Image pickup optical system and image pickup apparatus using the same

US8964095B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8964095-B2
Application numberUS-201313791173-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 8, 2013
Priority dateJun 22, 2010
Publication dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015

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The image pickup optical system comprises: an aperture is placed on the most object side, the image pickup optical system comprises, in order from the object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and the following conditional expression is satisfied: −1.49<( r 6+ r 7)/( r 6− r 7)<1.24  (1) where r 6 is the paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface of the third lens, and r 7 is the paraxial radius of curvature of an image plane side surface of the third lens.

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What is claimed is: 1. An image pickup optical system wherein an aperture is placed on the most object side, the image pickup optical system comprises, in order from the object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and wherein: an image-side surface…

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What does patent US8964095B2 cover?
The image pickup optical system comprises: an aperture is placed on the most object side, the image pickup optical system comprises, in order from the object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; and a fifth le…
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Olympus Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G02B13/0045. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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