IP Library Granted Patent US 10,908,387
Granted Patent B2
US 10,908,387 · App. 16/127,405 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Optical lens assembly and electronic apparatus having the same

Inventor: Ki-woo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/60G02B9/64G02B13/0045G02B13/06G02B27/0037H04N5/2254H04N5/23248H04N5/23287H04N5/335
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Patent No.
US 10,908,387
App. No.
16/127,405
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an optical lens assembly and an electronic apparatus having the same. The optical lens assembly having a plurality of lenses arranged from an object side toward an image side where an image sensor is disposed, includes a bending unit configured to reflect light input from the object side in a first direction toward a second direction; and a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in the second direction in order from the bending unit toward the image side. The first lens group includes a first lens having negative refractive power and disposed adjacent to the bending unit and a second lens having positive refractive power.

Claims (78)

1. An optical lens assembly comprising a plurality of lenses arranged from an object side toward an image side where an image sensor is disposed, the optical lens assembly comprising:

a bending unit configured to reflect light input from the object side in a first direction toward a second direction; and

a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in the second direction in order from the bending unit toward the image side,

wherein the first lens group comprises a first lens having negative refractive power and disposed adjacent to the bending unit and a second lens having positive refractive power,

the second lens group comprises one or more lenses that are movable in the second direction,

the third lens group is movable in the second direction and comprises a third lens having positive refractive power and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and

an effective diameter of each of the first lens, the second lens, the one or more lenses included in the second lens group, the third lens, and the fourth lens is less than a diameter of an image circle of the image sensor,

wherein the optical lens assembly satisfies a following inequality:

Ld/D< 0.85,

wherein “Ld” denotes an effective diameter of the fourth lens closest to the image side in the optical lens assembly at a wide angle position, and “D” denotes a diameter of the image circle.

2. An optical lens assembly comprising a plurality of lenses arranged from an object side toward an image side where an image sensor is disposed, the optical lens assembly comprising:

a bending unit configured to reflect light input from the object side in a first direction toward a second direction; and

a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in the second direction in order from the bending unit toward the image side,

wherein the first lens group comprises a first lens having negative refractive power and disposed adjacent to the bending unit and a second lens having positive refractive power,

the second lens group comprises one or more lenses that are movable in the second direction,

the third lens group is movable in the second direction and comprises a third lens having positive refractive power and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and

an effective diameter of each of the first lens, the second lens, the one or more lenses included in the second lens group, the third lens, and the fourth lens is less than a diameter of an image circle of the image sensor, and

wherein the optical lens assembly satisfies a following inequality:

Lv/V< 0.9,

wherein “V” denotes a length of a short side of the image sensor at a wide angle position, and “Lv” denotes an effective diameter of light rays when the light rays pass through the fourth lens closest to the image side in the optical lens assembly and arrive at an end point of the short side of the image sensor at the wide angle position.

3. The optical lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein an overall length of an optical path of the optical lens assembly is less than or equal to 17 mm.

4. The optical lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group moves and performs a focusing operation according to an object distance.

5. An optical lens assembly comprising a plurality of lenses arranged from an object side toward an image side where an image sensor is disposed, the optical lens assembly comprising:

a bending unit configured to reflect light input from the object side in a first direction toward a second direction; and

a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in the second direction in order from the bending unit toward the image side,

wherein the first lens group comprises a first lens having negative refractive power and disposed adjacent to the bending unit and a second lens having positive refractive power,

the second lens group comprises one or more lenses that are movable in the second direction,

the third lens group is movable in the second direction and comprises a third lens having positive refractive power and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and

an effective diameter of each of the first lens, the second lens, the one or more lenses included in the second lens group, the third lens, and the fourth lens is less than a diameter of an image circle of the image sensor, and

wherein the first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group move vertically and horizontally with respect to the second direction to perform camera shake compensation.

6. An optical lens assembly comprising a plurality of lenses arranged from an object side toward an image side where an image sensor is disposed, the optical lens assembly comprising:

a bending unit configured to reflect light input from the object side in a first direction toward a second direction; and

a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in the second direction in order from the bending unit toward the image side,

wherein the first lens group comprises a first lens having negative refractive power and disposed adjacent to the bending unit and a second lens having positive refractive power,

the second lens group comprises one or more lenses that are movable in the second direction,

the third lens group is movable in the second direction and comprises a third lens having positive refractive power and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and

an effective diameter of each of the first lens, the second lens, the one or more lenses included in the second lens group, the third lens, and the fourth lens is less than a diameter of an image circle of the image sensor, and

wherein the bending unit tilts to perform camera shake compensation in a pitch direction, and the first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group move horizontally with respect to the second direction to perform camera shake compensation in a yaw direction.

