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Granted Patent B2
US 11,372,220 · App. 16/916,166 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Camera lens of catadioptric optical system

Inventors: Koji Nitta (Osaka, JP); Kaoru Yamazaki (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
G02B17/0856
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Patent No.
US 11,372,220
App. No.
16/916,166
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a camera lens of a catadioptric optical system, consisting of two lens assemblies and one lens group and having a small height, a narrow angle, and good optical characteristics. The camera lens includes: a first lens assembly including an object side surface having a first refractive surface and a second reflective surface in a peripheral region and a central region thereof, and an image side surface having a second refractive surface, a fifth refractive surface and a sixth refractive surface that are sequentially arranged from a peripheral region to a central region thereof; a second lens assembly including an object side surface having a third refractive surface and a fourth refractive surface that are sequentially arranged from a peripheral region to a central region thereof, and an image side surface having a first reflective surface; and a third lens group having a refractive power.

Claims (30)

1. A camera lens of a catadioptric optical system, comprising, sequentially from an object side:

a first lens assembly having a reflective power and a refractive power, wherein an object side surface of the first lens assembly comprises a first refractive surface in a peripheral region thereof and a second reflective surface in a central region thereof, and an image side surface of the first lens assembly comprises, sequentially from a peripheral region to a central region thereof, a second refractive surface, a fifth refractive surface and a sixth refractive surface, wherein the second refractive surface and the sixth refractive surface are connected through the fifth refractive surface;

a second lens assembly having a reflective power and a refractive power, wherein an object side surface of the second lens assembly comprises, sequentially from a peripheral region to a central region thereof, a third refractive surface and a fourth refractive surface, and an image side surface of the second lens assembly comprises a first reflective surface; and

a third lens group having a refractive power,

wherein the camera lens satisfies following conditions:

0.035≤( nd 1/ v 1)+( nd 2/ v 2)≤0.085;

−0.85≤ TTL/f 3 g≤− 0.20; and

−0.40≤( nd 1+ nd 2)/ f 3≤ g≤− 0.10,

where

nd1 denotes a refractive index of d line of the first lens assembly;

nd2 denotes a refractive index of d line of the second lens assembly;

v1 denotes an abbe number of the first lens assembly;

v2 denotes an abbe number of the second lens assembly;

TTL denotes an optical length indicating an on-axis distance from the second reflective surface to an image plane; and

f3g denotes a combined focal length of the third lens group.

2. The camera lens as described in claim 1 , wherein an object side surface of the third lens assembly comprises a seventh refractive surface; and

wherein the camera lens further satisfies a following condition:

−0.20≤ d 9/ f 3 g≤ 0.00,

where

d9 denotes an on-axis distance from the sixth refractive surface to a seventh refractive surface.

3. The camera lens as described in claim 1 , further satisfying a following condition:

0.25≤ TTL/f≤ 0.35,

where

TTL denotes an optical length indicating an on-axis distance from the second reflective surface to an image plane; and

f denotes a focal length of the whole optical system of camera lens.

4. The camera lens as described in claim 1 , further satisfying a following condition:

3.05≤ TTL/IH≤ 3.40,

where

TTL denotes an optical length indicating an on-axis distance from the second reflective surface to an image plane; and

IH denotes a maximum image height.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2020
From: NITTA, KOJI; YAMAZAKI, KAORU
To: AAC OPTICS SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-108122 · Jun 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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