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side and a surface thereof on the object side are aspheric; and

said imaging lens has an angle of view 2ω so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

80°≤2ω.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens is disposed away from the fourth lens by a distance D 34 on an optical axis so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05< D 34/ f< 0.2,

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f 1 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< f 1/ f< 2.0,

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f 1 and said second lens has a focal length f 2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−4< f 2/ f 1<−0.5.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f 1 and said third lens has a focal length f 3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< f 3/ f 1<4.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f 4 and said fifth lens has a focal length f 5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−8< f 4/ f 5<−1.5.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f 4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

2< f 4/ f< 15,

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said seventh lens has a focal length f 7 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−8< f 7/ f<− 1,

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens has an Abbe's number νd 2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

20<ν d 2<35.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fifth lens has an Abbe's number νd 5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

20<ν d 5<35.

11. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens;

a third lens;

a fourth lens having positive refractive power;

a fifth lens;

a sixth lens; and

a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,

wherein said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side have positive curvature radii,

said seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side and a surface thereof on the object side are aspheric; and

said fourth lens has a focal length f 4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

2< f 4/ f< 15,

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said third lens is disposed away from the fourth lens by a distance D 34 on an optical axis so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05< D 34/ f< 0.2.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f 1 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< f 1/ f< 2.0.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f 1 and said second lens has a focal length f 2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−4< f 2/ f 1<−0.5.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f 1 and said third lens has a focal length f 3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< f 3/ f 1<4.

16. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said fifth lens has a focal length f 5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−8< f 4/ f 5<−1.5.

17. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said seventh lens has a focal length f 7 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−8< f 7/ f<− 1.

18. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said second lens has an Abbe's number νd 2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

20<ν d 2<35.

19. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said fifth lens has an Abbe's number νd 5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

20<ν d 5<35.

20. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said imaging lens has an angle of view 2ω so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

80°2ω.

Assignments (4)
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 Aug 2, 2021
From: KUBOTA, YOJI; KUBOTA, KENICHI; HIRANO, HITOSHI; YONEZAWA, TOMOHIRO
To: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057047/0484 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2021
From: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057060/0010 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-002821 · Jan 10, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15657303 · Jul 24, 2017
Continuation 14837123 · Aug 27, 2015
Continuation 14451491 · Aug 5, 2014
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