IP Library Granted Patent US 11,994,656
Granted Patent B2
US 11,994,656 · App. 17/344,177 · Granted May 28, 2024

Imaging lens including seven lenses of +−+0+−−,+−+0−+− or +−+0++− refractive powers

Inventor: Koji Nitta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co., Ltd.
G02B13/0045G02B9/64
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Patent No.
US 11,994,656
App. No.
17/344,177
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens, a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface of the seventh lens is an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Claims (80)

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

a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region,

a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a third lens,

a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens,

a fifth lens,

a sixth lens having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and

a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface of said seventh lens is an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, an image-side surface of said first lens is concave in a paraxial region, said third lens is formed in a meniscus shape in a paraxial region, an image-side surface of said fifth lens is convex in a paraxial region, an object-side surface of said seventh lens is convex in a paraxial region, and the following conditional expressions (2), (3), and (4) are satisfied:

1.80<ν d 3/ν d 5<4.00  (2)

0.10<( T 5/ TTL )×100<0.40  (3)

10.00<ν d 4<29.00  (4)

where

νd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens,

νd5: an abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens,

T5: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to an object-side surface of the sixth lens,

TTL: a total track length, and

νd4: an abbe number at d-ray of the fourth lens.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (5) is satisfied:

0.60<ν d 2/ν d 5<1.40  (5)

where

νd2: an abbe number at d-ray of the second lens, and

νd5: an abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (7) is satisfied:

−2.30<( D 2/ f 2)×100<−0.50  (7)

where

D2: a thickness along the optical axis of the second lens, and

f2: a focal length of the second lens.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (8) is satisfied:

0.30<( D 5/| f 5|)×100<6.50  (8)

where

D5: a thickness along the optical axis of the fifth lens, and

f5: a focal length of the fifth lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (11) is satisfied:

1.55<| f 3/ f 7|<12.50  (11)

where

f3: a focal length of the third lens, and

f7: a focal length of the seventh lens.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (12) is satisfied:

0.50< r 2/ f< 2.10  (12)

where

r2: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens, and

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (13) is satisfied:

−8.50< r 10/ f<− 0.70  (13)

where

r10: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lens, and

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

8. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region,

a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a third lens,

a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens,

a fifth lens,

a sixth lens having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and

a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface of said seventh lens is an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, an image-side surface of said first lens is concave in a paraxial region, said third lens is formed in a meniscus shape in a paraxial region,

an object-side surface and an image-side surface of said fourth lens are plane surfaces in a paraxial region, an image-side surface of said fifth lens is convex in a paraxial region, an object-side surface of said seventh lens is convex in a paraxial region, and the following conditional expressions (2) and (4) are satisfied:

1.80<ν d 3/ν d 5<4.00  (2)

10.00<ν d 4<29.00  (4)

where

νd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens,

νd5: an abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens, and

νd4: an abbe number at d-ray of the fourth lens.

9. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region,

a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a third lens,

a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens,

a fifth lens,

a sixth lens having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and

a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface of said seventh lens is an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, an image-side surface of said first lens is concave in a paraxial region, said third lens is formed in a meniscus shape in a paraxial region,

an image-side surface of said fifth lens is convex in a paraxial region, an object-side surface of said seventh lens is convex in a paraxial region, and the following conditional expressions (2), (4), and (9) are satisfied:

1.80<ν d 3/ν d 5<4.00  (2)

10.00<ν d 4<29.00  (4)

1.00<( T 3/ TTL )×100<4.00  (9)

where

νd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens,

νd5: an abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens,

νd4: an abbe number at d-ray of the fourth lens,

T3: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and

TTL: a total track length.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-154545 · Aug 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16547033 · Aug 21, 2019
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