Camera optical lens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12339520-B2
Application number	US-202217730108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	Apr 26, 2022
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a camera optical lens including seven lenses sequentially from object side to image side: first lens having negative refractive power, second lens having positive refractive power, third lens having positive refractive power, fourth lens having positive refractive power, fifth lens having negative refractive power, sixth lens having positive refractive power, seventh lens having negative refractive power and with object and image side surfaces being free-form surfaces. Focal length of camera optical lens is f; focal length of first lens is f1, focal length of third lens is f3, focal length of fourth lens is f4; refractive index of third lens is nd3; refractive index of sixth lens is nd6; refractive index of seventh lens is nd7, and following relational expressions are satisfied: −1.52≤f1/f≤−1.38; 1.56≤nd3≤1.59; 1.53≤nd6≤1.81; 1.61≤nd7≤1.67; 2.04≤f3/f4≤2.27. The camera optical lens has excellent optical characteristics, and has large aperture, wide field of view, ultra-thinning and low optical distortion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A camera optical lens, comprising sequentially from an object side to an image side:
a first lens having negative refractive power,
a second lens having positive refractive power,
a third lens having positive refractive power,
a fourth lens having positive refractive power,
a fifth lens having negative refractive power,
a sixth lens having positive refractive power, and
a seventh lens having negative refractive power,
wherein an object side surface and an image side surface of the seventh lens are free-form surfaces, and
wherein a focal length of the camera optical lens is f; a focal length of the first lens is f1; a focal length of the third lens is f3; a focal length of the fourth lens is f4; a refractive index of the third lens is nd3; a refractive index of the sixth lens is nd6; a refractive index of the seventh lens is nd7, a curvature radius of an object side surface of the seventh lens is R13, a curvature radius of an image side surface of the seventh lens is R14, and f, f1, f3, f4, nd3, nd6, nd7, R13 and R14 satisfy the following relational expressions:
−1.52≤ f 1/ f≤− 1.38;

1.56≤ nd 3≤1.59;

1.53≤ nd 6≤1.81;

1.61≤ nd 7≤1.67;

2.04≤ f 3/ f 4≤2.27;

1.06≤( R 13+ R 14)/( R 13− R 14)≤1.22.

2. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the fifth lens is nd5, and nd5 satisfies the following relational expression:
1.64 ≤nd 5≤1.67.

3. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein an object side surface of the first lens is convex at a paraxial position, and an image side surface of the first lens is concave at a paraxial position;
a central radius of curvature of the object side surface of the first lens is R1, a central radius of curvature of the image side surface of the first lens is R2, an on-axis thickness of the first lens is d1, and a total optical length of the camera optical lens is TTL, and R1, R2, d1 and TTL satisfy the following relational expressions:
1.43≤( R 1 +R 2)/( R 1 −R 2)≤1.95;

0.04 ≤d 1 /TTL≤ 0.07.

4. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein an object side surface of the second lens is convex at a paraxial position, and an image side surface of the second lens is concave at a paraxial position;
a focal length of the second lens is f2, a central radius of curvature of the object side surface of the second lens is R3, a central radius of curvature of the image side surface of the second lens is R4, and an on-axis thickness of the second lens is d3, a total optical length of the camera optical lens is TTL, and f, f2, R3, R4, d3 and TTL satisfy the following relational expressions:
3.10 ≤f 2 /f≤ 3.40;
−3.26≤( R 3 +R 4)/( R 3 −R 4)≤−2.79;

0.04 ≤d 3 /TTL≤ 0.06.

5. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein an object side surface of the third lens is convex at a paraxial position, and an image side surface of the third lens is concave at a paraxial position;
a focal length of the third lens is f3, a central radius of curvature of the object side surface of the third lens is R5, a central radius of curvature of the image side surface of the third lens is R6, and an on-axis thickness of the third lens isd5, a total optical length of the camera optical lens is TTL, and f, f3, R5, R6, d5 and TTL satisfy the following relational expressions:
3.04 ≤f 3 /f≤ 3.43;
−1.42≤( R 5 +R 6)/( R 5 −R 6)≤−1.28;

0.05 ≤d 5 /TTL≤ 0.06.

6. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein an object side surface of the fourth lens is convex at a paraxial position, and an image side surface of the fourth lens is convex at a paraxial position;
a focal length of the fourth lens is f4, a central radius of curvature of the object side surface of the fourth lens is R7, a central radius of curvature of the image side surface of the fourth lens is R8, and an on-axis thickness of the fourth lens isd7, a total optical length of the camera optical lens is TTL, and f, f4, R7, R8, d7 and TTL satisfy the following relational expressions:
1.48 ≤f 4 /f≤ 1.52;
0.37≤( R 7 +R 8)/( R 7 −R 8)≤0.45;

0.10 ≤d 7 /TTL≤ 0.12.

7. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein an object side surface of the fifth lens is concave at a paraxial position, and an image side surface of the fifth lens is convex at a paraxial position;
a focal length of the fifth lens is f5, a central radius of curvature of the object side surface of the fifth lens is R9, a central radius of curvature of the image side surface of the fifth lens is R10, and an on-axis thickness of the fifth lens isd9, a total optical length of the camera optical lens is TTL, and f, f5, R9, R10, d9 and TTL satisfy the following relational expressions:
−3.99 ≤f 5 /f≤− 3.63;

−5.59≤( R 9 +R 10)/( R 9 −R 10)≤−3.20;

0.03 ≤d 9 /TTL≤ 0.04.

8. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein an image side surface of the sixth lens is convex at a paraxial position;
a focal length of the sixth lens is f6, a central radius of curvature of an object side surface of the sixth lens is R11, a central radius of curvature of the image side surface of the sixth lens is R12, and an on-axis thickness of the sixth lens isd11, a total optical length of the camera optical lens is TTL, and f, f6, R11, R12, d11 and TTL satisfy the following relational expressions:
0.75 ≤f 6 /f≤ 0.79;
0.92≤( R 11 +R 12)/( R 11 −R 12)≤1.10;

0.18 ≤d 11 /TTL≤ 0.20.

9. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein an object side surface of the seventh lens is convex at a paraxial position, and an image side surface of the seventh lens is concave at a paraxial position;
a focal length of the seventh lens is f7, an on-axis thickness of the seventh lens is d13, a total optical length of the camera optical lens is TTL, and f, f7, d13 and TTL satisfy the following relational expressions:
−0.95 ≤f 7 /f≤− 0.85;

0.12 ≤d 13 /TTL≤ 0.14.

10. The camera optical lens according to claim 1 , wherein a focal length in an x-direction of the seventh lens is f7x, a focal length in a y-direction of the seventh lens is f7y, and f7x and f7y satisfy the following relational expressions:
−0.93 ≤f 7 y/f≤− 0.85;

0.99 ≤f 7 y/f 7 x≤ 1.01.

Assignees

• Changzhou Aac Raytech Optronics Co Ltd
• DynaOptics Ltd

Inventors

• Vlakhko Vadim
• Churliaev Fedor
• Sand Johan
• Pirinen Ossi
• Riihimies Mika
• Punta Tuomas

Classifications

• G02B3/0043 Primary

  Inhomogeneous or irregular arrays, e.g. varying shape, size, height · CPC title

• G02B13/0045 Primary

  having five or more lenses · CPC title

• G02B9/64 Primary

  having more than six components · CPC title

• G02B13/06

  Panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" {including panoramic objectives having reflecting surfaces} · CPC title