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Granted Patent B2
US 12,517,419 · App. 18/360,266 · Granted Jan 6, 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.
G03B17/17G02B9/12G02B13/0035G02B13/0065
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Patent No.
US 12,517,419
App. No.
18/360,266
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a reflective member, and an image sensor sequentially arranged from an object side. The reflective member includes at least two reflective surfaces to change a path of light passing through the first to third lenses and incident on the reflective member at least twice.

Claims (16)

1 . An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, a third lens having a negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, a reflective member, and an image sensor sequentially disposed along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging surface of the image sensor,

wherein the reflective member is a parallelogram-shaped prism comprising at least two reflective surfaces configured to change a path of light passing through the first to third lenses and incident on the reflective surfaces at least twice,

the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are the only lenses having a refractive power in the optical imaging system,

0.80≤PL/f<0.98, where PL is a length of a path of the light in the reflective member, and f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and

1<TTL/f<1.4, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface of the image sensor.

2 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens is made of plastic.

3 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens is made of glass.

4 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 50<v1<90, where v1 is an Abbe number of the first lens.

5 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.1<LL/PL<0.4, where LL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the third lens.

6 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein either one or both of the object-side surface of the first lens and an object-side surface of the third lens is convex in a paraxial region thereof.

7 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.02<BFL/f<1.0, where BFL is a distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the third lens to the imaging surface of the image sensor.

8 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein one of the first lens and the second lens is made of glass, and another one of the first lens and the second lens is made of plastic.

9 . The optical imaging system of claim 8 , wherein 0≤v1−v2<56, where v1 is an Abbe number of the first lens, and v2 is an Abbe number of the second lens.

10 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein −20<f2/f<−0.3, where f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

11 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein −3.5<f3/f<0, where f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: JEONG, YOU JIN; HUH, JAE HYUK; KIM, BYUNG HYUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064412/0977 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2022-0148695 · Nov 9, 2022 · national
KR 10-2023-0035167 · Mar 17, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240152037A1 · May 9, 2024
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