IP Library Granted Patent US 10,754,131
Granted Patent B2
US 10,754,131 · App. 16/194,860 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus

Inventor: Makoto Nakahara (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B15/20G02B13/02G02B15/144105
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Patent No.
US 10,754,131
App. No.
16/194,860
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, in which an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, the first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens and a negative lens, and a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the third lens unit, a focal length of the negative lens, and a focal length of an entire system of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end are each appropriately set.

Claims (55)

1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having a positive refractive power;

a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; and

a third lens unit having a positive refractive power,

wherein an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming,

wherein the first lens unit consists of a positive lens and a negative lens arranged on the image side of the positive lens,

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

5.0< f 1 /f 3<12.0; and

−14.0< fG 2/ fw<− 3.0,

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, fG2 represents a focal length of the negative lens, and fw represents a focal length of an entire system of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05< DL 1/ fw< 0.30,

where DL1 represents a thickness of the first lens unit in an optical axis direction.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.01< DG 2/ fw< 0.10,

where DG2 represents a thickness of the negative lens in an optical axis direction.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

60< vdG 1<100,

where vdG1 represents an Abbe number of a material of the positive lens included in the first lens unit.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.5< ndG 2<1.8,

where ndG2 represents a refractive index of a material of the negative lens.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.03<( Ra−Rb )/( Ra+Rb )<0.55,

where Ra and Rb respectively represent curvature radii of lens surfaces on the object side and the image side of the negative lens.

7. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< SKw/fw< 1.2,

where SKw represents a back focus at the wide-angle end.

8. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, which is arranged adjacent to the third lens unit on the image side of the third lens unit.

9. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens unit consists two or less lenses.

10. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit consists of three or less lenses.

11. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the negative lens is formed of a resin material.

12. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the negative lens has an aspherical surface as at least one of a lens surface on the object side or a lens surface on the image side.

13. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit has an aspherical surface as at least one of a lens surface on the object side or a lens surface on the image side.

14. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side to the image side:

the first lens unit having the positive refractive power;

the second lens unit having the negative refractive power;

the third lens unit having the positive refractive power; and

a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and

wherein the first lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit are configured to move toward the object side, and the second lens unit is configured not to move during zooming from the wide-angle end to a telephoto end.

15. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit includes an aperture stop configured to move integrally with the third lens unit during zooming.

16. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a zoom lens; and

an image pickup element configured to receive an image formed by the zoom lens,

the zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having a positive refractive power;

a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; and

a third lens unit having a positive refractive power,

wherein an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming,

wherein the first lens unit consists of a positive lens and a negative lens arranged on the image side of the positive lens,

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

5.0< f 1 /f 3<12.0; and

−14.0< fG 2/ fw<− 3.0,

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, fG2 represents a focal length of the negative lens, and fw represents a focal length of an entire system of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2019
From: NAKAHARA, MAKOTO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048284/0094 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-225560 · Nov 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190162940A1 · May 30, 2019
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