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Granted Patent B2
US 11,774,709 · App. 17/004,254 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Optical imaging system and portable electronic device

Inventors: Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Che Young Lim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/34G02B13/004G02B13/0065
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Patent No.
US 11,774,709
App. No.
17/004,254
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens disposed in order from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies 4.0<f/IMG_HT<5.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is one-half of a diagonal length of an imaging plane.

Claims (40)

1. An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first lens, a second lens having a concave object-side surface and a concave image- side surface in a paraxial region, a third lens, and a fourth lens having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region disposed in order from an object side,

wherein 4.0<f/IMG_HT<5.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is one-half of a diagonal length of an imaging plane.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.10<L2R2/f<1.0, where L2R2 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.10<(L2R1+L2R2)/(L2R1-L2R2)<1.0, where L2R1 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens, and L2R2 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein

1.0< f/f 1<5.0,

−5.0< f/f 2<−1.0,

−1.0< f/f 3<3.0, and

−5.0< f/f 4<5.0,

where f1 is a focal length of the first lens, f2 is a focal length of the second lens, f3 is a focal length of the third lens, and f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first prism disposed on an object side of the first lens.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 5 , wherein 11 mm <PTTL<15 mm, where PTTL is a distance from a reflective surface of the first prism to the imaging plane.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 5 , wherein 1.0 mm <DPL1<1.2 mm, where DPL1 is a distance from an image-side surface of the first prism to an object-side surface of the first lens.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 5 , wherein 1.0<PTTL/f<2.0, where PTTL is a distance from the reflective surface of the first prism to the imaging plane.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 5 , further comprising:

a second prism disposed between the fourth lens and the imaging plane.

10. A portable electronic device comprising:

three or more camera modules, wherein an optical axis of a first camera module is formed in a different direction from an optical axis of a second camera module and an optical axis of a third camera module, wherein the first camera module comprises:

an optical imaging system comprising a first lens, a second lens having a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region, a third lens, and a fourth lens having a concave image- side surface in a paraxial region disposed in order from an object side, wherein 4.0<f/IMG_HT <5.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is one-half of a diagonal length of an imaging plane; and

an image sensor configured to convert light incident through the first to fourth lenses to an electrical signal.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first camera module comprises the narrowest angle of view and the longest focal length, the third camera module comprises the widest angle of view and the shortest focal length, and the second camera module comprises a wider angle of view than the first camera module and a narrower angle of view than the third camera module.

12. An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first prism configured to emit light incident along a first optical axis in a direction of a second optical axis intersecting the first optical axis;

a first lens having a convex image-side surface;

a second lens having a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region;

a third lens having refractive power; and

a fourth lens having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region,

wherein the first prism, the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are disposed in order in the direction of the second optical axis, and

wherein 1.0<PTTL/f<2.0, where PTTL is a distance from a reflective surface of the first prism to an imaging plane, and f is a focal length of the optical imaging system.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein 4.0<f/IMG_HT<5.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is one-half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane.

14. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein the first lens has a convex object-side surface.

15. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein the second lens has a concave object-side surface.

16. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface or a convex image-side surface.

17. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein 0.10<L2R2/f<1.0, where L2R2 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens.

18. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , further comprising:

a second prism disposed between the fourth lens and the imaging plane.

19. The optical imaging system of claim 12 , wherein the optical imaging system comprises a total number of four lenses including the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens.

20. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a convex object-side surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2020
From: KIM, HAG CHUL; JO, YONG JOO; LIM, CHE YOUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053612/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0107271 · Aug 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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