Lens assembly and electronic device comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024098352-A1
Application number	US-202318521098-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 28, 2023
Priority date	Jun 21, 2021
Publication date	Mar 21, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A lens assembly is provided. The lens assembly includes an image sensor, at least four lenses successively arranged along an optical axis from an object side toward the image sensor side, and at least one band pass filter having a transmittance of 90% to 90% with regard to at least some of light in the wavelength area of 800˜1000 nm. At least one of the lenses is disposed between the band pass filter and the image sensor. With regard to light in the wavelength area of 400˜700 nm, at least one of the lenses has a transmittance of 0% to 10%, and all of the lenses have an average transmittance of 0% to 5%.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A lens assembly, comprising:
an image sensor; at least four lenses sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image sensor side; and at least one band pass filter having a transmittance of 90% to 98% for at least a portion of light in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1000 nm, wherein at least one of the lenses is disposed between the band pass filter and the image sensor, wherein for light in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm, at least one of the lenses has a transmittance of 0% to 10%, and all of the lenses have an average transmittance of 0% to 5%, and wherein the following conditional equation below is met:
0.35=< POS/TTL=< 1.2,
wherein ‘POS’ is a distance from an object-side surface of a filter positioned farthest from the image sensor among the at least one band pass filter to an image surface of the image sensor, and wherein ‘TTL’ is a distance from an object-side surface of a first lens closest to an object side among the lenses to the image surface.

2 . The lens assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein the lens assembly meets the following conditional equation below:
TTL/ IH=<2.0,
wherein ‘IH’ is a paraxial image height.

3 . The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein a lens having a transmittance of 0% to 10% for light in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm among the lenses is disposed closer to the object side than the band pass filter.

4 . The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein F number is 0.9 or more and 1.6 or less.

5 . The lens assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein an object-side surface of the first lens is convex, and wherein an image sensor-side surface of the first lens is formed as an aspheric surface.

6 . The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one of an object-side surface and an image sensor-side surface of the first lens is formed as an aspheric surface including an inflection point.

7 . The lens assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein an object-side surface of a lens closest to the image surface of the image sensor among the lenses is convex, and wherein an image sensor-side surface of a lens second closest to the image surface of the image sensor is convex.

8 . The lens assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein the object-side surface of the first lens is convex, and an object-side surface of a second lens among the lenses is convex, and wherein the second lens is disposed adjacent to the first lens and on the side with the image sensor of the first lens.

9 . The lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least two of remaining lenses except for the first lens among the lenses have the same refractive index for light in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1000 nm.

10 . The lens assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein the lens assembly meets the following conditional equations below:
0=<R max=<0.5; and
0=<R avg=<0.3,
wherein ‘R max’ is a highest value in % of reflectances of the band pass filter for light in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1000 nm, and wherein ‘R avg’ is an average in % of the reflectances of the band pass filter for the light in the wavelength range of 800 nm to 1000 nm.

11 . The lens assembly of claim 10 , wherein F number is 0.9 or more and 1.6 or less.

12 . The lens assembly of claim 10 , wherein at least two of remaining lenses except for the first lens among the lenses have the same refractive index for light in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1000 nm.

13 . An electronic device, comprising:
a first camera including a lens assembly comprising:
an image sensor;
at least four lenses sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image sensor side; and
at least one band pass filter having a transmittance of 90% to 98% for at least a portion of light in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1000 nm,
wherein at least one of the lenses is disposed between the band pass filter and the image sensor,
wherein for light in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm, at least one of the lenses has a transmittance of 0% to 10%, and all of the lenses have an average transmittance of 0% to 5%, and
wherein the following conditional equation below is met:
0.35=< POS/TTL=< 1.2,

wherein ‘POS’ is a distance from an object-side surface of a filter positioned farthest from the image sensor among the at least one band pass filter to an image surface of the image sensor,
wherein ‘TTL’ is a distance from an object-side surface of a first lens closest to an object side among the lenses to the image surface, and
wherein the first camera is configured to obtain first information about an object from light incident through the lens assembly; and
a processor or an image signal processor configured to detect a distance to the object using the first camera.

14 . The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising:
a light source, wherein the processor or the image signal processor is configured to radiate light in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1000 nm using the light source, and wherein the first camera is configured to receive light radiated from the light source and reflected by the object.

15 . The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising:
at least one second camera configured to obtain information about at least one of a color, brightness, chroma, and contrast regarding the object, wherein the processor or the image signal processor is configured to generate an object image by synthesizing distance information detected by the first camera and the information obtained by the second camera.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Yongjae
• Nam Kyungtae
• Prushinskiy Valeriy
• Seo Bonggyo

Classifications

• G01S7/4816

  of receivers alone · CPC title

• G01S17/89

  for mapping or imaging · CPC title

• H04N23/55 Primary

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/13

  with multiple sensors · CPC title

• H04N23/45 Primary

  for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images · CPC title