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US 12,298,482 · App. 18/433,937 · Granted May 13, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Hwan Soo Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B13/0045G02B1/007G02B1/041
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Patent No.
US 12,298,482
App. No.
18/433,937
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side. The third lens, the fourth lens, the sixth lens, and the seventh lens are formed of plastic, and the first lens, the second lens, and the fifth lens are formed of glass.

Claims (50)

1. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof;

a second lens having a refractive power;

a third lens having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having a negative refractive power;

a fifth lens having a refractive power;

a sixth lens having a refractive power; and

a seventh lens having a negative refractive power,

wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side,

wherein the optical imaging system has a total of seven lenses,

wherein n4<1.64 is satisfied, where n4 is a refractive index of the fourth lens, and

wherein n6<1.535 is satisfied, where n6 is a refractive index of the sixth lens.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein n3<1.64 is satisfied, where n3 is a refractive index of the third lens.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein TTL/(2*IMGH)<3.0 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and IMGH is a half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane of the image sensor.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.02<f/f3<0.65 is satisfied, where f3 is a focal length of the third lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein −0.5<f/f4<−0.1 is satisfied, where f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.25<f/f6<0.65 is satisfied, where f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein −0.5<f/f7<−0.1 is satisfied, where f7 is a focal length of the seventh lens, and f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein n7<1.64 is satisfied, where n7 is a refractive index of the seventh lens.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a negative refractive power.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

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

12. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has a positive refractive power.

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

15. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens has a positive refractive power.

16. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

17. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the seventh lens has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

18. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof;

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

a third lens having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having a negative refractive power;

a fifth lens having a refractive power;

a sixth lens having a refractive power; and

a seventh lens having a negative refractive power,

wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side,

wherein the optical imaging system has a total of seven lenses, and

wherein n4<1.64 is satisfied, where n4 is a refractive index of the fourth lens.

19. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof;

a second lens having a refractive power;

a third lens having a positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having a negative refractive power;

a fifth lens having a refractive power;

a sixth lens having a refractive power; and

a seventh lens having a negative 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 seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side,

wherein the optical imaging system has a total of seven lenses, and

wherein n4<1.64 is satisfied, where n4 is a refractive index of the fourth lens.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0167715 · Dec 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17990121 · Nov 18, 2022
Continuation 17074895 · Oct 20, 2020
Continuation 16108506 · Aug 22, 2018
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