Granted Patent B2

US 12,529,863 · App. 18/043,681 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Inventor: Duk Keun Kwon (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.

G02B7/021G02B9/60

Abstract

Claims (100)

1 . A camera device comprising:

a plurality of lenses that are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis; and

a lens barrel in which the plurality of lenses are received and that has an incident hole formed at an upper surface thereof,

wherein the lens barrel includes a head part that is disposed on a region corresponding to a first lens closest to the object side among the plurality of lenses, and

wherein the head part includes an object-side portion adjacent to the object side and an image-side portion disposed on an image side of the object-side portion,

wherein the object-side portion of the head part has a smaller length than that of the image-side portion of the head part in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis,

wherein the lens barrel includes a receiving space therein,

wherein the plurality of lenses are disposed in the receiving space of the lens barrel,

wherein the plurality of lenses include four or more lenses,

wherein the head part protrudes toward the object side,

wherein a width of the head part is a width in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis and is smaller than a width of an image-side portion of the lens barrel,

wherein the lens barrel includes an extension part that is bent from an end of the image-side portion of the head part and extends in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis,

wherein the head part includes an inner side surface facing the first lens in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis,

wherein the inner side surface includes a first inner side surface on an object-side region of the head part and a second inner side surface on an image-side region of the head part,

wherein the first inner side surface and the second inner side surface have different inclination angles with respect to the optical axis,

wherein the first lens includes a convex object-side surface,

wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power,

wherein the head part includes an outer side surface corresponding to the inner side surface,

wherein a height of the head part in the optical axis direction is d 2 ,

wherein a distance from an apex of an object-side surface of the first lens to an apex of an object-side surface of a second lens disposed on the image side of the first lens in a direction of the optical axis is TL 1 , and

wherein the camera device satisfies following Equation:

0.2< d 2/ TL 1<0.7.

2 . The camera device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the inner side surface and the outer side surface of the head part decreases from the object-side portion of the head part toward the image-side portion of the head part.

3 . The camera device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the second inner side surface and the outer side surface of the image-side portion of the head part is constant, and

wherein a length in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis from the optical axis to the first inner side surface located on the object-side portion of the head part is smaller than a length in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis from the optical axis to the second inner side surface located on the image-side portion of the head part.

4 . The camera device of claim 1 , wherein the first lens includes a connection surface connecting an end of an effective diameter of an object-side surface and an object-side surface of a rib part disposed around an effective region of the first lens, and

wherein a virtual first line parallel to the optical axis contacts a first end of the effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens and the first inner side surface of the head part, and

wherein a first point where the virtual first line contacts the first inner side surface of the head part has a maximum width at the object-side portion of the head part of the lens barrel in the vertical direction perpendicular to the optical axis.

5 . The camera device of claim 4 , wherein the connection surface and the inner side surface of the head part are spaced apart from each other.

6 . The camera device of claim 5 , wherein the connection surface and the inner side surface of the head part include regions in parallel to each other.

7 . The camera device of claim 6 , wherein a virtual second line parallel to the optical axis contacts a second end of the effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens and the second inner side surface of the head part,

wherein the camera device comprises a second point in contact with the virtual second line and the second inner side surface of the head part,

wherein a virtual third line connecting the first point and the second point contacts the object-side surface of the first lens.

8 . The camera device of claim 5 , wherein a virtual second line parallel to the optical axis contacts a second end of the effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens and the second inner side surface of the head part,

wherein the camera device comprises a second point in contact with the virtual second line and the second inner side surface of the head part, and

wherein a virtual third line connecting the first point and the second point is spaced apart from the object-side surface of the first lens.

9 . The camera device of claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the connection surface in a direction of the optical axis is greater than a thickness of the rib part.

10 . The camera device of claim 9 , wherein the inclination angle between the first inner side surface of the head part and the optical axis is greater than 0 degrees and less than 30 degrees.

