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US 7,420,745 · App. 11/412,946 · Granted Sep 2, 2008

Zoom lens and information device

Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,420,745
App. No.
11/412,946
Granted
Sep 2, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power, and the first lens group being moved to the object side during changing a magnification from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and the fourth lens group comprises one positive lens, both surfaces of the positive lens are an aspheric surface, respectively, and total displacement of the first lens group during changing the magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, X 1 and an focal length of an entire system at the telephoto end, fT satisfy the following condition: (1) 0.30<X 1 /fT<0.85.

Claims (20)

1. A zoom lens, comprising:

in order from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refracting power;

a second lens group having a negative refracting power;

a third lens group having a positive refracting power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and

the first lens group being moved to the object side during changing a magnification from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, wherein

the fourth lens group consists of one positive lens, both surfaces of the positive lens are an aspheric surface, respectively, and

total displacement of the first lens group during changing the magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, X 1 and an focal length of an entire system at the telephoto end, fT satisfy the following condition:

0.30 <X 1 /fT <0.85.  (1)

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein total displacement of the third lens group during changing the magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, X 3 and the focal length of the entire system at the telephoto end, fT satisfy the following condition:

0.15 <X 3 /fT <0.50.  (2)

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein a focal length of the second lens group, f 2 , and a focal length of the third lens group, f 3 satisfy the following condition:

0.6 <|f 2 |/f 3<1.0.  (3)

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens group and the third lens group move to the object side during changing the magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein, a refractive index of a material, N 4 , an aspheric surface amount in 80% of a maximum ray effective height in the aspheric surface of the object side, X 40 (H 0.8 ), an aspheric surface amount in 80% of a maximum ray effective height in the aspheric surface of an image side, X 41 (H 0.8 ), and a maximum image height, Y′ max of the positive lens comprising the fourth lens group satisfy the following condition:

−0.0080<( N 4 −1) X 40 ( H 0.8 )/ Y′ max <0.0  (6)

−0.0010<{( N 4 −1) X 40 ( H 0.8 )+(1 −N 4 ) X 41 ( H 0.8 )}Y′ max <0.0010.  (7)

6. An information device comprising a photographing function, wherein the zoom lens set forth in claim 1 is used as an optical system for photographing.

7. The information device according to claim 6 , wherein an object image by the zoom lens is imaged on a light receiving surface of an image pickup device.

8. The information device according to claim 7 , wherein the information device comprises a personal digital assistance device.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTED FORM PT-1595 TO CORRECT ASSIGNOR'S PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL/FRAME 018118/0674. (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded Oct 10, 2006
From: OHASHI, KAZUYASU
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 018392/0931 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2006
From: OHASHI, KASUYASU
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 018118/0674 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2005-132912 · Apr 28, 2005 · national
JP 2005-160531 · May 31, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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