# US 12,216,261 B2 · Wide-angle lens, camera module and vehicle camera

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- Number: US 12,216,261 B2
- Document ID: US12216261B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/343,785
- Filed: 2021-06-10
- Published: 2021-09-30
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-18
- Assignees: Jiangxi Lianchuang Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Jiangxi Lianchuang Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tao Long; Weijian Chen; Xinyue Zhang; Jiyong Zeng
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12216261B2

## CPC

- G02B 13/06: Panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" {including panoramic objectives having reflecting surfaces}
- B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
- G02B 7/028: {with means for compensating for changes in temperature or for controlling the temperature; thermal stabilisation}
- G02B 9/64: having more than six components
- G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses}
- H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

This disclosure relates to a wide-angle lens, a camera module and a vehicle camera. The wide-angle lens sequentially includes: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. An object side surface of the first lens is convex and an image side surface of the first lens is concave. An object side surface of the second lens is convex and an image side surface of the second lens is concave. The third lens and the sixth lens are bi-concave lenses. The fourth lens, the fifth lens and the seventh lens are bi-convex lenses. The fifth lens and the sixth lens form a cemented body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wide-angle lens, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, sequentially comprising a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a stop, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and a filter, wherein
the first lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface of the first lens is convex, and an image side surface of the first lens is concave;
the second lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface of the second lens is convex, and the image side surface of the second lens is concave;
the third lens has a negative focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the third lens are both concave;
the fourth lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the fourth lens are both convex;
the fifth lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the fifth lens are both convex;
the sixth lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface and an image side surface of the sixth lens are both concave, and the fifth lens and the sixth lens form a cemented body; and
the seventh lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the seventh lens are both convex;
wherein the first lens and the fourth lens are glass spherical lenses, and each of the second lens, the third lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, and the seventh lens is a plastic aspherical lens;
wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
1.55<h/f<1.65;
where h represents an image height corresponding to half of the maximum field of view of the wide-angle lens, and f represents an effective focal length of the wide-angle lens.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
0.04/°<D/h/HFOV<0.06/°;
where HFOV represents half of the maximum field of view of the wide-angle lens, and D represents the maximum diameter of the object side surface of the first lens.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
0.06/°<TTL/h/HFOV<0.07/°;
where TTL represents a total optical length of the wide-angle lens, and HFOV represents half of the maximum field of view of the wide-angle lens.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expressions:
15×10−6/(° C.(ide-andN/dT)2+(dN/dT)3]/(f2+f3)<20×10−6/(° C.*mm);
−70×10−6/(° C.*mm)<[(dN/dT)5+(dN/dT)6+(dN/dT)7]/(f5+f6+f7)<−50×10−6/(° C.*mm);
where (dN/dT)2 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the second lens at 20° C., (dN/dT)3 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the third lens at 20° C., (dN/dT)5 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the fifth lens at 20° C., (dN/dT)6 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the sixth lens at 20° C., (dN/dT)7 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the seventh lens at 20° C., f2 represents an effective focal length of the second lens, f3 represents an effective focal length of the third lens, f5 represents an effective focal length of the fifth lens, f6 represents an effective focal length of the six lenses, and f7 represents an effective focal length of the seventh lens.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
0.4<(T23+T45)/T10<0.45;
where T23 represents an air spacing between the first lens and the second lens on the optical axis, T45 represents an air spacing between the second lens and the third lens on the optical axis, and T10 represents a distance between the object side surface of the first lens and a surface of the stop.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the following expression:
0.2<R31/R72<0.65;
where R31 represents a radius of curvature of the object side surface of the third lens, and R72 represents a radius of curvature of the image side surface of the seventh lens.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expressions:
1.9<D5/E5<2.15;
0.47<D6/E6<0.52;
where D5 represents a center thickness of the fifth lens, E5 represents an edge thickness of the fifth lens, D6 represents a center thickness of the sixth lens, and E6 represents an edge thickness of the sixth lens.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
−28<(V1+V2)(φ1+φ2)+(V3+V4)(φ3+φ4)<−20;
where V1 represents a dispersion coefficient of the first lens, V2 represents a dispersion coefficient of the second lens, V3 represents a dispersion coefficient of the third lens, V4 represents a dispersion coefficient of the fourth lens, φ1 represents a focal power of the first lens, φ2 represents a focal power of the second lens, φ3 represents a focal power of the third lens, and φ4 represents a focal power of the fourth lens.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
7<(V5+V6)(φ5+φ6)+(V7)(φ7)<10;
where V5 represents a dispersion coefficient of the fifth lens, V6 represents a dispersion coefficient of the sixth lens, V7 represents a dispersion coefficient of the seventh lens, φ5 represents a focal power of the fifth lens, and φ6 represents a focal power of the sixth lens, and φ7 represents a focal power of the seventh lens.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The wide-angle lens according to claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
0.5<ΣCT/TTL<0.6;
where ΣCT represents a sum of thicknesses of the first lens to the seventh lens on the optical axis, and TTL represents a total optical length of the wide-angle lens.

