Lens system and imaging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016266350-A1
Application number	US-201615160812-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 20, 2016
Priority date	Sep 25, 2014
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A lens system according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of lens groups, each having at least one lens element, the lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group that is fixed with respect to an image plane in focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition; an aperture diaphragm; a second lens group that moves in a direction of an optical axis in the focusing; a third lens group that is fixed with respect to the image plane in the focusing; a fourth lens group that moves in the direction of the optical axis in the focusing; and a lens group closest to the image side, wherein the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied:
2.5<| f 2/ f 4|<6.5   (1)

0.5<| f/f 4|<1.5   (2)
where f2 is a focal length of the second lens group, f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens group, and f is a focal length of the entire optical system in an infinity in-focus condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A lens system comprising a plurality of lens groups, each including at least one lens element, the lens system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:
a first lens group that is fixed with respect to an image plane in focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition; an aperture diaphragm; a second lens group that moves in a direction of an optical axis in the focusing; a third lens group that is fixed with respect to the image plane in the focusing; a fourth lens group that moves in the direction of the optical axis in the focusing; and a lens group closest to the image side, wherein the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied:
2.5<| f 2/ f 4|<6.5   (1)

0.5< |f/f 4|<1.5   (2)

where
f2 is a focal length of the second lens group,
f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens group, and
f is a focal length of an entire system in the infinity in-focus condition.

2 . The lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens group and the fourth lens group both include two or less lens elements.

3 . The lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the lens group closest to the image side includes one negative lens element, and an Abbe number vd of the one negative lens element in the lens group closest to the image side satisfies the following condition (3):
vd<35   (3).

4 . The lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens group and the fourth lens group are located closer to the image side than the aperture diaphragm is.

5 . The lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side:
a first lens element having negative power, a second lens element having positive power, a third lens element having negative power, and a fourth lens element having positive power.

6 . The lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition (4) is satisfied:
1.5<| Lf/Lr< 2.5   (4)
where Lf is a distance from a surface of the first lens group to the aperture diaphragm on the optical axis, the surface being closest to the object side, the first lens group being located closer to the object side than the aperture diaphragm is, and Lr is a distance from the image side of the aperture diaphragm to the image plane on the optical axis.

7 . The lens system according to claim 1 , wherein
the lens system has a first photographing state in which focusing is performed within a first focusing range and a second photographing state in which focusing is performed in a focusing range that is nearer than the first focusing range, wherein the lens groups located closer to the object side than the lens group closest to the image side uniformly move toward the object side in changing from the first photographing state to the second photographing state upon photographing.

8 . The lens system according to claim 7 , wherein the aperture diaphragm in the second photographing state is narrowed more than the aperture diaphragm in the first photographing state.

9 . An imaging device comprising:
a lens system; and an imaging element that receives an optical image formed by the lens system and converts the received image into an electric image signal, wherein the lens system comprises a plurality of lens groups, each including at least one lens element, the lens system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:
a first lens group that is fixed with respect to an image plane in focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition;
an aperture diaphragm;
a second lens group that moves in a direction of an optical axis in the focusing;
a third lens group that is fixed with respect to the image plane in the focusing;
a fourth lens group that moves in the direction of the optical axis in the focusing; and
a lens group closest to the image side,
wherein the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied:
2.5<| f 2/ f 4|<6.5   (1)

0.5< |f/f 4|<1.5   (2)

where
f2 is a focal length of the second lens group,
f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens group, and
f is a focal length of an entire system in the infinity in-focus condition.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iiyama Tomoko
• Sueyoshi Masafumi

Classifications

• G02B13/24

  for reproducing or copying at short object distances · CPC title

• G02B7/08

  adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism · 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

• G02B9/64 Primary

  having more than six components · CPC title

• G02B15/145115 Primary

  arranged ++++- · CPC title