Imaging optical lens system, image capturing unit and electronic device
An imaging optical lens system includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the first lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has negative refractive power. At least one surface among the object-side surfaces and the image-side surfaces of the seven lens elements has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
1. An imaging optical lens system comprising seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element; each of the seven lens elements having an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side, the object-side surface of the first lens element being convex in a paraxial region thereof, the second lens element having positive refractive power, and the third lens element having negative refractive power;
wherein at least one surface among the object-side surfaces and the image-side surfaces of the seven lens elements has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof, an Abbe number of the first lens element is V1, an Abbe number of the fourth lens element is V4, a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the second lens element is R3, a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the second lens element is R4, a focal length of the first lens element is f1, a focal length of the second lens element is f2, and the following conditions are satisfied:
1.20< V 1/ V 4<5.50;
0.10<( R 3+ R 4)/( R 3− R 4); and
| f 2/ f 1|<3.00.
2. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the first lens element is f1, the focal length of the second lens element is f2, and the following condition is satisfied:
| f 2/ f 1|<0.80.
3. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is R9, a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is R10, and the following condition is satisfied:
1.50<| R 9/ R 10|.
4. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein an Abbe number of the third lens element is V3, the Abbe number of the fourth lens element is V4, and the following condition is satisfied:
10.0< V 3+ V 4<65.0.
5. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein a central thickness of the second lens element is CT2, a central thickness of the seventh lens element is CT7, and the following condition is satisfied:
0< CT 7/ CT 2<1.20.
6. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein a focal length of the imaging optical lens system is f, a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is R8, and the following condition is satisfied:
0≤ f/R 8.
7. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein a focal length of the third lens element is f3, a focal length of the fourth lens element is f4, and the following condition is satisfied:
0≤ f 3/ f 4<1.0.
8. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image surface is TL, an entrance pupil diameter of the imaging optical lens system is EPD, half of a maximum field of view of the imaging optical lens system is HFOV, and the following conditions are satisfied:
1.0 [mm]< TL< 7.0 [mm];
0.8< TL /EPD<2.6; and
25.0 [deg.]<HFOV<75.0 [deg.].
9. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the third lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the third lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
10. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens element has positive refractive power, the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof.
11. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof, the image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof, a vertical distance between the at least one critical point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and an optical axis is Yc62, a vertical distance between the at least one critical point on the image-side surface of the seventh lens element and the optical axis is Yc72, and the following condition is satisfied:
0< Yc 62/ Yc 72<2.0.
12. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein the seventh lens element has negative refractive power, the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof, the image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof, a focal length of the imaging optical lens system is f, a focal length of the seventh lens element is f7, and the following condition is satisfied:
−1.35< f/f 7<−0.75.
13. The imaging optical lens system of claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof.
14. An image capturing unit, comprising:
the imaging optical lens system of claim 1 ; and
an image sensor disposed on an image surface of the imaging optical lens system.
15. An electronic device, comprising:
the image capturing unit of claim 14 .