# US 12,181,636 B2 · Optical imaging system

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- Number: US 12,181,636 B2
- Document ID: US12181636B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/226,111
- Filed: 2021-04-09
- Published: 2021-10-21
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2020-04-10
- Assignees: Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jianke Wenren; Fujian Dai; Liefeng Zhao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181636B2

## CPC

- G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses}
- G02B 5/04: Prisms
- G02B 9/60: having five components only
- G02B 13/0065: {having a beam-folding prism or mirror}
- G02B 13/02: Telephoto objectives, i.e. systems of the type + - in which the distance from the front vertex to the image plane is less than the equivalent focal length
- G03B 30/00: Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles
- G03B 2205/0046: Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)

## Abstract

The disclosure discloses an optical imaging system, which includes: a lens group, sequentially including, from an object side to an image side along a first direction, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens with refractive power; a first prism, arranged on the object side of the lens group and configured to reflect light incident into the first prim along a second direction to be emergent from the first prism along the first direction; and a second prism, arranged on the image side of the lens group and configured to reflect light incident into the second prism along the first direction to be emergent from the second prism along a third direction, wherein the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to one another; at least one lens in the lens group is a plastic lens.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical imaging system, comprising: a lens group, sequentially comprising, from an object side to an image side along a first direction, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens with refractive power; wherein
a first prism, arranged on the object side of the lens group and configured to reflect light incident into the first prism along a second direction to be emergent from the first prism along the first direction; and
a second prism, arranged on the image side of the lens group and configured to reflect light incident into the second prism along the first direction to be emergent from the second prism along a third direction,
wherein the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to one another,
at least one lens in the lens group is a plastic lens, and at least one surface of the plastic lens is an aspherical surface, the first lens has positive refractive power, the second lens has positive refractive power, the third lens has negative refractive power, the fourth lens has positive refractive power, and the fifth lens has negative refractive power; and
a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system meets 20 mm<f<25 mm.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system according to claim 1, wherein ImgH is a half of a diagonal length of an effective pixel region on an imaging surface of the optical imaging system, the total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and ImgH meet 8<f/ImgH<10.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system according to claim 1, wherein a refractive index N1 of the first lens and a refractive index N2 of the second lens meet 0<N2−N1<0.2; and
an Abbe number V1 of the first lens and an Abbe number V2 of the second lens meet 0<V1−V2<10.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system according to claim 1, wherein an Abbe number V4 of the fourth lens and an Abbe number V5 of the fifth lens meet 50<(V4+V5)/2<60.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system according to claim 1, wherein an effective focal length f1 of the first lens and an effective focal length f2 of the second lens meet 0.1<f1/f2<0.3.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system according to claim 1, wherein the total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and an effective focal length f4 of the fourth lens meet 1.0<f/f4<3.0.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system according to claim 1, wherein an effective focal length f3 of the third lens and an effective focal length f5 of the fifth lens meet 2.0<f3/f5<3.0.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging system according to claim 1, wherein a sum ΣCT of center thicknesses of each lens in the first lens to the fifth lens meets 1.0 mm<ΣCT/5<1.5 mm.

### Claim 9

An optical imaging system, comprising: a lens group, sequentially comprising, from an object side to an image side along a first direction, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens with refractive power; wherein
a first prism, arranged on the object side of the lens group and configured to reflect light incident into the first prism along a second direction to be emergent from the first prism along the first direction; and
a second prism, arranged on the image side of the lens group and configured to reflect light incident into the second prism along the first direction to be emergent from the second prism along a third direction,
wherein the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to one another,
at least one lens in the lens group is a plastic lens, and at least one surface of the plastic lens is an aspherical surface, the first lens has positive refractive power, the second lens has positive refractive power, the third lens has negative refractive power, the fourth lens has positive refractive power, and the fifth lens has negative refractive power; and
ImgH is a half of a diagonal length of an effective pixel region on an imaging surface of the optical imaging system, a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and ImgH meet 8<f/ImgH<10.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The optical imaging system according to claim 9, wherein the total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system meets 20 mm<f<25 mm.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The optical imaging system according to claim 9, wherein a refractive index N1 of the first lens and a refractive index N2 of the second lens meet 0<N2−N1<0.2; and
an Abbe number V1 of the first lens and an Abbe number V2 of the second lens meet 0<V1−V2<10.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The optical imaging system according to claim 9, wherein an Abbe number V4 of the fourth lens and an Abbe number V5 of the fifth lens meet 50<(V4+V5)/2<60.
