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Granted Patent B2
US 7,400,454 · App. 11/788,307 · Granted Jul 15, 2008

Digital camera imaging lens

Assignee: Nagano Optics Laboratory Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,400,454
App. No.
11/788,307
Granted
Jul 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital camera imaging lens includes first, second and third lenses arranged in sequence from an object side toward an imaging surface side. The first lens is a meniscus lens having a positive power, whose convex surface faces the object side. The second lens is a meniscus lens having a negative power, whose concave surface faces the object side. The third lens is an aspherical lens having an inflection point on its object-side surface. An aperture stop is disposed between the first and second lenses. The imaging surface is defined by an element surface of a photosensor.

Claims (31)

1. A digital camera imaging lens comprising a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from an object side toward an imaging surface side; wherein

the first lens is a meniscus lens having a positive power, whose convex surface faces the object side;

the second lens is a meniscus lens having a negative power, whose concave surface faces the object side;

the third lens is an aspherical lens having an inflection point on its object-side surface;

an aperture stop is disposed between the first and second lenses; and

the imaging surface is defined by an element surface of a photosensor.

2. A digital camera imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein

the first lens has at least one lens surface thereof which is aspherical, and wherein

the following condition is satisfied when a total focal distance of the digital camera imaging lens is f, and a focal distance of the first lens is f 1 :

0.5< f 1 /f< 1.5.

3. The digital camera imaging lens according to claim 2 , wherein

the third lens has a peripheral portion of its lens surface on the imaging surface side, the peripheral portion being convex towards the imaging surface side; and

a maximum exit angle of a principal ray in the digital camera imaging lens is 30 degrees or less.

4. The digital camera imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein

the third lens has a peripheral portion of its lens surface on the imaging surface side, the peripheral portion being convex towards the imaging surface side; and

a maximum exit angle of a principal ray in the digital camera imaging lens is 30 degrees or less.

5. A digital camera imaging lens comprising a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from an object side toward an imaging surface side; wherein

the first lens is a meniscus lens having a positive power, whose convex surface faces the object side;

the second lens is a meniscus lens having a negative power, whose concave surface faces the object side;

the third lens is an aspherical lens having at least one inflection point; and

the imaging surface is defined by an element surface of a photosensor.

6. A digital camera imaging lens according to claim 5 , wherein

the first lens has at least one lens surface thereof which is aspherical, and wherein

the following condition is satisfied when a total focal distance of the digital camera imaging lens is f, and a focal distance of the first lens is f 1 :

0.5 <f 1 /f< 1.5.

7. The digital camera imaging lens according to claim 5 , wherein

the following condition is satisfied when a total focal distance of the digital camera imaging lens is f, and a distance from an incident surface of the first lens on the object side to the imaging surface is Σd:

0.5 <Σd/f< 1.5.

8. A digital camera imaging lens according to claim 5 , wherein

the following condition is satisfied when an Abbe number of the second lens is νd 2 :

50 >νd 2.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045142/0208 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 4, 2010
From: NAGANO OPTICS LABORATORY CORPORATION
To: MAXELL FINETECH LTD.
Reel/Frame 024023/0424 →
Continuity (1)
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