IP Library Granted Patent US 11,635,587
Granted Patent B2
US 11,635,587 · App. 16/851,984 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Imaging lens including seven lenses of +--+0+, +--+-+-, +---+- or +--++- refractive powers

Inventors: Kenichi Kamada (Tokyo, JP); Masaya Hashimoto (Fukushima, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/64
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Patent No.
US 11,635,587
App. No.
16/851,984
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens, a sixth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Claims (57)

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

a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region,

a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a fifth lens,

a sixth lens with positive refractive power, and having a convex object-side surface, in a paraxial region, and

a seventh lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region, wherein the following conditional expressions (1), (2) and (3) are satisfied:

0.55< vd 2/ vd 3<1.50  (1)

0.30< r 2/ f< 2.70  (2)

1.85<| r 13|/ f   (3)

where

vd2: an abbe number at d-ray of the second lens,

vd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens,

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

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

r13: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the seventh lens.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (5) is satisfied:

f 3/ f<− 3.50  (5)

where

f3: a focal length of the third lens, and

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

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (6) is satisfied:

0.60< r 4/ f< 1.20  (6)

where

r4: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens, and

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

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (7) is satisfied:

1.50<| r 5|/ f< 6.80  (7)

where

r5: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens, and

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

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (8) is satisfied:

0.90<| r 6|/ f< 9.00  (8)

where

r6: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens, and

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

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

a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region,

a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a fifth lens,

a sixth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, and

a seventh lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region, wherein the following conditional expressions (1), (2), (3), and (4) are satisfied:

0.55< vd 2/ vd 3<1.50  (1)

0.30< r 2/ f< 2.70  (2)

1.85<| r 13|/ f   (3)

0.65< T 2/ T 4<3.00  (4)

where

vd2: an abbe number at d-ray of the second lens,

vd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens,

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

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

r13: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the seventh lens,

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

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

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057953/0717 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2021
From: KAMADA, KENICHI; HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057912/0787 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-090476 · May 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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