IP Library Granted Patent US 9,389,394
Granted Patent B2
US 9,389,394 · App. 14/173,665 · Granted Jul 12, 2016

Lens module

Inventor: Il Yong Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/62G02B13/0045
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Patent No.
US 9,389,394
App. No.
14/173,665
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a lens module including: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens of which an object-side surface is convex; and a sixth lens having an inflection point formed on an image-side surface or an object-side surface thereof.

Claims (61)

1. A lens module comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having refractive power;

a fourth lens having negative refractive power;

a fifth lens having negative refractive power and of which an object-side surface is convex; and

a sixth lens having an inflection point formed on an image-side surface or an object-side surface thereof.

2. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the first to sixth lens are formed of plastic.

3. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein both surfaces of the first lens are convex.

4. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an image-side surface of the second lens is convex.

5. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has negative refractive power.

6. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an object-side surface of the third lens is concave.

7. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a meniscus shape, convex toward the image side.

8. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the fifth lens is convex, and an image-side surface thereof is concave.

9. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has an inflection point formed on the object-side surface or an image-side surface thereof.

10. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the sixth lens is convex.

11. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens is concave.

12. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens has negative refractive power or positive refractive power.

13. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein at least one of object-side surfaces and image-side surfaces of the first to sixth lenses is aspherical.

14. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 1:

0.6<f1/f<1.2  [Conditional Equation 1]

where f is an overall focal length of the optical system, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens.

15. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 2:

| v 2− v 3|>25.0  [Conditional Equation 2]

where v 2 is an abbe number of the second lens, and v3 is an abbe number of the third lens.

16. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 3:

0.8< f 2/ f< 1.4  [Conditional Equation 3]

where f 2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

17. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 4:

0.5<| f 3/ f| 21 1.1  [Conditional Equation 4]

where f 3 is a focal length of the third lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

18. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 5 :

f 4/ f<− 10.0  [Conditional Equation 5]

where f 4 is a focal length of the fourth lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

19. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 6:

f 5/ f<− 5.0  [Conditional Equation 6]

where f 5 is a focal length of the fifth lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

20. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 7:

| f 6/ f|> 3.0  [Conditional Equation 7]

where f 6 is a focal length of the sixth lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

21. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 8:

OAL/ f< 1.4  [Conditional Equation 8]

where OAL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image surface, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

22. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 9:

0.4< f 1/ f 2<1.1  [Conditional Equation 9]

where f 1 is a focal length of the first lens, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

23. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 10:

| f 2/ f 3|<1.5  [Conditional Equation 10]

where f 2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

24. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 11:

BFL/ f> 0.25   [Conditional Equation 11]

where BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the sixth lens to an image surface, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

25. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 12:

D 1/ f< 0.5  [Conditional Equation 12]

where D 1 is an air gap between the first and second lenses, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

26. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 13:

r 1/ f> 0.5   [Conditional Equation 13]

where r 1 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

27. The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an optical system including the first to sixth lens satisfies Conditional Equation 14:

| r 4/ f| <1.0  [Conditional Equation 14]

where r 4 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: PARK, IL YONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032164/0959 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0097123 · Aug 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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