Optical imaging system and portable electronic device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11106010-B2
Application number	US-201715615927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2017
Priority date	Dec 29, 2016
Publication date	Aug 31, 2021
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021

Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis, and a reflection member disposed to be closer to an object than all of the plurality of lenses and having a reflection surface configured to change a path of light. The plurality of lenses are spaced apart from each other by preset distances along the optical axis, and the condition 0.8<TTL/ft<1.1 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of a lens closest to the object among the plurality of lenses to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and ft is an overall focal length of an optical system including the plurality of lenses.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical imaging system comprising:
a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis; and
a reflection member disposed to be closer to an object than all of the plurality of lenses and having a reflection surface configured to change a path of light;
wherein the plurality of lenses are spaced apart from each other by preset distances along the optical axis;
the optical imaging system has a total of five lenses; and
the condition 0.8<TTL/ft<1.1 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of a lens closest to the object among the plurality of lenses to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and ft is an overall focal length of an optical system comprising the plurality of lenses;
wherein the plurality of lenses comprise a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially disposed in numerical order beginning with the first lens from an object side of the optical system toward an image side of the optical system; and
the condition 1.5<ft/ft 1 <3.5 is satisfied, where ft 1 is a focal length of the first lens, and
wherein the third lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power;
an object-side surface of the third lens is convex; and
an image-side surface of the third lens is concave.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power; and
an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the first lens are convex.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a negative refractive power; and
an image-side surface of the second lens is concave.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a positive refractive power;
an object-side surface of the fourth lens is concave; and
an image-side surface of the fourth lens is convex.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has a negative refractive power;
an object-side surface of the fifth lens is concave; and
an image-side surface of the fifth lens is convex.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein object-side surfaces and image-side surfaces of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses are aspherical.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses are plastic lenses.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , further comprising a stop disposed in front of the first lens;
wherein an effective diameter of a lens having a maximum effective diameter among the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses is greater than a diameter of the stop.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of lenses comprise:
the first lens having a positive refractive power;
the second lens having a negative refractive power;
the third lens having a positive refractive power;
the fourth lens having a positive refractive power; and
the fifth lens having a negative refractive power; and
the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order beginning with the first lens from an object side of the optical system toward an image side of the optical system.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of lenses comprise:
the first lens having a positive refractive power;
the second lens having a negative refractive power;
the third lens having a negative refractive power;
the fourth lens having a positive refractive power; and
the fifth lens having a negative refractive power; and
the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order beginning with the first lens from an object side of the optical system toward an image side of the optical system.

11. An optical imaging system comprising:
a first optical imaging system;
a second optical imaging system; and
a third optical imaging system;
wherein the first, second, and third optical imaging systems have different fields of view; and
a direction of an optical axis of an optical imaging system having a narrowest field of view among the first, second, and third optical imaging systems is different from a direction of optical axes of remaining ones of the first, second, and third optical imaging systems,
wherein the optical imaging system having the narrowest field of view among the first, second, and third optical imaging systems comprises:
a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis; and
a reflection member disposed to be closer to an object than all of the plurality of lenses and having a reflection surface configured to change a path of light;
wherein the plurality of lenses are spaced apart from each other by preset distances along the optical axis; and
the condition 0.8<TTL/ft<1.1 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of a lens closest to the object among the plurality of lenses to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and ft is an overall focal length of an optical system comprising the plurality of lenses.

12. The optical imaging system of claim 11 , wherein the condition 1.8<FOVw/FOVt<4.5 is satisfied, where FOVt is a field of view of the optical imaging system having the narrowest field of view among the first, second, and third optical imaging systems, and FOVw is a field of view of an optical imaging system having a widest field of view among the first, second, and third optical imaging systems.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 11 , wherein the condition 2.0<ft/fw<5.0 is satisfied, where ft is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system having the narrowest field of view among the first, second, and third optical imaging systems, and fw is an overall focal length of an optical imaging system having a widest field of view among the first, second, and third optical imaging systems.

14. An optical imaging system comprising:
an optical system comprising a plurality of lenses configured to be movable as a fixed unit along an optical axis to focus on objects at different distances while maintaining a fixed positional relationship between the plurality of lenses; and
a reflection member configured to reflect light from an object into an object side of the optical system;
wherein a field of view of the optical system changes as the optical system moves along the optical axis;
the optical imaging system has a total of five lenses; and
the condition 0.8<TTL/ft<1.1 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of a lens closest to the object among the plurality of lenses to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and ft is an overall focal length of the optical system;
wherein the plurality of lenses comprise a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially disposed in numerical order beginning with the first lens from an object side of the optical system toward an image side of the optical system; and the condition 1.5<ft/ft 1 <3.5 is satisfied, where ft 1 is a focal length of the first lens, and
wherein the third lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power;
an object-side surface of the third lens is convex; and
an image-side surface of the third lens is concave.

15. The optical imaging system of claim 14 , wherein the optical system comprises:
the first lens having a positive refractive power;
the second lens having a negative refractive power;
the fourth lens having a positive refractive power; and
the fifth lens having a negative refractive power; and
the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses are sequentia

Assignees

• Samsung Electro Mech

Inventors

• Lee Tae Youn
• Jung Jin Hwa
• Jo Yong Joo

Classifications

• G03B30/00

  Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles · CPC title

• G02B13/0045 Primary

  having five or more lenses · CPC title

• G02B7/282

  Autofocusing of zoom lenses · CPC title

• G02B13/0065

  having a beam-folding prism or mirror · CPC title

• G02B13/02

  Telephoto objectives, i.e. systems of the type + - in which the distance from the front vertex to the image plane is less than the equivalent focal length · CPC title