# US 11,994,748 B2 · Optical imaging lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device

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- Number: US 11,994,748 B2
- Document ID: US11994748B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/204,875
- Filed: 2023-06-01
- Published: 2023-09-28
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-22
- Assignees: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11994748B2

## CPC

- G02B 9/64: having more than six components
- G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses}
- G02B 27/0037: {with diffracting elements (G02B27/0056 takes precedence; holographic optical elements G02B5/32; zone systems G02B5/1876)}
- G02B 27/646: {compensating for small deviations, e.g. due to vibration or shake (movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur in cameras, projectors or printers G03B2205/0007; image stabilisation in cameras peculiar to the presence or use of an electronic image sensor H04N23/68)}
- H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An optical imaging lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the first lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof, and at least one surface among the object-side surfaces and the image-side surfaces of the seven lens elements has at least one inflection point.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical imaging lens assembly comprising seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element; each of the seven lens elements having an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side;
wherein the first lens element has positive refractive power, the seventh lens element has negative refractive power, the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof, at least one surface among the object-side surfaces and the image-side surfaces of the seven lens elements has at least one inflection point, each of at least two of the seven lens elements has an Abbe number smaller than 20.0, and an absolute value of a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is smaller than an absolute value of a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element;
wherein an axial distance between the image-side surface of the seventh lens element and an image surface is BL, an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is TD, and the following condition is satisfied:
0<BL/TD<0.35.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof, the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof, the object-side surface of the second lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the second lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the second lens element has negative refractive power, and the sixth lens element has positive refractive power.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof;
wherein a vertical distance between a critical point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and an optical axis is Yc62, a central thickness of the sixth lens element is CT6, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.30<Yc62/CT6<7.50.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one surface of at least one lens element among the fifth lens element, the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element has at least one inflection point;
wherein a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens element is R1, and the following condition is satisfied:
2.20<f/R1≤3.30.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the axial distance between the image-side surface of the seventh lens element and the image surface is BL, the axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is TD, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.05<BL/TD<0.20.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the curvature radius of the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is R13, the curvature radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is R14, and the following condition is satisfied:
−1.80<(R13−R14)/(R13+R14)<0.50.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image surface is TL, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging lens assembly is EPD, a maximum image height of the optical imaging lens assembly is ImgH, and the following condition is satisfied:
2.0<(f×TL)/(EPD×ImgH)≤3.74.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens element is R1, a central thickness of the first lens element is CT1, and the following condition is satisfied:
1.32≤R1/CT1<3.50.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging lens assembly is EPD, and the following condition is satisfied:
1.0<f/EPD<2.20.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein an entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging lens assembly is EPD, a sum of central thicknesses of the seven lens elements of the optical imaging lens assembly is ΣCT, a central thickness of the first lens element is CT1, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.50<EPD/(ΣCT−CT1)≤2.30.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein an axial distance between the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element is T67, a central thickness of the sixth lens element is CT6, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.85<T67/CT6<4.0.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein an axial distance between the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element is T67, a central thickness of the sixth lens element is CT6, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.85<T67/CT6≤2.62.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein a central thickness of the first lens element is CT1, a central thickness of the seventh lens element is CT7, and the following condition is satisfied:
1.70<CT1/CT7≤2.49.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein an Abbe number of the seventh lens element is V7, a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, a focal length of the second lens element is f2, a focal length of the seventh lens element is f7, and the following conditions are satisfied:
V7<30.0;
−3.0<f/f2<0.35; and
−2.50<f/f7≤−0.49.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein an axial distance between the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element is larger than the axial distance between the image-side surface of the seventh lens element and the image surface;
wherein a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, a focal length of the second lens element is f2, and the following condition is satisfied:
−1.14≤f/f2<0.35.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1, wherein an axial distance between the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element is maximum among axial distances between every adjacent lens elements of the optical imaging lens assembly;
wherein an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image surface is TL, a focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly is f, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.50<TL/f<1.50.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

An image capturing unit, comprising:
the optical imaging lens assembly of claim 1; and
an image sensor disposed on the image surface of the optical imaging lens assembly.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

An electronic device, comprising:
the image capturing unit of claim 19.