Optical imaging system having lenses of −+−+ refractive powers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11175478-B2
Application number	US-201916293112-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2019
Priority date	Dec 11, 2017
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging system. The imaging system sequentially includes, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. The first lens has a negative refractive power; the second lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power; the third lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, and an image-side surface of the third lens is a concave surface; the fourth lens has a positive refractive power, and an image-side surface of the fourth lens is a concave surface. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging system satisfy: f/EPD≤1.60.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical imaging system, comprising sequentially, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens,
wherein the first lens has a negative refractive power;
the second lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power;
the third lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, and an image-side surface of the third lens is a concave surface;
the fourth lens has a positive refractive power, and an image-side surface of the fourth lens is a concave surface; and
a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging system satisfy: f/EPD<1.60,
wherein a distance TTL from a center of an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane of the optical imaging system on the optical axis and a sum of spacing distances ΣAT of any two adjacent lenses among the first lens to the fourth lens on the optical axis satisfy: 3.5<TTL/ΣAT<5.0.

2. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging system further comprises an infrared bandpass filter disposed between the fourth lens and an image plane of the optical imaging system, and a bandpass waveband of the infrared bandpass filter is 750 nm to 1000 nm.

3. The optical imaging system according to claim 2 , wherein the bandpass waveband of the infrared bandpass filter is 850 nm to 940 nm.

4. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the distance TTL from the center of the object-side surface of the first lens to the image plane of the optical imaging system on the optical axis and the entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging system satisfy: 1.0<TTL/EPD<2.5.

5. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein a center thickness CT1 of the first lens on the optical axis and a center thickness CT4 of the fourth lens on the optical axis satisfy: 1.0<CT4/CT1<3.5.

6. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein an effective focal length f1 of the first lens and the total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system satisfy: −4.0<f1/f<−2.0.

7. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein an effective focal length f4 of the fourth lens and an effective focal length f2 of the second lens satisfy:
0<f4/f2<1.5.

8. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein an effective focal length f3 of the third lens and a radius of curvature R5 of an object-side surface of the third lens satisfy: −1<f3/R5<0.5.

9. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature R7 of an object-side surface of the fourth lens and a radius of curvature R8 of the image-side surface of the fourth lens satisfy: −5.0<(R7+R8)/(R7−R8)<−1.0.

10. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein an effective focal length f2 of the second lens and a center thickness CT2 of the second lens on the optical axis satisfy: 5.0<f2/CT2<10.0.

11. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature R1 of the object-side surface of the first lens and a radius of curvature R2 of an image-side surface of the first lens satisfy: 4.0<|R1+R2|/|R1−R2|<7.0.

12. The optical imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system, an effective focal length f3 of the third lens, and an effective focal length f4 of the fourth lens satisfy: 1.0<|f/f3|+|f/f4|<4.0.

Assignees

• Zhejiang Sunny Optical Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Lin
• Wang Xinquan

Classifications

• G02B13/14

  for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation ({G02B13/008, } G02B13/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02B5/208

  for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation · CPC title

• G02B13/004 Primary

  having four lenses · CPC title

• G02B9/34

  having four components only · CPC title