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US 12,242,043 · App. 18/374,729 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventor: Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B13/008B60R11/04G02B5/005G02B9/60G02B13/005G02B13/02B60R2011/0033B60R2300/106
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Patent No.
US 12,242,043
App. No.
18/374,729
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a concave object-side surface, a second lens, a third lens having a concave image-side surface, a fourth lens having a concave object-side surface, and a fifth lens. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane. The optical imaging system has a total number of five lenses having a refractive power. A radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the third lens is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens. 0≤|n1−n2|≤0.2 and TL/2Y<2.0, where n1 is a refractive index of the first lens, n2 is a refractive index of the second lens, TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane.

Claims (33)

1. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof;

a second lens having a positive refractive power;

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

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

a fifth lens having a refractive power,

wherein the first to fifth 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 number of five lenses having a refractive power,

a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the third lens at the optical axis is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens at the optical axis,

0≤|n1−n2|≤0.2 and TL/2Y<2.0, where n1 is a refractive index of the first lens, n2 is a refractive index of the second lens, TL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane, and

a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the fourth lens at the optical axis is greater than a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens at the optical axis.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens has a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

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

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

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

6. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a positive refractive power;

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

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

a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens having a refractive power,

wherein the first to fifth 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 number of five lenses having a refractive power,

a thickness of the first lens along the optical axis is greater than a thickness of the second lens along the optical axis,

a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the third lens is greater than a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the second lens,

TL/2Y<2.0, where TL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane, and

1.5<f/EPD<2.1, where f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and EPD is an entrance pupil diameter (EPD) of the optical imaging system.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 6 , wherein the first lens has a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

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

9. The optical imaging system of claim 6 , wherein the third lens has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 6 , wherein the fourth lens has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

11. The optical imaging system of claim 6 , wherein the fourth lens has a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

12. The optical imaging system of claim 6 , wherein the fifth lens has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0166089 · Nov 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17518642 · Nov 4, 2021
Continuation 15085036 · Mar 30, 2016
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