IP Library Granted Patent US 8,654,447
Granted Patent B2
US 8,654,447 · App. 13/566,536 · Granted Feb 18, 2014

Image stabilization zoom lens

Inventor: Masaru Morooka (Akishima, JP)
Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,654,447
App. No.
13/566,536
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power is fixed, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power moves toward the image side, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power moves toward the object side, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power unit moves, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power is fixed. The first lens unit includes a reflecting member that bends the optical path by 90 degrees. The entirety of or at least a part of the fifth lens unit is shifted in directions transverse to the optical axis to stabilize a picked-up image when the optical system vibrates. The zoom lens satisfies the predetermined expressions.

Claims (42)

1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from the object side:

a first lens unit having a positive refractive power;

a second lens unit having a negative refractive power;

a third lens unit having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power; and

a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein

during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the first lens unit is fixed, the second lens unit moves toward the image side, the third lens unit moves toward the object side, the fourth lens unit moves, and the fifth lens unit is fixed,

the first lens unit comprises a reflecting member that bends the optical path by 90 degrees,

the entirety of or at least a part of the fifth lens unit is shifted in directions transverse to the optical axis to stabilize a picked-up image when the optical system vibrates, and

the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) and (2):

0.28<1−β 5 <1.0  (1), and

−2.2 <f 4 /f w <−1.0  (2),

where β 5 is the image magnification of the fifth lens unit in the entire zoom range with the zoom lens being focused on an object point at infinity, f 4 is the focal length of the fourth lens unit, and f w is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the wide angle end.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (3),

2.0 <f 1 /f w <3.4  (3),

where f 1 is the focal length of the first lens unit.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (4):

−3< f 2 /f w <−1  (4),

where f 2 is the focal length of the second lens unit.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (5):

1.2 <f 3 /f w <2.2  (5),

where f 3 is the focal length of the third lens unit.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein focusing from an infinite object distance to a short distance is performed by moving the fourth lens unit.

6. A zoom lens comprising, in order from the object side:

a first lens unit having a positive refractive power;

a second lens unit having a negative refractive power;

a third lens unit having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power;

a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power; and

a sixth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein

during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the first lens unit is fixed, the second lens unit moves toward the image side, the third lens unit is fixed, the fourth lens unit moves toward the object side, the fifth lens unit moves, and the sixth lens unit is fixed,

the first lens unit comprises a reflecting member that bends the optical path by 90 degrees,

the entirety of or at least a part of the sixth lens unit is shifted in directions transverse to the optical axis to stabilize a picked-up image when the optical system vibrates, and

the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (6), (7), and (8):

0.34<1−β 6 <1.0  (6),

1.6 <f 4 /f w <2.6  (7), and

−3.0 <f 5 /f w <−1.3  (8),

where β 6 is the image magnification of the sixth lens unit in the entire zoom range with the zoom lens being focused on an object point at infinity, f 4 is the focal length of the fourth lens unit, f 5 is the focal length of the fifth lens unit, and f w is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the wide angle end.

7. The zoom lens according to claim 6 , wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (9):

2.0< f 1 /f w <2.8  (9),

where f 1 is the focal length of the first lens unit.

8. The zoom lens according to claim 6 , wherein focusing from an infinite object distance to a short distance is performed by moving the fifth lens unit.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058329/0766 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036279/0239 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2012
From: MOROOKA, MASARU
To: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Reel/Frame 028722/0536 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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