7. The optical lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first lens of the first lens group has an Abbe number that is greater than 50, and the second lens of the first lens group has an Abbe number that is less than 30.

8. The optical lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens of the third lens group has an object side surface that is concave toward the object side.

9. The optical lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein a fifth lens is further provided between the second lens group and the third lens group.

10. The optical lens assembly of claim 9 , wherein the fifth lens is fixed during zooming.

11. The optical lens assembly of claim 9 , wherein movement amounts of the second lens group and the third lens group during zooming are the same.

12. The optical lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein all lenses included in the optical lens assembly are plastic lenses.

13. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a first optical lens assembly having a first field of view;

a first image sensor configured to obtain a first image signal by using light passing through the first optical lens assembly;

a second optical lens assembly having a second field of view that is less than the first field of view;

a second image sensor configured to obtain a second image signal by using light passing through the second optical lens assembly; and

a processor,

wherein the second optical lens assembly comprises:

a bending unit configured to reflect light input from an object side in a first direction toward a second direction, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in the second direction in order from the bending unit toward an image side where the second image sensor is disposed,

wherein the first lens group is disposed adjacent to the bending unit and comprises a first lens having negative refractive power and a second lens having positive refractive power,

the second lens group comprises one or more lenses that are movable in the second direction,

the third lens group is movable in the second direction and comprises a third lens having positive refractive power and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and

an effective diameter of each of the first lens, the second lens, the one or more lenses included in the second lens group, the third lens, and the fourth lens is less than a diameter of an image circle of the second image sensor,

wherein the first optical lens assembly has a zoom ratio of a first section according to the first field of view, the second optical lens assembly has a zoom ratio of a second section according to the second field of view, the processor captures an image of an object using at least one of the first image sensor and the second image sensor, and the second lens group and the third lens group are moved during the capturing of the image and

wherein the zoom ratio of the first section has a range of 1 to 1.9 times, and the zoom ratio of the second section has a range of 2 to 3 times.

14. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a first optical lens assembly having a first field of view;

a first image sensor configured to obtain a first image signal by using light passing through the first optical lens assembly;

a second optical lens assembly having a second field of view that is less than the first field of view;

a second image sensor configured to obtain a second image signal by using light passing through the second optical lens assembly; and

a processor,

wherein the second optical lens assembly comprises:

a bending unit configured to reflect light input from an object side in a first direction toward a second direction, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in the second direction in order from the bending unit toward an image side where the second image sensor is disposed,

wherein the first lens group is disposed adjacent to the bending unit and comprises a first lens having negative refractive power and a second lens having positive refractive power,

the second lens group comprises one or more lenses that are movable in the second direction,

the third lens group is movable in the second direction and comprises a third lens having positive refractive power and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and

an effective diameter of each of the first lens, the second lens, the one or more lenses included in the second lens group, the third lens, and the fourth lens is less than a diameter of an image circle of the second image sensor, and

wherein the second optical lens assembly satisfies a following inequality:

Ld/D< 0.85,

wherein “Ld” denotes an effective diameter of the fourth lens closest to the image side in the second optical lens assembly at a wide angle position, and “D” denotes a diameter of the image circle.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second optical lens assembly satisfies a following inequality:

Lv/V< 0.9,

wherein “V” denotes a length of an image short side of the second image sensor in the second optical lens assembly at a wide angle position, and “Lv” denotes an effective diameter of light rays when the light rays pass through the fourth lens closest to the image side in the second optical lens assembly and arrive at an end point of the image short side of the second image sensor at the wide angle position.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein an overall length of an optical path of the second optical lens assembly is less than or equal to 17 mm.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the electronic apparatus satisfies V/TTL_W<1, wherein “TTL_W” denotes an overall length of an optical path of the first optical lens assembly at a wide angle position, and “V” denotes a length of an image short side of the second image sensor in the second optical lens assembly at the wide angle position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2018
From: LEE, KI-WOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0121319 · Sep 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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