IP Library Granted Patent US 9,891,409
Granted Patent B2
US 9,891,409 · App. 15/099,367 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Image pickup lens

Inventor: Sayuri Noda (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B9/60G02B3/04G02B13/0045G02B13/18G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 9,891,409
App. No.
15/099,367
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup lens includes a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object side surface, an aperture stop, a second lens with negative refractive power having a convex image side surface, a third lens with positive refractive power having a concave image side surface, a fourth lens with positive refractive power having a convex image side surface, and a fifth lens with negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image side surface near the optical axis; wherein the first lens and the second lens satisfy following conditional expressions (1) and (2); 50<ν1<85  (1) 20<ν2<35  (2) where ν1 represents an Abbe number of the first lens, and ν2 represents an Abbe number of the second lens, and where the second lens satisfies a following conditional expression (3); 1.55< Nd 2<1.70  (3) where Nd2 represents a refractive index of d-ray of the second lens.

Claims (36)

1. An image pickup lens composed of five lenses for a solid imaging element, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side of the image pickup lens:

a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side;

a second lens that is a meniscus lens having negative refractive power;

a third lens having positive refractive power and a concave surface facing the image side;

a fourth lens having a concave surface facing the object side; and

a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and both an object-side surface and an image-side surface formed as aspherical surfaces, the object-side surface and image-side surface being concave near an optical axis of the image pickup lens;

wherein a conditional expression (12) below is satisfied:

−0.986≦ f 2/ f<− 0.7  (12)

where f represents an overall focal length of the image pickup lens, and f2 represents a focal length of the second lens.

2. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein an aperture stop is arranged between the first lens and the second lens.

3. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a convex surface facing the image side.

4. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has positive refractive power.

5. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein each of the third lens and the fourth lens has a meniscus shape.

6. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3):

50<ν1<85  (1)

20<ν2<35  (2)

1.55< Nd 2<1.70  (3)

where ν1 represents an Abbe number of the first lens, ν2 represents an Abbe number of the second lens, and Nd2 represents a refractive index of the second lens at d-ray.

7. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expressions (5), (6), and (7):

20<ν3<30  (5)

50<ν4<60  (6)

1.5< Nd 3<1.7  (7)

where ν3 represents an Abbe number of the third lens, ν4 represents an Abbe number of the fourth lens, and Nd3 represents a refractive index of the third lens at d-ray.

8. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the fifth lens has a pole-change point separated from the optical axis.

9. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expression (9):

1.0<|( r 3+ r 4)/( r 3− r 4)|<1.3  (9)

where r3 represents a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens, and r4 represents a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens.

10. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expression (10):

1.7< r 2/ r 3<6.0  (10)

where r2 represents a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens, and r3 represents a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens.

11. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expression (11):

0.5< f 1/ f< 0.8  (11)

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens.

12. The image pickup lens according to claim 1 , satisfying the following conditional expression (13):

0.5< f 4/ f< 0.7  (13)

where f4 represents a focal length of the fourth lens.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057109/0379 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 3, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057061/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2016
From: NODA, SAYURI
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038287/0680 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-095388 · Apr 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14584141 · Dec 29, 2014
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