Patent Application
20160252743
The present invention relates to a diffraction grating lens that brings about a small generation amount of flare, a method for designing an optical system having the diffraction grating lens, an image computation program, and a method for manufacturing the diffraction grating lens.
A diffraction optical element in which a stepped diffraction grating is provided in a lens base, and condensing or dispersion of light is performed, using a diffraction phenomenon is called a diffraction grating lens. It is widely known that the diffraction grating lens is excellent in correcting aberration of a lens such as field curvature, chromatic aberration, and the like. This is because the diffraction grating has dispersibility reverse to dispersibility generated by an optical material (reverse dispersibility), dispersibility that deviates from linearity of dispersion of the optical material (abnormal dispersibility). Therefore, combining the diffraction grating lens with a normal optical element allows the diffraction grating lens to exert a larger chromatic aberration correction capability, so that the diffraction grating lens is used as a lens of an imaging device.
The above-described diffraction grating lens is designed by a method called ray tracing (for example, refer to NPL 1).
Here, n0 is a refractive index of a medium before the ray passes diffraction grating surface 101, n1 is a refractive index of the medium after the ray passes diffraction grating surface 101, m is a diffraction order, λ is a wavelength of light, λ0 is a center wavelength of the light, E is a normal unit vector of a surface of the lens base, S0 is a unit vector indicating a traveling direction of the incident light, and S1 is a unit vector indicating a traveling direction of the outgoing light. Moreover, φ is a phase function, ψ is an optical path difference function, r is a distance in a radial direction from an optical axis, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, . . . are coefficients indicating an aspherical shape of the lens base of the diffraction grating lens.
Expression (3) is an expression obtained by adding a component of the diffraction grating by the phase function to an expression of refraction of a normal lens. In this manner, the calculation is performed on the assumption that the light is refracted and diffracted at the diffraction grating surface, and reaches an image surface.
In this simulation, since the phase function continuously changes, the calculation is performed on the assumption that there is no influence by diffraction level differences and that a diffraction efficiency of m-th-order diffracted light is 100%. For example, if m=1, the calculation is performed on the assumption that the first-order diffracted light is 100%. Accordingly, as shown in
PTL 1: WO 2012/077351
NPL 1: “Introduction to Diffractive Optical Elements”, Japan Society of Applied Physics, Optical Society of Japan, Optics Design Group, published by Optronics Co., Ltd, pp. 18-29
In this manner, in the simulation using the above-described conventional technique, the D flare and the S flare cannot be computed. Accordingly, it is not until the diffraction grating lens is created that influences by the D flare and the S flare can be evaluated, and if the influences by the D flare and the S flare are large, the design needs to be made again. Thus, the design of the diffraction grating lens takes time.
In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a diffraction grating lens that brings about smaller generation amounts of the D flare and the S flare, and a method for designing an optical system having the diffraction grating lens, an image computation program, and a method for manufacturing the diffraction grating lens.
In order to solve the above-described conventional problem, according to a first method for designing an optical system of the present invention, in a method for designing an optical system having a stepped diffraction grating surface in one surface of a lens, the method includes a flare computation step of defining a temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface and computing a flare amount caused by the temporary shape, and a determination step of determining whether or not the flare amount is within a permissible range, and setting the temporary shape as a shape of the diffraction grating surface when the flare amount is within the permissible range, and returning to the flare computation step when the flare amount is out of the permissible range. The flare computation step includes a temporary shape definition step of defining the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, a phase computation step of conducting ray tracing from an object surface to an image surface of the optical system at a predetermined field angle, using the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface to find a traveling direction and phase information of a ray at the predetermined field angle, a pupil distribution computation step of finding pupil distribution on an exit pupil at the predetermined field angle, based on the phase information at the predetermined field angle, and a point image distribution computation step of finding point image distribution on the image surface at the predetermined field angle from the pupil distribution at the predetermined field angle, using a wave propagation analysis method to compute the flare amount.
