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Zoom lens and image pickup device

US7952811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 2009
Grant dateMay 31, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/143507
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a zoom lens formed by arranging a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side, wherein at a time of varying power from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved, and the second lens group is moved to the object side such that an air interval between the first lens group and the second lens group is decreased and such that an air interval between the second lens group and the third lens group is increased.

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