Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens system

US6185049A · kind A · utility

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36Claims
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Filing dateApr 12, 1999
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/143103
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens system has, from the object side, a first lens unit having a positive optical power, a second lens unit having a positive optical power and provided at the image side of the first lens unit with a first variable air space between the first and second lens units, and a third lens unit having a negative optical power and provided at the image side of the second lens unit with a second variable air space between the second and third lens units, wherein a zooming operation is performed by varying the first and second air spaces, and wherein the zooming fulfills the predetermined condition with respect to a lateral magnification of the third lens unit in a shortest focal length condition.

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