IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,386,619
Granted Patent B2
US 10,386,619 · App. 15/691,886 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Oblique camera lens

Inventors: Jun Zhu (Beijing, CN); Wei Hou (Beijing, CN); Guo-Fan Jin (Beijing, CN); Shou-Shan Fan (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Tsinghua University; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
G02B17/0642G02B27/0012
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Patent No.
US 10,386,619
App. No.
15/691,886
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A oblique camera lens includes: a primary mirror configured to reflect a light ray to form a first reflected light; a secondary mirror located on a first path of light reflected from the primary mirror and configured to reflect the first reflected light to form a second reflected light; a tertiary mirror located on a second path of light reflected from the secondary mirror and configured to reflect the second reflected light to form a third reflected light; and an image sensor located on a third path of light reflected from the tertiary mirror and configured to receive the third reflected light; wherein each of the first reflecting surface and the third reflecting surface is a sixth order xy polynomial freeform surface; and a field of view of oblique camera lens in an Y-axis direction is greater or equal to 35° and less than or equal to 65°.

Claims (260)

1. An oblique camera lens comprising:

a primary mirror located on a path of a light ray from an object space and configured to reflect the light ray to form a first reflected light, wherein the primary mirror comprises a first reflecting surface;

a secondary mirror located on a first path of light reflected from the primary mirror and configured to reflect the first reflected light to form a second reflected light, wherein the secondary mirror comprises a second reflecting surface, and the secondary mirror is an aperture stop;

a tertiary mirror located on a second path of light reflected from the secondary mirror and configured to reflect the second reflected light to form a third reflected light, wherein the tertiary mirror comprises a third reflecting surface; and

an image sensor located on a third path of light reflected from the tertiary mirror and configured to receive the third reflected light;

wherein a horizontal line passing through a center of the secondary mirror is defined as a Z-axis, a distance between the primary mirror and the secondary mirror along the Z-axis is in a range from about 399 mm to about 400 mm; each of the first reflecting surface and the third reflecting surface is a sixth order xy polynomial freeform surface, the second reflecting surface is a spherical surface; and a field of view of oblique camera lens in an Y-axis direction is greater or equal to 35° and less than or equal to 65°.

2. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sixth order xy polynomial freeform surface satisfies an equation:

z

⁡

(

x

,

y

)

=

c

⁡

(

x

2

+

y

2

)

1

+

1

-

(

1

+

k

)

⁢

c

2

⁡

(

x

2

+

y

2

)

+

A

2

⁢

y

+

A

3

⁢

x

2

+

A

5

⁢

y

2

+

A

7

⁢

x

2

⁢

y

+

A

9

⁢

y

3

+

A

10

⁢

x

4

+

A

12

⁢

x

2

⁢

y

2

+

A

14

⁢

y

4

+

A

16

⁢

x

4

⁢

y

+

A

18

⁢

x

2

⁢

y

3

+

A

20

⁢

y

5

+

A

21

⁢

y

5

+

A

23

⁢

x

4

⁢

y

2

+

A

25

⁢

x

2

⁢

y

4

+

A

27

⁢

y

6

wherein, c represents surface curvature, k represents conic constant, and A 2 ˜A 27 represent coefficients.

3. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 2 , wherein in the equation of the primary mirror reflecting surface, c, k, and A 2 ˜A 27 are:

c

0.0017454722941919 

k

−0.370220176947202  

A 2

0.00899999999999976

A 3

−0.000658642004976331

A 5

−0.000388156831578603

A 7

−1.00845234050156e−006

A 9

 3.44785143052323e−007

A 10

−9.09497498375104e−008

A 12

 −2.1461965705095e−009

A 14

−2.58936718900012e−009

A 16

 6.17247458427895e−010

A 18

 5.8161341718006e−012

A 20

−1.42226439288969e−012

A 21

−1.67670181068018e−011

A 23

−1.61489706272178e−012

A 25

−3.61090101535634e−014

A 27

  2.96725075844174e−014.

4. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 2 , wherein in the equation of the tertiary mirror reflecting surface, c, k, and A 2 ˜A 27 are:

c

−0.0022663233954444 

k

−0.137877911427001  

A 2

−0.000876604317960913

A 3

−0.000327909476515856

A 5

−0.00028841099866956 

A 7

 1.65465628748813e−006

A 9

 1.05474315966924e−006

A 10

 5.71091387012652e−008

A 12

−6.61918406198728e−009

A 14

−3.12149077600531e−009

A 16

 5.79412604911529e−011

A 18

 1.41667391666226e−011

A 20

−5.78183876722764e−012

A 21

 −3.9085412033913e−012

A 23

 1.3549236784204e−012

A 25

−1.91373381734072e−013

A 27

 −1.04655761173843e−013.

5. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an equation of the spherical surface is

z

⁡

(

x

,

y

)

=

c

⁡

(

x

2

+

y

2

)

1

+

1

-

c

2

⁡

(

x

2

+

y

2

)

,

z represents surface sag, c represents surface curvature.

6. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 5 , wherein c=5.03064529008e-5.

7. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a horizontal line passing through a center of the secondary mirror is defined as a Z-axis, a distance between the secondary mirror and the tertiary mirror along the Z-axis is in a range from about 373 mm to about 374 mm.

8. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a horizontal line passing through a center of the secondary mirror is defined as a Z-axis, a distance between the tertiary mirror and the image sensor along the Z-axis is in a range from about 156 mm to about 157 mm.

9. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an effective entrance pupil diameter of the off-axis three-mirror optical system with freeform surfaces is about 13 mm.

10. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an effective focal length of the off-axis three-mirror optical system with freeform surfaces is about 75 mm.

11. The oblique camera lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein materials of the primary mirror, the secondary mirror, or the tertiary mirror is aluminum, beryllium, or other metals.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2017
From: ZHU, JUN; HOU, WEI; JIN, GUO-FAN; FAN, SHOU-SHAN
To: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 1208552 · Dec 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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