Objective lens for an endoscope and endoscope
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorTomoyuki Baba
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Abstract
The objective lens for an endoscope consists of, from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having positive optical power and a second lens group having positive optical power. During focusing, only the second lens group moves. The first lens group includes a single lens that has negative optical power closest to the object side. The objective lens for an endoscope satisfies conditional expressions determined in advance related to a maximum image height, a focal length of a whole system, a maximum half angle of view, a focal length of the first lens group, a focal length of the second lens group, and a focal length of the single lens of the first lens group.
Claims17
An objective lens for an endoscope consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having positive optical power;
- and a second lens group having positive optical power,
- wherein during focusing from a farthest point object to a nearest point object, the first lens group is fixed to an image plane, and only the second lens group moves along an optical axis,
- the first lens group includes a single lens having negative optical power closest to the object side, and
- in a case where a maximum image height is denoted by Y,
- a focal length of the objective lens for an endoscope in a state where the farthest point object is in focus is denoted by fF,
- a maximum half angle of view in the state where the farthest point object is in focus is denoted by ωf,
- a focal length of the first lens group is denoted by f1,
- a focal length of the second lens group is denoted by f2, and
- a focal length of the single lens is denoted by fL1,
- conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) are satisfied, which are represented by
- 0<Y/(fF×tan ωf)<0.6 (1),
- 0<f1/f2<0.25 (2), and
- −1.2<fL1/fF<0 (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.