IP Library Granted Patent US 12,429,671
Granted Patent B2
US 12,429,671 · App. 18/312,642 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Tae Youn Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/62G02B13/0045
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Patent No.
US 12,429,671
App. No.
18/312,642
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power and having a convex image-side shape, sequentially arranged in a direction from an object side of the optical imaging system to an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

Claims (35)

1. An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first lens comprising a convex image-side surface;

a second lens comprising a refractive power;

a third lens comprising a refractive power;

a fourth lens comprising positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface;

a fifth lens comprising a refractive power; and

a sixth lens comprising positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface,

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

wherein the optical imaging system comprises a total number of six lenses comprising refractive power, and

wherein an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fourth lens is greater than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a concave image-side surface.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a concave object-side surface.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a concave image-side surface.

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

6. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

0.7< TL/f< 1.0,

where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and f is a total focal length of the optical imaging system.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

0.15< R 1/ f< 0.32,

where f is a total focal length of the optical imaging system and R1 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

−3.5< f/f 2<−0.5,

where f is a total focal length of the optical imaging system and f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

9. An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first lens comprising a convex image-side surface;

a second lens comprising a refractive power;

a third lens comprising a refractive power;

a fourth lens comprising positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface;

a fifth lens comprising a refractive power; and

a sixth lens comprising positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface,

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

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

wherein:

0.15< R 1/ f< 0.32,

where f is a total focal length of the optical imaging system and R1 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0117293 · Sep 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17159397 · Jan 27, 2021
Continuation 16244287 · Jan 10, 2019
Continuation 15467433 · Mar 23, 2017
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