Endoscope system and optical adaptor for endoscope
An endoscope apparatus includes a removable optical adaptor and a main body optical system. The optical adaptor includes an aperture and includes a first group optical system having a negative combined focal length as a whole and a second group optical system having a positive combined focal length as a whole in order from an object side. The main body optical system includes an imaging lens configured to form an image of a light flux on an image pickup device, the light flux being transmitted through the adaptor from the object. The first group optical system includes a lens having an Abbe number of 35 or higher, and the second group optical system includes a lens having an Abbe number of 45 or lower.
1. An endoscope system comprising:
a removable adaptor; and
a main body optical system,
wherein the adaptor includes an aperture, the adaptor further includes a first group optical system having a negative combined focal length as a whole and a second group optical system having a positive combined focal length as a whole in order from an object side,
the main body optical system includes an imaging lens configured to form an image of a light flux on an image pickup sensor, the light flux being transmitted through the adaptor from an object being imaged,
the first group optical system includes a lens having an Abbe number of 35 or higher, and
the second group optical system includes a lens having an Abbe number of 45 or lower,
the first group optical system includes, sequentially from the object side, a meniscus lens and two lenses having concave surfaces facing each other, and
in the adaptor, the first group optical system, the second group optical system, and the aperture are disposed sequentially from the object side.
2. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein the meniscus lens is disposed to be convex on the object side.
3. The endoscope system according to claim 2 , wherein
a lens of a distal end of the first group optical system toward the object side is the meniscus lens, and
a ratio of a curvature radius of the meniscus lens on the distal end side to a curvature radius of the meniscus lens on a proximal end side is 3 or higher.
4. The endoscope system according to claim 2 , wherein in the first group optical system, the meniscus lens disposed to be convex on the object side and a lens having a concave surface on the object side are provided in order from the object side.
5. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a maximum power to a minimum power in a plurality of lenses included in the first group optical system is 3 or lower.
6. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein a lens of a distal end of the first group optical system toward the object side is the meniscus lens and a sum of a curvature radius of the meniscus lens on a proximal end side and a thickness of the meniscus lens along an optical axis is less than a curvature radius of the meniscus lens on a distal end side.
7. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between an Abbe number of the first group optical system and an Abbe number of the second group optical system is 20 or higher.
8. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein the first group optical system, the second group optical system, and the aperture configure an afocal optical system.
9. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein a number of lenses in the first group optical system is more than a number of lenses in the second group optical system by one.
10. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein an Abbe number of a lens in back of the aperture is higher than an Abbe number of the second group optical system.
11. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of view of the first group optical system on the object side is in a range of 200 degrees to 220 degrees.
12. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of view of the first group optical system on the object side is in a range of 140 degrees to 150 degrees.
13. The endoscope system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the lenses of the first group optical system has an Abbe number of 35 or higher.
14. An optical adaptor for endoscope that is removable from a distal end portion of an insertion portion of an endoscope, the optical adaptor comprising:
an aperture;
a first group optical system having a negative combined focal length as a whole; and
a second group optical system having a positive combined focal length as a whole, wherein
the first group optical system and the second group optical system are provided in order from an object side,
the first group optical system includes a lens having an Abbe number of 35 or higher, and
the second group optical system includes a lens having an Abbe number of 45 or lower,
wherein the first group optical system includes, sequentially from the object side, a meniscus lens and two lenses having concave surfaces facing each other, and
in the adaptor, the first group optical system, the second group optical system, and the aperture are disposed sequentially from the object side.
15. The optical adaptor for endoscope according to claim 14 , wherein each of the lenses of the first group optical system has an Abbe number of 35 or higher.