IP Library Granted Patent US 10,809,500
Granted Patent B2
US 10,809,500 · App. 16/452,528 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Nagano, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Tochigi, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Tochigi, JP); Hisao Fukaya (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B5/005G02B9/62G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 10,809,500
App. No.
16/452,528
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens. The third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number. The fifth lens has a specific Abbe's number.

Claims (76)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

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

wherein said first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens,

said second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens,

said imaging lens has a total of six single lenses,

said third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof,

said fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens has a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof, and

said fourth lens has an Abbe's number νd 4 and said fifth lens has an Abbe's number νd 5 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

15<ν d 4<35,

40<ν d 5<75.

2. 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:

0.3< f 1/ f 2<0.9.

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

1.0< f 2/ 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 third lens has a focal length f 3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.2< f 1/ f 3<−0.4.

5. 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:

−15< f 5/ f 4<−5.

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

−3.5< f 6/ f<− 0.5,

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

7. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

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

wherein said first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens,

said second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having negative refractive power,

said imaging lens has a total of six single lenses,

said third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof,

said fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens has a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof, and

said fourth lens has an Abbe's number νd 4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

15<ν d 4<35.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , 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:

0.3< f 1/ f 2<0.9.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said second lens has a focal length f 2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.0< f 2/ f< 2.0,

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

10. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , 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:

−1.2< f 1/ f 3<−0.4.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , 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:

−15< f 5/ f 4<−5.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said sixth lens has a focal length f 6 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−3.5< f 6/ f<− 0.5,

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

13. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group having positive refractive power; and

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

wherein said first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens,

said second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens,

said imaging lens has a total of six single lenses,

said third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof,

said fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens has a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof, and

said fourth lens has an Abbe's number νd 4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

15<ν d 4<35.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , 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:

0.3< f 1/ f 2<0.9.

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

0.8< F 1/ f< 1.2,

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

16. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said second lens has a focal length f 2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.0< f 2/ f< 2.0,

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

17. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , 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:

−1.2< f 1/ f 3<−0.4.

18. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said third lens is arranged away from the fourth lens by a distance D 34 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05< D 34/ f< 0.35,

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

19. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , 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:

−15< f 5/ f 4<−5.

20. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said sixth lens has a focal length f 6 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−3.5< f 6/ f<− 0.5,

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

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: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057060/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2021
From: KUBOTA, YOJI; KUBOTA, KENICHI; HIRANO, HITOSHI; FUKAYA, HISAO
To: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0221 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-136552 · Jul 2, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
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