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US 12,436,363 · App. 17/699,199 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Optical imaging lens

Inventors: Matthew Bone (Fujian, CN); Qingzhi Zhu (Fujian, CN); Songchao Huang (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
G02B9/34G02B1/00G02B13/004
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Patent No.
US 12,436,363
App. No.
17/699,199
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging lens, sequentially including a first, second, third, and fourth lens elements along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, is provided. Each of the first to fourth lens elements 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. An optical axis region of the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex. The second lens element is a glass lens element. The third lens element has negative refracting power. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex. Lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies following conditional expressions: HFOV/TTL≥15.000 degrees/mm and 0.500≤|RLGmin|/TG.

Claims (31)

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;

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

the second lens element is a glass lens element;

the third lens element has negative refracting power; and

an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex; wherein

lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies the following conditional expressions: HFOV/TTL≥15.000 degrees/mm, 0.500≤|RLGmin|/TG and (V1+V2+V3)/V4≤3.000, where HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane on the optical axis, RLGmin is a radius of curvature of a smaller one of absolute values of radius of curvatures of the object side surface and the image side surface of the glass lens element of the optical imaging lens, TG is a thickness of the glass lens element on the optical axis, V1 is an Abbe number of the first lens element, 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.

2. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: ALT/(T2+G23)≥2.600, 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, T2 is a thickness of 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.

3. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: BFL/(T3+G34)≥2.000, where BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the fourth lens element to the image plane on the optical axis, T3 is a thickness of 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.

4. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: TL/(EFL+AAG)≥1.200, 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, EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, and AAG is a sum of three air gaps from the first lens element to the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

5. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: (G12+T4)/T3≥2.500, where G12 is an air gap between the first lens element and the second lens element on the optical axis, T3 is a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis, and T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

6. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: HFOV/(TL*Fno)≥15.000 degrees/mm, 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 Fno is an F-number of the optical imaging lens.

7. The optical imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: (EFL+T4)/(G12+G23)≥4.900, where EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, 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.

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

the second lens element is a glass lens element; and

a periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave; wherein

lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies the following conditional expressions: HFOV/TTL≥15.000 degrees/mm and 0.500≤|RLGmin|/TG, where HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane on the optical axis, RLGmin is a radius of curvature of a smaller one of absolute values of radius of curvatures of the object side surface and the image side surface of the glass lens element of the optical imaging lens, and TG is a thickness of the glass lens element on the optical axis.

9. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: T4/T1≥2.000, where T1 is a thickness of the first lens element on the optical axis, and T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

10. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: (T2+T3+T4)/EFL≥1.000, where T2 is a thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis, T3 is a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis, T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens.

11. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: BFL/AAG≥2.400, where BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the fourth lens element to the image plane 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.

12. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: T4/G12≤4.500, where T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis, and G12 is an air gap between the first lens element and the second lens element on the optical axis.

13. The optical imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: (V1+V2+V3)/V4≤3.000, where V1 is an Abbe number of the first lens element, 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 a following conditional expression: TTL/(G12+T2+T4)≤2.800, 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, and T4 is a thickness of the fourth 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 optical axis region of the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex, and a periphery region of the image-side surface is concave; and

the second lens element is a glass lens element; wherein

lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies the following conditional expressions: HFOV/TTL≥15.000 degrees/mm, 0.500≤|RLGmin|/TG and (T3+BFL)/T4≤2.300, where HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane on the optical axis, RLGmin is a radius of curvature of a smaller one of absolute values of radius of curvatures of the object side surface and the image side surface of the glass lens element of the optical imaging lens, TG is a thickness of the glass lens element on the optical axis, T3 is a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis, 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 the image plane on the optical axis.

16. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: ImgH/(G12+G23)≥2.400, where ImgH is an image height of the optical imaging lens, 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.

17. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: (T2+T4)/T3≥3.500, where T2 is a thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis.

18. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: G12/(G23+G34)≥1.500, where G12 is an air gap between the first lens element and 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 G34 is an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element on the optical axis.

19. The optical imaging lens according to claim 15 , wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies a following conditional expression: T2/G12≤3.100, where T2 is a thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis, and G12 is an air gap between the first lens element and the second lens element on the optical axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: BONE, MATTHEW; ZHU, QINGZHI; HUANG, SONGCHAO
To: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059331/0093 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210180570.8 · Feb 25, 2022 · national
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