Moreover, the predetermined field angle may be an on-axis field angle and a predetermined off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 50% or more with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle. In this case, the determination step may include comparing a flare amount in point image distribution at the on-axis field angle with a flare amount in point image distribution at the predetermined off-axis field angle to determine whether or not the flare amount is within the permissible range.
Moreover, the permissible range can be a range where the flare amount in the point image distribution at the predetermined off-axis field angle is smaller than the flare amount in the point image distribution at the on-axis field angle.
The predetermined field angle may be a plurality of field angles in a predetermined region including a predetermined off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 50% or more with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle. In this case, the method may include a convolution step of convoluting point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles into an object image to find an image. The determination step may include determining whether or not the flare amount in the image is within the permissible range.
The predetermined field angle may be a plurality of field angles ranging an on-axis field angle to the maximum field angle. In this case, the method may include a convolution step of convoluting point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles into an object image to find an image. The determination step may include determining whether or not the flare amount in the image is within the permissible range.
When a step of designing returns to the temporary shape definition step of the flare computation step from the determination step, the temporary shape is redefined after adjusting a height of a diffraction level difference in the temporary shape.
In order to solve the above-described conventional problem, according to a second method for designing an optical system of the present invention, in a method for designing an optical system having a stepped diffraction grating surface in one surface of a lens, the method includes a flare computation step of defining a temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, and computing a flare amount by the temporary shape, a repetition step of performing the flare computation step a predetermined number of times while changing a height of a diffraction level difference of the temporary shape, and a decision step of deciding a temporary shape that brings about a least flare amount as a shape of the diffraction grating surface. The flare computation step includes a temporary shape definition step of defining the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, a phase computation step of conducting ray tracing from an object surface to an image surface of the optical system at a predetermined field angle, using the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface to find a traveling direction and phase information of a ray at the predetermined field angle, a pupil distribution computation step of finding pupil distribution on an exit pupil at the predetermined field angle, based on the phase information at the predetermined field angle, and a point image distribution computation step of finding point image distribution on the image surface at the predetermined field angle from the pupil distribution at the predetermined field angle, using a wave propagation analysis method to compute the flare amount.
The predetermined field angle may be a predetermined off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 50% or more with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle. In this case, a temporary shape that brings about a least flare amount in point image distribution at the predetermined off-axis field angle can be set as the shape of the diffraction grating surface.
The predetermined field angle may be a plurality of field angles in a predetermined region including a predetermined off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 50% or more with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle. In this case, the point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles can be convoluted into an object image to find an image, and a temporary shape that brings about a least flare amount in the image can be set as the shape of the diffraction grating surface.
The predetermined field angle may be a plurality of field angles from the on-axis field angle to the maximum field angle. In this case, point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles can be convoluted into an object image to find an image, and a temporary shape that brings about a least flare amount in the image can be set as the shape of the diffraction grating surface.
The image can be an object image of an unsaturated high dynamic range, and the object image is obtained by photographing a plurality of images for an identical object with different exposure times, and is formed of by synthesizing the photographed images.
In the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, a height d of the diffraction level difference, a center wavelength λ in a design wavelength region, a refractive index no of a medium before the ray passes the diffraction grating surface at the center wavelength λ, and a refractive index n1 of the medium after the ray passes the diffraction grating surface can satisfy a relation of d<λ/|n1−n0|. When the medium is air, the refractive index is 1.
In the temporary shape step, a plurality of the diffraction level differences can be all set to have the same height.
An image computation program of the present invention computes an image in an image surface of an optical system having a stepped diffraction grating surface in one surface of a lens. In order to solve the above-described problem, the program includes a shape definition step of defining a shape of the diffraction grating surface, a phase computation step of conducting ray tracing from an object surface to the image surface of the optical system at a plurality of field angles ranging from an on-axis field angle to a maximum field angle, using the shape of the diffraction grating surface to find a traveling direction and phase information of a ray at each of the plurality of field angles, a pupil distribution computation step of finding pupil distribution on an exit pupil at each of the plurality of field angles, based on the phase information at each of the plurality of field angles, a point image distribution computation step of finding point image distribution on the image surface at each of the plurality of field angles from the pupil distribution at each of the plurality of field angles, using a wave propagation analysis method, and a convolution step of convoluting point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles into an object image to find the image.
