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Granted Patent B2
US 9,804,358 · App. 14/779,523 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Bright large aperture imaging lens and imaging unit

Inventor: Kenshi Nabeta (Kumamoto, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G02B9/62G02B13/0045G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 9,804,358
App. No.
14/779,523
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; and a sixth lens having positive or negative refractive power in vicinity of an optical axis, a peripheral portion of a surface on an image side of the sixth lens including one or more inflection points, the first to sixth lenses being provided in order from an object side.

Claims (55)

1. An imaging lens, comprising:

a first lens having a first positive refractive power;

a second lens having a second positive refractive power;

a third lens having a first negative refractive power;

a fourth lens having a third positive refractive power;

a fifth lens having a second negative refractive power; and

a sixth lens having a fourth positive refractive power or a third negative refractive power in vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens, a surface on an image side of the sixth lens including one or more inflection points,

wherein the first to the sixth lenses are provided in an order from an object side,

wherein the first to the sixth lenses allow light rays to enter at an angle ranging from 65.04.degree to 72.18.degree, and

wherein an Abbe number of the second lens at d-line is greater than 50.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied,

vd 3<30  (1)

vd 5>20  (2)

where vd3 is an Abbe number of the third lens at the d-line, and vd5 is an Abbe number of the fifth lens at the d-line.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied,

vd 1>50  (3)

vd 4>50  (5)

vd 6>50  (6)

where vd1 is an Abbe number of the first lens at the d-line, vd4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens at the d-line, and vd6 is an Abbe number of the sixth lens at the d-line.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied,

0< f/f 2<1.1  (7)

where f is a total focal length of the imaging lens, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied,

−1.35< f/f 3<−0.66  (8)

where f is a total focal length of the imaging lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied,

−0.7< f/f 5<0  (9)

where f is a total focal length of the imaging lens, and f5 is a focal length of the fifth lens.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following expression is satisfied,

−1.2< f/f 6<0.2  (10)

where f is a total focal length of the imaging lens, and f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied,

−12< f 2/ f 3<−0.1  (11)

where f2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied,

0< f 2/ f 1<18  (12)

where f1 is a focal length of the first lens, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied,

−1< f 5/ f 6<19  (13)

where f5 is a focal length of the fifth lens and f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein an aperture stop is provided between the first lens and the second lens.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first to the sixth lenses are made of a resin.

13. An imaging unit, comprising:

an imaging lens; and

circuitry configured to output an imaging signal based on an optical image the from the imaging lens,

wherein the imaging lens includes:

a first lens having a first positive refractive power,

a second lens having a second positive refractive power,

a third lens having a first negative refractive power,

a fourth lens having a third positive refractive power,

a fifth lens having a second negative refractive power, and

a sixth lens having a fourth positive refractive power or a third negative refractive power in vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens, a surface on an image side of the sixth lens including one or more inflection points,

wherein the first to the sixth lenses are provided in an order from an object side,

wherein the first to the sixth lenses allow light rays to enter at an angle ranging from 65.04.degree to 72.18.degree, and

wherein an Abbe number of the second lens at d-line is greater than 50.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2015
From: NABETA, KENSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036667/0677 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-075653 · Apr 1, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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