Optical image capturing system

US2016334602A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2016334602-A1
Application numberUS-201514842624-A
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Filing dateSep 1, 2015
Priority dateMay 15, 2015
Publication dateNov 17, 2016
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An optical image capturing system, sequentially including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side, is provided. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second through third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. At least one of the image side surface and the object side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens elements can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

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An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens element with refractive power; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power; a fourth lens element with refractive power; and an image plane; wherein the optical image capturing system consists of the four lens elements with refractive power, at least one of the first through fourth lens elements has positive refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, focal lengths of the first through fourth lens elements are f1, f2, f3 and f4 respectively, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is HOS, a distance on an optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is InTL, a length of outline curve from an axial point on any surface of any one of the four lens elements to a coordinate point of vertical height with a distance of a half of the entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis on the surface along an outline of the surface is denoted as ARE. The following relations are satisfied: 1.2≦f/HEP≦6.0; 0.5≦HOS/f≦3.0; 0<InTL/HOS<0.9; and 1≦2(ARE/HEP)≦1.5. 2 . The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein TV distortion for image formation in the optical image capturing system is TDT, a height for image formation on the image plane perpendicular to the optical axis in the optical image capturing system is denoted by HOI, a lateral aberration of the longest operation wavelength of a positive direction tangential fan of the optical image capturing system passing through an edge of the entrance pupil and incident on the image plane by 0.7 HOI is denoted as PLTA, and a lateral aberration of the shortest operation wavelength of the positive direction tangential fan of the optical image capturing system passing through the edge of the entrance pupil and incident on the image plane by 0.7 HOI is denoted as PSTA, a lateral aberration of the longest operation wavelength of a negative direction tangential fan of the optical image capturing system passing through the edge of the entrance pupil and incident on the image plane by 0.7 HOI is denoted as NLTA, a lateral aberration of the shortest operation wavelength of a negative direction tangential fan of the optical image capturing system passing through the edge of the entrance pupil and incident on the image plane by 0.7 HOI is denoted as NSTA, a lateral aberration of the longest operation wavelength of a sagittal fan of the optical image capturing system passing through the edge of the entrance pupil and incident on the image plane by 0.7 HOI is denoted as SLTA, a lateral aberration of the shortest operation wavelength of the sagittal fan of the optical image capturing system passing through the edge of the entrance pupil and incident on the image plane by 0.7 HOI is denoted as SSTA. The following relations are satisfied: PLTA≦20 μm; PSTA≦20 μm; NLTA≦20 μm; NSTA≦20 μm; SLTA≦20 μm; and SSTA>20 μm; |TDT|<60%. 3 . The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein a maximum effective half diameter position of any surface of any one of the four lens elements is denoted as EHD, and a length of outline curve from an axial point on any surface of any one of the four lens elements to the maximum effective half diameter position of the surface along the outline of the surface is denoted as ARS. The following relation is satisfied: 1≦ARS/EHD≦1.5. 4 . The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein the following relation is satisfied: 0 mm<HOS≦10 mm. 5 . The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein a half of a maximal view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF, and the following relation is satisfied: 0 deg<HAF≦70 deg. 6 . The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein a length of outline curve from an axial point on the object-side surface of the fourth lens element to a coordinate point of vertical height with a distance of a half of the entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis on the surface along an outline of the surface is denoted as ARE41; a length of outline curve from an axial point on the image-side surface of the fourth lens element to the coordinate point of vertical height with the distance of a half of the entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis on the surface along the outline of the surface is denoted as ARE42, and a thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis is TP4. The following relations are satisfied: 0.5≦ARE41/TP4≦10; and 0.5≦ARE42/TP4≦10. 7 . The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein a length of outline curve from an axial point on the object-side surface of the third lens element to a coordinate point of vertical height with a distance of a half of the entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis on the surface along an outline of the surface is denoted as ARE31; a length of outline curve from an axial point on the image-side surface of the third lens element to the coordinate point of vertical height with the distance of a half of the entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis on the surface along the outline of the surface is denoted as ARE32, and a thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis is TP3. The following relations are satisfied: 0.5≦ARE31/TP3≦10; and 0.5≦ARE32/TP3≦10. 8 . The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein the second lens element has a negative refractive power and the fourth lens element has a negative refractive power. 9 . The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop, a distance from the aperture stop to the image plane on the optical axis is InS, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.5≦InS/HOS≦1.1. 10 . An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power; a fourth lens element with refractive power; and an image plane; wherein the optical image capturing system consists of the four lens elements with refractive power, at least two lens elements among the first through fourth lens elements respectively have at least one inflection point on at least one surface thereof, at least one of the second through fourth lens elements has positive refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, focal lengths of the first through fourth lens elements are f1, f2, f3 and f4, respectively, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is HOS, a distance on an optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is InTL, a length of outline curve from an axial point on any surface of any one of the four lens elements to a coordinate point of vertical height with a distance of a half of the entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis on the surface along an outline of the surface is denoted as ARE. The following relations are satisfied: 1.2≦f/HEP≦6.0; 0.5≦HOS/f≦3.0; 0<InTL/HOS<0.9; and 1≦2(ARE/HEP)≦1.5. 11 . The optical image capturing system of claim 10 , wherein a maximum effective half diameter position of any surface of any one of the

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    having four lenses · CPC title

  • having four components only · CPC title

  • Electricity · mapped topic

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

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

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What does patent US2016334602A1 cover?
An optical image capturing system, sequentially including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side, is provided. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second through third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. At least one of the image…
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Ability Opto Electronics Technology Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G02B13/004. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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