IP Library Granted Patent US 10,168,546
Granted Patent B2
US 10,168,546 · App. 15/460,942 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including same

Inventors: Shoichi Takemoto (Saitama, JP); Tsuyoshi Wakazono (Utsunomiya, JP); Nobuyuki Miyazawa (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B27/646G02B7/10G02B15/16
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Patent No.
US 10,168,546
App. No.
15/460,942
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens includes a focus lens unit that moves in focus adjustment, a magnification lens unit including lens units that move in magnification, and a relay lens unit that does not move for magnification, in this order from the object side toward the image side, and a correction lens unit that is disposed in the focus lens unit or magnification lens unit and moves in the optical axis direction to correct displacement of the in-focus position. The amounts of change in in-focus position at the wide angle and telephoto ends with the correction lens unit moved by 1 mm in the optical axis direction, the maximum absolute value of the amount of movement of the correction lens unit for correcting displacement of the in-focus position, and the maximum absolute value of the amount of movement of the lens units in the magnification lens unit are set as appropriate.

Claims (28)

1. A zoom lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side: a focus lens unit that moves for focus adjustment, a magnification lens group including two or more lens units that move for magnification, and a relay lens unit that does not move for magnification, wherein a correction lens unit is disposed in the focus lens unit or the magnification lens group and moves in an optical axis direction to correct displacement of an in-focus position of the zoom lens, and conditional expressions

0.001< Mb/Mm< 0.100,

0.005 <|ΔSkw|< 0.500, and

0.001<Δ Skw/ΔSkt|< 0.100

are satisfied, where ΔSkw is an amount (mm) of change in the in-focus position at a wide angle end with the correction lens unit moved by 1 mm in the optical axis direction, ΔSkt is an amount (mm) of change in the in-focus position at a telephoto end with the correction lens unit moved by 1 mm in the optical axis direction, Mb is a maximum absolute value of an amount of movement of the correction lens unit for correcting displacement of the in-focus position, and Mm is a maximum absolute value of amounts of movement of the lens units in the magnification lens group.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the correction lens unit corrects one or more of displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in position of the lens units in the magnification lens group, displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in position of the focus lens unit, displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in temperature, displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in posture of the zoom lens, and displacement of the in-focus position due to a manufacturing error.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising a stop between the magnification lens group and the relay lens unit,

wherein the correction lens unit corrects one or more of displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in position of the lens unit in the magnification lens group, displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in position of the focus lens unit, displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in temperature, displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in posture of the zoom lens, displacement of the in-focus position due to a manufacturing error, and displacement of the in-focus position due to a change in stop value of the stop.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the correction lens unit is disposed in the focus lens unit.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the correction lens unit is disposed in the magnification lens group.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the correction lens unit consists of one lens, two lenses, or three lenses.

7. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a zoom lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side: a focus lens unit that moves for focus adjustment, a magnification lens group including two or more lens units that move for magnification, and a relay lens unit that does not move for magnification, wherein a correction lens unit is disposed in the focus lens unit or the magnification lens group and moves in an optical axis direction to correct displacement of an in-focus position of the zoom lens, and conditional expressions

0.001< Mb/Mm< 0.100,

0.005<|Δ Skw|< 0.500, and

0.001<Δ Skw/ΔSkt< 0.100

are satisfied, where ΔSkw is an amount (mm) of change in the in-focus position at a wide angle end with the correction lens unit moved by 1 mm in the optical axis direction, ΔSkt is an amount (mm) of change in the in-focus position at a telephoto end with the correction lens unit moved by 1 mm in the optical axis direction, Mb is a maximum absolute value of an amount of movement of the correction lens unit for correcting displacement of the in-focus position, and Mm is a maximum absolute value of amounts of movement of the lens units in the magnification lens group; and an image pickup element that receives an optical image formed by the zoom lens, wherein conditional expressions

D=Fno ×δ, and

1.0< Mb/D< 300.0

are satisfied, where Fno is a maximum aperture of the zoom lens, δ is a diameter (mm) of permissible circle of confusion of the image pickup apparatus, and D is a depth of focus.

8. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a zoom position detector that detects position of the lens units in the magnification lens group;

a focus position detector that detects position of the focus lens unit;

a stop value detector that detects stop value of a stop comprised in the zoom lens;

a temperature sensor that detects temperature;

a posture detector that detects posture of the zoom lens;

a correction position detector that detects position of the correction lens unit;

a driver that drives the correction lens unit; and

a controller that obtains an amount of one or more of displacement of the in-focus position by a change in position of the lens units in the magnification lens group, displacement of the in-focus position by a change in position of the focus lens unit, displacement of the in-focus position by a change in temperature, displacement of the in-focus position by a change in the stop value, and displacement of the in-focus position by a change in the posture, and controls moving of the correction lens unit based on the obtained amount.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2017
From: TAKEMOTO, SHOICHI; WAKAZONO, TSUYOSHI; MIYAZAWA, NOBUYUKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 042669/0644 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-054026 · Mar 17, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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Cited By (1)
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