# US 11,029,499 B2 · Fisheye lens assembly, and electronic device comprising same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,499 B2 - Document ID: US11029499B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/331,812 - Filed: 2017-06-27 - Published: 2019-08-15 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-21 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yong-jae Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029499B2 ## CPC - G02B 13/06: Panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" {including panoramic objectives having reflecting surfaces} - G02B 7/021: {for more than one lens} - G02B 7/105: with movable lens means specially adapted for focusing at close distances - G02B 9/62: having six components only - G02B 9/64: having more than six components - H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof - H04N 23/698: for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A fisheye lens assembly and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The fisheye lens has an angle of view of 150° or more, includes a plurality of lenses including an aspherical lens having an inflection point on one surface or both surfaces thereof, and satisfies the expression 35 μm≤SAG_MAX, where SAG_MAX denotes a maximum value of absolute values of SAG values of inflection points of the aspherical lens. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fisheye lens assembly comprising: a plurality of lenses sequentially arranged from an object side to an image sensor side and having an angle of view of 150° or more, wherein the plurality of lenses comprise an aspherical lens having an inflection point on one surface or both surfaces thereof, wherein the aspherical lens is located closest to the image sensor side among the plurality of lenses and satisfies the expressions below: 35 μm≤SAG_MAX, 1.4≤Nd≤1.7, and 10≤Abv≤60, where SAG_MAX denotes a maximum value of absolute values of SAG values of inflection points of the aspherical lens, Nd denotes a refractive index, and Abv denotes an Abbe number, wherein the plurality of lenses further comprise a front group, an iris, and a rear group, sequentially arranged from the object side to the image sensor side, wherein the front group sequentially comprises, from the object side, a first lens having negative refractive power and a second lens having negative refractive power, and wherein the rear group comprises the aspherical lens. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the fisheye lens assembly satisfies the expression below: 1.5≤TL/Y≤6, where TL denotes a distance from an object-side surface of a lens located closest to the object side among the plurality of lenses to an image plane of an image sensor, and Y denotes an image height. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the front group further comprises a third lens provided closer to the image sensor side than the second lens and having positive refractive power, wherein the rear group further comprises a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having positive refractive power, sequentially from the object side, and wherein the aspherical lens is provided closer to the image sensor side than the sixth lens. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the fisheye lens assembly satisfies the expression below: 0.5≤TL_f/TL_r≤1.25, where TL_f denotes a distance from an object-side surface of a lens located closest to the object side in the front group to an image plane-side surface of a lens located closest to the image sensor side in the front group, and TL_r denotes a distance from an object-side surface of a lens located closest to the object side in the rear group to an image plane-side surface of a lens located closest to the image sensor side in the rear group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the rear group further comprises a lens provided closer to the object side than the aspherical lens and having positive refractive power, and wherein the rear group satisfies the expression below: 1.25≤CT_A/CT_B≤4, where CT_A denotes a central thickness of the lens having positive refractive power, and CT_B denotes a central thickness of the aspherical lens. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the front group comprises at least three lenses, and wherein the rear group comprises at least three lenses. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, further comprising a driver configured to move all of the plurality of lenses or move the plurality of lenses excluding the first lens, when focusing is performed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 7, further comprising a sensor configured to sense a change in a temperature, wherein the driver corrects focusing according to the change in the temperature sensed by the sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the first lens and the second lens have a meniscus shape convex toward the object side. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, further comprising an optical device between the aspherical lens and the image sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fisheye lens assembly of claim 1, wherein all of the plurality of lenses are aspherical lenses. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) An electronic apparatus comprising: at least one fisheye lens assembly of claim 1; and at least one image sensor configured to receive light formed by the at least one fisheye lens assembly.