IP Library Granted Patent US 12,366,738
Granted Patent B2
US 12,366,738 · App. 18/421,183 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B15/177G02B5/04G02B13/002G02B13/009G02B13/02
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Patent No.
US 12,366,738
App. No.
18/421,183
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens group that can move in an optical direction and has negative refractive power; a second lens group that can move in the optical direction and has positive refractive power; and a third lens group that can move in the optical direction and has negative refractive power. The first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group include seven lenses in total, and at least one of the seven lenses includes an aspherical surface.

Claims (18)

1. An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first lens group comprising a first lens having positive refractive power and a second lens having negative refractive power;

a second lens group comprising a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens; and

a third lens group comprising a sixth lens and a seventh lens having negative refractive power,

wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens comprises a convex image-side surface.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens comprises a convex object-side surface, and the third lens comprises a convex object-side surface.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens comprises a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens comprises a convex image-side surface.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens comprises a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the seventh lens comprises a concave image-side surface.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , further comprising a reflective prism disposed on an object side of the first lens.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein-1.5<f/f4<−0.2, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system and f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.2<f/f5<1.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system and f5 is a focal length of the fifth lens.

11. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first to third lens groups are configured to move in an optical axis direction.

12. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group has negative refractive power, the second lens group has positive refractive power, and the third lens group has negative refractive power.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein at a wide-angle end of the optical imaging system, a distance D1 between the first lens group and the second lens group is greater than a distance D3 between the third lens group and an imaging plane, and a distance D2 between the second lens group and the third lens group is greater than D3.

14. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein at a telephoto end of the optical imaging system, a distance D1 between the first lens group and the second lens group is smaller than a distance D2 between the second lens group and the third lens group, and D2 is smaller than a distance D3 between the third lens group and an imaging plane.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0044964 · Apr 18, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0115988 · Sep 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17369274 · Jul 7, 2021
Continuation 16295055 · Mar 7, 2019
Related Publication 20240159997A1 · May 16, 2024
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