IP Library Granted Patent US 11,422,337
Granted Patent B2
US 11,422,337 · App. 16/730,641 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Imaging lens

Inventor: Yukio Sekine (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD
G02B9/62G02B13/0045G02B13/04G02B13/06G02B13/18G02B27/0037H04N5/335
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Patent No.
US 11,422,337
App. No.
16/730,641
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with high resolution which effectively achieves low-profileness while maintaining the wide field of view, and favorably corrects aberrations. The imaging lens comprising a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens, wherein the first lens has a concave surface facing the image side, and the aspheric surface on the image side of the sixth lens is formed as a concave surface near the optical axis and has at least one pole point at an off-axial point, and a below conditional expression (1) is satisfied: ω≥45°  (1) where ω: a half field of view.

Claims (82)

1. An imaging lens forming an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor, comprising in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens having negative refractive power,

a second lens,

a third lens,

a fourth lens,

a fifth lens having negative refractive power and is a double-sided aspheric lens, and

a sixth lens having negative refractive power and is a double-sided aspheric lens,

wherein the third lens has a meniscus shape near an optical axis, and

the sixth lens has at least one pole point at an off-axial point on the image-side surface, and below conditional expressions (10b) and (12) are satisfied:

−2.1< f 6/ f<− 1.2.  (10b)

0.2< t 1/ f< 0.6  (12)

where

f6: a focal length of the sixth lens,

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

t1: a distance along the optical axis between the first lens and the second lens.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second lens having positive refractive power, the third lens having negative refractive power, and the fourth lens having positive refractive power.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

ω≥45°  (1)

where

ω: a half field of view.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

0.1<SAG L 1 R/r 2<0.6  (2)

where

SAG L1R: an amount of sag at the peripheral area of the effective diameter of the image-side surface of the first lens,

r2: a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the first lens.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

0.5< r 2/ f< 1.5  (3)

where

r2: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image side near the optical axis.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sixth lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis and a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

f 2− f 4>0  (4)

where

f2: a focal length of the second lens, and

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein conditional expressions below are satisfied:

−2.5< f 1/ f<− 1.0  (5)

0.5< f 2/ f< 1.5  (6)

−6.0< f 3/ f<− 1.5  (7)

0.5< f 4/ f< 1.5  (8)

−6.0< f 5/ f<− 1.5  (9)

where

f1: a focal length of the first lens,

f2: a focal length of the second lens,

f3: a focal length of the third lens,

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens, and

f5: a focal length of the fifth lens.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

1.0< f 456/ f< 2.5  (11)

where

f456: a composite focal length of the fourth lens, the fifth lens and the sixth lens.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression below is satisfied:

0.5< CA 1 /ih< 2.0  (13)

where

CA1: an effective diameter of an object-side surface of the first lens, and

ih: a maximum image height.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein conditional expressions below are satisfied:

0.05<SAG L 1 F/CA 1<0.50  (14)

0.05<SAG L 1 R/CA 2<0.50  (15)

where

SAG L1F: an amount of sag at the peripheral area of the effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens,

SAG L1R: an amount of sag at the peripheral area of the effective diameter of the image-side surface of the first lens,

CA1: an effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens, and

CA2: an effective diameter of the image-side surface of the first 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: SEKINE, YUKIO
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0479 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-215076 · Nov 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15801507 · Nov 2, 2017
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