IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,461,338
Granted Patent B2
US 12,461,338 · App. 17/016,820 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Imaging lens system

Inventors: Hyuk Joo Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Kyu Min Chae (Suwon-si, KR); Seong Ho Hwang (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/62G02B13/0045
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,461,338
App. No.
17/016,820
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens, disposed in order from an object side in a direction of an imaging plane, wherein one or more of the first to sixth lenses has a refractive index of 1.8 or greater, and has a refractive index temperature coefficient (10 −6 /° C.) of 3 or greater.

Claims (12)

1 . An imaging lens system, comprising:

a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power and a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having positive refractive power and comprising a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, and a sixth lens having negative refractive power, disposed in order from an object side toward an imaging plane,

wherein an image-side surface of the fifth lens is in contact with an object-side surface of the sixth lens,

wherein the sixth lens has a refractive index of 1.8 or greater, and has a refractive index temperature coefficient (10 −6 /° C.) of 3 or greater, and

wherein a thickness of the first lens along an optical axis is greater than a thickness of the fifth lens along the optical axis.

2 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a seventh lens disposed between the sixth lens and the imaging plane.

3 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a stop disposed between the fourth lens and the fifth lens.

4 . The imaging lens system of claim 3 , wherein one or more of the first lens to the fourth lens has a refractive index of 1.7 or greater.

5 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first lens to the sixth lens has a refractive index of 1.7 or greater and a refractive index temperature coefficient (10 −6 /° C.) of lower than 0.

6 . The imaging lens system of claim 5 , wherein the fourth lens has a refractive index temperature coefficient (10 −6 /° C.) of lower than 0.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2020
From: KIM, HYUK JOO; CHAE, KYU MIN; HWANG, SEONG HO; JO, YONG JOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053734/0281 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0168991 · Dec 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210181463A1 · Jun 17, 2021
References Cited (51)
US 6014265A · Kato · 2000 [cited by examiner]
US 9291805B1 · Lin · 2016 [cited by examiner]
US 9465201B2 · Kitahara · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 10131278B2 · Nagano · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10185126B2 · Kim et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10705322B2 · Jia et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10983308B2 · Emi · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20030184876A1 · Tomioka · 2003 [cited by examiner]
US 20050190457A1 · Ohashi · 2005 [cited by examiner]
US 20050200968A1 · Nose · 2005 [cited by examiner]
US 20150168692A1 · Kitahara · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150168693A1 · Sun · 2015 [cited by examiner]
US 20150205070A1 · Lee · 2015 [cited by examiner]
US 20160170180A1 · Son · 2016 [cited by examiner]
US 20170293110A1 · Kim et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20180039049A1 · Lee · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 20180074300A1 · Gyoda · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 20180095245A1 · Kanzaki · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 20180157007A1 · Kim et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180213151A1 · Joujiki et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20190094495A1 · Amano et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190179117A1 · Kim et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190187443A1 · Jia et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190293907A1 · Emi · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20200049960A1 · Otsu · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20210072509A1 · Chae et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210333510A1 · Wei et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
CN 204302561U · 2015 [cited by applicant]
CN 105974561A · 2016 [cited by applicant]
CN 106990509A · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 107272142A · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 207074298U · 2018 [cited by applicant]
CN 109521549A · 2019 [cited by applicant]
CN 109791272A · 2019 [cited by applicant]
CN 110007425A · 2019 [cited by applicant]
CN 110412752A · 2019 [cited by applicant]
JP 2012141464A · 2012 [cited by examiner]
JP 2015118152A · 2015 [cited by applicant]
JP 2016142883A · 2016 [cited by applicant]
JP 2018120124A · 2018 [cited by applicant]
JP 201960972A · 2019 [cited by applicant]
KR 1020180064179A · 2018 [cited by applicant]
KR 1020210030007A · 2021 [cited by applicant]
WO WO2019234800A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
Ohara data sheet for S-LAH58 material (Year: 2023). [cited by examiner]
CN107450155 and Translation (Year: 2017). [cited by examiner]
Korean Office Action issued on Jun. 8, 2021 in counterpart Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0168991 (12 pages in English; 7 pages in Korean). [cited by applicant]
Chinese Office Action issued on Jan. 6, 2022, in counterpart Chinese Patent Application No. 202011285315.7 (6 pages in English and 6 pages in Chinese). [cited by applicant]
Korean Office Action issued on May 2, 2023, in counterpart Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0054261 (6 pages in English, 4 pages in Korean). [cited by applicant]
Chinese Office Action Issued on Jan. 11, 2025, in Counterpart Chinese Patent Application No. 202211114613.9 (5 Pages in English, 8 Pages in Chinese). [cited by applicant]
Chinese Office Action Issued on Jan. 13, 2025, in Counterpart Chinese Patent Application No. 202211113893.1 (5 Pages in English, 8 Pages in Chinese). [cited by applicant]