Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens and imaging device

US7505210B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
1References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 24, 2004
Grant dateMar 17, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 2, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/173
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens has good optical performance, is compact, and has a high magnifying power, and is suitable for use in a video camera, a digital still camera, a cellular phone, or the like, and an image pickup apparatus employs the zoom lens. The zoom lens includes a first lens group fixed upon zooming and having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power, which are successively arranged in the order from the object side. At least the second lens group and the fourth lens group are moved for zooming.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.