IP Library Granted Patent US 10,754,169
Granted Patent B2
US 10,754,169 · App. 15/400,211 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Optical system and image pickup apparatus including the same

Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B27/646G02B9/34G02B13/02
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Patent No.
US 10,754,169
App. No.
15/400,211
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an optical system, 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 positive refractive power; a third lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, in which the second lens unit is configured to move in an optical axis direction during focusing, in which the third lens unit is configured to move, during image blur correction, in a direction having a vertical direction component with respect to an optical axis, and in which a configuration of the first lens unit and arrangement of an aperture stop and the third lens unit are each appropriately set.

Claims (46)

1. An optical system, 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 positive refractive power;

a third lens unit having a negative refractive power; and

a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power,

wherein the second lens unit is moved in a direction of an optical axis of the optical system during focusing,

wherein the third lens unit is moved, during image blur correction, in a direction having a vertical direction component with respect to the optical axis,

wherein the first lens unit consists of five or less lens elements,

wherein the third lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens, and

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.30< D 3/ f< 1.30,

where D3 represents a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object side of the third lens unit to an image plane, and f represents a focal length of the optical system.

2. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.01< D 23/ f< 0.20,

where D23 represents a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the image side of the second lens unit to the lens surface closest to the object side of the third lens unit when focusing on infinity.

3. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.043< D 12/ f< 0.300,

where D12 represents a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the image side of the first lens unit to a lens surface closest to the object side of the second lens unit when focusing on infinity.

4. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.00< f 1/ f< 7.00,

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit.

5. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.27< f 2/ f< 2.00,

where f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit.

6. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05≤β2<0.70,

where β2 represents a lateral magnification of the second lens unit when focusing on infinity.

7. An optical system according to claim 6 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1/β3 2 <0.20,

where β3 represents a lateral magnification of the third lens unit when focusing on infinity.

8. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.4< D 3/ L< 0.7,

where L represents a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface vertex on the object side of a lens arranged closest to the object side to the image plane.

9. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens, a positive lens, a positive lens, and a negative lens.

10. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens.

11. An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens and a positive lens.

12. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:

an optical system according to claim 1 ; and

an image pickup element configured to receive an image formed by the optical system.

13. An optical system according to claim 1 , further comprising a positive lens or negative lens arranged between the second lens unit and the third lens unit.

14. An optical system according to claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop arranged between the second lens unit and the third lens unit.

15. An optical system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

−0.80< f 3/ f<− 0.1, and

0.5< D 3/ L< 0.7,

where f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, and L represents a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface vertex on the object side of a lens arranged closest to the object side to the image plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2017
From: IWAMOTO, SHUNJI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 041835/0747 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-002448 · Jan 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170199356A1 · Jul 13, 2017
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