IP Library Granted Patent US 7,355,801
Granted Patent B2
US 7,355,801 · App. 11/539,172 · Granted Apr 8, 2008

Image pickup lens assembly

Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,355,801
App. No.
11/539,172
Granted
Apr 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup lens assembly comprises three lens groups, from the object side to the image side: a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group includes two lenses with refractive power, namely, a first lens with positive refractive power, and a second lens with negative refractive power. The front surface of the first lens is convex, and the rear surface of the second lens is concave. The second lens group includes a meniscus third lens with positive refractive power, the rear surface of the third lens is convex. The third lens group includes a fourth lens with negative refractive power, the front surface of the fourth lens is convex, and the rear surface of the fourth lens is aspheric. An aperture stop is located between the first lens and the second lens of the first lens group for controlling the brightness of the optical system.

Claims (22)

1. An image pickup lens assembly comprising three lens groups, from the object side to the image side:

a first lens group consisting of two lenses with refractive power, wherein the first lens of the first lens group is a positive lens, the front surface of the first lens is convex, the second lens of the first lens group is a negative lens, the rear surface of the second lens is concave;

a second lens group including a meniscus third lens with positive refractive power, wherein a rear surface of the third lens is convex;

a third lens group including a fourth lens with negative refractive power, wherein the front surface of the fourth lens is convex, and the rear surface of the fourth lens is aspheric;

an aperture stop being formed in the first lens group and located between the first lens and the second lens.

2. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Abbe number V2 of the second lens in the first lens group satisfies the relation: V2<35.

3. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second lens of the first lens group is made of plastic material and at least one surface of the second lens is aspheric.

4. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the Abbe number V2 of the second lens in the first lens group satisfies the relation: V2<30.

5. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the front surface of the second lens in the first lens group is convex.

6. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first lens of the first lens group is made of plastic material and at least one surface of the first lens is aspheric.

7. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third lens and the fourth lens are made of plastic material.

8. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one surface of the third lens is aspheric.

9. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the Abbe number V4 of the fourth lens satisfies the relation: V4>45.

10. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least an inflection point is formed on the aspheric surface of the fourth lens.

11. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the tangential angle ANG 42 at the position of the maximal light height of the rear surface of the fourth lens satisfies the relation: ANG42<−40 deg.

12. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the height SAG41 at the position of the maximal light height of the front surface of the fourth lens satisfies the relation: SAG41<0.

13. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the optical system is f, and the focal length of the first lens is f1, they satisfy the relations: 0.5<f1/f<2.0.

14. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the optical system is f, and the focal length of the first lens group is fg1, they satisfy the relation: 0.4<fg1/f<1.6.

15. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the center thickness CT2 of the second lens satisfies the relation: CT2<0.7 mm.

16. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the distance between the aperture stop and an image plane is Ds, and the image height is ImgH, they satisfy the relation: 0.25<ImgH/Ds<0.75.

17. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the length of the whole optical system is TL, the focal length of the optical system is f, and they satisfy the relation: 0.6<TL/f<2.4.

18. The image pickup lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens are all made of plastic material, and the front surface and the rear surface of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens are aspheric.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2006
From: CHEN, CHUN SHAN; HUANG, YEO CHIH
To: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018359/0391 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 095130276 · Aug 17, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080043343A1 · Feb 21, 2008