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Granted Patent B2
US 12,321,039 · App. 18/317,337 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Image capturing lens system

Inventors: Kyu Min Chae (Suwon-si, KR); Sot Eum Seo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/62G02B7/021G02B7/04H04N23/55
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Patent No.
US 12,321,039
App. No.
18/317,337
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image capturing lens system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power while having a convex object-side surface, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having negative refractive power with a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and a sixth lens having positive refractive power.

Claims (59)

1. An image capturing lens system comprising:

a first lens having a refractive power;

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

a third lens having positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface;

a fourth lens having a convex object-side surface;

a fifth lens having a concave image-side surface; and

a sixth lens having a refractive power,

wherein the image capturing lens system comprises no more than six lenses,

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

wherein a numerical value of a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens is greater than a numerical value of a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fourth lens, and

wherein TL/f<5.0, where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and f is a focal length of the image capturing lens system.

2. The image capturing lens system of claim 1 , wherein f3/f<2.0, where f3 is a focal length of the third lens.

3. The image capturing lens system of claim 1 , wherein f4/f <2.0, where f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens.

4. The image capturing lens system of claim 1 , wherein D34<D23, where D23 is a distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to the object-side surface of the third lens and D34 is a distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to the object-side surface of the fourth lens.

5. The image capturing lens system of claim 1 , wherein D45<D34, where D34 is a distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to the object-side surface of the fourth lens and D45 is a distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the object-side surface of the fifth lens.

6. An image capturing lens system comprising:

a first lens having a refractive power;

a second lens having a positive refractive power;

a third lens having positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having a convex object-side surface;

a fifth lens having a concave image-side surface; and

a sixth lens having a refractive power,

wherein the image capturing lens system comprises no more than six lenses,

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

wherein a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fourth lens,

wherein TL/f<5.0, where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and f is a focal length of the image capturing lens system, and

wherein 1.2<BFL/f, where BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the sixth lens to the imaging plane.

7. An image capturing lens system comprising:

a first lens having a refractive power;

a second lens having a positive refractive power;

a third lens having positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having a convex object-side surface;

a fifth lens having a concave image-side surface; and

a sixth lens having a refractive power,

wherein the image capturing lens system comprises no more than six lenses,

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

wherein a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fourth lens,

wherein TL/f<5.0, where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and f is a focal length of the image capturing lens system, and

wherein 0.7<BFL/S8S13, where BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the sixth lens to the imaging plane and S 8 S 13 is a distance from an object-side surface of the fourth lens to the image-side surface of the sixth lens.

8. An image capturing lens system comprising:

a first lens having a refractive power;

a second lens having a positive refractive power;

a third lens having positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having a convex object-side surface;

a fifth lens having a concave image-side surface; and

a sixth lens having a refractive power,

wherein the image capturing lens system comprises no more than six lenses,

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

wherein TL/f<5.0, where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and f is a focal length of the image capturing lens system,

wherein a focal length of the second lens is 10 mm or more or −20 mm or less, and

wherein 0.7<BFL/S8S13, where BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the sixth lens to the imaging plane and S8S13 is a distance from an object-side surface of the fourth lens to the image-side surface of the sixth lens.

9. The image capturing lens system of claim 8 , wherein the first lens has a convex object-side surface.

10. The image capturing lens system of claim 8 , wherein the first lens has a concave image-side surface.

11. The image capturing lens system of claim 8 , wherein the second lens has a convex object-side surface.

12. The image capturing lens system of claim 8 , wherein the second lens has a concave image-side surface.

13. The image capturing lens system of claim 8 , wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface.

14. The image capturing lens system of claim 8 , wherein the fourth lens has a convex image-side surface.

15. The image capturing lens system of claim 8 , wherein the fifth lens has a concave image-side surface.

16. The image capturing lens system of claim 8 , wherein the sixth lens has a convex object-side surface.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0000279 · Jan 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16433081 · Jun 6, 2019
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