IP Library Granted Patent US 12,498,550
Granted Patent B2
US 12,498,550 · App. 17/752,431 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Imaging lens system

Inventors: Yongsik Cho (Suwon-si, KR); Seung Hak Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G02B17/0808G02B13/0045G02B17/0856
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Patent No.
US 12,498,550
App. No.
17/752,431
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an imaging lens system including a first lens having a positive refractive power, an image-side surface of the first lens is concave, a first reflecting member disposed adjacent to the first lens, an object-side surface of the first reflecting member is concave, a second lens having a negative refractive power, an image-side surface of the second lens is concave, a third lens disposed adjacent to the image-side surface of the second lens, a second reflecting member disposed adjacent to the second lens or the third lens, an image-side surface of the second reflecting member having a convex shape, and an image sensor, wherein the first lens, the second lens and the third lens are sequentially disposed from a side of an object toward the image sensor, and wherein the object-side surface of the first reflecting member and the image-side surface of the second reflecting member include reflective surfaces.

Claims (56)

1 . An imaging lens system comprising:

an image sensor;

a first lens on the image sensor, the first lens having an image-side surface that is concave, the first lens having a first hole penetrating a central portion of the first lens;

a first reflecting member disposed adjacent to the first lens;

a second reflecting member disposed between the first reflecting member and the image sensor;

a second lens disposed between the first reflecting member and the image sensor,

wherein an object-side surface of the first reflecting member and an image-side surface of the second reflecting member include reflective surfaces,

wherein the first lens, the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member are configured to satisfy:

1 <f/TTL< 3,

where, f is a total effective focal length of the imaging lens system, and TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image surface of the image sensor, and

wherein the second reflecting member has a second hole penetrating a central portion of the second reflecting member and at least a portion of the second lens is included in the second hole.

2 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , wherein an effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens is greater than an effective diameter of an image-side surface of the first lens.

3 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first reflecting member or the second reflecting member is an aspherical lens.

4 . The imaging lens system of claim 3 , wherein the first lens is a spherical or aspherical lens.

5 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , wherein an image-side surface of the first lens is concave.

6 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the first reflecting member is concave.

7 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the second reflecting member has a convex shape.

8 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , wherein an effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens ranges from 0.8 times to 3 times a diagonal length of the image surface of the image sensor.

9 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 ,

wherein the first reflecting member is disposed to overlap with the first hole in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the imaging lens system.

10 . The imaging lens system of claim 1 , wherein the distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image surface of the image sensor is less than 10 mm and greater than zero.

11 . An imaging lens system comprising:

a first lens having a positive refractive power, an image-side surface of the first lens is concave, the first lens has a first hole penetrating a central portion of the first lens;

a first reflecting member disposed adjacent to the first lens, an object-side surface of the first reflecting member is concave;

a second lens having a negative refractive power, an image-side surface of the second lens is concave;

a third lens disposed adjacent to the image-side surface of the second lens;

a second reflecting member disposed adjacent to the second lens or the third lens, an image-side surface of the second reflecting member having a convex shape; and

an image sensor,

wherein the first lens, the second lens and the third lens are sequentially disposed from a side of an object toward the image sensor,

wherein the object-side surface of the first reflecting member and the image-side surface of the second reflecting member include reflective surfaces, and

wherein the second reflecting member has a second hole penetrating a central portion of the second reflecting member and at least a portion of the second lens or at least a portion of the third lens is included in the second hole.

12 . The imaging lens system of claim 11 , wherein the third lens has a negative refractive power and an image-side surface of the third lens is concave.

13 . The imaging lens system of claim 12 , further comprising:

a fourth lens and a fifth lens sequentially disposed between the third lens and the image sensor,

wherein the fourth lens has a positive refractive power and an image-side surface of the fourth lens is convex.

14 . The imaging lens system of claim 13 , wherein the fifth lens has a negative refractive power and an image-side surface of the fifth lens is convex.

15 . An imaging lens system comprising:

a first lens having an image-side surface that is concave, the first lens has a first hole penetrating a central portion of the first lens;

a first reflecting member disposed adjacent to the first lens, an object-side surface of the first reflecting member is concave;

a second lens having an image-side surface that is concave;

a third lens having an image-side surface that is concave;

a second reflecting member disposed adjacent to the second lens or the third lens, an image-side surface of the second reflecting member is convex; and

an image sensor,

wherein the first lens, the second lens and the third lens are sequentially disposed from a side of an object toward the image sensor, and

wherein the object-side surface of the first reflecting member and the image-side surface of the second reflecting member include reflective surfaces, and

wherein the second reflecting member has a second hole penetrating a central portion of the second reflecting member and at least a portion of the second lens or at least a portion of the third lens is included in the second hole.

16 . The imaging lens system of claim 15 ,

wherein the first reflecting member is disposed to overlap with the first hole in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the imaging lens system.

17 . The imaging lens system of claim 15 ,

wherein the second lens or the third lens is disposed to overlap with the second hole in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the imaging lens system.

18 . The imaging lens system of claim 15 , further comprising:

a fourth lens and a fifth lens sequentially disposed between the third lens and the image sensor,

wherein an image-side surface of the fourth lens is convex, and an image-side surface of the fifth lens is convex.

19 . The imaging lens system of claim 18 , further comprising:

an infrared filter disposed between the fifth lens and the image sensor.

20 . The imaging lens system of claim 15 , wherein a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image surface of the image sensor is less than 10 mm and greater than zero.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2022
From: CHO, YONGSIK; LEE, SEUNG HAK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060002/0435 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0115614 · Aug 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230075344A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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