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US 12,242,030 · App. 17/699,184 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Optical imaging lens

Inventors: Matthew Bone (Fujian, CN); Huabin Liao (Fujian, CN); Chuanbo Dong (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
G02B13/004G02B9/34
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Patent No.
US 12,242,030
App. No.
17/699,184
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging lens sequentially includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. Each of the first lens element to the fourth lens element includes an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through, and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The first lens element has negative refracting power, and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex. At least one of an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the second lens element and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is plane. The third lens element has negative refracting power or the fourth lens element has positive refracting power.

Claims (33)

1. An optical imaging lens, sequentially comprising a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, wherein each of the first lens element to the fourth lens element comprises an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through, and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through;

the first lens element has negative refracting power, and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex;

at least one of an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the second lens element and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is plane;

the third lens element has negative refracting power or the fourth lens element has positive refracting power;

lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements, and the optical imaging lens satisfies HFOV/(Tmax+Tmax2)≥39.000 degrees/mm and T2/T3 ≤ 2,000, where HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, Tmax is a maximum value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis, Tmax2 is a second largest value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis, T2 is a thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis, and T3 is a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis.

2. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies (ALT−AAG)/Tmax≥1.500, where ALT is a sum of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and AAG is a sum of three air gaps from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

3. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies Tmax/AAG≥1.400, where AAG is a sum of three air gaps from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

4. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies EFL/(G23+T3)≥1.900, where EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, and G23 is an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element on the optical axis.

5. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies ALT/(G23+T3+G34)≥3.800, where ALT is a sum of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis, G23 is an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element on the optical axis, and G34 is an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

6. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies ALT/AAG≥4.300, where ALT is a sum of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and AAG is a sum of three air gaps from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

7. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies (T3+G34+T4)/T1≥3.000, where G34 is an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

8. An optical imaging lens, sequentially comprising a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, wherein each of the first lens element to the fourth lens element comprises an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through, and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through;

the first lens element has negative refracting power, and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex;

at least one of an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the second lens element and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is plane;

at least one of an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the third lens element and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the third lens element is concave;

lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements, and the optical imaging lens satisfies HFOV/(Tmax+Tmax2)≥39.000 degrees/mm, where HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, Tmax is a maximum value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and Tmax2 is a second largest value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

9. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies T4/(G23+T3)≥1.500, where T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis, G23 is an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element on the optical axis, and T3 is a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis.

10. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies (T2+G23)/T1≤2.300, where T2 is a thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis, G23 is an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element on the optical axis, and T1 is a thickness of the first lens element on the optical axis.

11. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies BFL/T4≤2.100, where BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the fourth lens element to an image plane on the optical axis, and T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

12. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies (G12+T2)/(G23+T3)≥1.500, where G12 is an air gap between the first lens element and the second lens element on the optical axis, T2 is a thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis, G23 is an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element on the optical axis, and T3 is a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis.

13. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies (V3+V4)/V2≤2.200, where V2 is an Abbe number of the second lens element, V3 is an Abbe number of the third lens element, and V4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens element.

14. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies T2/T3≤2.000, where T2 is a thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis, and T3 is a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis.

15. An optical imaging lens, sequentially comprising a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, wherein each of the first lens element to the fourth lens element comprises an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through, and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through;

an aperture is disposed between the first lens element and the fourth lens element;

an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex;

at least one of an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the second lens element and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is plane;

the third lens element has negative refracting power or the fourth lens element has positive refracting power;

lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements, and the optical imaging lens satisfies HFOV/(EFL+ALT)≥10.000 degrees/mm and T2/T3 ≤ 2,000, where HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, ALT is a sum of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis, T2 is a thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis, and T3 is a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis.

16. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies (T4+BFL)/T3≥4.500, where T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the fourth lens element to an image plane on the optical axis.

17. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies TL/(T2+T4)≤2.500, where TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

18. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies T4/(G12+G23)≥1.700, T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis, G12 is an air gap between the first lens element and the second lens element on the optical axis, and G23 is an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element on the optical axis.

19. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies T2/T1≥1.000, where T1 is a thickness of the first lens element on the optical axis.

20. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies (T2+T4)/AAG≥2.600, where T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and AAG is a sum of three air gaps from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2022
From: BONE, MATTHEW; LIAO, HUABIN; DONG, CHUANBO
To: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059330/0474 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210180415.6 · Feb 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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