Varifocal lens
US5237362A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B7/10
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A photographing optical system in a varifocal lens is constructed by only a main lens at a wide angle time and a sublens moved backward from the main lens at a telescopic time. A wide angle pattern for prescribing a focusing region at the wide angle time is proximately disposed backward from a focusing starting position at the wide angle time. A telescopic pattern for prescribing a focusing region at the telescopic time is proximately disposed forward from a focusing starting position at the telescopic time. A sliding brush 16 is disposed in a front group frame for holding the main lens and is slidably moved on the wide angle and telescopic patterns to detect the respective focusing regions of the main lens at focal lengths and the focusing starting positions. A focusing position of the lens system is detected by a digital signal generator composed of a rotary encoder rotated in association with the operation of a drive motor.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.