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Imaging lens and imaging apparatus

US7911715B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 2009
Grant dateMar 22, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B13/18
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging lens includes in order from an object side: a first lens including a positive lens having a convex surface directed to the object side; a stop; a second lens including a positive lens having a convex surface directed to an image side; a third lens including a negative meniscus lens with a concave surface directed to the object side; and a fourth lens including, near an optical axis, a positive meniscus shape with a convex surface directed to the object side. An air space between the second lens and the third lens is smaller in a periphery than near the optical axis. And f1>f2>|f3| and 1.0<f/f2<1.5 are satisfied where f1, f2 and f3 are focal lengths of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens, respectively and f is an focal length of the whole lens system.

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