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US 12,607,829 · App. 18/019,596 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Optical system

Inventors: Young Man Kwon (Seoul, KR); Sung Min Moon (Seoul, KR); Jin Kwan Jeong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/60G02B13/0065
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,607,829
App. No.
18/019,596
Filed
Feb 3, 2023
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
HUANG, WEN
Art Unit
2872
USPC
359/714
Abstract

An optical system disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes an optical path changing member and a plurality of lenses sequentially disposed along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, the light path changing member includes a reflective mirror or a prism, a distance between the plurality of lenses does not change, and a lens closest to an image side of the plurality of lenses has a larger effective aperture than the other lenses.

Claims (48)

1 . An optical system comprising:

an optical path changing member and a plurality of lenses sequentially disposed along an optical axis from an object side toward an image side,

wherein the plurality of lenses includes first to fifth lenses sequentially disposed along the optical axis in a direction from the object side toward the image side,

wherein the optical path changing member includes a reflective mirror or a prism,

wherein a distance between the plurality of lenses does not change,

wherein the fifth lens closest to an image sensor of the plurality of lenses has a larger effective aperture than the other lenses,

wherein an object-side surface of the first lens closest to the optical path changing member has a convex shape on the optical axis,

wherein an image-side surface of the fifth lens has a concave shape on the optical axis,

wherein the fifth lens has a positive refractive power,

wherein the optical system consists of five lenses,

wherein a center thickness of the first lens is CT1,

wherein a center thickness of the fifth lens is CT5, and

wherein the following Condition is satisfied:

2< CT 1/ CT 5<4.  [Condition]

2 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein a size of an effective aperture of each of the first lens and the fifth lens satisfies Condition 1 below:

0.8< CA 11/ CA 51<2

0.8< CA 12/ CA 52<2  [Condition 1]

(In Condition 1, CA11 means a size of an effective aperture of the object-side surface of the first lens, and CA12 means a size of an effective aperture of an image-side surface of the first lens, CA51 is a size of an effective aperture of an object-side surface of the lens the fifth lens, and CA52 means a size of an effective aperture of an image-side surface of the fifth lens).

3 . The optical system of claim 2 , wherein the size of the effective aperture of the first lens is the largest among sizes of effective apertures of the first to fourth lenses.

4 . The optical system of claim 2 , wherein a distance in a direction of the optical axis from the image-side surface of the fifth lens to the image sensor is BFL (Back focal length), and

wherein the following Condition 2 is satisfied:

0 <CA /BFL<1  [Condition 2]

(In Condition 2, CA is a size of an effective aperture of an object-side surface or an image-side surface of one lens selected from the first to fifth lenses).

5 . The optical system of claim 4 , wherein a distance in a direction of the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image sensor is a total track length (TTL), and

wherein the following Condition 3 is satisfied:

3<TTL/BFL<4.5.  [Condition 3]

6 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein an effective focal length (EFL) of the optical system is greater than 10 mm.

7 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the optical system has F-number smaller than 3.8.

8 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the optical system has a chief ray incidence angle (CRA) of less than 40.

9 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power, and

wherein an image-side surface of the first lens has a concave shape on the optical axis.

10 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has a positive refractive power, and

wherein an object-side surface of the fifth lens has a convex shape on the optical axis.

11 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein an object-side surface of the third lens has an inflection point.

12 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of a focal length of the fifth lens is greater than a sum of absolute values of focal lengths of the first to fourth lenses.

13 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein a focal length of the fifth lens is f5,

wherein a focal length of the optical system is an effective focal length (EFL) and

wherein the following Condition 4 is satisfied:

20< f 5/EFL<50.  [Condition 4]

14 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a negative refractive power.

15 . The optical system of claim 14 , wherein an object-side surface of the second lens has a concave shape on the optical axis, and

wherein an image-side surface of the second lens has a convex shape on the optical axis.

16 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a negative refractive power.

17 . The optical system of claim 1 , wherein an object-side surface of the third lens has a concave shape on the optical axis, and

wherein an image-side surface of the third lens has a concave shape on the optical axis.

18 . The optical system of claim 9 , wherein the fourth lens has a positive refractive power,

wherein an object-side surface of the fourth lens has a convex shape on the optical axis, and

wherein an image-side surface of the fourth lens has a concave shape on the optical axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: KWON, YOUNG MAN; MOON, SUNG MIN; JEONG, JIN KWAN
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0097261 · Aug 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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