# US 11,994,749 B2 · Optical imaging system

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- Number: US 11,994,749 B2
- Document ID: US11994749B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/305,425
- Filed: 2023-04-24
- Published: 2023-08-10
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-26
- Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ju Hwa Son; Min Hyuk Im; Ga Young An; Yong Joo Jo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11994749B2

## CPC

- G02B 9/64: having more than six components
- G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses}
- G02B 7/02: for lenses {(supports for magnifying lenses G02B25/002)}
- G02B 7/021: {for more than one lens}
- G02B 7/022: {lens and mount having complementary engagement means, e.g. screw/thread}
- G02B 27/0025: {for optical correction, e.g. distorsion, aberration}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power and a concave image-side surface; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power; a seventh lens having a refractive power; and an eighth lens having a refractive power and a concave object-side surface, wherein the first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical imaging system, comprising:
a first lens having positive refractive power and a concave image-side surface;
a second lens having a refractive power and a concave image-side surface;
a third lens having a refractive power;
a fourth lens having a refractive power;
a fifth lens having positive refractive power;
a sixth lens having a refractive power;
a seventh lens having a refractive power; and
an eighth lens having a refractive power,
wherein the first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system,
wherein a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the first lens, and
wherein 2.0|R15/R16|<5.0, where R15 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the eighth lens and R16 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the eighth lens.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the fourth lens has a convex object-side surface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the fifth lens has a convex image-side surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the seventh lens has positive refractive power.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the eighth lens has negative refractive power.

### Claim 7

An optical imaging system, comprising:
a first lens having a refractive power;
a second lens having a refractive power;
a third lens having a refractive power;
a fourth lens having a refractive power;
a fifth lens having a refractive power;
a sixth lens having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region;
a seventh lens having a refractive power; and
an eighth lens having a refractive power,
wherein the first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system,
wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 2.0|R15/R16|<5.0 and 50<(V5+V6+V7+V8)/4,
where R15 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the eighth lens and R16 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the eighth lens, V5 is an Abbe number of the fifth lens, V6 is an Abbe number of the sixth lens, V7 is an Abbe number of the seventh lens, and V8 is an Abbe number of the eighth lens.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The optical imaging system of claim 7, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies Nd6<1.6, where Nd6 is a refractive index of the sixth lens.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The optical imaging system of claim 7, wherein a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The optical imaging system of claim 7, wherein a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the first lens.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The optical imaging system of claim 7, wherein the fourth lens has a convex object-side surface.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The optical imaging system of claim 7, wherein the fifth lens has positive refractive power.