11 . A camera device comprising:

a plurality of lenses that are sequentially disposed in a direction from an object side to an image side along an optical axis; and

a lens barrel with the plurality of lenses therein,

wherein the plurality of lenses include a first lens disposed closest to the object side,

wherein the plurality of lenses include four or more lenses,

wherein the first lens includes a connection surface connecting an end of an effective diameter of an object-side surface thereof and an object-side surface of a rib part disposed around an effective region of the first lens, and

wherein an inclination angle between the connection surface and the optical axis is less than 30 degrees,

wherein the lens barrel includes a receiving space therein and a head part disposed around an object-side portion of the first lens,

wherein the plurality of lenses are disposed in the receiving space of the lens barrel,

wherein the head part protrudes toward the object side,

wherein a width of the head part is a width in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis and is smaller than a width of an image-side portion of the lens barrel,

wherein the lens barrel includes an extension part that is bent from an end of an image-side of the head part and extends in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis,

wherein the head part includes an inner side surface facing the first lens in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis,

wherein the inner side surface includes a first inner surface on an object-side region of the head part and a second inner surface on an image-side region of the head part,

wherein the first inner surface and the second inner surface have different inclination angles with respect to the optical axis,

wherein the first lens includes a convex object-side surface,

wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power,

wherein the head part includes an outer side surface corresponding to the inner side surface,

wherein a height of the head part in the optical axis direction is d 2 ,

wherein a distance from an apex of an object-side surface of the first lens to an apex of an object-side surface of a second lens disposed on the image side of the first lens in a direction of the optical axis is TL 1 , and

wherein the camera device satisfies the following Equation:

0.2< d 2/ TL 1<0.7.

12 . The camera device of claim 11 , wherein the inclination angle between the connection surface and the optical axis is greater than 0 degrees and less than 30 degrees, and

wherein a thickness of the connecting surface is greater than a thickness of the rib part.

13 . The camera device of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of lenses includes first to fifth lenses that are sequentially arranged from the object side toward the image side along the optical axis, and

wherein the first and second lenses satisfy the following Equation 1:

3< TL 1/ T 2

(In Equation 1, TL 1 means a distance from an apex on the optical axis of the object-side surface of the first lens to an apex on the optical axis of an object-side surface of the second lens, and T 2 means a center thickness of the second lens).

14 . The camera device of claim 13 , wherein the first lens satisfies the following Equation 2:

0 <Sag 1 /T 1<0.3

(In Equation 2, Sag 1 is a Sag value of the object-side surface of the first lens, and means a distance from the apex on the optical axis of the object-side surface of the first lens to the end of the effective diameter of the object-side surface of the first lens in a direction of the optical axis, and T 1 means a center thickness of the first lens).

15 . The camera device of claim 12 , wherein the first lens satisfies the following Equation 3:

0.4< TH 1/ TL 1<1

(In Equation 3, TH 1 means a distance from an apex on the optical axis of the object-side surface of the first lens to the object-side surface of the rib part of the first lens in a direction of the optical axis).

16 . A camera device comprising:

an optical system including first to fifth lenses that are aligned from an object side to an image side along an optical axis; and

a lens barrel to which the first to fifth lenses are coupled,

wherein the first lens is disposed closest to the object side and includes a convex object-side first surface, a concave image-side second surface, and a rib part on an outer circumference,

wherein the first lens includes a connecting surface connecting an end of an effective diameter of the first surface and an object-side surface of the rib part,

wherein an inclination angle between the connecting surface and the optical axis is greater than 0 degrees and less than 30 degrees,

wherein the lens barrel has a head part protruding toward the object-side from the rib part of the first lens,

wherein the head part includes inner side surfaces facing the connecting surface of the first lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis,

wherein the inner side surfaces have different inclination angles with respect to the optical axis, and

wherein a height of the head part in a direction of the optical axis is d 2 ,

wherein a distance from an apex of the object-side surface of the first lens to an apex of an object-side surface of the second lens disposed on the image side of the first lens in the direction of the optical axis is TL 1 ,

wherein the camera device satisfies the following Equation:

0.2< d 2/ TL 1<0.7.

17 . The camera device of claim 16 ,

wherein a total focal length of the optical system is F,

wherein a diameter of the head part is a width in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis and is indicated as d 1 , and

wherein the camera device satisfies the following Equation:

1.2< F/d 1<2.

18 . The camera device of claim 16 ,

wherein a distance from an apex of the object-side surface of the first lens to the object-side surface of the rib part of the first lens in a direction of the optical axis is TH 1 ,

wherein a distance from the apex of the object-side surface of the first lens to an apex of the object-side surface of the second lens in the direction of the optical axis is TL 1 , and

wherein the camera device satisfies the following Equation:

0.4< TH 1/ TL 1<1.

19 . The camera device of claim 1 , wherein the optical system comprises five lenses, and

wherein a fifth lens adjacent to an image sensor has a negative refractive power.

20 . The camera device of claim 12 , wherein the optical system comprises first to fifth lenses,

wherein the fifth lens adjacent to an image sensor has a negative refractive power, and

wherein the fifth lens has a concave shape on both sides.

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