Optical imaging lens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12222467-B2
Application number	US-202318376836-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2023
Priority date	Feb 5, 2021
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a fourth lens element, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The first lens element has negative refracting power, an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex, the third lens element has negative refracting power, and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex. Lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements described above, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship of Tmax+Tmin≤700.000 μm, Tmax is a maximum thickness of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, Tmin is a minimum thickness of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical imaging lens, from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis comprising: four lens elements, the four lens elements include a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element, the first lens element to the fourth lens element each having an object-side surface facing toward the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through, wherein:
an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the second lens element is convex, or a periphery region of the object-side surface of the second lens element is convex;
a periphery region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is convex;
an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex;
lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements described above, wherein HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: HFOV/(EFL+TL)≥35.000 degrees/mm, wherein the lens element includes at least one transition point, the line tangent to the transition point is perpendicular to the optical axis, when a surface of the lens element has at least one transition point, the periphery region is defined as a region located radially outside of the farthest transition point from the optical axis to an optical boundary of the surface of the lens element, and when a surface of the lens element has no transition point, the periphery region is defined as a region of 50%-100% of the distance between the optical axis and the optical boundary of the surface of the lens element.

2. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein Tmax is the maximum value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, Tmax 2 is the second largest value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship:
HFOV/(Tmax+Tmax2)≥85.000 degrees/mm.

3. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein Tmax is the maximum value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, Tmin is the minimum value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship:
Tmax+Tmin≤700.000 μm.

4. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein T 2 is a thickness of the second lens element along the optical axis, G 34 is an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: EFL/(T 2 +G 34 )≤2.000.

5. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the fourth lens element to an image plane along the optical axis, Gmax is the maximum value of three air gaps from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: (EFL+BFL)/Gmax≥1.800.

6. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein G 12 is an air gap between the first lens element and the second lens element along the optical axis, T 2 is a thickness of the second lens element along the optical axis, T 3 is a thickness of the third lens element along the optical axis, G 34 is an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: (G 12 +T 2 )/(T 3 +G 34 )≥2.500.

7. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane along the optical axis, Fno is a f-number of the optical imaging lens, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: HFOV/(TTL*Fno)≥15.000 degrees/mm.

8. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein T 4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element along the optical axis, G 23 is an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: T 4 >G 23 .

9. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein ALT is a sum of thicknesses of all the four lens elements along the optical axis, G 12 is an air gap between the first lens element and the second lens element along the optical axis, T 2 is a thickness of the second lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: ALT/(G 12 +T 2 )≤2.000.

10. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the fourth lens element to an image plane along the optical axis, G 34 is an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element along the optical axis, T 4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: (BFL+G 34 )/T 4 ≤3.500.

11. An optical imaging lens, from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis comprising: four lens elements, the four lens elements include_a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element, the first lens element to the fourth lens element each having an object-side surface facing toward the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through, wherein:
an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the second lens element is convex, or an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is convex;
a periphery region of the object-side surface of the second lens element is convex;
a periphery region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is convex;
an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex;
lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only the four lens elements described above, wherein HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, Tmax is the maximum value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, Tmax 2 is the second largest value of thicknesses of the four lens elements from the first lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: HFOV/(Tmax+Tmax 2 )≥85.000 degrees/mm, wherein the lens element includes at least one transition point, the line tangent to the transition point is perpendicular to the optical axis, when a surface of the lens element has at least one transition point, the periphery region is defined as a region located radially outside of the farthest transition point from the optical axis to an optical boundary of the surface of the lens element, and when a surface of the lens element has no transition point, the periphery region is defined as a region of 50%-100% of the distance between the optical axis and the optical boundary of the surface of the lens element.

12. The optical imaging lens of claim 11 , wherein EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to

Assignees

• Genius Electronic Optical Xiamen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liao Huabin
• Lin Hai
• Zhou Ou
• Zhang Lanlan

Classifications

• G02B9/34

  having four components only · CPC title

• G02B13/18

  with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration {(G02B13/002 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G02B13/004 Primary

  having four lenses · CPC title

• G02B13/0045 Primary

  having five or more lenses · CPC title