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Granted Patent B2
US 11,805,233 · App. 17/842,831 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

Lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus

Inventor: Maki Yokoya (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N13/218G02B9/10G02B17/08G02B5/005G03B35/10H04N2213/001
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Patent No.
US 11,805,233
App. No.
17/842,831
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens apparatus includes two optical systems each of which includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a negative first lens unit, a first reflective member, an aperture diaphragm, a second reflective member, and a positive second lens unit. Each optical system satisfies following inequalities: 5.9< DR/f <13.6 0.7< D 2/ f 2<5.2 10.4< DP/f <19.8 DR represents a distance on an optical axis from a reflective surface of the first reflective member to a reflective surface of the second reflective member. f represents a focal length of the optical system. f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit. D2 represents a distance on the optical axis from the reflective surface of the second reflective member to an image plane. DP represents a distance on the optical axis from the aperture diaphragm to the image plane.

Claims (46)

1. A lens apparatus comprising two optical systems,

wherein each of the two optical systems includes, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having a negative refractive power;

a first reflective member;

an aperture diaphragm;

a second reflective member; and

a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and

wherein each of the two optical systems satisfies following inequalities:

5.9< DR/f< 13.6;

0.7< D 2/ f 2<5.2;

10.4< DP/f< 19.8;

where DR represents a distance on an optical axis from a reflective surface of the first reflective member to a reflective surface of the second reflective member, f represents a focal length of the optical system, f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, D2 represents a distance on the optical axis from the reflective surface of the second reflective member to an image plane, and DP represents a distance on the optical axis from the aperture diaphragm to the image plane.

2. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a following inequality is satisfied:

0.03 <D out/ D in <0.50;

where Din represents a distance between surface vertexes of respective most object side lenses in the two optical systems, and Dout represents a distance between surface vertexes of respective most image side lenses in the two optical systems.

3. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two optical systems satisfies a following inequality:

28.2 <D total/ f <52.0;

where Dtotal represents a distance on the optical axis from an object side surface of a most object side lens in the optical system to the image plane.

4. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two optical systems satisfies a following inequality:

8.4< D 1/ f< 23.5;

where D1 represents a distance on the optical axis from an object side surface of a most object side lens in the first lens unit to the reflective surface of the first reflective member.

5. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two optical systems satisfies a following inequality:

−4.3< f 1/ f<− 0.8;

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit.

6. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two optical systems satisfies a following inequality:

−1.25< f 1/ f 2<−0.05;

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit.

7. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the two optical systems are arranged in parallel.

8. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in at least one of the two optical systems, an optical path is bent twice.

9. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the two optical systems are the same optical system as each other.

10. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two optical systems consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, the first lens unit, the first reflective member, an intermediate lens unit, the aperture diaphragm, the second reflective member, and the second lens unit.

11. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a lens apparatus including two optical systems; and

an image sensor configured to capture an optical image formed by each of the two optical systems,

wherein each of the two optical systems includes, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having a negative refractive power;

a first reflective member;

an aperture diaphragm;

a second reflective member; and

a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and

wherein each of the two optical systems satisfies following inequalities:

5.9 <DR/f <13.6;

0.7< D 2/ f 2<5.2;

10.4< DP/f< 19.8;

where DR represents a distance on an optical axis from a reflective surface of the first reflective member to a reflective surface of the second reflective member, f represents a focal length of the optical system, f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, D2 represents a distance on the optical axis from the reflective surface of the second reflective member to an image plane, and DP represents a distance on the optical axis from the aperture diaphragm to the image plane.

12. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the optical image formed by each of the two optical systems is captured by the one image sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2022
From: YOKOYA, MAKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060611/0658 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-110988 · Jul 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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