OBJECTIVE LENS FOR ENDOSCOPES AND ENDOSCOPE

• US 20170224201A1
• Filed: 12/27/2016
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: YAMAMOTO, Chikara
• Granted Patent: US 10,426,323 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00163 Optical arrangements A61B1/002, A61B1/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 23/243 Objectives for endoscopes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/005 for correction of secondary colour or higher-order chromatic aberrations
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 9/04 having two components only

Abstract

The number of lenses within an objective lens for endoscopes is only three. The objective lens for endoscopes includes, in order from the object side, a first lens which is a single lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the object side, an aperture stop, and a cemented lens. The cemented lens is formed by cementing one positive lens and one negative lens together. Conditional formulae related to the distance from the surface toward the object side of the first lens to the aperture stop and the Abbe'"'"'s numbers of the positive lens and the negative lens that constitute the cemented lens are satisfied.

Claims

1. An objective lens for endoscopes comprising, in order from the object side to the image side:

a single lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the object side;

an aperture stop; and

a cemented lens;

the cemented lens being formed by one positive lens and one negative lens which are cemented together;

the number of lenses within the entire system being only three; and

Conditional Formulae (1) and (2) below being satisfied;

0.1<

dSt/Lt<

0.6  

 

(1)

0<

vp−

vn<

55  

 

(2)

wherein dSt is the distance along the optical axis from the surface toward the object side of the single lens to the aperture stop, Lt is the distance along the optical axis from the surface toward the object side of the single lens to the surface toward the image side of the cemented lens, vp is the Abbe'"'"'s number with respect to the d line of the positive lens within the cemented lens, and vn is the Abbe'"'"'s number with respect to the d line of the negative lens within the cemented lens.

2. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 1, in which Conditional Formula (3) below is satisfied:

1.0<

fce/f<

2.0  

 

(3)

wherein fce is the focal length of the cemented lens, and f is the focal length of the entire lens system.

3. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 1, in which Conditional Formula (4) below is satisfied:

1.5<

Lt/f<

5.0  

 

(4)

wherein f is the focal length of the entire lens system.

4. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 1, in which Conditional Formula (5) below is satisfied:

0.8<

Bf/f<

1.8  

 

(5)

wherein Bf is the back focus of the entire lens system as an air converted distance, and f is the focal length of the entire lens system.

5. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 1, in which Conditional Formula (6) below is satisfied:

90°

<

2ω

 

 

(6)

wherein 2ω

is the maximum full angle of view.

6. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 1, in which Conditional Formula (1-1) below is satisfied:

0.2<

dSt/Lt<

0.5  

 

(1-1).

7. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 1, in which Conditional Formula (2-1) below is satisfied:

10<

vp−

vn<

45  

 

(2-1).

8. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 2, in which Conditional Formula (3-1) below is satisfied:

1.1<

fce/f<

1.7  

 

(3-1).

9. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 2, in which Conditional Formula (3-2) below is satisfied:

1.2<

fce/f<

1.6  

 

(3-2).

10. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 3, in which Conditional Formula (4-1) below is satisfied:

1.8<

Lt/f<

4.0  

 

(4-1).

11. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 4, in which Conditional Formula (5-1) below is satisfied:

1.0<

Bf/f<

1.5  

 

(5-1).

12. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 5, in which Conditional Formula (6-1) below is satisfied:

100°

<

2ω

 

 

(6-1).

13. An objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

a plane parallel plate positioned at the most object side thereof.

14. An endoscope equipped with an objective lens for endoscopes as defined in claim 1.