Lens apparatus and camera system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11513313-B2
Application number	US-201916551548-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2019
Priority date	Aug 31, 2018
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

The lens apparatus includes an optical system, a voltage transformation unit, and an actuator. A first lens unit of the optical system is moved toward the object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The voltage transformation unit includes coils. The actuator is configured to be driven by a voltage output from the voltage transformation unit and to move a part of the lens units in the optical system during focusing. The coil is disposed at a position that is separated from a position of a most object-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end, toward the image side by a maximum or more moving amount of the first lens unit, and is closer to the object side than a most image-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lens apparatus, comprising:
an optical system comprising a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power and a rear lens group having positive refractive power as a whole in an entire zoom range that are disposed in this order from object side to image side, a distance of adjacent lens units being varied during zooming, and the first lens unit being moved toward the object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end;
a voltage transformation unit including coils; and
a motor unit configured to be driven by a voltage from the voltage transformation unit and to move a part of the lens units in the optical system during focusing,
wherein the coil is disposed at a position that is separated from a position of a most object-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end, toward the image side by equal to or greater than a maximum moving amount of the first lens unit, and is closer to the object side than both of the most object-side positon of the motor unit at the wide-angle end and a most image-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end.

2. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit configured to control driving of the motor unit,
wherein the most object-side positon of the motor unit at the wide-angle end is disposed further on the object side than the control unit.

3. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a holding member configured to hold the first lens unit and to move together with the first lens unit during zooming,
wherein the coil is disposed within an outermost diameter range of the holding member when viewed from an optical axis direction.

4. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the coil is disposed at a position separated from an image plane by twice or more as much as a back focus of the optical system at the wide-angle end.

5. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a guide barrel including a guide groove configured to guide the part of the lens units; and
a cam ring that includes a cam follower configured to engage with the guide groove, and a cam groove configured to engage with the cam follower,
wherein the coil is disposed to be displaced from at least one of the guide groove and the cam groove.

6. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the voltage transformation unit includes a plurality of coils, and
wherein the plurality of coils is distributed and arranged in a circumferential direction of the optical system.

7. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a substrate including a plurality of surfaces that are not parallel to one another, in the circumferential direction of the optical system,
wherein the plurality of coils is distributed and arranged on the plurality of surfaces of the substrate.

8. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the following inequality is satisfied,
0.5 <|M 1|/fw<1.3,
where M1 represents a moving amount of the first lens unit during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, and fw represents a focal length of the optical system at the wide-angle end.

9. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system satisfies the following inequality,
1.5 <B 1obj_ea/ B 2img_ea<3.0,
where B1obj_ea represents an effective diameter of a most object-side surface of the first lens unit, and B2img_ea represents an effective diameter of a most image-side surface of the second lens unit.

10. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system satisfies the following inequality,
1.0 <B 3max_ea/fw<2.0,
where the lens unit disposed on the most object side in the rear lens group is a third lens unit, B3max_ea represents a maximum effective diameter among effective diameters of lenses configuring the third lens unit, and fw represents a focal length of the optical system at the wide-angle end.

11. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system satisfies the following inequality,
0.3<skw/fw<1.1,
where skw represents a back focus of the optical system at the wide-angle end, and fw represents a focal length of the optical system at the wide-angle end.

12. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system satisfies the following inequality,
0.3 <T 2 /To <1.0,
where T2 represents a distance on the optical axis from a most object-side surface of the second lens unit to a most image-side surface of the second lens unit, and To represents a distance on the optical axis from a most object-side surface of a final lens unit disposed on the most image side, among lens units included in the rear lens group, to a most image-side surface of the final lens unit.

13. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the part of the lens units is the second lens unit, and
wherein the second lens unit is moved toward the object side during focusing from an infinite-distance object to a short-distance object.

14. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage transformation unit includes a booster circuit configured to boost an input voltage and to output the boosted voltage.

15. A camera system, comprising:
a lens apparatus; and
a light receiving device configured to receive light of an image formed by an optical system,
wherein the lens apparatus includes the optical system, a voltage transformation unit, and an motor unit, the optical system consisting of a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, and a rear lens group having positive refractive power as a whole in an entire zoom range that are disposed in this order from object side to image side, a distance of adjacent lens units being varied in zooming, the first lens unit being moved toward the object side in zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the voltage transformation unit including coils, and the motor unit being configured to be driven by a voltage from the voltage transformation unit and to move a part of the lens units in the optical system during focusing,
wherein the coil is disposed at a position that is separated from a position of a most object-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end toward the image side by equal to or greater than a maximum moving amount of the first lens unit, and is closer to the object side than both of the most object-side positon of the motor unit at the wide-angle end and a most image-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end.

16. A lens apparatus, comprising:
an optical system comprising a first lens unit having negative refractive power, and a rear lens group having positive refractive power as a whole in an entire zoom range that are disposed in this order from object side to image side, a distance of adjacent lens units being varied during zooming, and the first lens unit being moved toward the object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end;
a voltage transformation unit including coil; and
a motor unit configured to be driven by a voltage from the voltage transformation unit and to move a part of the lens units in the optical system during focusing,
wherein the coil is disposed at a position that is separated from a position of a most object-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end, toward the image side by equal to or greater than a maximum moving amount of the first lens unit, and is closer to the object side than both of the most object-side positon of

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Sakai Hideki
• Okada Tadanori
• Iwamoto Shunji

Classifications

• G02B15/143105

  arranged +-+ · CPC title

• G02B7/021 Primary

  for more than one lens · CPC title

• G02B15/16

  with interdependent non-linearly related movements between one lens or lens group, and another lens or lens group (G02B15/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B7/04 Primary

  with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• G02B7/09 Primary

  adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification · CPC title