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Granted Patent B2
US 9,285,568 · App. 13/945,145 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Image pickup lens and image pickup unit

Inventors: Takayuki Yamazaki (Aichi, JP); Kenshi Nabeta (Kumamoto, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G02B13/18G02B13/0045H04N5/2254
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Patent No.
US 9,285,568
App. No.
13/945,145
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup lens includes: in recited order from object plane toward image plane, a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive or negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power and having optical surfaces, an image-sided surface of the optical surfaces having an aspherical shape with one or more inflection points other than an intersection point of the image-sided surface and an optical axis.

Claims (49)

1. An image pickup lens comprising:

in recited order from an object plane towards an image plane,

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens having positive or negative refractive power;

a third lens having negative refractive power;

a fourth lens having negative refractive power;

a fifth lens having positive refractive power and a biconvex shape; and

a sixth lens having negative refractive power and having optical surfaces, an image-sided surface of the optical surfaces having an aspherical shape with one or more inflection points other than an intersection point of the image-sided surface and an optical axis,

wherein following conditional expression is satisfied,

0≦ f 3/ f 4≦1.0  (1)

where f3 is a focal length of the third lens, and

f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens.

2. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein following conditional expression is satisfied,

14≦ν3≦35  (2)

where ν3 is an Abbe number of the third lens.

3. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein following conditional expression is satisfied,

20≦ν5≦60  (3)

where ν5 is an Abbe number of the fifth lens.

4. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein following conditional expression is satisfied,

0.4 ≦f 1to2 /f≦ 1.0  (4)

where f is a total focal length of the image pickup lens, and

f1to2 is a combined focal length of the first lens and the second lens.

5. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein following conditional expression is satisfied,

−1≦ f 1/ f 2≦30  (5)

where f1 is a focal length of the first lens, and

f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

6. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein following conditional expression is satisfied,

−10≦( R 9+ R 10)/( R 9− R 10)≦1  (6)

where R9 is a radius of curvature of an object-sided surface of the fifth lens, and

R10 is a radius of curvature of an image-sided surface of the fifth lens.

7. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein following conditional expression is satisfied,

−5≦( R 11+ R 12)/( R 11− R 12)≦10  (7)

where R11 is a radius of curvature of an object-sided surface of the sixth lens, and

R12 is a radius of curvature of an image-sided surface of the sixth lens.

8. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop arranged on an object-plane side of the first lens or between the first lens and the second lens.

9. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein all of the first to sixth lenses are formed of plastic material, or only the first lens or the second lens in the first to sixth lenses is formed of glass material.

10. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens is formed of a material same as a material of the fourth lens.

11. An image pickup unit with an image pickup lens and an image pickup device outputting an image pickup signal based on an optical image formed by the image pickup lens, the image pickup lens comprising:

in recited order from an object plane towards an image plane,

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens having positive or negative refractive power;

a third lens having negative refractive power;

a fourth lens having negative refractive power;

a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and

a sixth lens having negative refractive power and having optical surfaces, an image-sided surface of the optical surfaces having an aspherical shape with one or more inflection points other than an intersection point of the image-sided surface and an optical axis,

wherein following conditional expression is satisfied,

0≦ f 3/ f 4≦1.0  (1)

where f3 is a focal length of the third lens, and

f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2013
From: YAMAZAKI, TAKAYUKI; NABETA, KENSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030825/0106 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-187995 · Aug 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140063323A1 · Mar 6, 2014