IP Library Granted Patent US 9,529,181
Granted Patent B2
US 9,529,181 · App. 14/051,154 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Zoom lens system and imaging apparatus

Inventors: Kazuhiro Oe (Suwa, JP); Jeffrey Alan Gohman (Hillsboro, OR)
G02B15/177G02B13/0095
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Patent No.
US 9,529,181
App. No.
14/051,154
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens system includes: a primary image forming lens group that forms light from an object side into an intermediate image and a relay lens group that forms light from the intermediate image into a final image. The primary image forming lens group includes, in order from the object side, a first fixed lens group G1 with negative refractive power, a stop St, and a second fixed lens group G2 with positive refractive power, and the relay lens group includes, in order from the object side, a third fixed lens group G3 with negative refractive power, a first moving lens group G4 with positive refractive power, and a second moving lens group G5 with positive refractive power.

Claims (52)

1. A zoom lens system, consisting:

a first optical system that forms light from an object side into an intermediate image; and

a second optical system that forms light from the intermediate image into a final image,

wherein the first optical system consists of a fixed lens group that is fixed throughout an entire zoom range of the zoom lens system,

the second optical system includes a variator lens group that moves during zooming, and

the fixed lens group includes a first negative meniscus lens that is disposed closest to the object side and whose convex surface is oriented toward the object side,

wherein the second optical system includes a third fixed lens group with negative refractive power that is disposed on the object side of the variator lens group and does not move during zooming;

wherein the third fixed lens group includes a first positive meniscus lens that is disposed closest to the final image side and whose convex surface is oriented toward the final image side, and

a refractive index n1 of the first negative meniscus lens and a refractive index n3 of the first positive meniscus lens satisfy following conditions

n 1≧1.65

n 3≧1.90

0.82≦ n 1/ n 3<1.00.

2. The zoom lens system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fixed lens group includes:

a first fixed lens group that has negative refractive power and includes the first negative meniscus lens;

a second fixed lens group that has positive refractive power and is disposed on the final image side of the first fixed lens group; and

a stop disposed between the first fixed lens group and the second fixed lens group.

3. The zoom lens system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second fixed lens group includes a first cemented lens disposed closest to the object side, and

the first cemented lens includes, in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens and a biconcave negative lens.

4. The zoom lens system according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first cemented lens includes a biconvex positive lens disposed on the final image side of the negative lens.

5. The zoom lens system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the distance on the optical axis between the intermediate image and a lens surface that is closest to the object side out of the third fixed lens group is shorter than the distance on the optical axis between the intermediate image and a lens surface that is closest to the final image side of the fixed lens group.

6. The zoom lens system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third fixed lens group includes a second cemented lens that is disposed closest to the final image side,

the second cemented lens is composed of a second negative meniscus lens whose convex surface is oriented toward the final image side and the first positive meniscus lens disposed in order from the object side,

and the Abbe number v32 of the second negative meniscus lens and the Abbe number v33 of the first positive meniscus lens satisfy following conditions

45.0≦ v 32≦55.0

15.0≦ v 33≦25.0.

7. A zoom lens system, consisting:

a first optical system that forms light from an object side into an intermediate image; and

a second optical system that forms light from the intermediate image into a final image,

wherein the first optical system consists of a fixed lens group that is fixed throughout an entire zoom range of the zoom lens system,

the second optical system includes a variator lens group that moves during zooming, and

the fixed lens group includes a first negative meniscus lens that is disposed closest to the object side and whose convex surface is oriented toward the object side,

wherein the variator lens group includes:

a first moving lens group with positive refractive power that moves from the final image side toward the object side when zooming from the wide-angle end toward the telephoto end; and

a second moving lens group with positive refractive power that is disposed on the final image side of the first moving lens group and moves from the final image side toward the object side when zooming from the wide-angle end toward the telephoto end,

wherein the first moving lens group is composed of a first positive lens disposed closest to the final image side,

the second moving lens group is composed of a second positive lens, a first negative lens, and a third positive lens disposed in order from the object side,

a partial dispersion ratio Pgf41 of the first positive lens, a partial dispersion ratio Pgf51 of the second positive lens, a partial dispersion ratio Pgf52 of the first negative lens, and a partial dispersion ratio Pgf53 of the third positive lens satisfy following conditions.

0.53≦ Pgf 41≦0.55

0.53≦ Pgf 53≦0.55

0.55≦ Pgf 51≦0.58

0.58≦ Pgf 52≦0.66.

8. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the zoom lens system according to claim 1 ; and

an imaging device disposed at a position where the final image of the zoom lens system is formed.

9. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the zoom lens system according to claim 7 ; and

an imaging device disposed at a position where the final image of the zoom lens system is formed.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 9, 2020
From: NITTOH KOGAKU K.K.
To: NITTOH INC.
Reel/Frame 052353/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2014
From: GOHMAN, JEFFREY ALAN
To: THEIA TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 031977/0676 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2014
From: OE, KAZUHIRO
To: NITTOH KOGAKU K.K.
Reel/Frame 031977/0841 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2013
From: OE, KAZUHIRO
To: NITTOH KOGAKU K.K.
Reel/Frame 031848/0155 →
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