Lens barrel and image pickup device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9007469-B2
Application number	US-201113229284-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2011
Priority date	Sep 10, 2010
Publication date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

Provided is a lens barrel having, in order from an object side to an image side, a first to a third group lens, the lens barrel including: a fixed frame; a cam frame supported by the fixed frame so as to be rotationally movable in a optical axis direction between a forward and a backward movement ends; and a shutter frame which moves in the optical axis direction in a rotation restricted state, through the rotation of the cam frame, in which: a third group frame is fixed to the shutter frame so that the object side of the third group lens is arranged on an inner peripheral side of the shutter frame; and the second frame is configured so that the image side of the frame is stored on the inner peripheral side of the shutter frame when the cam frame is positioned at the backward movement end.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lens barrel, comprising:
a fixed frame of the lens barrel, the lens barrel at least having, in order from an object side to an image side, a first group lens having a positive refractive power, a second group lens having a negative refractive power, and a third group lens having a positive refractive power;
a cam frame supported by the fixed frame so as to be rotationally movable in a photographing optical axis direction between a forward movement end and a backward movement end which are each defined in the photographing optical axis direction;
a guide frame which moves in a rotation restricted state together with the cam frame, in the photographing optical axis direction;
a shutter frame which holds a shutter and moves in the photographing optical axis direction in a rotation restricted state, through the rotation of the cam frame;
a first group frame which holds the first group lens, fits in an inner periphery of the guide frame, and moves in the photographing optical axis direction in the rotation restricted state, through the rotation of the cam frame;
a second group frame which holds the second group lens, moves in the photographing optical axis direction in a rotation restricted state, through the rotation of the cam frame, and, upon the cam frame being positioned at the backward movement end, fits in, at least in part thereof on the image side, an inner peripheral side of the shutter frame;
a third group frame which holds the third group lens formed of five lenses including two negative lenses, and fixed as fitting, at least in part thereof on the object side, in the inner peripheral side of the shutter frame;
an ND filter which is provided to the third group frame, on the image side of the third group lens; and
an ND filter frame disposed on the image side of the third group frame,
wherein, in the third group lens, at least part of a lens surface on the image side of the fifth lens cemented to and held by the fourth lens falls inside the ND filter frame when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the photographing optical axis.

2. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , further comprising, between the third group lens and an image surface, a fourth group lens having a positive refractive power;
wherein the third group lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens as a positive lens, a second lens as a positive lens, a third lens as a negative lens, a fourth lens as a negative lens, and a fifth lens as a positive lens, the second lens and the third lens forming a cemented lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens forming a cemented lens.

3. The lens barrel according to claim 2 ,
wherein the fourth lens is larger in diameter than the firth lens;
wherein the fourth lens is held by the third group frame; and
wherein the fifth lens is held by the fourth lens as being cemented thereto.

4. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein, at least in a retracted state, at least part of the ND filter frame falls inside the fourth group frame when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the photographing optical axis.

5. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein the ND filter frame is provided with an aperture stop member.

6. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein the ND filter frame is provided with a plurality of aperture stop members.

7. The lens barrel according to claim 6 , wherein one of the plurality of aperture stop members is arranged in contact with the fifth lens of the third group lens.

8. The lens barrel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shutter frame and the ND filter frame are each arranged on the object side and the image side of the third group frame, respectively; and
wherein at least one of the shutter frame and the ND filter frame is fixed to the third group frame using a through hole formed in the third group frame.

9. The lens barrel according to claim 8 ,
wherein the third group frame has a screw hole portion formed therein; and
wherein another one of the shutter frame and the ND filter frame that is not fixed using the through hole is fixed to the third group frame using a single screw to be threaded into the screw hole portion.

10. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein the first group frame, the second group frame, and the third group frame are directly engaged with the cam frame.

11. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , further comprising an ND filter drive mechanism which moves the ND filter between an in-use state in which the ND filter is arranged in a light path, and a retracted state in which the ND filter is arranged out of the light path.

12. An image pickup device, comprising:
a lens barrel including
a fixed frame of the lens barrel, the lens barrel at least having, in order from an object side to an image side, a first group lens having a positive refractive power, a second group lens having a negative refractive power, and a third group lens having a positive refractive power,
a cam frame supported by the fixed frame so as to be rotationally movable in a photographing optical axis direction between a forward movement end and a backward movement end which are each defined in the photographing optical axis direction,
a guide frame which moves in a rotation restricted state together with the cam frame, in the photographing optical axis direction,
a shutter frame which holds a shutter and moves in the photographing optical axis direction in a rotation restricted state, through the rotation of the cam frame,
a first group frame which holds the first group lens, fits in an inner periphery of the guide frame, and moves in the photographing optical axis direction in the rotation restricted state, through the rotation of the cam frame,
a second group frame which holds the second group lens, moves in the photographing optical axis direction in a rotation restricted state, through the rotation of the cam frame, and, upon the cam frame being positioned at the backward movement end, fits in, at least in part thereof on the image side, an inner peripheral side of the shutter frame,
a third group frame which holds the third group lens formed of five lenses including two negative lenses, and fixed as fitting, at least in part thereof on the object side, in the inner peripheral side of the shutter frame,
an ND filter which is provided to the third group frame, on the image side of the third group lens, and
an ND filter frame disposed on the image side of the third group frame,
wherein, in the third group lens, at least part of a lens surface on the image side of the fifth lens cemented to and held by the fourth lens falls inside the ND filter frame when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the photographing optical axis;

an image sensor for forming image data upon reception of an optical image formed through the first group lens, the second group lens, the third group lens, and the fourth group lens; and
an image blur correction device for performing an image blur correction operation by displacing the image sensor in a plane parallel to a light receiving surface of the image sensor.

13. The image pickup device according to claim 12 ,
wherein the lens barrel includes a focus drive unit for driving the fourth group lens forward and backward along an optical axis; and
wherein a movable part of the image blur correction device has a cutout portion formed therein so as to avoid interference being caused between part of the focus drive unit and the image blur correction device.

14. The image pickup device according to claim 13 ,
wherein the focus drive unit is provided with a focus motor serving as a

Assignees

• Yasutomi Satoru
• Yoshii Manabu
• Yamamiya Kunio
• Fujii Naoki
• Miyata Masato
• Olympus Imaging Corp

Inventors

• Yasutomi Satoru
• Yoshii Manabu
• Yamamiya Kunio
• Fujii Naoki
• Miyata Masato

Classifications

• G03B2205/00

  Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing · CPC title

• G02B7/08 Primary

  adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism · CPC title

• G03B5/00

  Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing · CPC title

• G03B2205/0092

  Physics · mapped topic