In order to solve the above-described problem, according to a first method for manufacturing an optical system of the present invention, in a method for manufacturing an optical system having a stepped diffraction grating surface in one surface of a lens, the method includes a flare computation step of defining a temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface and computing a flare amount caused by the temporary shape, a determination step of determining whether or not the flare amount is within a permissible range, and setting the temporary shape as a shape of the diffraction grating surface when the flare amount is within the permissible range, and returning to the flare computation step when the flare amount is out of the permissible range, and a manufacturing step of manufacturing the optical system, based on the shape of the diffraction grating surface decided in the determination step. The flare computation step includes a temporary shape definition step of defining the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, a phase computation step of conducting ray tracing from an object surface to an image surface of the optical system at a predetermined field angle, using the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface to find a traveling direction and phase information of a ray at the predetermined field angle, a pupil distribution computation step of finding pupil distribution on an exit pupil at the predetermined field angle, based on the phase information at the predetermined field angle, and a point image distribution computation step of finding point image distribution on the image surface at the predetermined field angle from the pupil distribution at the predetermined field angle, using a wave propagation analysis method to compute the flare amount.
The predetermined field angle may be an on-axis field angle and a predetermined off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 50% or more with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle. In this case, the determination step may include comparing a flare amount in point image distribution at the on-axis field angle with a flare amount in point image distribution at the predetermined off-axis field angle to determine whether or not the flare amount is within the permissible range.
The permissible range can be a range where the flare amount in the point image distribution at the predetermined off-axis field angle is smaller than the flare amount in the point image distribution at the on-axis field angle.
The predetermined field angle may be a plurality of field angles in a predetermined region including the predetermined off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 50% or more with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle. In this case, the method may include a convolution step of convoluting point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles into an object image to find an image. The determination step may include determining whether or not the flare amount in the image is within the permissible range.
The predetermined field angle may be a plurality of field angles ranging from an on-axis field angle to the maximum field angle. In this case, the method may include a convolution step of convoluting point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles into an object image to find an image. The determination step may include determining whether or not the flare amount, in the image is within the permissible range.
When a step of manufacturing returns to the temporary shape definition step of the flare computation step from the determination step, the temporary shape can be redefined after adjusting a height of a diffraction level difference in the temporary shape.
In order to solve the above-described problem, according to a second method for manufacturing an optical system of the present invention, in a method for manufacturing an optical system having a stepped diffraction grating surface in one surface of a lens, the method includes a flare computation step of defining a temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, and computing a flare amount caused by the temporary shape, a repetition step of performing a flare computation step a predetermined number of times while changing a height of a diffraction level difference of the temporary shape, a decision step of deciding a temporary shape that brings about a least flare amount as a shape of the diffraction grating surface, and a manufacturing step of manufacturing the optical system, based on the shape of the diffraction grating surface. The flare computation step includes a temporary shape definition step of defining the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, a phase computation step of conducting ray tracing from an object surface to an image surface of the optical system at a predetermined field angle, using the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface to find a traveling direction and phase information of a ray at the predetermined field angle, a pupil distribution computation step of finding pupil distribution on an exit pupil at the predetermined field angle, based on the phase information at the predetermined field angle, and a point image distribution computation step of finding point image distribution on the image surface at the predetermined field angle from the pupil distribution at the predetermined field angle, using a wave propagation analysis method to compute the flare amount.
The predetermined field angle may be a predetermined off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 50% or more with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle. In this case, a temporary shape that brings about a least flare amount in point image distribution at the predetermined off-axis field angle can be set as the shape of the diffraction grating surface.
The predetermined field angle may be a plurality of field angles in a predetermined region including a predetermined off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 50% or more with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle. In this case, point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles can be convoluted into an object image to find an image, and a temporary shape that brings about a least flare amount in the image can be set as the shape of the diffraction grating surface.
