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Granted Patent B2
US 8,717,684 · App. 12/779,596 · Granted May 6, 2014

Optical system and optical equipment including the same

Inventors: Daisuke Sano (Utsunomiya, JP); Kazuhiko Momoki (Koshigaya, JP); Takeharu Okuno (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G02B3/02G02B27/0018G02B13/18G02B1/11
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Patent No.
US 8,717,684
App. No.
12/779,596
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an optical system with an excellent anti-reflection effect and ghost suppression effect including an aspherical lens having at least one of an incident surface and an exiting surface of an optical glass formed of an aspherical surface, in which: the aspherical surface includes an anti-reflection structure formed thereon, the anti-reflection structure having an anti-reflection function and including multiple inorganic structural parts finer than a used wavelength; and the aspherical surface has a point that satisfies the following expression: |(1/Rm−1/Rs)/Rm|>5.0×10 −5 , where Rm denotes a radius of curvature in a meridional direction at an arbitrary point, and Rs denotes a radius of curvature in a sagittal direction at the arbitrary point.

Claims (39)

1. An image pickup optical system, comprising:

an aperture stop; and

a negative meniscus lens located on an object side of the aperture stop so that a concave surface of the meniscus lens faces to an image side,

wherein:

the concave surface of the meniscus lens is an aspherical surface;

an anti-reflection structure formed only on the aspherical surface, the anti-reflection structure including multiple structural parts made of an inorganic material and finer than a used wavelength; and

the aspherical surface has a point that satisfies the following expression:

|(1 /Rm− 1/ Rs )/ Rm|> 5.0×10 −5 (mm −2 ),

where Rm denotes a radius of curvature in a meridional direction corresponding to a radial direction of the aspherical lens at the point, and Rs denotes a radius of curvature in a sagittal direction corresponding to a concentric direction of the aspherical lens at the point.

2. The image pickup optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the aspherical surface has a maximum half aperture angle equal to or higher than 30 degrees.

3. The image pickup optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the point satisfies the following expression:

| Rm/Rs|> 1.05.

4. The image pickup optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the aspherical surface has an inflection point on which a sign of the Rm is reversed.

5. An image pickup device, comprising:

an image pickup optical system comprising:

an aperture stop; and

a negative meniscus lens located on an object side of the aperture stop so that a concave surface of the meniscus lens faces to an image side; and

an image pickup element that receives light of an image formed by the image pickup optical system, wherein,

the concave surface of the meniscus lens is an aspherical surface;

an anti-reflection structure formed only on the aspherical surface, the anti-reflection structure including multiple structural parts made of an inorganic material and finer than a used wavelength; and

the aspherical surface has a point that satisfies the following expression:

|(1/ Rm− 1/ Rs )/ Rm|> 5.0×10 −5 (mm −2 ),

where Rm denotes a radius of curvature in a meridional direction corresponding to a radial direction of the aspherical lens at the point, and Rs denotes a radius of curvature in a sagittal direction corresponding to a concentric direction of the aspherical lens at the point.

6. The image pickup device according to claim 5 , wherein the following expression is satisfied:

80 degrees <2ω,

where 2ω denotes an imaging angle of field of the image pickup optical system.

7. The image pickup device according to claim 6 , wherein the aspherical surface has a maximum half aperture angle equal to or higher than 30 degrees.

8. The image pickup device according to claim 7 , wherein the point satisfies the following expression:

| Rm/Rs|> 1.05.

9. An optical device, comprising:

a device body; and

an image pickup optical system connected to the device body, the image pickup optical system comprising:

an aperture stop; and

a negative meniscus lens located on an object side of the aperture stop so that a concave surface of the meniscus lens faces to an image side, wherein:

the concave surface of the meniscus lens is an aspherical surface;

an anti-reflection structure formed only on the aspherical surface, the anti-reflection structure including multiple structural parts made of an inorganic material and finer than a used wavelength; and

the aspherical surface has a point that satisfies the following expression:

|(1/ Rm− 1/ Rs )/ Rm|> 5.0×10 −5 (mm −2 ),

where Rm denotes a radius of curvature in a meridional direction corresponding to a radial direction of the aspherical lens at the point, and Rs denotes a radius of curvature in a sagittal direction corresponding to a concentric direction of the aspherical lens at the point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2010
From: SANO, DAISUKE; MOMOKI, KAZUHIKO; OKUNO, TAKEHARU
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 024903/0282 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-116313 · May 13, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100290133A1 · Nov 18, 2010