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US 12,517,326 · App. 18/616,822 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Optical imaging system

Inventor: Tae Youn Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/64G02B5/005G02B5/208G02B7/04G02B13/0045G02B13/04G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 12,517,326
App. No.
18/616,822
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens group and a second lens group. 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, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane. The optical imaging system satisfies TTL/2Y<1.3, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane.

Claims (32)

1 . An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens comprising a refractive power;

a second lens comprising a refractive power;

a third lens comprising a convex image-side surface;

a fourth lens comprising a refractive power;

a fifth lens comprising a refractive power;

a sixth lens comprising a concave image-side surface; and

a seventh lens comprising a concave image-side surface, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image plane,

wherein TTL/2Y<1.3, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane,

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 distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens is greater than a thickness of the third lens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 . An optical imaging system comprising:

a first lens comprising a refractive power;

a second lens comprising a refractive power;

a third lens comprising a refractive power;

a fourth lens comprising a refractive power;

a fifth lens comprising a convex object-side surface;

a sixth lens comprising a concave image-side surface; and

a seventh lens comprising a concave image-side surface, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image plane,

wherein TTL/2Y<1.3, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane,

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 distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens is greater than a thickness of the third lens.

9 . The optical imaging system of claim 8 , wherein the first lens has a concave image-side surface.

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

11 . The optical imaging system of claim 8 , wherein the fourth lens has a convex image-side surface.

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

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0145259 · Oct 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17750891 · May 23, 2022
Continuation 16739233 · Jan 10, 2020
Continuation 15084978 · Mar 30, 2016
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