Optical imaging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12124004-B2
Application number	US-202318345713-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2023
Priority date	Sep 14, 2018
Publication date	Oct 22, 2024
Grant date	Oct 22, 2024

Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens, arranged sequentially from an object side along an optical axis. The first lens through the fourth lens are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis in a paraxial region. A total focal length f of a lens unit including the first lens through the fourth lens and half (IMG HT) of a diagonal length of an imaging surface of an image sensor satisfy f/IMG HT>4.9. An effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the first lens and an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the second lens are both greater than effective aperture radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of each of the lenses other than the first lens and the second lens.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical imaging system comprising:
a first lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface;
a second lens having negative refractive power;
a third lens having positive refractive power; and
a fourth lens having positive refractive power,
wherein the first to fourth lenses are arranged sequentially from an object side along an optical axis of the optical imaging system,
wherein the optical imaging system has a total of four lenses,
wherein 3.8<f/TD12<7 is satisfied, where TD12 is a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to an image-side surface of the second lens, and f is a total focal length of the optical imaging system, and
wherein f/IMG HT>4.9 is satisfied, where IMG HT is half of a diagonal length of an imaging surface.

2. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 1.3<TTL/BFL<3.3 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface, and BFL is a distance on the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the imaging surface.

3. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein 0.8<TTL/f<1.2 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface.

4. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein an effective aperture radius of the object-side surface of the first lens and an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the second lens are both greater than an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface and an effective aperture radius of an image-side surface of each of the lenses other than the first lens and the second lens.

5. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein ER11/ER_max>1.1, where ER11 is an effective aperture radius of the object-side surface of the first lens, and ER_max is a maximum value of an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface and an effective aperture radius of an image-side surface of each of the lenses other than the first lens and the second lens.

6. The optical imaging system of claim 5 , wherein ER11/ER51>1.1, where ER51 is an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens.

7. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein ER21/ER_max>1.0, where ER21 is an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the second lens, and ER_max is a maximum value of an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface and an effective aperture radius of an image-side surface of each of the lenses other than the first lens and the second lens.

8. The optical imaging system of claim 7 , wherein ER21/ER51>1.0, where ER51 is an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens.

9. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein a focal length f1 of the first lens is less than half of the total focal length f, and f1 is greater than an absolute value of a focal length f2 of the second lens.

10. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface.

11. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface.

12. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface.

13. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first lens and the second lens has a noncircular shape when viewed in the optical axis direction.

14. The optical imaging system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one of the first lens and the second lens having a noncircular shape comprises a first edge and a second edge having an arc shape, and a third edge and a fourth edge connecting the first edge and the second edge to each other, and a length of a virtual straight line connecting the first edge and the second edge, while passing through the optical axis, is greater than a length of a virtual straight line connecting the third edge and the fourth edge, while passing through the optical axis.

15. The optical imaging system of claim 13 , wherein the first lens has a noncircular shape when viewed in the optical axis direction,
a spacer having an opening is disposed between the first lens and the second lens, and
the opening of the spacer has a noncircular shape when viewed in the optical axis direction.

16. The optical imaging system of claim 15 , wherein the spacer has an inner circumferential surface defining the opening,
wherein the inner circumferential surface comprises a first inner side surface and a second inner side surface having an arc shape, and a third inner side surface and a fourth inner side surface connecting the first inner side surface and the second inner side surface to each other, and
wherein the third inner side surface and the fourth inner side surface each include at least one concave curved surface and at least one convex curved surface.

17. The optical imaging system of claim 16 , wherein the at least one concave curved surface and the at least one convex curved surface are alternated along the third inner side surface and the fourth inner side surface.

18. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , further comprising a reflecting member disposed in front of the first lens,
wherein the reflecting member has a reflective surface for changing an optical path.

19. The optical imaging system of claim 18 , wherein the reflecting member is a mirror or a prism.

20. The optical imaging system of claim 1 , wherein object-side surfaces and image-side surfaces of the first lens to the fourth lens are aspherical surfaces.

Assignees

• Samsung Electro Mech

Inventors

• Yoo Ho Sik
• Yang Dong Shin

Classifications

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• G03B13/36

  Autofocus systems · CPC title

• G02B27/123

  The splitting element being a lens or a system of lenses, including arrays and surfaces with refractive power · CPC title

• G02B3/0062

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

• G02B2003/0093

  characterised by the shape · CPC title