IP Library Granted Patent US 9,341,823
Granted Patent B2
US 9,341,823 · App. 14/573,052 · Granted May 17, 2016

Imaging lens

Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/60
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Patent No.
US 9,341,823
App. No.
14/573,052
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compact low-cost imaging lens which meets the demand for low-profileness, offers high brightness with an F-value of 2.5 or less and a wide field of view, and corrects aberrations properly. Its elements are arranged in order from an object side to an image side: a positive first lens having a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens having a concave image-side surface; a negative third lens; a negative fourth lens as a meniscus double-sided aspheric lens having a convex image-side surface; and a double-sided aspheric fifth lens having a concave image-side surface. The aspheric image-side surface of the fifth lens has a pole-change point off an optical axis, and the imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions (1) and (2): TTL /2 ih ≦0.8  (1) 20<ν d 1−ν d 2<50  (2) where νd1: Abbe number of the first lens at d-ray νd2: Abbe number of the second lens at d-ray ih: maximum image height TTL: total track length.

Claims (46)

1. An imaging lens which forms an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor, in which elements are arranged in order from an object side to an image side, comprising:

a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on the object side;

a second lens with negative refractive power having a concave surface on the image side;

a third lens with negative refractive power;

a fourth lens with negative refractive power as a meniscus double-sided aspheric lens having a convex surface on the image side; and

a fifth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface on the image side, wherein

the aspheric image-side surface of the fifth lens has a pole-change point off an optical axis, and conditional expressions (1) and (2) below are satisfied:

TTL/ 2 ih≦ 0.8  (1)

20<ν d 1−ν d 2<50  (2)

where

νd1: Abbe number of the first lens at d-ray

νd2: Abbe number of the second lens at d-ray

ih: maximum image height

TTL: total track length.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (3) below is satisfied:

0<ν d 3−ν d 4<40  (3)

where

νd3: Abbe number of the third lens at d-ray

νd4: Abbe number of the fourth lens at d-ray.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein conditional expressions (4) and (5) below are satisfied:

0.4< f 1/ f< 1.0  (4)

−1.5< f 2345/ f<− 0.6  (5)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens

f1: focal length of the first lens

f2345: composite focal length of the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (6) below is satisfied:

1.5< r 4/ f< 2.3  (6)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens

r4: curvature radius of the image-side surface of the second lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (7) below is satisfied:

−1.9<( r 1+ r 2)/( r 1− r 2)<−0.7  (7)

where

r1: curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens

r2: curvature radius of the image-side surface of the first lens.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conditional expression (8) below is satisfied:

−6.0< f 45/ f<− 3.0  (8)

where

f: focal length of an overall optical system of the imaging lens

f45: composite focal length of the fourth lens and the fifth lens.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057109/0379 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 3, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057061/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2014
From: HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034530/0099 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-138746 · Jul 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160004043A1 · Jan 7, 2016