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Granted Patent B2
US 12,481,136 · App. 18/594,695 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Optical imaging system

Inventors: Tae Youn Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jae Hyun Baik (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Phil Ho Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B13/0045G02B9/62
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Patent No.
US 12,481,136
App. No.
18/594,695
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an image-side surface that is concave; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a fourth lens having an image-side surface that is concave; a fifth lens having a refractive power; and a sixth lens having a refractive power and an image-side surface having an inflection point, wherein the first lens through the sixth lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and the optical imaging system satisfies TL/(2Y)≤1.01 and 1.2≤tan θ, where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane, and θ is half a field of view of the optical imaging system.

Claims (35)

1 . An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having negative refractive power;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having a refractive power;

a fourth lens having a refractive power and a concave image-side surface;

a fifth lens having a refractive power; and

a sixth lens having a refractive power;

wherein the first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system,

wherein the optical imaging system has a total number of six lenses with refractive power,

wherein an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens is greater than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens,

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 image-side surface of the second lens,

wherein an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the third lens is greater than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the sixth lens, and

wherein a thickness of the sixth lens is greater than a thickness of the second lens.

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

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

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

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

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

7 . An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens having negative refractive power and a concave object-side surface;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having a refractive power;

a fourth lens having a refractive power and a concave image-side surface;

a fifth lens having a refractive power; and

a sixth lens having a refractive power;

wherein the first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system,

wherein the optical imaging system has a total number of six lenses with refractive power,

wherein an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens is greater than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens,

wherein an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the third lens is greater than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the sixth lens, and

wherein a thickness of the sixth lens is greater than a thickness of the second lens.

8 . The optical imaging system of claim 7 , wherein the second lens has a convex object-side surface.

9 . The optical imaging system of claim 7 , wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface.

10 . The optical imaging system of claim 7 , wherein the fourth lens has a convex object-side surface.

11 . The optical imaging system of claim 7 , wherein the fifth lens has a concave object-side surface.

12 . The optical imaging system of claim 7 , wherein the sixth lens has a convex object-side surface.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0124108 · Sep 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18178739 · Mar 6, 2023
Continuation 17118990 · Dec 11, 2020
Continuation 16103086 · Aug 14, 2018
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