IP Library Granted Patent US 12,416,787
Granted Patent B2
US 12,416,787 · App. 17/851,991 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Phil Ho Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/64G02B13/16
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Patent No.
US 12,416,787
App. No.
17/851,991
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, each including a plurality of lenses and arranged in order along an optical axis, a reflecting member disposed in front of the first lens group, and an aperture disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group, wherein at least one of the first lens group to the third lens group is configured to be movable along the optical axis, and wherein the lens disposed closest to the aperture among the plurality of lenses included in the second lens group is formed of glass.

Claims (35)

1. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, each including a plurality of lenses and arranged in order along an optical axis;

a reflecting member disposed in front of the first lens group; and

an aperture disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group,

wherein at least one of the first lens group to the third lens group is configured to be movable along the optical axis,

wherein a lens disposed closest to the aperture among the plurality of lenses included in the second lens group is formed of glass, and

wherein the lens formed of glass has the largest effective diameter among the plurality of lenses included in the first lens group to the third lens group.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein at least one among the plurality of lenses included in the first lens group is formed of glass and the others are formed of plastic, and the plurality of lenses included in the third lens group are formed of plastic.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface and image-side surface of the lens formed of glass are aspherical surfaces.

4. 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.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group includes a first lens and a second lens, the second lens group includes a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens, and the third lens group includes a seventh lens and an eighth lens.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 5 , wherein the first lens has negative refractive power, and the second lens has positive refractive power.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 6 , wherein the third lens has positive refractive power, the fourth lens has positive refractive power, the fifth lens has negative refractive power, and the sixth lens has positive refractive power.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 7 , wherein the seventh lens has positive refractive power, and the eighth lens has negative refractive power.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 5 , wherein the second lens group and the third lens group are each capable of being moved along the optical axis,

wherein the optical imaging system has a first total focal length or a second total focal length, based on positions of the second lens group and the third lens group, and

wherein the first total focal length is smaller than the second total focal length.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein 0.5<f3/fL<3.0, where f3 indicates a focal length of the third lens, and fL indicates the first total focal length.

11. The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein 1.0<f4/fL<15.0, where f4 indicates a focal length of the fourth lens, and fL indicates the first total focal length.

12. The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein-2.0<f5/fL<−0.5, where f5 indicates a focal length of the fifth lens, and fL indicates the first total focal length.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein 0.5<f6/fL<3.0, where f6 indicates a focal length of the sixth lens, and fL indicates the first total focal length.

14. The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein 1.9<fH/fL<3.0, where fL indicates the first total focal length, and fH indicates the second total focal length.

15. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 2<|fG1|/|fG2|<3.0 and 1<|fG1|/|fG3|<2, where fG1 indicates a focal length of the first lens group, fG2 is a focal length of the second lens group, and fG3 indicates a focal length of the third lens group.

16. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 1<MAX_GED/MAX_PED<1.2, where MAX_GED indicates an effective diameter of the lens having the largest effective diameter among the plurality of lenses included in the first lens group to the third lens group, and MAX_PED indicates an effective diameter of the lens having the second largest effective diameter among the plurality of lenses included in the first lens group to the third lens group.

17. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.9<MAX_GED/2IMG HT<1.3, where MAX_GED indicates an effective diameter of the lens having the largest effective diameter among the plurality of lenses included in the first lens group to the third lens group, and 2IMG HT indicates a diagonal length of an imaging plane.

18. An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, each including a plurality of lenses and arranged in order along an optical axis;

a reflecting member disposed in front of the first lens group; and

an aperture disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group,

wherein at least one of the first lens group to the third lens group is movable along the optical axis,

wherein at least one lens among the plurality of lenses included in the second lens group is formed of glass, and

wherein the at least one lens formed of glass has the largest effective diameter among the plurality of lenses included in the first lens group to the third lens group.

19. An electronic device comprising:

the optical imaging system of claim 18 ,

wherein the optical imaging system further comprises an image sensor configured to convert an image of an incident subject into an electrical signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: KIM, HAG CHUL; JUNG, PHIL HO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060341/0461 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0183975 · Dec 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230194833A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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