IP Library Granted Patent US 11,835,698
Granted Patent B2
US 11,835,698 · App. 17/306,983 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same

Inventor: Kohei Kimura (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B15/144515G02B15/1465G02B15/144507G02B15/177G02B15/20
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Patent No.
US 11,835,698
App. No.
17/306,983
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and three or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units varies during zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (52)

1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and three or more lens units,

wherein a distance between adjacent lens units varies during zooming, and

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

4.8< m 1· f 1/ skw 2 <15.0

2.45<β2 t/β 2 w< 50.00

where m1 is a moving amount of the first lens unit during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, skw is a backfocus at the wide-angle end, β2t is a lateral magnification of the second lens unit at the telephoto end, and β2w is a lateral magnification of the second lens unit at the wide-angle end.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05< TD 1/ ft< 0.50

where TD1 is a distance on an optical axis from a lens surface closest to an object to a lens surface closest to an image plane in the first lens unit, and ft is a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−4.0< f 1/ fw<− 1.0

where fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.8< f 2/ fw< 4.0

where f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.3<| fr|/fw< 20.0

where fr is a focal length of a lens unit closest to an image plane, fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< POw/fw< 3.0

where POw is a distance from an image plane to an exit pupil position at the wide-angle end, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

7. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens includes a negative lens closest to an object, and

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−3.0<( R 2+ R 1)/( R 2− R 1)<−0.3

where R1 is a radius of curvature of the negative lens on the object side, and R2 is a radius of curvature of the negative lens on the image side.

8. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.2< m 2/ fw< 1.4

where m2 is a moving amount of the second lens unit during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

9. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−3.0< fg 1/ fw<− 0.5

where fg1 is a focal length of a lens closest to an object in the zoom lens, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

10. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

3.5 <TTDw/skw< 22.0

where TTDw is an overall length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

11. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit consists of a lens having a negative refractive power and a lens having a positive refractive power arranged in this order from the object side to the image side.

12. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising a third lens unit moves during focusing.

13. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the three or more lens units include a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power.

14. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the three or more lens units include a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power.

15. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the three or more lens units include a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens unit having a negative refractive power.

16. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the three or more lens units include a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens unit having a positive refractive power.

17. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein a lens unit closest to an object has a negative refractive power.

18. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit monotonically moves to the image side during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end.

19. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the lens units disposed on the image side of the first lens unit move in the same trajectory during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end.

20. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a zoom lens;

An image sensor configured to receive an formed by the zoom lens,

wherein the zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and three or more lens units,

wherein a distance between adjacent lens units varies during zooming, and

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

4.8< m 1· f 1/ skw 2 <15.0

2.45<β2 t/β 2 w< 50.00

where m1 is a moving amount of the first lens unit during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, skw is a backfocus at the wide-angle end, β2t is a lateral magnification of the second lens unit at the telephoto end, and β2w is a lateral magnification of the second lens unit at the wide-angle end.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2021
From: KIMURA, KOHEI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 056400/0238 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-085406 · May 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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