Camera lens

US10310226B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-10310226-B2
Application numberUS-201615569294-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 21, 2016
Priority dateSep 6, 2016
Publication dateJun 4, 2019
Grant dateJun 4, 2019

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A camera lens includes, in sequence from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a negative refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power, an image-side surface of the third lens being a concave surface; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power; and a seventh lens having a refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the seventh lens each being an aspheric surface. The camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: −2<f1/f<−1.4, in which, f1 denotes an effective focal length of the first lens and f denotes an effective focal length of the camera lens.

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What is claimed is: 1. A camera lens, in sequence from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens having a negative refractive power, an object-side surface of the first lens being a convex surface; a second lens having a refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the second lens both being concave surfaces; a third lens having a positive refractive power, an image-side surface of the third lens being a concave surface, and an object-side surface of the third lens being a spherical surface; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power; and a seventh lens having a refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the seventh lens each being an aspheric surface, wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: −2<f1/f<−1.4,in which, f1 denotes an effective focal length of the first lens and f denotes an effective focal length of the camera lens. 2. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein an object-side surface of the third lens is a convex surface. 3. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a positive refractive power, an object-side surface of the fourth lens is a convex surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens is a convex surface. 4. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: 0.5<R 5 /R 7 <1, in which, R 5 denotes a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens, and R 7 denotes a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fourth lens. 5. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has a negative refractive power, an object-side surface of the fifth lens is a convex surface and an image-side surface of the fifth lens is a concave surface, wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: −4.1<f5/f<−3.5, in which, f5 denotes an effective focal length of the fifth lens, and f denotes the effective focal length of the camera lens. 6. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens has a positive refractive power, an image-side surface of the sixth lens is a convex surface. 7. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: 1.7<ImgH/f<2, in which, ImgH denotes a half of a diagonal line of an effective pixel area on an imaging surface, and f denotes the effective focal length of the camera lens. 8. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: 0.18<ΣT/TTL<0.45, in which, ΣT denotes a sum of axial spacing distance between any two adjacent lenses of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens and the seventh lens, and TTL denotes an axial distance between an object-side surface of the first lens and an imaging surface. 9. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: 0.95<CT 2 /CT 5 <1.5, in which, CT 2 denotes a center thickness of the second lens on an optical axis, and CT 5 denotes a center thickness of the fifth lens on the optical axis. 10. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: 0.18<(CT 3 +CT 6 )/TTL<0.5, in which, CT 3 denotes a center thickness of the third lens on an optical axis, CT 6 denotes a center thickness of the sixth lens on the optical axis, and TTL denotes an axial distance between an object-side surface of the first lens and an imaging surface. 11. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: −1.6<SAG 71 /CT 7 <−1, in which, SAG 71 denotes an axial distance from an intersection point between the object-side surface of the seventh lens and an optical axis to a vertex of an effective radius of an object-side surface of the first lens, and CT 7 denotes a center thickness of the seventh lens on the optical axis. 12. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: 0.9<DT 11 /DT 72 <1.2, in which, DT 11 denotes an effective radius of an object-side surface of the first lens, and DT 72 denotes an effective radius of the image-side of the seventh lens. 13. The camera lens according to claim 1 , wherein the camera lens satisfies a conditional expression: 0.8<DT 21 /DT 52 <1.1, in which, DT 21 denotes an effective radius of an object-side surface of the second lens, and DT 52 denotes an effective radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lens.

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  • having five or more lenses · CPC title

  • Reversed telephoto objectives · CPC title

  • having more than six components · CPC title

  • with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration {(G02B13/002 takes precedence)} · CPC title

  • Stacked lens arrays, i.e. refractive surfaces arranged in at least two planes, without structurally separate optical elements in-between · CPC title

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What does patent US10310226B2 cover?
A camera lens includes, in sequence from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a negative refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power, an image-side surface of the third lens being a concave surface; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G02B13/0045. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 04 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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