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Granted Patent B2
US 11,971,521 · App. 17/034,643 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Lingbo He (Ningbo, CN); Rui Zhang (Ningbo, CN)
Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICAL CO., LTD
G02B13/004G02B9/34
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Patent No.
US 11,971,521
App. No.
17/034,643
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging system including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens. The first lens has negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is a convex surface, and an image-side surface thereof is a concave surface; the second lens has refractive power; the third lens has refractive power; and the fourth lens has positive refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is a convex surface, and an image-side surface thereof is a concave surface. A wavelength λ of a chief ray of the optical imaging system and a tangent tan θ of a half field-of-view of the optical imaging system satisfy 0.5 μm<λ*tan θ<1.0 μm.

Claims (48)

1. An optical imaging system, comprising, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens,

wherein,

the first lens has negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a concave image-side surface;

the second lens has refractive power;

the third lens has refractive power; and

the fourth lens has positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a concave image-side surface,

wherein 0.5 μm<λ*tan θ<1.0 μm, where λ is a wavelength of a chief ray of the optical imaging system, and tan θ is a tangent of a half field-of-view of the optical imaging system.

2. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein Fno<1.3,

where Fno is a relative F number of the optical imaging system.

3. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.5<CT4/ET4<1.5,

where CT4 is a center thickness of the fourth lens along the optical axis, and ET4 is an edge thickness of the fourth lens.

4. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.7≤CT2/CT3≤1.7,

where CT2 is a center thickness of the second lens along the optical axis, and CT3 is a center thickness of the third lens along the optical axis.

5. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.5<CT1/(T12*2)<2.5,

where CT1 is a center thickness of the first lens along the optical axis, and T12 is a spaced interval between the first lens and the second lens along the optical axis.

6. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens has positive refractive power, and

0.5<f2/f≤2.5, where f2 is an effective focal length of the second lens, and f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging system.

7. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 1.0<R1/R2≤2.0,

where R1 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens, and R2 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the first lens.

8. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0<R7/R8<1.5,

where R7 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the fourth lens, and R8 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the fourth lens.

9. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein −1.5<SAG21/SAG42<0.5,

where SAG21 is an on-axis distance from an intersection of an object-side surface of the second lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective half-aperture of the object-side surface of the second lens, and SAG42 is an on-axis distance from an intersection of the image-side surface of the fourth lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective half-aperture of the image-side surface of the fourth lens.

10. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 1.5<TTL/ImgH<2.5,

where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and ImgH is half of a diagonal length of an effective pixel area on the imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

11. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein a working wavelength band of the optical imaging system is in a range of 900 nm to 1000 nm.

12. An optical imaging system, comprising, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens,

wherein,

the first lens has negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a concave image-side surface;

the second lens has refractive power;

the third lens has refractive power; and

the fourth lens has positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a concave image-side surface,

wherein 1.5<TTL/ImgH<2.5, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and ImgH is half of a diagonal length of an effective pixel area on the imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

13. The optical imaging system according to claim 12 , wherein 0.5<CT4/ET4<1.5,

where CT4 is a center thickness of the fourth lens along the optical axis, and ET4 is an edge thickness of the fourth lens.

14. The optical imaging system according to claim 12 , wherein 0.7≤CT2/CT3≤1.7,

where CT2 is a center thickness of the second lens along the optical axis, and CT3 is a center thickness of the third lens along the optical axis.

15. The optical imaging system according to claim 12 , wherein 0.5<CT1/(T12*2)<2.5,

where CT1 is a center thickness of the first lens along the optical axis, and T12 is a spaced interval between the first lens and the second lens along the optical axis.

16. The optical imaging system according to claim 12 , wherein the second lens has positive refractive power, and

0.5<f2/f≤2.5, where f2 is an effective focal length of the second lens, and f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging system.

17. The optical imaging system according to claim 12 , wherein 1.0<R1/R2≤2.0,

where R1 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens, and R2 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the first lens.

18. The optical imaging system according to claim 12 , wherein −1.5<SAG21/SAG42<0.5,

where SAG21 is an on-axis distance from an intersection of an object-side surface of the second lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective half-aperture of the object-side surface of the second lens, and SAG42 is an on-axis distance from an intersection of the image-side surface of the fourth lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective half-aperture of the image-side surface of the fourth lens.

19. The optical imaging system according to claim 12 , wherein a working wavelength band of the optical imaging system is in the range of 900 nm to 1000 nm.

20. The optical imaging system according to claim 12 , wherein Fno<1.3,

where Fno is a relative F number of the optical imaging system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2020
From: HE, LINGBO; ZHANG, RUI
To: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICAL CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811417030.7 · Nov 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019099416 · Aug 6, 2019
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