# US 10,481,366 B2 · Imaging lens unit

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- Number: US 10,481,366 B2
- Document ID: US10481366B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/819,910
- Filed: 2017-11-21
- Published: 2018-04-05
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2011-10-10
- Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ho Sik You
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481366B2

## CPC

- G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses}
- G02B 9/60: having five components only
- G02B 13/0015: {characterised by the lens design}
- G02B 27/0025: {for optical correction, e.g. distorsion, aberration}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

Disclosed herein is an imaging lens unit, including: a first lens having a positive (+) power; a second lens having a negative (−) power; a third lens selectively having one of a positive (+) and negative (−) power; a fourth lens having a negative (−) power; and a fifth lens having a negative (−) power, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and fifth lens are arranged in order from an object to be formed as an image, and the fourth lens is concave toward an image side.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image lens unit, comprising:
a first lens having positive (+) power and being convex toward an object side;
a second lens having negative (−) power and being concave toward an image side;
a third lens having positive (+) power and being concave near an axial perimeter toward the object side;
a fourth lens having negative (−) power and a meniscus shape being concave in the center toward the object side and convex toward the image side; and
a fifth lens having a refractive power and being convex toward the object side and concave toward the image side,
wherein:
an Abbe number v1 of the first lens, an Abbe number v2 of the second lens, an Abbe number v3 of the third lens, and the Abbe number v4 of the fourth lens satisfy the following conditional expressions:
0<v2<30 and
0.7<(v1+v2)/(v3+v4)<1.0,
a total focal length f of the imaging lens unit and a distance tt on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging sensor satisfy the following conditional expression:
0<tt/f<1.3,
at least one inflection point is formed on an image-side surface of the fifth lens, and
the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens are arranged in order from the object side toward the image side.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image lens unit of claim 1, wherein:
an object-side surface of the fifth lens is convex in the center and concave at the periphery, and
the image-side surface of the fifth lens is concave in the center and convex at the periphery.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The image lens unit of claim 2, wherein the third lens is convex toward the image side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The image lens unit of claim 1, wherein an Abbe number v1 of the first lens satisfies the following conditional expression:
50<v1.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The image lens unit of claim 4, wherein an Abbe number v4 of the fourth lens satisfies the following conditional expression:
0<v4<30.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The image lens unit of claim 1, wherein the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are made of a plastic material.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The image lens unit of claim 6, wherein the first lens is made of a plastic material.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The image lens unit of claim 1, wherein the second lens and the fourth lens are formed of a high dispersion material.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The image lens unit of claim 1, further comprising an aperture stop disposed in front of the first lens.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The image lens unit of claim 1, wherein a focal length of the first lens is greater than a focal length of the second lens.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The image lens unit of claim 10, wherein the focal length of the second lens is greater than a focal length of the fourth lens.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The image lens unit of claim 1, wherein the second lens has the thinnest thickness among the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens.

### Claim 13

An image lens unit, comprising:
a first lens having positive (+) power and being convex toward an object side;
a second lens having negative (−) power and being concave toward an image side;
a third lens having positive (+) power and being concave near an axial perimeter toward the object side and convex toward the image side;
a fourth lens having negative (−) power and being concave in the center toward the object side and convex toward the image side; and
a fifth lens having a refractive power and comprising:
an object-side surface being convex in the center and concave at the periphery, and
an image-side surface being concave in the center and convex at the periphery,
wherein:
an Abbe number v1 of the first lens, an Abbe number v2 of the second lens, an Abbe number v3 of the third lens, and an Abbe number v4 of the fourth lens satisfy the following conditional expressions:
0<v2<30,
0<v4<30 and
0.7<(v1+v2)/(v3+v4)<1.0,
a total focal length f of the imaging lens unit and a distance tt on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging sensor satisfy the following conditional expression:
0<tt/f<1.3,
the third and fourth lenses have a meniscus shape, and
the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens are arranged in order from the object side toward the image side.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The image lens unit of claim 13, wherein an Abbe number v1 of the first lens satisfies the following conditional expression:
50<v1.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The image lens unit of claim 13, wherein the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are made of a plastic material.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The image lens unit of claim 15, wherein the first lens is made of a plastic material.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The image lens unit of claim 13, wherein the second lens and the fourth lens are formed of a high dispersion material.

### Claim 18 (depends on 13)

The image lens unit of claim 13, further comprising an aperture stop disposed in front of the first lens.

### Claim 19 (depends on 13)

The image lens unit of claim 13, wherein a focal length of the first lens is greater than a focal length of the second lens.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The image lens unit of claim 19, wherein the focal length of the second lens is greater than a focal length of the fourth lens.

### Claim 21 (depends on 13)

The image lens unit of claim 13, wherein the second lens has the thinnest thickness among the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens.