# US 11,079,576 B2 · Lens, zoom lens, and imaging lens > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,079,576 B2 - Document ID: US11079576B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/547,608 - Filed: 2019-08-22 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-24 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation - Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation - Inventors: Kenji Ito; Toshio Sasaki; Masayasu Konishi; Michio Cho - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079576B2 ## CPC - G02B 15/167: having an additional fixed front lens or group of lenses - G02B 3/02: with non-spherical faces (G02B3/10 takes precedence) - G02B 13/18: with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration {(G02B13/002 takes precedence)} - G02B 15/15: compensation by means of only one movement or by means of only linearly related movements, e.g. optical compensation - G02B 15/163: having a first movable lens or lens group and a second movable lens or lens group, both in front of a fixed lens or lens group (G02B15/177 takes precedence) - G02B 27/0025: {for optical correction, e.g. distorsion, aberration} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract There are provided a lens, a zoom lens, and an imaging lens capable of eliminating blurriness of a ring zone without reducing resolution and increasing the number of steps of processing. A lens 1 has random unevenness within an optical effective diameter D of an optical surface 2, an arithmetic mean roughness Ra within the optical effective diameter D of the optical surface 2 is 20 nm or more and 50 nm or less, and an average value of widths W of protrusion portions 3 of the unevenness on an average line C2 of a roughness curve C1 of the optical surface 2 is 1/200 or more and 1/50 or less of the optical effective diameter D of the optical surface 2. The lens 1 is suitably used as a lens that composes a zoom lens or an imaging lens. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lens, comprising: random unevenness within an optical effective diameter of an optical surface, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness within the optical effective diameter of the optical surface is 20 nm or more and 50 nm or less, and an average value of widths of protrusion portions of the unevenness on an average line of a roughness curve of the optical surface is 1/200 or more and 1/50 or less of the optical effective diameter of the optical surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lens according to claim 1, wherein a standard deviation of the widths of the protrusion portions is less than 1/125 of the optical effective diameter of the optical surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lens according to claim 1, wherein the arithmetic mean roughness within the optical effective diameter of the optical surface is 20 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and the average value of the widths of the protrusion portions of the unevenness on the average line of the roughness curve of the optical surface is 1/100 or more and 1/50 or less of the optical effective diameter of the optical surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The lens according to claim 2, wherein the arithmetic mean roughness within the optical effective diameter of the optical surface is 20 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and the average value of the widths of the protrusion portions of the unevenness on the average line of the roughness curve of the optical surface is 1/100 or more and 1/50 or less of the optical effective diameter of the optical surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The lens according to claim 1, wherein the optical surface is aspheric. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The lens according to claim 2, wherein the optical surface is aspheric. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The lens according to claim 3, wherein the optical surface is aspheric. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The lens according to claim 4, wherein the optical surface is aspheric. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side: a first stationary lens group that has a positive refractive power and is stationary with respect to an image plane during zooming; a plurality of moving lens groups that move independently of each other during zooming; and a second stationary lens group that is positioned closest to an image side, has a positive refractive power, and is stationary with respect to the image plane during zooming, wherein the moving lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 5. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side: a first stationary lens group that has a positive refractive power and is stationary with respect to an image plane during zooming; a plurality of moving lens groups that move independently of each other during zooming; and a second stationary lens group that is positioned closest to an image side, has a positive refractive power, and is stationary with respect to the image plane during zooming, wherein the moving lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 6. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side: a first stationary lens group that has a positive refractive power and is stationary with respect to an image plane during zooming; a plurality of moving lens groups that move independently of each other during zooming; and a second stationary lens group that is positioned closest to an image side, has a positive refractive power, and is stationary with respect to the image plane during zooming, wherein the moving lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 7. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side: a first stationary lens group that has a positive refractive power and is stationary with respect to an image plane during zooming; a plurality of moving lens groups that move independently of each other during zooming; and a second stationary lens group that is positioned closest to an image side, has a positive refractive power, and is stationary with respect to the image plane during zooming, wherein the moving lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 8. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side: a first stationary lens group that has a positive refractive power and is stationary with respect to an image plane during zooming; a plurality of moving lens groups that move independently of each other during zooming; and a second stationary lens group that is positioned closest to an image side, has a positive refractive power, and is stationary with respect to the image plane during zooming, wherein one or both of the first stationary lens group and the second stationary lens group include at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 5. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side: a first stationary lens group that has a positive refractive power and is stationary with respect to an image plane during zooming; a plurality of moving lens groups that move independently of each other during zooming; and a second stationary lens group that is positioned closest to an image side, has a positive refractive power, and is stationary with respect to the image plane during zooming, wherein one or both of the first stationary lens group and the second stationary lens group include at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 6. ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side: a first stationary lens group that has a positive refractive power and is stationary with respect to an image plane during zooming; a plurality of moving lens groups that move independently of each other during zooming; and a second stationary lens group that is positioned closest to an image side, has a positive refractive power, and is stationary with respect to the image plane during zooming, wherein one or both of the first stationary lens group and the second stationary lens group include at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 7. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side: a first stationary lens group that has a positive refractive power and is stationary with respect to an image plane during zooming; a plurality of moving lens groups that move independently of each other during zooming; and a second stationary lens group that is positioned closest to an image side, has a positive refractive power, and is stationary with respect to the image plane during zooming, wherein one or both of the first stationary lens group and the second stationary lens group include at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 8. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) An imaging lens, consisting of, in order from an object side: a first lens group; a stop; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group is stationary with respect to an image plane during focus adjustment from an object at infinity to a close-range object, and the second lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 5. ### Claim 18 (depends on 6) An imaging lens, consisting of, in order from an object side: a first lens group; a stop; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group is stationary with respect to an image plane during focus adjustment from an object at infinity to a close-range object, and the second lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 6. ### Claim 19 (depends on 7) An imaging lens, consisting of, in order from an object side: a first lens group; a stop; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group is stationary with respect to an image plane during focus adjustment from an object at infinity to a close-range object, and the second lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 7. ### Claim 20 (depends on 8) An imaging lens, consisting of, in order from an object side: a first lens group; a stop; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group is stationary with respect to an image plane during focus adjustment from an object at infinity to a close-range object, and the second lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens is the lens according to claim 8.