IP Library Granted Patent US 12,321,040
Granted Patent B2
US 12,321,040 · App. 17/148,017 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Sang Hyun Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Jae Hyuk Huh (Suwon-si, KR); Ju Hwa Son (Suwon-si, KR); Jin Hwa Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Phil Ho Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/64G02B9/62G02B13/0045G02B13/08G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 12,321,040
App. No.
17/148,017
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens disposed in order from an object side. The first lens has refractive power having a sign different from a sign of refractive power of the second lens. One of an image-side surface of the fifth lens and an object-side surface of the sixth lens is convex, and the other is concave. One of the fourth to sixth lenses has both surfaces having a freeform surface shape.

Claims (41)

1. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having a refractive power, 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 a sixth lens having a refractive power 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,

wherein the optical imaging system has a total of six lenses having a refractive power,

the first lens has a refractive power having a sign different from a sign of a refractive power of the second lens,

an image-side surface of the fifth lens is convex in a paraxial region thereof and an object-side surface of the sixth lens is concave in a paraxial region thereof, or the image-side surface of the fifth lens is concave in the paraxial region thereof and the object-side surface of the sixth lens is convex in the paraxial region thereof,

one of the fourth to sixth lenses has an object-side surface having a freeform surface shape and an image-side surface having a freeform surface shape,

the first lens has a positive refractive power,

the fourth lens has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof,

the sixth lens has a positive refractive power,

the optical imaging system satisfies 0.6<TTL/(IMGHT*2)<1.1, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and IMGHT is a height of the imaging plane, and

the optical imaging system satisfies 0.1<R10/R11<3.0, where R10 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the fifth lens, and R11 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the sixth lens.

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

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein a half field of view (HFOV) of the optical imaging system is 20 to 46 degrees.

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

5. The optical imaging system of claim 4 , wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens is convex in the paraxial region thereof.

6. A camera module comprising:

the optical imaging system of claim 1 ; and

an image sensor configured to convert an optical signal of the optical imaging system into an electrical signal.

7. A mobile terminal device comprising the camera module of claim 6 .

8. A mobile terminal device comprising a plurality of camera modules,

wherein the plurality of camera modules comprise one or more camera modules according to claim 6 .

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

10. An optical imaging system comprising:

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

a second lens having a refractive power;

a third lens having a refractive power;

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

a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; and

a sixth lens having a positive refractive power,

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 having a refractive power,

one of the fourth to sixth lenses has an object-side surface having a freeform surface shape and an image-side surface having a freeform surface shape,

the optical imaging system satisfies 0.6<TTL/(IMGHT*2)<1.1, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and IMGHT is a height of the imaging plane, and

the optical imaging system satisfies 0.1<R10/R11<3.0, where R10 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fifth lens, and R11 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the sixth lens.

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

12. The optical imaging system of claim 10 , wherein the image-side surface of the fifth lens is concave in a paraxial region thereof, or the object-side surface of the sixth lens is concave in a paraxial region thereof.

13. A mobile terminal device comprising a plurality of camera modules,

wherein the plurality of camera modules comprise one or more camera modules comprising:

the optical imaging system of claim 10 ; and

an image sensor configured to convert an optical signal of the optical imaging system into an electrical signal.

14. The optical imaging system of claim 10 , wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: JANG, SANG HYUN; HUH, JAE HYUK; SON, JU HWA; JUNG, JIN HWA; JO, YONG JOO; JUNG, PHIL HO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054907/0799 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0131364 · Oct 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220113499A1 · Apr 14, 2022
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