Imaging lens, and camera module and digital device comprising same

• US 11,022,782 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2016
• Issued: 06/01/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Sang Hun, Kim, Young Woon
• Primary Examiner(s): Collins, Darryl J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sumlar, Journey F
• Application Number:
  US15/754,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20200096732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,742 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/0045 having five or more lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/009 having zoom function
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 9/60 having five components only
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 9/64 having more than six components
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2205/0046 Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming for optical zoom lenses in general G02B7/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/45 for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums

Abstract

An embodiment provides an imaging lens comprising: a body in which a first opening and a second opening are disposed; a first lens group which is disposed on the body and corresponds to the first opening; and a second lens group which is disposed on the body and corresponds to the second opening, wherein the focal distance of the first lens group is greater than 1.8 times and less than 2.1 times the focal distance of the second lens group.

Claims

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a body having a first opening and a second opening formed therein;

a first lens group disposed in the body so as to correspond to the first opening; and

a second lens group disposed in the body so as to correspond to the second opening,

wherein a focal length of the first lens group is greater than 1.8 times a focal length of the second lens group and less than 2.1 times the focal length of the second lens group,

wherein the first lens group is not overlapped with the second lens group in an optical axis direction,

wherein the first lens group comprises first to fifth lenses arranged sequentially in a direction from an object side toward an image side and having refractive power, and

wherein the first lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens have positive refractive power, and the second lens and the third lens have negative refractive power.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the first lens group is used in a wide-angle mode, and the second lens group is used in a telephoto mode.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein an F number of the first lens group is equal to or greater than an F number of the second lens group.

4. An imaging lens comprising:

a body having a first opening and a second opening formed therein;

a first lens group disposed in the body so as to correspond to the first opening; and

a second lens group disposed in the body so as to correspond to the second opening,

wherein a focal length of the first lens group is greater than 1.8 times a focal length of the second lens group and less than 2.1 times the focal length of the second lens group,

wherein the first lens group is not overlapped with the second lens group in an optical axis direction,

wherein the second lens group comprises sixth to tenth lenses arranged sequentially in a direction from an object side toward an image side and having refractive power, and

wherein the sixth lens and the tenth lens have positive refractive power, and the seventh lens, the eighth lens, and the ninth lens have negative refractive power.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 4, wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following equation:

0.35<

f6/F<

4.5

where, F is a total focal length of the second lens group and f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 4, wherein the sixth lens is formed such that an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object surface thereof is smaller than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an image surface thereof.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 4, wherein a radius of curvature of the sixth lens is smallest among radii of curvature of the sixth to tenth lenses.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 4, wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following equation:

n8d<

1.6

where, n8d is an index of refraction of the eighth lens based on a d-line.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 4, wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following equation:

20<

v8d<

30

where, v8d is an Abbe number of the eighth lens based on a d-line.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 4, wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following equation:

|Ø

7|>

|Ø

9|>

|Ø

8|

where, Ø

7 is a reciprocal of an effective focal length of the seventh lens, Ø

8 is a reciprocal of an effective focal length of the eighth lens, and Ø

9 is a reciprocal of an effective focal length of the ninth lens.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 4, comprising:

an aperture disposed between the seventh lens and the eighth lens.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 4, wherein the first lens group is used in a wide-angle mode, and the second lens group is used in a telephoto mode.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 4, wherein an F number of the first lens group is equal to or greater than an F number of the second lens group.

14. A camera module comprising:

an imaging lens comprising a body having a first opening and a second opening formed therein, a first lens group disposed in the body so as to correspond to the first opening, and a second lens group disposed in the body so as to correspond to the second opening, a focal length of the first lens group being greater than 1.8 times a focal length of the second lens group and less than 2.1 times the focal length of the second lens group;

a filter for selectively transmitting light that has passed through the imaging lens depending on a wavelength of the light; and

a light-receiving element for receiving light that has passed through the filter,

wherein the first lens group is not overlapped with the second lens group in an optical axis direction,

wherein the light-receiving element is an image sensor, and

wherein at least one of a horizontal length or a vertical length of a unit pixel of the image sensor is 2 micrometers or less.

15. The camera module according to claim 14, wherein the first lens group is used in a wide-angle mode, and the second lens group is used in a telephoto mode.

16. The camera module according to claim 14, wherein the first lens group comprises first to fifth lenses arranged sequentially in a direction from an object side toward an image side and having refractive power, and

wherein the first lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens have positive refractive power, and the second lens and the third lens have negative refractive power.

17. The camera module according to claim 14, wherein the second lens group comprises sixth to tenth lenses arranged sequentially in a direction from an object side toward an image side and having refractive power, and

wherein the sixth lens and the tenth lens have positive refractive power, and the seventh lens, the eighth lens, and the ninth lens have negative refractive power.

18. The camera module according to claim 17, wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following equation:

0.35<

f6/F<

4.5

where, F is a total focal length of the second lens group and f6 is a focal length of the sixth lens.

19. The camera module according to claim 17, wherein the sixth lens is formed such that an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object surface thereof is smaller than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an image surface thereof.

20. The camera module according to claim 14, wherein an F number of the first lens group is equal to or greater than an F number of the second lens group.