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Granted Patent B2
US 12,320,959 · App. 17/685,878 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Zhanfei Zhang (Yuyao, CN); Lin Huang (Yuyao, CN); Xin Zhou (Yuyao, CN); Fujian Dai (Yuyao, CN); Liefeng Zhao (Yuyao, CN)
Assignee: Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., Ltd
G02B13/0045G02B9/60
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Patent No.
US 12,320,959
App. No.
17/685,878
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens (L1) having a positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface (S1); a second lens (L2) having a refractive power; a third lens (L3) having a refractive power; a fourth lens (L4) having a positive refractive power, a concave object-side surface (S7) and a convex image-side surface (S8); and a fifth lens (L5) having a negative refractive power.

Claims (55)

1. An optical imaging system, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, comprising:

a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface;

a second lens having a refractive power;

a third lens having a refractive power;

a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and

a fifth lens having a negative refractive power,

wherein −1<(SAG42+SAG51)/Tr7r10<−0.3,

where SAG42 is an axial distance from an intersection of the image-side surface of the fourth lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective radius of the image-side surface of the fourth lens, SAG51 is an axial distance from an intersection of an object-side surface of the fifth lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective radius of the object-side surface of the fifth lens, and Tr7r10 is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the fourth lens to an image-side surface of the fifth lens;

wherein −0.9<SAG31/CT3<−0.2,

where SAG31 is an axial distance from an intersection of an object-side surface of the third lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective radius of the object-side surface of the third lens, and CT3 is a center thickness of the third lens along the optical axis.

2. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein f×TTL/EPD<6 mm,

where f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging system, EPD is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging system, and TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

3. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.8<f4/f≤1.5,

where f4 is an effective focal length of the fourth lens, and f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging system.

4. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein TTL<4.5 mm,

where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

5. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein f/EPD<1.5,

where f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging system, and EPD is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging system.

6. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 1.5<f1/f<2.1,

where f1 is an effective focal length of the first lens, and f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging system.

7. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein −0.8<R7/f<−0.3,

where R7 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the fourth lens, and f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging system.

8. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein DISTmax<3%,

where DISTmax is a maximum distortion of the optical imaging system.

9. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.35<T34/(T12+T23)<0.7,

where T12 is a spaced interval between the first lens and the second lens along the optical axis, T23 is a spaced interval between the second lens and the third lens along the optical axis, and T34 is a spaced interval between the third lens and the fourth lens along the optical axis.

10. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 10×T45/TD<0.5,

where T45 is a spaced interval between the fourth lens and the fifth lens along the optical axis, and TD is a spaced interval from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the fifth lens.

11. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.2<CT2/CT4<0.5,

where CT2 is a center thickness of the second lens along the optical axis, and CT4 is a center thickness of the fourth lens along the optical axis.

12. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.9<CT2/ET2<1.65,

where CT2 is a center thickness of the second lens along the optical axis, and ET2 is an edge thickness of the second lens.

13. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.9<DT12/DT21<1.2,

where DT12 is an effective half-aperture of an image-side surface of the first lens, and DT21 is an effective half-aperture of an object-side surface of the second lens.

14. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.8<DT21/DT31<1.2,

where DT21 is an effective half-aperture of an object-side surface of the second lens, and DT31 is an effective half-aperture of an object-side surface of the third lens.

15. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein −0.7<SAG21/CT2<0,

where SAG21 is an axial distance from an intersection of an object-side surface of the second lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective radius of the object-side surface of the second lens, and CT2 is a center thickness of the second lens along the optical axis.

16. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein 0.8<DT52/ImgH<1,

where DT52 is an effective half-aperture of the image-side surface of the fifth lens, and ImgH is a half of a diagonal length of an effective pixel area on an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

17. An optical imaging system, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, comprising:

a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface;

a second lens having a refractive power;

a third lens having a refractive power;

a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and

a fifth lens having a negative refractive power,

wherein f×TTL/EPD<6 mm, and

f/EPD<1.5,

where f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging system, EPD is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging system, and TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging system;

wherein −0.9<SAG31/CT3<−0.2,

where SAG31 is an axial distance from an intersection of an object-side surface of the third lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective radius of the object-side surface of the third lens, and CT3 is a center thickness of the third lens along the optical axis.

18. The optical imaging system according to claim 17 , wherein −1<(SAG42+SAG51)/Tr7r10<−0.3,

where SAG42 is an axial distance from an intersection of the image-side surface of the fourth lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective radius of the image-side surface of the fourth lens, SAG51 is an axial distance from an intersection of an object-side surface of the fifth lens and the optical axis to a vertex of an effective radius of the object-side surface of the fifth lens, and Tr7r10 is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the fourth lens to an image-side surface of the fifth lens.

19. The optical imaging system according to claim 17 , wherein DISTmax<3%,

where DISTmax is a maximum distortion of the optical imaging system.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 059317 FRAME: 0515. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT . Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: ZHANG, ZHANFEI; HUANG, LIN; ZHOU, XIN; DAI, FUJIAN; ZHAO, LIEFENG
To: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 059482/0416 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2022
From: ZHANG, ZHANFEI; HUANG, LIN; ZHOU, XIN; DAI, FUJIAN; ZHAO, LIEFENG
To: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059317/0515 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910835468.5 · Sep 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020110042 · Aug 19, 2020
Related Publication 20220187577A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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