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Zoom lens and imaging device using same

US8456749B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 2011
Grant dateJun 4, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2031

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

Abstract

Provided is a zoom lens for imaging an object on an imaging surface. The zoom lens includes, in the order from an object side to an image side thereof, a first lens group with positive refraction power, a second lens group with negative refraction power, a third lens group with positive refraction power, and a fourth lens group with positive refraction power. The first lens group includes a first surface. The zoom lens satisfies the formula: 0.15<|L3|/Lt<0.25, where L3 is a distance of the movement of the third lens group along an optical axis of the zoom lens when the zoom lens is switched between a wide-angle state and a telephoto state, and Lt is a distance from the first surface to the imaging surface.

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