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Granted Patent B2
US 12,638,658 · App. 17/946,520 · Granted May 26, 2026

Optical imaging system

Inventors: You Jin Jeong (Suwon-si, KR); Jae Hyuk Huh (Suwon-si, KR); Byung Hyun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B13/0045G02B13/0065
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Patent No.
US 12,638,658
App. No.
17/946,520
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a fixed-focus lens group and a variable-focus lens group disposed in this order from an object side, wherein the fixed-focus lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens disposed in this order from an object side, wherein the first lens has positive refractive power, and wherein the second lens has negative refractive power.

Claims (52)

1 . An optical imaging system, comprising:

a fixed-focus lens group and a variable-focus lens group disposed in this order from an object side,

wherein the fixed-focus lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens having positive refractive power disposed in this order from an object side,

wherein the fixed-focus lens group has a total number of five lenses with refractive power, and

wherein the second lens has a concave image-side surface.

2 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens has a convex object-side surface.

3 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface.

4 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical path changing element disposed on an object side of the fixed-focus lens group or between lenses of the fixed-focus lens group.

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

6 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of conditional expressions as below is satisfied:

2.0<TTL/ f 1<4.0, and

−5.0<TTL/ f 2<−0.2,

where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane 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 a conditional expression as below is satisfied:

25< V 1− V 2,

where V1 is an Abbe number of the first lens, and V2 is an Abbe number of the second lens.

8 . A camera module comprising:

a housing; and

the optical imaging system of claim 1 disposed in the housing.

9 . An optical imaging system, comprising:

a fixed-focus lens group; and

a variable-focus lens group disposed on an image side of the fixed-focus lens group,

wherein the fixed-focus lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens having positive refractive power disposed in this order from an object side,

wherein the fixed-focus lens group has a total number of five lenses with refractive power, and

wherein a conditional expression as below is satisfied:

0.8<TTL/ f< 1.0,

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

10 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein a conditional expression as below is satisfied:

28.0 mm< fA< 36.0 mm,

where fA is a focal length of the fixed-focus lens group.

11 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein a conditional expression as below is satisfied:

−600 mm< fB< 20.0 mm,

where fB is a focal length of the variable-focus lens group.

12 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , further comprising:

an optical path changing element disposed on an object side of the fixed-focus lens group or between lenses of the fixed-focus lens group.

13 . A camera module comprising:

a housing; and

the optical imaging system of claim 9 disposed in the housing.

14 . An optical imaging system, comprising:

a fixed-focus lens group and a variable-focus lens group disposed in this order from an object side,

wherein the fixed-focus lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens having positive refractive power disposed in this order from an object side,

wherein the fixed-focus lens group has a total number of five lenses with refractive power,

wherein the second lens has a concave image-side surface, and

wherein at least one of conditional expressions as below is satisfied:

28.0 mm< fA< 36.0 mm, and

−600 mm< fB< 20.0 mm,

where fA is a focal length of the fixed-focus lens group and fB is a focal length of the variable-focus lens group.

15 . A camera module comprising:

a housing;

the optical imaging system of claim 14 disposed in the housing; and

an energy generator configured to supply energy to operate the variable-focus lens group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: JEONG, YOU JIN; HUH, JAE HYUK; KIM, BYUNG HYUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0062197 · May 20, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230375807A1 · Nov 23, 2023
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