# US 2016/0259145 A1 · Optical Image Capturing System

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- Number: US 2016/0259145 A1
- Document ID: US20160259145A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/690,918
- Filed: 2015-04-20
- Published: 2016-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-03-06
- Assignees: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.Ltd.
- Applicants: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.Ltd.
- Inventors: YAO-WEI LIU; YEONG-MING CHANG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160259145A1

## CPC

- G02B 27/0025: {for optical correction, e.g. distorsion, aberration}
- G02B 13/004: {having four lenses}
- G02B 9/34: having four components only
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image are disclosed. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lenses along the optical axis include a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising:
a first lens element with positive refractive power;
a second lens element with refractive power;
a third lens element with refractive power;
a fourth lens element with refractive power; and
an image plane;
wherein the optical image capturing system consists of four lens elements with refractive power, at least one of the second through fourth lens elements has positive refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, focal lengths of the first through fourth lens elements are f1, f2, f3 and f4 respectively, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is HOS, a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fourth lens element on an optical axis is InTL, a sum of an absolute value of each distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position on an object-side surface of each of the four lens elements to an axial point on the object-side surface of each of the four lens elements is InRSO, a sum of an absolute value of each distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position on an image-side surface of each of the four lens elements to an axial point on the image-side surface of each of the four lens elements is InRSI, a sum of InRSO and InRSI is Σ|InRS|, and the following relations are satisfied: 1.2≦f/HEP≦6.0, 0.5≦HOS/f≦3.0 and 0<Σ|InRS|/InTL≦3.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein TV distortion for image formation in the optical image capturing system is TDT, and the following relation is satisfied: |IDT|<60%.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein optical distortion for image formation in the optical image capturing system is ODT, and the following relation is satisfied: |ODT|<50%.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following relation: 0 mm<HOS≦7 mm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a half of view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF, and the following relation is satisfied: 0 deg<HAF≦70 deg.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein the fourth lens element has negative refractive power.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following relation: 0.45≦InTL/HOS≦0.9.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a sum of central thicknesses of all lens elements with refractive power on the optical axis is ΣTP and the following relation is satisfied: 0.45≦ΣTP/InTL≦0.95.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The optical image capturing system of claim 1, further comprising an aperture stop, a distance from the aperture stop to the image plane on the optical axis is InS, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.5≦InS/HOS≦1.2.

### Claim 10

An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising:
a first lens element with positive refractive power;
a second lens element with refractive power;
a third lens element with refractive power;
a fourth lens element with refractive power; and
an image plane;
wherein the optical image capturing system consists of four lens elements with refractive power, at least two lens elements among the first through fourth lens elements have at least one inflection point on at least one surface thereof, at least one of the second through fourth lens elements has positive refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, focal lengths of the first through fourth lens elements are f1, f2, f3 and f4, respectively, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is HOS, a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fourth lens element on an optical axis is InTL, a sum of an absolute value of each distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position on an object-side surface of each of the four lens elements to an axial point on the object-side surface of each of the four lens elements is InRSO, a sum of an absolute value of each distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position on an image-side surface of each of the four lens elements to an axial point on the image-side surface of each of the four lens elements is InRSI, a sum of InRSO and InRSI is Σ|InRS|, and the following relations are satisfied: 1.2≦f/HEP≦6.0, 0.5≦HOS/f≦3.0, and 0<Σ|InRS|/InTL≦3.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein the fourth lens element has negative refractive power and the fourth lens element has at least one inflection point on at least one surface among an object-side surface and an image-side surface.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein a specific ratio value f/fp of the focal length f of the optical image capturing system to a focal length fp of each lens element with positive refractive power is PPR, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.5≦ΣPPR≦10.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein optical distortion and TV distortion for image formation in the optical image capturing system are ODT and TDT, respectively, and the following relations are satisfied: |TDT|<60% and |ODT|≦50%.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein at least one lens element among the third or fourth lens elements has at least one inflection point on at least one surface.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following relation: 0 mm<Σ|InRS|≦10 mm.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position to an axial point on the object-side surface of the third lens element is InRS31, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position to an axial point on the image-side surface of the third lens element is InRS32, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position to an axial point on the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is InRS41, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position to an axial point on the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is InRS42, and the following relation is satisfied: 0 mm<|InRS31|+|InRS32|+|InRS41|+|InRS42|≦8 mm.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The optical image capturing system of claim 16, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following relation: 0<(|InRS31|+|InRS32|+|InRS41|+|InRS42|)/InTL≦2.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The optical image capturing system of claim 16, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following relation: 0<(|InRS31|+|InRS32|+|InRS41|+|InRS42|)/HOS≦2.

### Claim 19 (depends on 10)

The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein a sum of focal lengths of all lens elements with positive refractive power of the optical image capturing system is ΣPP and the following relation is satisfied: 0<f1/ΣPP≦0.8.

### Claim 20

An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising:
a first lens element with positive refractive power;
a second lens element with refractive power;
a third lens element with refractive power;
a fourth lens element with refractive power and at least one surface among an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element having at least one inflection point; and
an image plane;
wherein the optical image capturing system consists of four lens elements with refractive power, at least two lens elements among the first through third lens element have at least one inflection point on at least one surface, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the first lens element are aspheric, and an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, focal lengths of the first through fourth lens elements are f1, f2, f3 and f4, respectively, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, a half of maximum view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF, a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is HOS, a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fourth lens element on an optical axis is InTL, optical distortion and TV distortion for image formation in the optical image capturing system are ODT and TDT respectively, a sum of an absolute value of each distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position on an object-side surface of each of the four lens elements to an axial point on the object-side surface of each of the four lens elements is InRSO, a sum of an absolute value of each distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position on an image-side surface of each of the four lens elements to an axial point on the image-side surface of each of the four lens elements is InRSI, a sum of InRSO and InRSI is Σ|InRS|, and the following relations are satisfied: 1.2≦f/HEP≦3.0, 0.4≦|tan(HAF)|≦3.0, 0.5≦HOS/f≦2.5, |TDT|<60%, |ODT|≦50% and 0<Σ|InRS|/InTL≦3.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein the third lens element has at least two inflection points on at least one surface.

### Claim 22 (depends on 20)

The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following relation: 0 mm<HOS≦7 mm.

### Claim 23 (depends on 20)

The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position to an axial point on the object-side surface of the third lens element is InRS31, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position to an axial point on the image-side surface of the third lens element is InRS32, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position to an axial point on the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is InRS41, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from a maximum effective diameter position to an axial point on the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is InRS42, and the following relation is satisfied: 0 mm<|InRS31|+|InRS32|+|InRS41|+|InRS42|≦8 mm.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The optical image capturing system of claim 23, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following relation: 0<(|InRS31|+|InRS32|+|InRS41|+(|InRS42|)/InTL≦2.

### Claim 25 (depends on 23)

The optical image capturing system of claim 23, further comprising an aperture stop and an image sensing device disposed on the image plane, a distance from the aperture stop to the image plane is InS, and the following relation is satisfied: 0.5≦InS/HOS≦1.1.