The predetermined field angle may be a plurality of field angles ranging from an on-axis field angle to the maximum field angle. In this case, point image distribution at each of the plurality of field angles can be convoluted into an object image to find an image, and a temporary shape that brings about a least flare amount in the image can be set as the shape of the diffraction grating surface.
The image can be an object image of an unsaturated high dynamic range, and the object image is obtained by photographing a plurality of images for an identical object with different exposure times, and is formed by synthesizing the photographed images.
In the temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, a height d of the diffraction level difference, a center wavelength λ in a design wavelength region, a refractive index n0 of a medium before the ray passes the diffraction grating surface at the center wavelength λ, and a refractive index n1 of the medium after the ray passes the diffraction grating surface can satisfy a relation of d<λ|n1−n0|.
In the temporary shape step, a plurality of the diffraction level differences may be all set to have the same height.
In order to solve the above-described problem, a diffraction grating lens of the present invention has a diffraction grating surface provided with a stepped diffraction level difference in one surface of a lens. In a temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface, a height d of the diffraction level difference, a center wavelength λ in a design wavelength region, a refractive index no of a medium before the ray passes the diffraction grating surface at the center wavelength λ, and a refractive index n1 of the medium after the ray passes the diffraction grating surface satisfy a relation of d<λ|n1−n0|.
The diffraction grating lens of the present invention can be configured such that a plurality of the diffraction level differences all have the same height.
According to the present invention, there can be provided a diffraction grating lens that brings about small generation amounts of D flare and S flare, using simulation in which a diffraction level difference and wraparound of a wavefront are considered, a method for designing an optical system having the diffraction grating lens, an image computation program, and a method for manufacturing the diffraction grating lens.
Fifth lens 6 is a biconvex lens. IR cut filter 8 and cover glass 9 are disposed on the image surface side of fifth lens 6, and imaging element 10 is disposed at a position of an image surface. Imaging element 10 receives an object image to convert the same to an electrical signal. The converted electrical signal is converted to image data in a processor not shown, and is stored in a storage device. Cover glass 9 protects a surface of imaging element 10.
A broken line in FIG, 1 indicates incident ray 14 of incident light. The incident light coming from the object side transmits first to fifth lenses 2 to 6 and reaches imaging element 10. Although the incident light coming at a high field angle is refracted by first lens 2 and second lens 3, which makes an angle with respect to optical axis 13 smaller, the incident light still enters diffraction grating surface 12 at a considerably large angle.
Luminous flux 16 advances from the object side to the image side while changing a direction by the refraction by the shapes of the lenses and the diffraction by the diffraction grating. In diffraction grating surface 12, stepped diffraction level differences 17, which make up the diffraction grating, are provided to form diffraction orbicular zones 18. Thus, continuous wavefront 19 becomes discontinuous every passed diffraction orbicular zone 18 by passing diffraction grating surface 12. The above-described discontinuity of wavefront 19 causes D flare and S flare.
In diffraction grating surface 12, when a center wavelength of a set wavelength region is λ, a refractive index of a medium before the ray passes diffraction grating surface 12 at center wavelength λ is n0, and a refractive index of the medium after the ray passes diffraction grating surface 12 is n1, height d of each of diffraction level differences 17 is as follows
d<λ/|n
1
−n
0| (1)
where the set wavelength region is a photographable wavelength region.
That is, the height of the diffraction level difference is formed to be lower than a height (λ/n1 n0|) of a diffraction level difference of a conventional diffraction grating lens. This can reduce generation amounts of the D flare and the S flare. Height d of the diffraction level difference may be changed on the basis of the diffraction orbicular zone. However, when the diaphragm exists in the vicinity of diffraction grating surface 12, change in the flare amount is small even if the height of the diffraction level difference is changed on the basis of the diffraction orbicular zone, and thus, conversion from a phase function to a shape is easy, so that the height of the diffraction level difference may be the same.
Next, a method for designing diffraction grating lens 4 will be described.
