IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,983,308
Granted Patent B2
US 10,983,308 · App. 16/318,437 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Imaging lens system and camera

Inventor: Kenichi Emi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G02B13/0035G02B7/008G02B9/12G02B13/04G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 10,983,308
App. No.
16/318,437
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group consisting of at least one lens element having negative power; a second lens group having positive power and configured with a single lens element; and a third lens group having power, and the third lens group includes a lens element having positive power and a lens element having negative power. In addition, conditional expressions (1) and (2) shown below are simultaneously satisfied: −1.2×10 −5 <dn/dt pi <0, where i≥1 (1); −1.0×10 −6 <dn/dt mi <1.5×10 −5 , where i≥1 (2), where dn/dt pi is a relative refractive index temperature coefficient, of an i-th lens element having positive power included in an entire system for light in a wavelength range from 580 nm to 640 nm in air in a range from 0° C. to 20° C., and dn/dt mi is a relative refractive index temperature coefficient, of an i-th lens element having negative power included in the entire system for light in a wavelength range from 580 nm to 640 nm in air in a range from 0° C. to 20° C.

Claims (57)

1. An imaging lens system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens group consisting of at least one lens element having negative power;

a second lens group having positive power and configured with a single lens element; and

a third lens group having power,

wherein a lens element closest to the object side in the first lens group is a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface on the object side,

the third lens group includes a lens element having positive power and a lens element having negative power, and

conditional expressions (1), (2), (4), and (7) shown below are simultaneously satisfied,

−1.2×10 −5 <dn/dt pi <0, where i≥ 1  (1)

−1.0×10 −6 <dn/dt mi <1.5×10 −5 , where i≥ 1  (2)

0.58≤ f/f 12 <1.5  (4)

ν 3mi <35, where i≥ 1  (7)

where

dn/dt pi is a relative refractive index temperature coefficient of an i-th lens element having positive power included in an entire system for light in a wavelength range from 580 nm to 640 nm, inclusive, in air in a range from 0° C. to 20° C., inclusive,

dn/dt mi is a relative refractive index temperature coefficient of an i-th lens element having negative power included in the entire system for light in a wavelength range from 580 nm to 640 nm, inclusive, in air in a range from 0° C. to 20° C., inclusive,

f is a focal length of the entire system at a d-line,

f 12 is a composite focal length of the first lens group and the second lens group at the d-line, and

ν 3mi is the Abbe number at the d-line of an i-th lens element having negative power included in the third lens group.

2. The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein conditional expression (3) shown below is satisfied,

0.1 <f/f 2 <1.2  (3)

where

f is a focal length of the entire system at a d-line, and

f 2 is a focal length of the second lens group at the d-line.

3. The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein conditional expression (5) shown below is satisfied,

ν 1mi >35, where i≥ 1  (5)

where

ν 1mi is an Abbe number at a d-line of an i-th lens element having negative power included in the first lens group.

4. The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein conditional expression (6) shown below is satisfied,

ν 3pi >50, where i≥ 1  (6)

where ν 3pi is an Abbe number at a d-line of an i-th lens element having positive power included in the third lens group.

5. The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein conditional expression (8) shown below is satisfied,

−0.3 <f/f 3 <1.0  (8)

where

f is a focal length of the entire system at a d-line, and

f 3 is a focal length of the third lens group at the d-line.

6. The imaging lens system according to claim 1 , wherein conditional expression (5b) shown below is satisfied,

40.95≤ν 1mi ≤59.6, where i≥ 1  (5b)

where ν 1mi is the Abbe number at the d-line of an i-th lens element having negative power included in the first lens group.

7. A camera comprising:

an imaging lens system that forms an optical image of an object; and

an imaging device that converts the optical image formed by the imaging lens system into an electrical image signal,

wherein the imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens group consisting of at least one lens element having negative power,

a second lens group having positive power and configured with a single lens element, and

a third lens group having power,

the third lens group includes a lens element having positive power and a lens element having negative power,

a lens element closest to the object side in the first lens group is a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface on the object side, and

conditional expressions (1), (2), (4), and (7) shown below are simultaneously satisfied,

−1.2×10 −5 <dn/dt pi <0, where i≥ 1  (1)

−1.0×10 −6 <dn/dt mi <1.5×10 −5 , where i≥ 1  (2)

0.58≤ f/f 12 <1.5  (4)

ν 3mi <35, where i≥ 1  (7)

where

dn/dt pi is a relative refractive index temperature coefficient of an i-th lens element having positive power included in an entire system for light in a wavelength range from 580 nm to 640 nm, inclusive, in air in a range from 0° C. to 20° C., inclusive,

dn/dt mi is a relative refractive index temperature coefficient of an i-th lens element having negative power included in the entire system for light in a wavelength range from 580 nm to 640 nm, inclusive, in air in a range from 0° C. to 20° C., inclusive,

f is a focal length of the entire system at a d-line,

f 12 is a composite focal length of the first lens group and the second lens group at the d-line, and

ν 3mi is the Abbe number at the d-line of an i-th lens element having negative power included in the third lens group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2019
From: EMI, KENICHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049601/0844 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-205565 · Oct 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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