Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens

US4571032A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 30, 1981
Grant dateFeb 18, 1986
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/143503
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens includes a zoom portion for forming a virtual image of an object lying between infinity to a very short distance always at a predetermined position and for varying the imaging magnification of the virtual image, and a relay portion including an erecting one-to-one magnification compound-eye optical system disposed between the zoom portion and an image pick-up surface for forming the virtual image of the object on the image pick-up surface.

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