# US 11,307,386 B2 · Imaging lens

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- Number: US 11,307,386 B2
- Document ID: US11307386B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/421,046
- Filed: 2019-05-23
- Published: 2020-05-14
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2018-05-23
- Assignees: Tokyo Visionary Optics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Tokyo Visionary Optics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hisao Fukaya
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307386B2

## CPC

- G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses}
- G02B 9/64: having more than six components
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number, and has excellent optical characteristics. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, said second lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, and said sixth lens has plane surfaces both on the object side and the image side and is formed as a double-sided aspheric lens.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An imaging lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side,
a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power,
a second lens,
a third lens,
a fourth lens,
a fifth lens having a meniscus shape near the optical axis,
a sixth lens, and
a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power,
wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, the first lens having a meniscus shape near the optical axis, an image-side surface of said fourth lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, said fifth lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, an object-side surface of said seventh lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and below conditional expressions (1), (2) and (5) are satisfied:
1.50<(D1/f1)×100<17.00 (1)
0.02<T2/T4<0.10 (2)
0.20<(T2/TTL)×100<0.90 (5)
where
D1: a thickness along the optical axis of the first lens,
f1: a focal length of the first lens,
T2: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens,
T4: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens.
T2: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, and
TTL: a total track length.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a below conditional expression (6) is satisfied:
6.70<(T4/TTL)×100<15.00 (6)
where
T4: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and
TTL: a total track length.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a below conditional expression (7) is satisfied:
2.00<f4/f<16.00 (7)
where
f4: a focal length of the fourth lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a below conditional expression (9) is satisfied:
−1.40<f7/f<−0.40 (9)
where
f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a below conditional expression (10) is satisfied:
0.40<r7/f<1.90 (10)
where
r7: paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a below conditional expression (12) is satisfied:
−3.50<r9/f<−0.50 (12)
where
r9: paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a below conditional expression (14) is satisfied:
0.40<r6/r7<1.60 (14)
where
r6: paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens, and
r7: paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a below conditional expression (13) is satisfied:
0.70<r13/f<6.50 (13)
where
r13: paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the seventh lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 9

An imaging lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side,
a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power,
a second lens,
a third lens having negative refractive power,
a fourth lens,
a fifth lens,
a sixth lens, and
a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power,
wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, the first lens having a meniscus shape, an image-side surface of said fourth lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, said fifth lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, an object-side surface of said seventh lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and below conditional expressions (1), (2) and (5) are satisfied:
1.50<(D1/f1)×100<17.00 (1)
0.02<T2/T4<0.10 (2)
0.20<(T2/TTL)×100<0.90 (5)
where
D1: a thickness along the optical axis of the first lens,
f1: a focal length of the first lens,
T2: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, and
T4: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens.
T2: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, and
TTL: a total track length.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The imaging lens according to claim 9, wherein a below conditional expression (7) is satisfied:
2.00<f4/f<16.00 (7)
where
f4: a focal length of the fourth lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The imaging lens according to claim 9, wherein a below conditional expression (9) is satisfied:
−1.40<f7/f<−0.40 (9)
where
f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The imaging lens according to claim 9, wherein a below conditional expression (13) is satisfied:
0.70<r13/f<6.50 (13)
where
r13: paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the seventh lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 13

An imaging lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side,
a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power,
a second lens,
a third lens having negative refractive power,
a fourth lens,
a fifth lens having a meniscus shape near the optical axis,
a sixth lens, and
a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power,
wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, the first lens having a meniscus shape near the optical axis, an image-side surface of said fourth lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, said fifth lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, an object-side surface of said seventh lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and below conditional expressions (1), (2) and (6) are satisfied:
1.50<(D1/f1)×100<17.00 (1)
0.02<T2/T4<0.10 (2)
6.70<(T4/TTL)×100<15.00 (6)
where
D1: a thickness along the optical axis of the first lens,
f1: a focal length of the first lens,
T2: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, and
T4: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens.
T4: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and
TTL: a total track length.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The imaging lens according to claim 13, wherein a below conditional expression (9) is satisfied:
−1.40<f7/f<−0.40 (9)
where
f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The imaging lens according to claim 13, wherein a below conditional expression (13) is satisfied:
0.70<r13/f<6.50 (13)
where
r13: paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the seventh lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The imaging lens according to claim 13, wherein a below conditional expression (5) is satisfied:
0.20<(T2/TTL)×100<0.90 (5)
where
T2: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object- side surface of the third lens, and
TTL: a total track length.

### Claim 17

An imaging lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side,
a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power,
a second lens,
a third lens having negative refractive power,
a fourth lens,
a fifth lens,
a sixth lens, and
a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power,
wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, the first lens having a meniscus shape near the optical axis, an image-side surface of said fourth lens has a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, said fifth lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, an object-side surface of said seventh lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and below conditional expressions (1), (2) and (6) are satisfied:
1.50<(D1/f1)×100<17.00 (1)
0.02<T2/T4<0.10 (2)
6.70<(T4/TTL)×100<15.00 (6)
where
D1: a thickness along the optical axis of the first lens,
f1: a focal length of the first lens,
T2: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, and
T4: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens.
T4: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and
TTL: a total track length.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The imaging lens according to claim 17, wherein a below conditional expression (9) is satisfied:
−1.40<f7/f<−0.40 (9)
where
f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The imaging lens according to claim 17, wherein a below conditional expression (13) is satisfied:
0.70<r13/f<6.50 (13)
where
r13:paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the seventh lens, and
f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The imaging lens according to claim 17, wherein a below conditional expression (5) is satisfied:
0.20<(T2/TTL)×100<0.90 (5)
where
T2: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, and
TTL: a total track length.