IP Library Granted Patent US 12,638,656
Granted Patent B2
US 12,638,656 · App. 18/492,950 · Granted May 26, 2026

Optical imaging system

Inventor: Jong Pil Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B9/62G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 12,638,656
App. No.
18/492,950
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical imaging system is provided. The optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging side. In the optical imaging system, the first lens has positive refractive power and has a concave object-side surface, the fourth lens has negative refractive power, and the fifth lens has a convex image-side surface. Additionally, the optical imaging system satisfies the following conditional expressions: f number<1.90 and 1.90<TTL/f<2.2. In the conditional expressions, TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane, and f is a focal length of the optical imaging system.

Claims (334)

1 . An optical imaging system, comprising:

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

a second lens having refractive power;

a third lens having refractive power;

a fourth lens having negative refractive power;

a fifth lens having a convex image-side surface; and

a sixth lens having refractive power,

wherein the first lens to the sixth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side, and

wherein

f

number

<

1.9

,

1.9

<

TTL

/

f

<

2.2

,

 and 0.90<f4/f6<1.20

where TTL is a distance from an object side of the first lens to an image plane, f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens, and f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

2 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

0

<

f

1

/

f

<

2

0

,

where f1 is a focal length of the first lens.

3 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

-

1

0

0

<

f

2

/

f

<

1

0

0

,

where f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

4 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

-

3

0

<

V

1

-

V

2

<

40

,

where V1 is an Abbe number of the first lens and V2 is an Abbe number of the second lens.

5 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

0

.

0

9

<

D

1

2

/

f

<

0

.

1

0

,

where D12 is a distance from an image-side surface of the first lens to an object-side surface of the second lens.

6 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

0

.

0

9

<

D

2

3

/

f

<

0

.

1

0

,

where D23 is a distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens.

7 . The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein:

0

.

2

0

<

BFL

/

TLx

<

3.

,

where BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the sixth lens to the image plane, and TLx is a distance from a point closest to an object on an object-side surface of the first lens to the image plane.

8 . An electronic device, comprising the optical imaging system of claim 1 .

9 . An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first lens having a concave object-side surface;

a second lens having refractive power;

a third lens having refractive power;

a fourth lens having a concave object-side surface;

a fifth lens having refractive power; and

a sixth lens having refractive power,

wherein the first lens to the sixth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging side, and

wherein

-

1

.

0

<

f

3

/

f

4

<

-

0.8

,

1.9

<

TTL

/

f

<

2

.

2

0

,

 and 0.90<f4/f6<1.20

where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane, f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, f3 is a focal length of the third lens, f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens, and f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

10 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein f number is less than 1.90.

11 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein:

1.64

<

TTL

/

Im

gHT

<

1.86

,

where ImgHT is a height of the image plane.

12 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein:

0

.

7

0

<

f3

/

Im

gHT

<

1

.

0

,

where ImgHT is a height of the image plane.

13 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein:

-

1.1

<

f

3

/

f

6

<

0

.

8

0

,

where f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

14 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein:

-

0

.

8

0

<

(

R

1

1

+

R

1

2

)

/

f

6

<

-

0

.

6

0

,

where R11 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the sixth lens, and R12 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the sixth lens.

15 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein:

1

4

<

DTn

1

/

DTn

2

<

1

5

,

where DTn1 is a refractive index temperature coefficient according to a temperature change of the first lens, and DTn2 is a refractive index temperature coefficient according to a temperature change of the second lens.

16 . The optical imaging system of claim 9 , wherein:

1

.

5

0

<

(

DTn

1

+

DTn

3

)

/

(

DTn

2

+

DTn

4

)

<

1

.

7

0

,

where DTn1 is a refractive index temperature coefficient according to a temperature change of the first lens, DTn2 is a refractive index temperature coefficient according to a temperature change of the second lens, DTn3 is a refractive index temperature coefficient according to a temperature change of the third lens, and DTn4 is a refractive index temperature coefficient according to a temperature change of the fourth lens.

17 . An electronic device, comprising the optical imaging system of claim 9 .

18 . An optical imaging system, comprising:

a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens;

wherein the first lens has a concave object-side surface,

wherein the fourth lens has a concave object-side surface,

wherein the fifth lens has a concave object-side surface;

wherein the sixth lens has negative refractive power,

wherein the first lens to the sixth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side, and

wherein

1

.

9

0

<

TTL

/

f

<

2.2

 and 0.90<f4/f6<1.20,

where TTL is a distance from an object side of the first lens to an image plane, f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens, and f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

19 . An electronic device, comprising the optical imaging system of claim 18 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2023
From: KIM, JONG PIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065320/0680 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0186854 · Dec 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240219685A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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