IP Library Granted Patent US 10,908,390
Granted Patent B2
US 10,908,390 · App. 16/293,077 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Imaging lens

Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B9/62G02B13/0045G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 10,908,390
App. No.
16/293,077
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number, and excellently corrects aberrations. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a second lens having negative refractive power near the optical axis, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, and a sixth lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein an image-side surface of the sixth lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one off-axial pole point, the fifth lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, an object-side surface of the sixth lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Claims (99)

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

a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and,

a second lens having negative refractive power near the optical axis,

a third lens,

a fourth lens,

a fifth lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, and

a sixth lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein an image-side surface of said sixth lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one off-axial pole point, said fifth lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, an object-side surface of said sixth lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and below conditional expressions ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are satisfied:

5.0<( D 3/| f 3|)×100<14.5  (1)

0.02< T 1/ T 2<0.12  (2)

where

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

f3: focal length of the third lens,

T1: distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the first lens to the object-side surface of the second lens,

T2: distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second lens to the object-side surface of the third lens.

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

a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis,

a second lens having negative refractive power near the optical axis,

a third lens,

a fourth lens,

a fifth lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, and

a sixth lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein an image-side surface of said sixth lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one off-axial pole point, an image-side surface of said third lens has a convex surface facing the image side near the optical axis, said fourth lens has negative refractive power near the optical axis, and below conditional expressions (2), (3) and (4) are satisfied:

0.02< T 1/ T 2<0.12  (2)

11.5<( T 2/ f )×100  (3)

−8.7< f 2/ f<− 2.0  (4)

where

T1: distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the first lens to the object-side surface of the second lens,

T2: distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the second lens to the object-side surface of the third lens,

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

f2: focal length of the second lens.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein composite focal length of said fifth lens and said sixth lens is positive near the optical axis.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein an image-side surface of said fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image side near the optical axis.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 2 , wherein an object-side surface of said sixth lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis.

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

0.5< vd 5/ vd 6<1.5  (5)

where

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

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

7. The imaging lens according to claim 2 , wherein a below conditional expression (6) is satisfied:

−3.60<( D 2/ f 2)×100<−0.55  (6)

where

D2: thickness along the optical axis of the second lens,

f2: focal length of the second lens.

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

5.0<( D 3/| f 3|)×100<14.5  (1)

where

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

f3: focal length of the third lens.

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

0.15<( T 4/ f )×100<1.40  (7)

where

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

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

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

−3.20< f 4/ f<− 0.65  (8)

where

f4: focal length of the fourth lens,

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

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

0.6< f 5/ f< 2.2  (9)

where

f5: focal length of the fifth lens,

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

12. The imaging lens according to claim 3 , wherein a below conditional expression (10) is satisfied:

0.45< f 56/ f< 4.25  (10)

where

f56: composite focal length of the fifth lens and the sixth lens,

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

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

−6.0< f 2/ f 5<−1.6  (11)

where

f2: focal length of the second lens,

f5: focal length of the fifth lens.

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

0.25<| r 7|/ f< 0.85  (12)

where

r7: paraxial curvature radius of the object-side surface of the fourth lens,

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

15. The imaging lens according to claim 2 , wherein composite focal length of said fifth lens and said sixth lens is positive near the optical axis.

16. The imaging lens according to claim 2 , wherein an image-side surface of said fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image side near the optical axis.

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

0.5< vd 5/ vd 6<1.5  (5)

where

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

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

18. The imaging lens according to claim 2 , wherein a below conditional expression (7) is satisfied:

0.15<( T 4/ f )×100<1.40  (7)

where

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

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

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

0.45< f 56/ f< 4.25  (10)

where

f56: composite focal length of the fifth lens and the sixth lens,

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

20. The imaging lens according to claim 2 , wherein a below conditional expression (11) is satisfied:

−6.0< f 2/ f 5<−1.6  (11)

where

f2: focal length of the second lens,

f5: focal length of the fifth lens.

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 Dec 28, 2020
From: HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054755/0589 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-038408 · Mar 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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