IP Library Granted Patent US 10,761,313
Granted Patent B2
US 10,761,313 · App. 14/832,953 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Eyepiece lens, observation apparatus, and imaging apparatus including the same

Inventors: Jun Kawamura (Utsunomiya, JP); Nobuyuki Miyazawa (Utsunomiya, JP); Yu Inomoto (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G02B25/001
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Patent No.
US 10,761,313
App. No.
14/832,953
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more eyepiece lenses, one or more observation apparatuses and one or more imaging apparatuses are discussed herein. In at least one embodiment, an eyepiece lens comprises, in order from an object side to an observation side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, wherein a focal length of the fifth lens is shorter than a focal length of the third lens, and the focal length of the third lens is shorter than a focal length of the first lens.

Claims (51)

1. An eyepiece lens consisting of:

a first lens having a positive refractive power;

a second lens having a negative refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the first lens;

a third lens having a positive refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the second lens;

a fourth lens having a negative refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the third lens; and

a fifth lens having a positive refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the fourth lens,

wherein a focal length of the fifth lens is shorter than a focal length of the third lens, and the focal length of the third lens is shorter than a focal length of the first lens, and

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.53< f 5/ f< 0.95,

where a focal length of the eyepiece lens is defined as f, and the focal length of the fifth lens is defined as f5.

2. The eyepiece lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.00< f 1/ f 3<3.15,

where the focal length of the first lens is defined as f1, and the focal length of the third lens is defined as f3.

3. The eyepiece lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.00< f 3/ f 5<3.33,

where the focal length of the third lens is defined as f3.

4. The eyepiece lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

4.0< vd 2<29.2,

where an Abbe number of a material of the second lens is defined as vd2.

5. The eyepiece lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

4.0< vd 4<29.2,

where an Abbe number of a material of the fourth lens is defined as vd4.

6. The eyepiece lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens integrally move in diopter adjustment.

7. An observation apparatus comprising:

an image display device configured to display an image; and

an eyepiece lens used to observe an image displayed on an image display surface of the image display device, the eyepiece lens consisting of a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the first lens, a third lens having a positive refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the second lens, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the third lens, and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the fourth lens,

wherein a focal length of the fifth lens is shorter than a focal length of the third lens, and the focal length of the third lens is shorter than a focal length of the first lens, and

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.52< H/f< 0.91, and

0.53< f 5/ f< 0.95,

where a focal length of the eyepiece lens is defined as f, a diagonal length of the image display surface is defined as H, and the focal length of the fifth lens is defined as f5.

8. An imaging apparatus comprising:

an image sensor;

a photographic optical system configured to form an object image on the image sensor;

an image display device configured to display the object image; and

an eyepiece lens used to observe an object image displayed on an image display surface of the image display device, the eyepiece lens consisting of a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the first lens, a third lens having a positive refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the second lens, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the third lens, and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power disposed adjacent to an observation side of the fourth lens,

wherein a focal length of the fifth lens is shorter than a focal length of the third lens, and the focal length of the third lens is shorter than a focal length of the first lens, and

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.53< f 5/ f< 0.95,

where a focal length of the eyepiece lens is defined as f, and the focal length of the fifth lens is defined as f5.

9. The eyepiece lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens has a concave object side surface and a convex observation side surface.

10. The eyepiece lens according to claim 9 , wherein:

(i) the second lens has one of: a concave object side surface and a concave observation side surface, a concave object side surface and a convex observation side surface, and at least a concave object side surface;

(ii) the third lens has one of: a convex object side surface and a convex observation side surface, a concave object side surface and a convex observation side surface, and at least a convex observation side surface;

(iii) the fourth lens has one of: a concave object side surface and a concave observation side surface, and a convex object side surface and a concave observation side surface; and

(iv) the fifth lens has one of: a convex object side surface and a convex observation side surface, and a convex object side surface and a concave observation side surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2015
From: KAWAMURA, JUN; MIYAZAWA, NOBUYUKI; INOMOTO, YU
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037183/0853 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2014-176291 · Aug 29, 2014 · national
JP 2014-176293 · Aug 29, 2014 · national
JP 2014-176294 · Aug 29, 2014 · national
JP 2014-176295 · Aug 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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