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Granted Patent B2
US 10,877,245 · App. 15/892,758 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Ho Sik Yoo (Suwon-si, KR); Dong Shin Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Sot Eum Seo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B13/004G02B9/38G02B9/50G02B9/56G02B13/0065G02B13/02
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Patent No.
US 10,877,245
App. No.
15/892,758
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side on an optical axis, and a reflecting member disposed closer to the object side, as compared to the first lens, and having a reflecting surface configured to change a path of light to be incident to the first to fourth lenses. The first to fourth lenses are disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a preset distance along the optical axis, and 1.3<TTL/BFL<3.5, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor.

Claims (52)

1. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having positive refractive power sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side on an optical axis; and

a reflecting member disposed closer to the object side, as compared to the first lens, and having a reflecting surface configured to change a path of light to be incident to the first to fourth lenses,

wherein the first to fourth lenses are disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a preset distance along the optical axis, and

wherein 1.3<TTL/BFL<3.5, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein FOV≤40°, where FOV is a field of view of an optical system comprising the first to fourth lenses.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.9<DF/DC<1.3, where DF is an effective aperture radius of the image-side surface of the fourth lens, and DC is an effective aperture radius of the object-side surface of the first lens.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.8<TTL/f<1.5, where f is an overall focal length of an optical system comprising the first to fourth lenses.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.75<f12/f<1.8, where f12 is a composite focal length of the first lens and the second lens, and f is an overall focal length of an optical system comprising the first to fourth lenses.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens comprises positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface, and

wherein the second lens comprises negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens comprises a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens comprises a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens comprises a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens comprises a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface.

11. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens comprises a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface.

12. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens and the fourth lens comprise a first plastic material, and

the second lens and the third lens comprise plastic materials comprising optical characteristics different from those of the first plastic material.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein the plastic material of the second lens comprises optical characteristics different from the plastic material of the third lens.

14. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 1.3<TTL/BFL<2.4.

15. An optical imaging system comprising:

a reflecting member comprising a reflecting surface configured to change a path of light; and

lenses to which the changed path of light is configured to be incident sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side on an optical axis,

wherein the reflecting member is disposed to the object side of the lenses,

wherein 1.3<TTL/BFL<3.5, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of a lens closest to the reflecting member among the lenses, to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of a lens closest to the image sensor among the lenses, to the imaging plane of the image sensor, and

wherein 0.9<DF/DC<1.3, where DF is an effective aperture radius of the image-side surface of the lens closest to the image sensor, and DC is an effective aperture radius of the object-side surface of the lens closest to the reflecting member.

16. The optical imaging system of claim 15 , wherein the lenses comprise:

a first lens comprising positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface;

a second lens comprising negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface;

a third lens comprising refractive power; and

a fourth lens comprising refractive power,

wherein the first to fourth lenses are sequentially disposed from the object side toward the image side.

17. The optical imaging system of claim 16 , wherein the first lens is the lens closest to the reflecting member, and the fourth lens is the lens closest to the image sensor.

18. An optical imaging system comprising:

a reflecting member configured to change a path of light to be incident to an object side of lenses; and

an image sensor configured to receive light from an image side of the lenses,

wherein the lenses comprise:

a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens sequentially disposed from the object side toward the image side on an optical axis, and

wherein any one or any combination of any two or more of the following expressions are satisfied:

FOV≤40°,

0.9< DF/DC< 1.3,

1.3< TTL/BFL< 3.5,

0.8< TTL/f< 1.5,

0.75< f 12/ f< 1.8, and

CRA _max<25°

where FOV is a field of view of the optical imaging system, DF is an effective aperture radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens, DC is an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the first lens, TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the image sensor, BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the fourth lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, f12 is a composite focal length of the first lens and the second lens, and CRA_max is a maximum value of an incident angle of a principal ray incident on the imaging plane.

19. The optical imaging system of claim 18 , wherein the first lens comprises positive refractive power, the second lens comprises negative refractive power, the third lens comprises negative refractive power, and the fourth lens comprises positive refractive power.

20. The optical imaging system of claim 18 , wherein at least one of:

the first lens comprises a convex object-side surface and a convex or concave image-side surface,

the second lens comprises a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface,

the third lens comprises a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and

the fourth lens comprises a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2018
From: YOO, HO SIK; YANG, DONG SHIN; JO, YONG JOO; SEO, SOT EUM
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044880/0893 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0105365 · Aug 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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