IP Library Granted Patent US 12,484,763
Granted Patent B2
US 12,484,763 · App. 18/171,740 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Objective optical system, image pickup apparatus, and endoscope

Inventor: Yasushi Namii (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
A61B1/00096A61B1/046
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Patent No.
US 12,484,763
App. No.
18/171,740
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An objective optical system includes a predetermined lens disposed near the pupil of the objective optical system. The predetermined lens has a first refractive region including an optical axis and a second refractive region located outside the first refractive region. The refractive power of the second refractive region is greater than the refractive power of the first refractive region. A light beam reaching an image plane includes a first light beam and a second light beam. The first light beam is a light beam transmitted through the first refractive region and includes at least one of a beam of white light and a beam of near-infrared light. The second light beam is a light beam transmitted through the second refractive region and includes only the beam of near-infrared light. A predetermined conditional expression (1) is satisfied.

Claims (34)

1 . An endoscope comprising a predetermined lens disposed near a pupil of an objective optical system,

wherein:

the predetermined lens has a first refractive region including an optical axis and a second refractive region located outside the first refractive region,

a refractive power of the second refractive region is greater than a refractive power of the first refractive region,

a light beam reaching an image plane includes a first light beam and a second light beam,

the first light beam is a light beam transmitted through the first refractive region and includes at least one of a beam of white light and a beam of near-infrared light,

the second light beam is a light beam transmitted through the second refractive region and includes only the beam of near-infrared light, and

the following Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied:

0<{( Dir/Dw ) 2 ×( Tir/Dir )}/{( fir−fe )/(Pich× Fno )}<0.1  (1)

where;

Dir is an aperture diameter that allows the near-infrared light to pass through,

Dw is an aperture diameter that allows the white light to pass through,

Tir is a spherical segment amount in the second refractive region,

fir is a focal length of the objective optical system at a predetermined wavelength,

fe is a focal length of the objective optical system at e-line,

Fno is an F-number of the objective optical system at e-line,

Pich is a pixel pitch of an imager,

the spherical segment amount is a maximum distance among distances between a virtual plane and the second refractive region,

the virtual plane is a plane passing through a boundary between the first refractive region and the second refractive region on a lens surface of the lens, and is orthogonal to the optical axis,

the maximum distance is a distance in a direction parallel to the optical axis, and

the predetermined wavelength is 835 nm.

2 . The endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein a paraxial radius of curvature at the lens surface in the second refractive region is smaller than a paraxial radius of curvature at the lens surface in the first refractive region.

3 . The endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein;

the first refractive region has an optical film provided on the lens surface, and

the optical film has a characteristic of transmitting the white light and the near-infrared light.

4 . The endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second refractive region has an optical film provided on the lens surface, and

the optical film has a characteristic of transmitting only the near-infrared light.

5 . The endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein:

a flat plate is disposed near the predetermined lens,

the flat plate has a first transmission region and a second transmission region,

the second transmission region has a characteristic of transmitting only the near-infrared light,

the first light beam includes light transmitted through the first transmission region, and

the second light beam includes light transmitted through the second transmission region.

Assignments (2)
UPDATED ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 13, 2023
From: NAMII, YASUSHI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063069/0184 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: NAMII, YASUSHI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062750/0961 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020034695 · Sep 14, 2020
Related Publication 20230200627A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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