Next, the ray tracing is conducted at each of an on-axis field angle and an off-axis field angle that brings about an image height of 70% with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle (hereinafter, referred to as a 70% field angle) to find a traveling direction and an optical path difference (a phase) of the light from an object surface to an image surface of the optical system (step S102). At this time, the refraction in each of the lens surfaces including the diffraction grating surface, that is, the traveling direction of the light is found, using expression (2).
n
1(S1×E)=n0(S0×E) (2)
Here, n0 is a refractive index of a medium before a ray passes diffraction grating surface 12, n1 is a refractive index of the medium after the ray passes diffraction grating surface 12, E is a normal unit vector of diffraction grating surface 12, S0 is a unit vector indicating a traveling direction of the incident light, and S1 is a unit vector indicating a traveling direction of the outgoing light. Diffraction grating surface 12 has the temporary shape found in step S101.
Moreover, using the traveling direction of the light, optical path difference information of the ray is computed. A value of the optical path difference can he decided in accordance with a distance where the ray has traveled. At this time, as to luminous flux 16 that has passed diffraction grating surface 12, the wavefront is divided every concentric diffraction orbicular zone, so that the phase of the light becomes discontinuous. In this manner, phase information different from that in the related art is obtained.
Next, a shape of a pupil and phase distribution (pupil distribution) at each of the field angles on the exit pupil defined by diaphragm 7 are found, based on the phase information at each of the field angles found in step S102 (step S103). In the found pupil distribution at each of the field angles, the phase of the light from each of diffraction orbicular zones 18 becomes concentrically discontinuous, and further, an influence by wraparound of the wavefront caused at end portions of light from each of diffraction orbicular zones 18 is reflected.
Next, the pupil distribution at each of the field angles on the exit pupil is propagated to the image surface, using wave propagation analysis to find point image distribution on the image surface at each of the field angles (step S104). In the wave propagation analysis, use of Fraunhofer diffraction for the wave propagation can make it easy to find the point image distribution by two-dimensional Fourier transform of the pupil distribution on the exit pupil. The wave propagation analysis method is not limited thereto, but for the wave propagation, for example, Rayleigh-Sommerfeld formula or Fresnel approximation may be used.
Next, whether or not the flare amount in the point image distribution is within a permissible range is determined (step S105). As a method for evaluation, the evaluation is performed, based on whether or not the flare amount in the point image distribution at the 70% field angle is smaller than the flare amount, in the point image distribution at the on-axis field angle. If smaller, the flare amount is determined to be within the permissible range, and the temporary shape is set as a desired shape of the diffraction grating surface (step S107). If larger, height d of the diffraction level difference of the diffraction grating surface is changed in the range satisfying expression (1) (step S106). A new temporary shape of the diffraction grating surface shape in step S101 is defined, using the height of the diffraction level difference newly set to perform steps S102 to S105 again. This processing is repeated until the flare amount becomes within the permissible range. Adjustment in this manner reduces the flare amount by the incident light at the high field angle, thereby reducing the whole flare amount.
In this manner, when the shape of the diffraction grating surface that brings about the small flare amount is decided, the diffraction grating lens can be manufactured by a normal method.
Next, simulation described in steps 5101 to S104 in
In the simulation in the present exemplary embodiment, not only the computation of the flare amount but computation of a simulation image, MTF calculation, tolerance analysis, lost light calculation and the like can be conducted.
As to the computation of the simulation image, at each of the field angles of the on-axis field angle to the maximum field angle, steps S101 to S104 are executed to find the point image distribution at each of the field angles. The point image distribution at each of the field angles is convoluted into an object image, by which the simulation image of the object including the flare can be computed. For convolution operation, calculation on a frequency space, using two-dimensional FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) or DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform) can shorten calculation time.
Thereby, the permissible range of the flare by the designed optical system can be instinctively recognized, and quality of the design can be visually determined. That is, in the flowchart shown in
Moreover, if only the adjustment of height d of the diffraction level difference does not enable the flare amount to fall within the permissible range, the simulation image will be used as a material for reconsidering the design of the whole optical system.
