IP Library Granted Patent US 10,746,971
Granted Patent B2
US 10,746,971 · App. 16/448,961 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Imaging lens

Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/64
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Patent No.
US 10,746,971
App. No.
16/448,961
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compact imaging lens which addresses low-profile and low F value, and corrects aberrations. An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface on an object side near an optical axis, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and a eighth lens having a concave surface on an image side near the optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, wherein the second to seventh lenses each have at least one aspheric surface, and the eighth lens has pole points off an optical axis on the aspheric image-side surface.

Claims (109)

1. An imaging lens forming an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor, in which the lenses are arranged in order from an object side to an image side, comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power,

a second lens having negative refractive power,

a third lens having the positive refractive power and a meniscus shape near an optical axis,

a fourth lens having the negative refractive power,

a fifth lens having the positive refractive power,

a sixth lens,

a seventh lens having the negative refractive power, and

an eighth lens having the negative refractive power and being a double-sided aspheric lens,

wherein the eighth lens has at least one pole point off the optical axis on an aspheric image-side surface, and a conditional expression (5) below is satisfied:

0.4<| f/f 7|+| f/f 8|<2.2  (5)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system,

f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and

f8: a focal length of the eighth lens.

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

0.5<Σ d/f< 2.1  (1)

where

f: the focal length of the overall optical system, and

Σd: a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image-side surface of the eighth lens.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens to the eighth lens are arranged with air gaps without cementing lens surfaces of lenses adjacent to each other.

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

0.1< Ph 82/ ih< 0.9  (2)

where

Ph82: a height perpendicular to the optical axis of the pole point formed on the image-side surface of the eighth lens; and

Ih: a maximum image height.

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

0.3<| r 13/ r 14|<4.9  (3)

where

r13: a curvature radius near the optical axis of the object-side surface of the seventh lens, and

r14: a curvature radius near the optical axis of the image-side surface of the seventh lens.

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

0.2< r 16/ f< 0.8  (4)

where

f: the focal length of the overall optical system, and

r16: a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the eighth lens.

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

15<ν d 8−ν d 7<52  (6)

where

νd7: an Abbe number of the seventh lens at d-ray, and

νd8: an Abbe number of the eighth lens at d-ray.

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

−1.9< f/f 8<−0.07  (8)

where

f: the focal length of the overall optical system, and

f8: the focal length of the eighth lens.

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

0.6< TTL/ 2 ih< 1.3  (9)

where

TTL: a total track length, and

Ih: the maximum image height.

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

0.5< ih/f< 0.9  (10)

where

f: the focal length of the overall optical system, and

ih: the maximum image height.

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

Fno≤ 1.8  (11)

where

Fno: F-number.

12. An imaging lens forming an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor, in which the lenses are arranged in order from an object side to an image side, comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power,

a second lens having negative refractive power,

a third lens having the positive refractive power and a meniscus shape near an optical axis,

a fourth lens having the negative refractive power,

a fifth lens having the positive refractive power,

a sixth lens,

a seventh lens having the negative refractive power, and

an eighth lens having the negative refractive power and being a double-sided aspheric lens,

wherein the eighth lens has at least one pole point off the optical axis on an aspheric image-side surface, and a conditional expression (11) below is satisfied:

Fno≤ 1.8  (11)

where

Fno: F-number.

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

0.5<Σ d/f< 2.1  (1)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system, and

Σd: a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image-side surface of the eighth lens.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein the first lens to the eighth lens are arranged with air gaps without cementing lens surfaces of lenses adjacent to each other.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein a conditional expression (2) below is satisfied:

0.1< Ph 82/ ih< 0.9  (2)

Ph82: a height perpendicular to the optical axis of the pole point formed on the image-side surface of the eighth lens; and

Ih: a maximum image height.

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

0.3<| r 13/ r 14|<4.9  (3)

where

r13: a curvature radius near the optical axis of the object-side surface of the seventh lens, and

r14: a curvature radius near the optical axis of the image-side surface of the seventh lens.

17. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein a conditional expression (4) below is satisfied:

0.2< r 16/ f< 0.8  (4)

Where

f: the focal length of the overall optical system, and

r16: a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the eighth lens.

18. The imaging lens according to claim 12 , wherein a conditional expression (5) below is satisfied:

0.4<| f/f 7|+| f/f 8|<2.2  (5)

where

f: the focal length of the overall optical system,

f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and

f8: a focal length of the eighth lens.

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

15<ν d 8−ν d 7<52  (6)

where

νd7: an Abbe number of the seventh lens at d-ray, and

νd8: an Abbe number of the eighth lens at d-ray.

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

−1.9< f/f 8<−0.07  (8)

where

f: the focal length of the overall optical system, and

f8: the focal length of the eighth 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 Aug 1, 2021
From: HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0515 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-248792 · Dec 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
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