Projection zoom lens and projector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10488636-B2
Application number	US-201715590638-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	May 15, 2012
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A projection zoom lens constituting a projection optical system of a projector, which projects an image displayed on a surface of an image display element on a projected surface, so as to magnify and display the image includes, in order from the projected surface side to the image display element side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group, wherein a refractive power of the fifth lens group is weaker than the refractive power of the first lens group, the refractive power of the second lens group, the refractive power of the third lens group, and the refractive power of the fourth lens group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A projection zoom lens constituting a projection optical system of a projector, which projects an image displayed on a surface of an image display element on a projected surface, so as to magnify and display the image, the projection zoom lens comprising in order from the projected surface side to the image display element side:
a first lens group having a negative refractive power;
a second lens group having a negative refractive power;
a third lens group having a positive refractive power;
a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and
a fifth lens group,
wherein a lens group having a lens closest to the image display element side moves from the image display element side to the projected surface side when changing a magnification from a wide-angle to a telephoto end, and
wherein the following condition is satisfied, where OALw is a distance (mm) from a lens surface on the projected surface side in a lens closest to the projected surface to a surface of the image display element when the image projected on the projected surface is focused, and Fw is a focal length (mm) of an entire projection optical system at the wide-angle end:
10.0< OALw/Fw< 12.0.

2. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the image display element is a reflective image display element.

3. The projection zoom lens according to claim 2 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where EPw is a distance (mm) from a display surface of the reflective image display element to an entrance pupil, and DMDHT is a distance (mm) from a rotation central axis of a spherical lens closest to the reflective image display element to a most periphery of the reflective image display element:
4.0< |EPw/DMDHT|< 4.5.

4. The projection zoom lens according to claim 2 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where BFw is a distance (mm) from a surface on the reflective image display element side in a lens closest to the reflective image display element of the projection optical system at the wide-angle end to a display surface of the reflective image display element, and Fw is a focal length (mm) of an entire projection optical system at the wide-angle end:
0.35< Fw/BFw< 0.45.

5. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where F5 is a focal length (mm) of the fifth lens group:
−0.01<1/ F 5<0.01.

6. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where F1 is a focal length (mm) of the first lens group and F2 is a focal length (mm) of the second lens group:
0.15< F 1/ F 2<0.50.

7. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where HS is an optical effective diameter (mm) of a lens closest to the projected surface, and HE is an optical effective diameter (mm) of a lens closest to the image display element:
2.5< HS/HE< 3.5.

8. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein HE is an optical effective diameter (mm) of a lens closest to the image display element and the following condition is satisfied:
15.2< OALw/HE< 17.4.

9. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where F5n is a focal length (mm) of a negative lens closest to the image display element in the fifth lens group, and F5p is a focal length (mm) of a positive lens closest to the image display element in the fifth lens group:
−1.9< F 5 n/F 5 p<− 1.1.

10. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens group includes, in order from the projected surface side, a negative lens, a positive lens, a negative lens and a positive lens.

11. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where F3 is a focal length (mm) of the third lens group and F4 is a focal length (mm) of the fourth lens group:
1.3< F 3/ F 4<4.6.

12. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where Fw is a focal length (mm) of an entire projection optical system at the wide-angle end and F2 is a focal length (mm) of the second lens group:
−0.27< Fw/F 2<−0.11.

13. The projection zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied, where ω is a half-field angle of a projection image:
39°<ω<45°.

14. A projector comprising:
a light source;
an illumination light system configured to illuminate an image display element with light emitted from the light source;
an image display element configured to display an image by controlling emission of incident light through the illumination optical system; and
a projection optical system configured to project the image displayed on a display surface of the image display element on a projected surface, so as to magnify and display the image, wherein
the projection optical system includes the projection zoom lens according to claim 1 .

15. A projection zoom lens constituting a projection optical system of a projector, which projects an image displayed on a surface of an image display element on a projected surface, so as to magnify and display the image,
the projection zoom lens comprising in order from the projected surface side to the image display element side:
a first lens group having a negative refractive power;
a second lens group having a negative refractive power;
a third lens group having a positive refractive power;
a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and
a fifth lens group, wherein
a half-field angle ω satisfies the following condition,
39°<ω<45°.

16. A projector comprising:
a light source;
an illumination light system configured to illuminate an image display element with light emitted from the light source;
an image display element configured to display an image by controlling emission of incident light through the illumination optical system; and
a projection optical system configured to project the image displayed on a display surface of the image display element on a projected surface, so as to magnify and display the image, wherein
the projection optical system includes the projection zoom lens according to claim 15 .

17. A projection zoom lens constituting a projection optical system of a projector, which projects an image displayed on a surface of an image display element on a projected surface, so as to magnify and display the image, the projection zoom lens comprising in order from the projected surface side to the image display element side:
a first lens group having a negative refractive power;
a second lens group having a negative refractive power;
a third lens group having a positive refractive power;
a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and
a fifth lens group,
wherein a lens group having a lens closest to the image display element side moves from the image display element side to the projected surface side when changing a magnification from a wide-angle to a telephoto end, and
wherein the fifth lens group includes, in order from the projected surface side, a negative lens, a positive lens, a negative lens and a positive lens.

Assignees

• Kubota Takashi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kubota Takashi

Classifications

• G03B21/14

  Details · CPC title

• G02B13/16

  for use in conjunction with image converters or intensifiers {, or for use with projectors, e.g. objectives for projection TV} · CPC title

• G02B15/177

  having a negative front lens or group of lenses · CPC title

• G02B15/20

  having an additional movable lens or lens group for varying the objective focal length · CPC title

• G02B13/22 Primary

  Telecentric objectives or lens systems · CPC title