IP Library Granted Patent US 10,338,355
Granted Patent B2
US 10,338,355 · App. 15/164,902 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Lens assembly

Inventors: Tung-Yi Hsieh (Taichung, TW); Wei-Yu Chen (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
G02B13/14G02B27/0006G02B27/027
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Patent No.
US 10,338,355
App. No.
15/164,902
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens assembly includes at least three lens elements. One lens element closest to an imaged object of the lens elements is a first lens element, which is made of an electromagnetic radiation absorbing material.

Claims (44)

1. A lens assembly, comprising:

at least five lens elements, wherein one lens element closest to an imaged object of the lens elements is a first lens element, which is made of an electromagnetic radiation absorbing material and has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof;

wherein an average transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material for electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in a range of 750 nm to 1100 nm is T_750, an average transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material for electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in a range of 350 nm to 700 nm is T_700, an f-number of the lens assembly is Fno, and the following conditions are satisfied:

50%<T_750;

T_700<20%; and

1.40<Fno≤2.25.

2. The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein one lens element closest to an image surface of the lens elements is a last lens element, which has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the last lens element comprises at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof.

3. The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material is made of a black dyed polycarbonate polymer.

4. The lens assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

a housing made of a black dyed plastic material.

5. The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the average transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material for electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the range of 350 nm to 700 nm is T_700, and the following condition is satisfied:

T_700<10%.

6. The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the average transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material for electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the range of 750 nm to 1100 nm is T_750, and the following condition is satisfied:

70%<T_750.

7. The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first lens element has positive refractive power, and the lens elements are all made of plastic materials.

8. The lens assembly of claim 7 , further comprising:

at least one electromagnetic radiation shield for blocking stray electromagnetic radiation.

9. The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein a number of the lens elements of the lens assembly is N, and the following condition is satisfied:

5≤N≤7.

10. The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein an axial distance between an object-side surface of the first lens element and an image surface is TTL, a focal length of the lens assembly is f, and the following conditions are satisfied:

1.0 mm<TTL<8.0 mm; and

0 mm<f<7.0 mm.

11. The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein one lens element closest to an image surface of the lens elements is a last lens element, a maximum image height of the lens assembly is ImgH, an axial distance between an image-side surface of the last lens element and the image surface is BL, and the following condition is satisfied:

1.0<ImgH/BL<6.0.

12. A lens assembly, comprising:

at least five lens elements, wherein one lens element closest to an imaged object of the lens elements is a first lens element, which has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, one lens element closest to an image surface of the lens elements is a last lens element, which has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, the image-side surface of the last lens element is aspheric and comprises at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof, and at least one of the lens elements is made of an electromagnetic radiation absorbing material;

wherein an average transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material for electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in a range of 750 nm to 1100 nm is T_750, an average transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material for electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in a range of 350 nm to 700 nm is T_700, an f-number of the lens assembly is Fno, and the following conditions are satisfied:

50%<T_750;

T_700<20%;and

1.40<Fno<2.25.

13. The lens assembly of claim 12 , wherein the last lens element has negative refractive power.

14. The lens assembly of claim 12 , wherein an axial distance between an object-side surface of the first lens element and the image surface is TTL, a focal length of the lens assembly is f, and the following conditions are satisfied:

1.0 mm<TTL<8.0 mm; and

0 mm<f<7.0 mm.

15. The lens assembly of claim 12 , wherein a number of the lens elements of the lens assembly is N, and the following condition is satisfied:

5≤N≤7.

16. The lens assembly of claim 15 , wherein the number of the lens elements of the lens assembly is N, and the following condition is satisfied:

5≤N≤6.

17. The lens assembly of claim 12 , wherein the average transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material for electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the range of 350 nm to 700 nm is T_700, and the following condition is satisfied:

T_700<10%.

18. The lens assembly of claim 12 , wherein the average transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material for electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the range of 750 nm to 1100 nm is T_750,and the following condition is satisfied:

70%<T_750.

19. The lens assembly of claim 12 , wherein the first lens element has positive refractive power, and the lens elements are all made of plastic materials.

20. The lens assembly of claim 19 , wherein the electromagnetic radiation absorbing material is made of a black dyed polycarbonate polymer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2016
From: HSIEH, TUNG-YI; CHEN, WEI-YU
To: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038733/0315 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62291538 · Feb 5, 2016
Related Publication 20170227742A1 · Aug 10, 2017
Cited By (1)
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