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Granted Patent B2
US 11,940,666 · App. 17/408,749 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Optical imaging system comprising four lenses of ++++ refractive powers

Inventors: Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/34G02B13/004
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Patent No.
US 11,940,666
App. No.
17/408,749
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and an F No. of the optical imaging system is equal to or less than 1.0. The optical imaging system is capable of achieving miniaturization while capturing an image at low illumination.

Claims (43)

1. An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having positive refractive power, sequentially disposed from an object side to an image surface of the optical imaging system,

wherein an F number of the optical imaging system is equal to or less than 1.0, and

wherein 5.0<R5/f<80, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and R5 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein visible light transmission of the first lens is equal to or less than 5%.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens comprises an inflection point on an image-side surface.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens comprises a convex image-side surface.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens comprises a concave image-side surface.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein

5.0<( f 1+ f 2)/ f< 80,

where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, f1 is a focal length of the first lens, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein

1.0< f 3/ f< 2.5,

where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein

1.0< f 4/ f< 6.0,

where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein

0.3< R 1/ f< 2.0,

where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and R1 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein

0.3< R 3/ f< 2.0,

where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and R3 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens.

11. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein

1.580< Nd 1<1.640,

where Nd1 is a refractive index of the first lens.

12. An optical imaging system, comprising:

a total of four lenses sequentially disposed from an object side to an image surface of the optical imaging system, each of the lenses having refractive power,

wherein a lens closest to the object side, among the lenses, has positive refractive power, and an F No. of the optical imaging system is equal to or less than 1.0, and

wherein the lens adjacent to the lens closet to the object side comprises an inflection point on an image-side surface.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein

1.0< TTL/f< 2.0,

where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the lens closest to the object side to the image surface, and f is a focal length of the optical imaging system.

14. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein

0.3< R 1/TTL<5.0,

where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the lens closest to the object side to the image surface, and R1 is a focal length of the lens closest to the object side.

15. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein

0.5< EPD/TTL< 0.7,

where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the lens closest to the object side to the image surface, and EPD is a diameter of an entrance pupil.

16. An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having positive refractive power, sequentially disposed from an object side to an image surface of the optical imaging system,

wherein an F number of the optical imaging system is equal to or less than 1.0, and

wherein 1.580<Nd1<1.640, where Nd1 is a refractive index of the first lens.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0142402 · Nov 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16506063 · Jul 9, 2019
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