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Granted Patent B2
US 11,150,450 · App. 16/682,799 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Zoom lens, imaging optical device, and digital device

Inventor: Hiroaki Tanaka (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
G02B15/1461G02B15/163G02B27/646
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Patent No.
US 11,150,450
App. No.
16/682,799
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens includes: in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having negative refractive power; a fifth lens group having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens group having negative refractive power.

Claims (42)

1. A zoom lens comprising: in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having negative refractive power; a fifth lens group having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens group having negative refractive power,

wherein an interval between each of adjacent lens groups varies at zooming,

the sixth lens group moves on an optical axis at focusing in a range from an object at infinity to an object at close proximity, and

the following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied:

5.7≤ f 1/ fw≤ 10.0  (1)

−3.00≤ f 6/ bfw≤− 1.35  (2)

where

fw is a focal length of an entire system at a wide angle end,

f1 is the focal length of the first lens group,

f6 is the focal length of the sixth lens group, and

bfw is a back focus at the wide angle end.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third lens group includes at least one positive lens that satisfies the following conditional expression (3):

vdp≥ 65  (3)

where

vdp is an Abbe number of the positive lens in the third lens group.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein camera shake correction is performed by moving the fourth lens group as a camera shake correction group in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the following conditional expression (4) is satisfied:

0.1≤ M 2/ M 1≤0.5  (4)

where

M1 is an amount of movement of the first lens group on the optical axis at zooming from the wide angle end to a telephoto end, and

M2 is the amount of movement of the second lens group on the optical axis at zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sixth lens group includes one positive lens and one negative lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression (5):

0.1≤ T 6/ fw≤ 0.3  (5)

where

fw is the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end, and

T6 is a thickness of the sixth lens group on the optical axis.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the following conditional expression (6) is satisfied:

−1.2≤ f 2/ fw≤− 0.76  (6)

where

fw is the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end, and

f2 is the focal length of the second lens group.

7. An imaging optical device comprising:

the zoom lens according to claim 1 ; and

an image sensor that converts an optical image formed on a light receiving surface into an electrical signal,

wherein the zoom lens is provided so as to form an optical image of a subject on the light receiving surface of the image sensor.

8. A digital device comprising the imaging optical device according to claim 7 ,

wherein at least one function of capturing a still image or capturing a moving image of a subject has been added by including the imaging optical device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2019
From: TANAKA, HIROAKI
To: KONICA MINOLTA INC.
Reel/Frame 051003/0698 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-214509 · Nov 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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