Optical image capturing system

US9977223B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9977223-B2
Application numberUS-201615174301-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 6, 2016
Priority dateFeb 5, 2016
Publication dateMay 22, 2018
Grant dateMay 22, 2018

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A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power, a second lens with refractive power, a third lens with refractive power, a fourth lens with refractive power, a fifth lens with refractive power and a sixth lens with refractive power. At least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens 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 positive refractive power; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with negative refractive power; a fourth lens element with refractive power; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power; a sixth lens element with negative refractive power; and an image plane; wherein the optical image capturing system consists of six lens elements with refractive power, a maximum height for image formation on the image plane perpendicular to the optical axis in the optical image capturing system is denoted by HOI, at least two lens elements among the first through sixth lens elements respectively have at least one inflection point on at least one surface thereof, at least one lens element among the first through sixth lens elements has positive refractive power, 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 on an optical axis from an axial point on an object-side surface of the first lens element to an axial point on the image plane is HOS, a half of a maximum view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF, thicknesses in parallel with an optical axis of the first through sixth lens elements at height ½ HEP respectively are ETP 1 , ETP 2 , ETP 3 , ETP 4 , ETP 5 and ETP 6 , a sum of ETP 1 to ETP 6 described above is SETP, thicknesses of the first through sixth lens elements on the optical axis respectively are TP 1 , TP 2 , TP 3 , TP 4 , TP 5 and TP 6 , a sum of TP 1 to TP 6 described above is STP, and the following relations are satisfied: 1.0≤f/HEP≤2.0, 0.5≤HOS/f≤3.0 and 0.5≤SETP/STP<1, wherein contrast transfer rates of modulation transfer with space frequencies of 55 cycles/mm (MTF values) at the optical axis on the image plane, 0.3 HOI and 0.7 HOI are respectively denoted by MTFE 0 , MTFE 3 and MTFE 7 , and the following relations are satisfied: MTFE 0 ≥0.2, MTFE 3 ≥0.01 and MTFE 7 ≥0.01. 2. The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein the following relation is satisfied: 0.5≤HOS/HOI≤1.6. 3. The optical image capturing system of claim 2 , wherein the image plane is a plane or a curved surface. 4. The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at height ½ HEP to the image plane is ETL, a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at height ½ HEP to a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at height ½ HEP is EIN, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.2≤EIN/ETL<1. 5. The optical image capturing system of claim 4 , wherein the thicknesses in parallel with the optical axis of the first through sixth lens elements at height ½ HEP respectively are ETP 1 , ETP 2 , ETP 3 , ETP 4 , ETP 5 and ETP 6 , the sum of ETP 1 to ETP 6 described above is SETP, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.2≤SETP/EIN<1. 6. The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein the optical image capturing system comprises a light filtration element, the light filtration element is located between the sixth lens element and the image plane, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at height ½ HEP to the light filtration element is EIR, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from an axial point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element to the light filtration element is PIR, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.1≤EIR/PIR<1. 7. The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , wherein a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at height ½ HEP to the image plane is EBL, a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from an axial point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element to the image plane is BL, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.2≤EBL/BL<1.1. 8. The optical image capturing system of claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop, wherein a distance from the aperture stop to the image plane on the optical axis is InS, an image sensing device is disposed on the image plane, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.2≤InS/HOS≤1.1. 9. 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 negative refractive power; a fourth lens element with refractive power; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power; a sixth lens element with negative refractive power; and an image plane; wherein the optical image capturing system consists of six lens elements with refractive power, a maximum height for image formation on the image plane perpendicular to the optical axis in the optical image capturing system is denoted by HOI, at least one lens element among the first through sixth lens element has at least two inflection points on at least one surface thereof, at least one lens element among the first through third lens elements has positive refractive power, at least one lens element among the fourth through sixth lens elements has positive refractive power, 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 on an optical axis from an axial point on an object-side surface of the first lens element to an axial point on the image plane is HOS, a half of a maximum view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF, a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at height ½ HEP to the image plane is ETL, a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at height ½ HEP to a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at height ½ HEP is EIN, and the following relations are satisfied: 1.0≤f/HEP≤2.0, 0.5≤HOS/HOI≤1.6, 0.5≤HOS/f≤3.0 and 0.2≤EIN/ETL<1. 10. The optical image capturing system of claim 9 , wherein a half of maximum view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF, and the following relation is satisfied: 0 deg<HAF≤60 deg. 11. The optical image capturing system of claim 9 , wherein a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the fifth lens element at height ½ HEP to a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element at height ½ HEP is ED 56 , a distance from the fifth lens element to the sixth lens element on the optical axis is IN 56 , and the following relation is satisfied: 0<ED 56 /IN 56 ≤50. 12. The optical image capturing system of claim 9 , wherein a horizontal distance in parallel with the optical axis from a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the first lens element at height ½ HEP to a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the second lens element at height ½ HEP is ED 12 , a distance from the first lens element to the second lens element on the optical axis is IN 12 , and the following relation is satisfied: 0<ED 12 /IN 12 ≤10. 13. The optical image capturing system of claim 9 , wherein a thickness in parallel with the optical axis of the second lens element at height ½ HE

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  • having five or more lenses · CPC title

  • having six components only · CPC title

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

  • Reversed telephoto objectives · CPC title

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What does patent US9977223B2 cover?
A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power, a second lens with refractive power, a third lens with refractive power, a fourth lens with refractive power, a fifth lens with refractive power and a sixt…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ability Opto Electronics Technology Co Ltd, Ability Opto Electronics Technology Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G02B13/0045. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 22 2018 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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