### Claim 11

A camera module, comprising a barrel, a holder, an image sensor, and a wide-angle lens, wherein the wide-angle lens is mounted in the barrel, the image sensor is mounted in the holder, the barrel is movably mounted on the holder, the wide-angle lens is configured to form an optical image, the image sensor is configured to generate image data for the optical image sensed thereby, and the wide-angle lens, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, sequentially comprises a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a stop, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and a filter, wherein
the first lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface of the first lens is convex, and an image side surface of the first lens is concave;
the second lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface of the second lens is convex, and the image side surface of the second lens is concave;
the third lens has a negative focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the third lens are both concave;
the fourth lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the fourth lens are both convex;
the fifth lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the fifth lens are both convex;
the sixth lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface and an image side surface of the sixth lens are both concave, and the fifth lens and the sixth lens form a cemented body;
the seventh lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the seventh lens are both convex; and
the first lens and the fourth lens are glass spherical lenses, each of the second lens, the third lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, and the seventh lens is a plastic aspherical lens;
wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
1.55<h/f<1.65;
where h represents an image height corresponding to half of the maximum field of view of the wide-angle lens, and f represents an effective focal length of the wide-angle lens.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The camera module according to claim 11, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
0.04/°<D/h/HFOV<0.06/°;
where HFOV represents half of the maximum field of view of the wide-angle lens, and D represents the maximum diameter of the object side surface of the first lens.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The camera module according to claim 11, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
0.06/°<TTL/h/HFOV<0.07/°;
where TTL represents a total optical length of the wide-angle lens, and HFOV represents half of the maximum field of view of the wide-angle lens.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The camera module according to claim 11, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expressions:
15×10−6/(° C.(hereindN/dT)2+(dN/dT)3]/(f2+f3)<20×10−6/(° C.*mm);
−70×10−6/(° C.*mm)<[(dN/dT)5+(dN/dT)6+(dN/dT)7]/(f5+f6+f7)<−50×10−6/(° C.*mm);
where (dN/dT)2 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the second lens at 20° C., (dN/dT)3 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the third lens at 20° C., (dN/dT)5 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the fifth lens at 20° C., (dN/dT)6 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the sixth lens at 20° C., (dN/dT)7 represents a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the seventh lens at 20° C., f2 represents an effective focal length of the second lens, f3 represents an effective focal length of the third lens, f5 represents an effective focal length of the fifth lens, f6 represents an effective focal length of the six lenses, and f7 represents an effective focal length of the seventh lens.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The camera module according to claim 11, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
0.4<(T23+T45)/T10<0.45;
where T23 represents an air spacing between the first lens and the second lens on the optical axis, T45 represents an air spacing between the second lens and the third lens on the optical axis, and T10 represents a distance between the object side surface of the first lens and a surface of the stop.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

The camera module according to claim 11, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the following expression:
0.2<R31/R72<0.65;
where R31 represents a radius of curvature of the object side surface of the third lens, and R72 represents a radius of curvature of the image side surface of the seventh lens.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

The camera module according to claim 11, wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expressions:
1.9<D5/E5<2.15;
0.47<D6/E6<0.52;
where D5 represents a center thickness of the fifth lens, E5 represents an edge thickness of the fifth lens, D6 represents a center thickness of the sixth lens, and E6 represents an edge thickness of the sixth lens.

### Claim 18

A vehicle camera, comprising a camera module, a processor, and a memory, wherein the camera module is configured to capture one or more images, the processor is configured to process the captured images, and the memory is configured to store the images; the camera module comprises a wide-angle lens and an image sensor opposite to the wide-angle lens, the wide-angle lens sequentially comprises a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a stop, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and a filter, wherein
the first lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface of the first lens is convex, and an image side surface of the first lens is concave;
the second lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface of the second lens is convex, and the image side surface of the second lens is concave;
the third lens has a negative focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the third lens are both concave;
the fourth lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the fourth lens are both convex;
the fifth lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the fifth lens are both convex;
the sixth lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface and an image side surface of the sixth lens are both concave, and the fifth lens and the sixth lens form a cemented body;
the seventh lens has a positive focal power, and an object side surface and an image side surface of the seventh lens are both convex; and
the first lens and the fourth lens are glass spherical lenses, each of the second lens, the third lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, and the seventh lens is a plastic aspherical lens;
wherein the wide-angle lens meets the expression:
1.55<h/f<1.65;
where h represents an image height corresponding to half of the maximum field of view of the wide-angle lens, and f represents an effective focal length of the wide-angle lens.