Image capturing lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device

US2017336604A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2017336604-A1
Application numberUS-201615243056-A
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Filing dateAug 22, 2016
Priority dateMay 20, 2016
Publication dateNov 23, 2017
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An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having positive refractive power; a fifth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric; and a sixth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, the image-side surface being concave, and at least one inflection point on the image-side surface. There are a total of six lens elements.

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An image capturing lens assembly, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having positive refractive power; a fifth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric; and a sixth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, the image-side surface being concave, and at least one inflection point on the image-side surface thereof, wherein the image capturing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements; an axial distance between an object-side surface of the first lens element and an image surface is TL, a maximum image height of the image capturing lens assembly is ImgH, a half of a maximal field of view of the image capturing lens assembly is HFOV, an axial distance between an aperture stop and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is SD, an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is TD, an axial distance between the aperture stop and the image surface is SL, a focal length of the image capturing lens assembly is f, and the following conditions are satisfied: 0.20< TL /(ImgH*tan(HFOV))<1.35; 0.90< SD/TD< 1.20; 1.50< SL/f< 5.0. 2 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the aperture stop is disposed on the object side of the first lens element, a half of the maximal field of view of the image capturing lens assembly is HFOV, and the following condition is satisfied: 0<1/tan(HFOV)<0.70. 3 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein an axial distance between the aperture stop and the object-side surface of the first lens element is dsr 1 , an axial distance between the aperture stop and an image-side surface of the first lens element is dsr 2 , and the following condition is satisfied: | dsr 1 /dsr 2|<0.50. 4 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens element has negative refractive power. 5 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein a sum of axial distances of air gaps between every two adjacent lens elements is ΣAT, a sum of central thicknesses of the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element, and the sixth lens element is ΣCT, and the following condition is satisfied: 0 <ΣAT/ΣCT< 0.25. 6 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein a half of the maximal field of view of the image capturing lens assembly is HFOV, the maximum image height of the image capturing lens assembly is ImgH, a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is R12, and the following conditions are satisfied: 0<1/tan(HFOV)<0.70; 1.0<ImgH/ R 12<8.0 7 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the image capturing lens assembly is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the image capturing lens assembly is EPD, and the following condition is satisfied: 1.25 <f/EPD< 2.30. 8 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image surface is TL, the maximum image height of the image capturing lens assembly is ImgH, a half of the maximal field of view of the image capturing lens assembly is HFOV, and the following condition is satisfied: 0.40 <TL /( ImgH *tan(HFOV))<1.05. 9 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein a vertical distance between a maximum effective diameter position on the object-side surface of the first lens element and an optical axis is Y 11 , a vertical distance between a maximum effective diameter position on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and the optical axis is Y 62 , the maximal field of view of the image capturing lens assembly is FOV, and the following conditions are satisfied: 0<Y11 /Y 62<0.30; 110 degrees<FOV<150 degrees. 10 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the image capturing lens assembly is f, a focal length of the second lens element is f2, a focal length of the fourth lens element is f4, the axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image surface is TL, the maximum image height of the image capturing lens assembly is ImgH, and the following conditions are satisfied: | f/f 2|<| f/f 4|; TL /ImgH<1.80. 11 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is R11, a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is R12, and the following condition is satisfied: −0.10<( R 11− R 12)/( R 11+ R 12)<0.35. 12 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein a central thickness of the fourth lens element is the largest among the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element, and the sixth lens element. 13 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein an angle between a chief ray of the maximum image height and an optical axis at the aperture stop is θstop, and the following condition is satisfied: 55 degrees<θstop<80 degrees. 14 . An imaging apparatus, comprising the image capturing lens assembly of claim 1 and an image sensor disposed on the image surface of the image capturing lens assembly. 15 . An electronic device, comprising the imaging apparatus of claim 14 . 16 . An image capturing lens assembly, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element; a fifth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, and the image-side surface being concave; and a sixth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, the image-side surface being concave, and at least one inflection point on the image-side surface thereof, wherein the image capturing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements; an axial distance between an object-side surface of the first lens element and an image surface is TL, a maximum image height of the image capturing lens assembly is ImgH, a half of a maximal field of view of the image capturing lens assembly is HFOV, an axial distance between an aperture stop and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is SD, an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is TD, an axial distance between the aperture stop and the image surface is SL, a focal length of the image capturing lens assembly is f, and the following conditions are satisfied: 0.30< TL /(ImgH*tan(HFOV))<1.20; 0.85< SD/TD< 1.30; 1.50< SL/f< 5.0; 1.50 <TL/f< 5.0. 17 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 16 , wherein the third lens element has negative refractive power, and an image-side surface being concave. 18 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 16 , wherein the second lens element has positive refractive power, and an object-side surface being convex. 19 . The image capturing lens assembly of claim 16 , wherein a vertical distance between an off-axial critical point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and an optical axis is Yc 62 , the foc

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  • having six components only · CPC title

  • for optical correction, e.g. distorsion, aberration · CPC title

  • having five or more lenses · CPC title

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

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What does patent US2017336604A1 cover?
An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having positive refractive power; a fifth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric; and a sixth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface …
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Largan Precision Co Ltd
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Primary CPC classification G02B13/0045. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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Publication date Thu Nov 23 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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