IP Library Granted Patent US 12,197,038
Granted Patent B2
US 12,197,038 · App. 18/098,359 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Jin Hwa Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Tae Youn Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/62G02B7/04G02B13/002G02B13/0045G02B27/0037G02B13/0015G02B27/0025G03B30/00
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Patent No.
US 12,197,038
App. No.
18/098,359
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave; and a sixth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave, wherein the first lens through the sixth lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane, and the optical imaging system satisfies the conditional expressions 0.7<TL/f<1.0 and TL/2<f1, where TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens.

Claims (36)

1. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a refractive power;

a second lens having a negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof;

a third lens having a negative refractive power;

a fourth lens having a positive refractive power;

a fifth lens having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof; and

a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof,

wherein the first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system,

the optical imaging system has a total of six lenses,

a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the first lens to an object-side surface of the second lens is less than 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 is also less than a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and

0.7<TL/f<1.0, where TL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein |f2/f3|<1.3, where f2 is a focal length of the second lens and f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0<D45/TL<0.2, where D45 is the distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the fourth lens to the object-side surface of the fifth lens.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 1.5<Nd6<1.7, wherein Nd6 is a refractive index of the sixth lens.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein f2/f←0.6, where f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the second lens is convex in a paraxial region thereof.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the third lens is concave in a paraxial region thereof.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the fourth lens is concave in a paraxial region thereof.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the fourth lens is convex in a paraxial region thereof.

11. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a refractive power;

a second lens having a negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof;

a third lens having a negative refractive power;

a fourth lens having a positive refractive power;

a fifth lens having a refractive power; and

a sixth lens having a positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof,

wherein the first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system,

the optical imaging system has a total of six lenses,

a thickness of the fifth lens along the optical axis is greater than a thickness of the fourth lens along the optical axis,

a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the first lens to an object-side surface of the second lens is less than 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 is also less than a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and

0.7<TL/f<1.0, where TL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.

12. The optical imaging system of claim 11 , wherein |f2/f3|<1.3, where f2 is a focal length of the second lens and f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 11 , wherein 0<D45/TL<0.2, where D45 is the distance along the optical axis from the image-side surface of the fourth lens to the object-side surface of the fifth lens.

14. The optical imaging system of claim 11 , wherein 1.5<Nd6<1.7, wherein Nd6 is a refractive index of the sixth lens.

15. The optical imaging system of claim 11 , wherein f2/f←0.6, where f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0137676 · Oct 23, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16890036 · Jun 2, 2020
Division 16114514 · Aug 28, 2018
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