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Granted Patent B2
US 12,360,343 · App. 18/385,877 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Photographing lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device

Inventors: Yu-Tai Tseng (Taichung, TW); Tung-Yi Hsieh (Taichung, TW); Hsin-Hsuan Huang (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
G02B9/60G02B13/0045G02B13/0065
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Patent No.
US 12,360,343
App. No.
18/385,877
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photographing lens assembly includes five lens elements, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The second lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The third lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein two surfaces thereof are both aspheric. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. At least one surface of the lens elements has at least one inflection point.

Claims (65)

1. A photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first reflector;

a first lens element having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof;

a second lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof;

a third lens element having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof;

a fourth lens element;

a fifth lens element; and

a second reflector;

wherein the photographing lens assembly further comprises an aperture stop disposed on the object side of the second lens element, a focal length of the second lens element and a focal length of the third lens element have different signs, and a total number of lens elements in the photographing lens assembly is five;

wherein an axial distance between an image-side surface of the fifth lens element and an image surface is BL, a maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, and the following condition is satisfied:

50 <BL /ImgH<3.0.

2. The photographing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first lens element has positive refractive power, each of the five lens elements is a single and non-cemented lens element, and at least one surface of the five lens elements has at least one inflection point.

3. The photographing lens assembly of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first reflector and the second reflector is a prism;

wherein the maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, a focal length of the photographing lens assembly is f, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.10<ImgH/ f <0.50.

4. The photographing lens assembly of claim 3 , wherein the maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, the focal length of the photographing lens assembly is f, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.10<ImgH/ f <0.35.

5. The photographing lens assembly of claim 2 , wherein a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens element and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element have a same sign.

6. An image capturing unit, comprising:

the photographing lens assembly of claim 2 ; and

an image sensor disposed on the image surface of the photographing lens assembly.

7. An electronic device, comprising:

the image capturing unit of claim 6 .

8. The photographing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second lens element has negative refractive power;

wherein an axial distance between the third lens element and the fourth lens element is T34, an axial distance between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element is T45, and the following condition is satisfied:

0<T34/T45<3.0.

9. The photographing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the axial distance between the image-side surface of the fifth lens element and the image surface is BL, the maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, and the following condition is satisfied:

1.76 ≤BL /ImgH<3.0.

10. A photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first prism;

a first lens element having positive refractive power;

a second lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof;

a third lens element having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof,

a fourth lens element;

a fifth lens element; and

a second prism;

wherein an absolute value of a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens element is larger than an absolute value of a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element, a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens element and the curvature radius of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element have a same sign, and a total number of lens elements in the photographing lens assembly is five;

wherein an axial distance between the third lens element and the fourth lens element is T34, an axial distance between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element is T45, a maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, a focal length of the photographing lens assembly is f, and the following conditions are satisfied:

0<T34/T45<3.0; and

0.10<ImgH/ f< 0.35.

11. The photographing lens assembly of claim 10 , wherein the first lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, the second lens element has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, the fourth lens element has positive refractive power, and there is an air gap in a paraxial region between each of adjacent lens elements of the photographing lens assembly.

12. The photographing lens assembly of claim 10 , wherein an axial distance between an image-side surface of the fifth lens element and an image surface is BL, the maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, and the following condition is satisfied:

1.50 <BL /ImgH<3.0.

13. The photographing lens assembly of claim 10 , wherein at least one surface of the five lens elements has at least one inflection point.

14. The photographing lens assembly of claim 13 , wherein the maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, the focal length of the photographing lens assembly is f, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.10<ImgH/ f ≤0.29.

15. The photographing lens assembly of claim 10 , wherein-the axial distance between the third lens element and the fourth lens element is T34, the axial distance between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element is T45, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.45≤T34/T45<3.0.

16. A photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first reflector;

a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof;

a second lens element;

a third lens element having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof;

a fourth lens element;

a fifth lens element; and

a second reflector;

wherein at least one surface of the five lens elements has at least one inflection point, a focal length of the second lens element and a focal length of the third lens element have different signs, a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens element and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element have a same sign, an axial distance between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element is larger than an axial distance between the third lens element and the fourth lens element, and a total number of lens elements in the photographing lens assembly is five;

wherein an axial distance between an image-side surface of the fifth lens element and an image surface is BL, a maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, and the following condition is satisfied:

1.50 <BL /ImgH<3.0.

17. The photographing lens assembly of claim 16 , wherein the second lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and each of the five lens elements is a single and non-cemented lens element.

18. The photographing lens assembly of claim 16 , wherein the maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, a focal length of the photographing lens assembly is f, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.10<ImgH/ f <0.35.

19. The photographing lens assembly of claim 16 , wherein the maximum image height of the photographing lens assembly is ImgH, a focal length of the photographing lens assembly is f, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.10<ImgH/ f ≤0.29.

20. The photographing lens assembly of claim 16 , wherein a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens element and the curvature radius of the object-side surface of the fourth lens element have different signs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2023
From: TSENG, YU-TAI; HSIEH, TUNG-YI; HUANG, HSIN-HSUAN
To: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065426/0169 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 105138726 · Nov 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17713731 · Apr 5, 2022
Division 16745229 · Jan 16, 2020
Continuation 16196700 · Nov 20, 2018
Continuation 15459576 · Mar 15, 2017
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