IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,712,731
Granted Patent B2
US 9,712,731 · App. 14/645,879 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

Optical system

Inventor: Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-Si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
H04N5/2254G02B9/34G02B13/004G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 9,712,731
App. No.
14/645,879
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an optical system including: a first lens having negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; and a fourth lens having positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex, wherein the first to fourth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, whereby an aberration improvement effect, a wide field of view and a high degree of resolution may be realized.

Claims (72)

1. An optical system comprising:

a first lens having negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having refractive power; and

a fourth lens having positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex,

wherein the first to fourth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, and a focal length of the first lens F 1 and an overall focal length of the optical system F satisfy Conditional Expression 1:

−2.3< F 1/ F<− 2.0.  [Conditional Expression 1]

2. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein both surfaces of the second lens are convex.

3. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has negative refractive power.

4. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex.

5. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 2 is satisfied:

FOV≧80  [Conditional Expression 2]

where FOV is a field of view of the optical system.

6. The optical system of claim 1 , further comprising an image sensor converting an image of a subject incident through the first to fourth lenses into an electrical signal,

wherein Conditional Expression 3 is satisfied:

FOV/ TTL> 25  [Conditional Expression 3]

where FOV is a field of view of the optical system, and TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging surface of the image sensor.

7. The optical system of claim 1 , further comprising an image sensor converting an image of a subject incident through the first to fourth lenses into an electrical signal,

wherein Conditional Expression 4 is satisfied:

TTL/F≦ 2.30  [Conditional Expression 4]

where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging surface of the image sensor, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

8. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 5 is satisfied:

F 2/ F≧ 0.73  [Conditional Expression 5]

where F 2 is a focal length of the second lens, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

9. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 6 is satisfied:

−5.0< F 3/ F< 20.0  [Conditional Expression 6]

where F 3 is a focal length of the third lens, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

10. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression 7 is satisfied:

4.0< F 4/ F< 8.0  [Conditional Expression 7]

where F 4 is a focal length of the fourth lens, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

11. The optical system of claim 1 , further comprising an image sensor converting an image of a subject incident through the first to fourth lenses into an electrical signal,

wherein Conditional Expression 8 is satisfied:

2.1 <TTL /Img H <2.7  [Conditional Expression 8]

where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging surface of the image sensor, and ImgH is a diagonal length of the imaging surface of the image sensor.

12. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the first to fourth lenses are plastic lenses.

13. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has at least one inflection point on the object-side surface thereof.

14. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has at least one inflection point on an image-side surface thereof.

15. An optical system comprising:

a first lens having negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex;

a second lens having positive refractive power of which both surfaces are convex;

a third lens having refractive power; and

a fourth lens having positive refractive power,

wherein the first to fourth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, and

Conditional Expression 1 is satisfied:

FOV≧80  [Conditional Expression 1]

where FOV is a field of view of the optical system, and a wherein a focal length of the first lens F 1 and an overall focal length of the optical system F satisfy Conditional Expression 2:

−2.3< F 1/ F<− 2.0.  [Conditional Expression 2]

16. The optical system of claim 15 , further comprising an image sensor converting an image of a subject incident through the first to fourth lenses into an electrical signal,

wherein Conditional Expression 3 is satisfied:

FOV/ TTL> 25  [Conditional Expression 3]

where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging surface of the image sensor.

17. The optical system of claim 15 , further comprising an image sensor converting an image of a subject incident through the first to fourth lenses into an electrical signal,

wherein Conditional Expression 4 satisfied:

TTL/F ≦2.30  [Conditional Expression 4]

where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging surface of the image sensor, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

18. The optical system of claim 15 , wherein Conditional Expression 5 is satisfied:

F 2 /F ≧0.73  [Conditional Expression 5]

where F 2 is a focal length of the second lens, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

19. The optical system of claim 15 , wherein Conditional Expression 6 is satisfied:

−5.0< F 3/ F< 20.0  [Conditional Expression 6]

where F 3 is a focal length of the third lens, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

20. The optical system of claim 15 , wherein Conditional Expression 7 is satisfied:

4.0< F 4/ F< 8.0  [Conditional Expression 7]

where F 4 is a focal length of the fourth lens, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

21. The optical system of claim 15 , further comprising an image sensor converting an image of a subject incident through the first to fourth lenses into an electrical signal,

wherein Conditional Expression 8 is satisfied:

2.1 <TTL /Img H <2.7  [Conditional Expression 8]

where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging surface of the image sensor, and ImgH is a diagonal length of the imaging surface of the image sensor.

22. The optical system of claim 15 , wherein the third lens has negative refractive power.

23. The optical system of claim 15 , wherein the third lens has a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex.

24. The optical system of claim 15 , wherein the fourth lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.

25. The optical system of claim 15 , wherein the fourth lens has at least one inflection point on each of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2015
From: JO, YONG JOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0113300 · Aug 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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