As described above, in the method for designing the optical system in the present exemplary embodiment, the generation amounts of the D flare and the S flare can be computed before manufacturing the diffraction grating lens. This can reduce a number of times of trial of the lens, so that time required for designing the lens can be shorted, and the design can be optimized.
In the present exemplary embodiment, the permissible range is determined in the flare amounts in the point image distribution at the off-axis field angle that brings about the image height of 70% with respect to the image height at the maximum field image, and the on-axis field angle. However, the off-axis field angle is not limited to the 70% field angle, but the flare amount in the point image distribution at any field angle of the off-axis field angles that bring about image heights of 50% to 100% inclusive with respect to the image height at the maximum field angle only needs to be smaller than the flare amount in the point image distribution on the on-axis field angle.
First, as in step S101 in the first exemplary embodiment, a diffraction grating surface shape is defined by an actual stepped shape as a temporary shape (step S201). Here, height d of each diffraction level difference is set to be an assumable maximum height. In the following process, flare is computed while decreasing height d of a diffraction level difference to decide a height of the diffraction level difference that brings about the least flare. For this, width w by which the height of the diffraction level difference is changed, and types n of the diffraction grating lenses for each of which a flare amount is computed are set. That is, the flare amount of the diffraction grating lens is computed in a range where the height of the diffraction level difference differs by w×n.
Next, ray tracing is conducted at an off-axis field angle (a 70% field angle) that brings about an image height of 70% with respect to an image height at a maximum field angle to find a traveling direction and an optical path difference (phase) of the light from an object surface to an image surface of an optical system (S202). Next, based on phase information at the 70% field angle, a shape of a pupil and phase distribution (pupil distribution) at the 70% field angle on an exit pupil defined by diaphragm 7 are found (step S203). Next, the pupil distribution at the 70% field angle on the exit pupil is propagated to the image surface, using wave propagation analysis to find point image distribution on the image surface at the 70% field angle (step S204). The flare amount in the point image distribution is computed.
Next, it is determined whether or not a number of the types of the temporary shape for each of which the flare amount is computed has become the predetermined number n (step S205). If the number of the types of the temporary shape for each of which the flare amount is computed is smaller than the predetermined number n, height d of the diffraction level difference is changed, specifically, is decreased by w (step S206) to return the processing to step S201, in which the temporary shape of the diffraction grating lens is defined. In step S205, if the number of the types of the temporary shape for each of which the flare amount is computed is the predetermined number n, a temporary shape that brings about the least flare amount is set as the shape of the diffraction grating surface (step S207). The above-described process allows the diffraction grating surface shape, that is, the shape of the diffraction grating lens to be decided.
As described above, in the method for designing the optical system in the present exemplary embodiment, the generation amounts of D flare and S flare can be computed before the diffraction grating lens is manufactured. This can reduce a number of times of trial of the lens, so that time required for the design of the lens can be shortened, and the design can be optimized.
Moreover, in the second exemplary embodiment, as to the flare amount in the point image distribution at the off-axis field angle that brings about the image height of 70% with respect to the image height at the maximum field angle, the height of the diffraction level difference is changed to find the height of the diffraction level difference that brings about the smallest flare amount. However, the off-axis field angle is not limited to the 70% field angle, but any field angle of the off-axis field angles that bring about image heights of 50% to 100% inclusive with respect to the image height at the maximum field angle may be employed.
Moreover, while for one off-axis field angle, the flare amount is computed while changing the height of the diffraction level difference to find desired height d of the diffraction level difference, the off-axis field is not limited to one, but a plurality of the off-axis field angles may be used. Furthermore, the flare amount may be computed for all the field angles, and simulation images at the plurality of heights of diffraction level difference may be computed, so that height d of the diffraction level difference of the simulation image having the small flare amount of the images may be set as desired height d of the diffraction level difference.
Moreover, in the first and second exemplary embodiments, the simulation image need not be created, using the simulation results at all the field angles, but the simulation images at several field angles in a predetermined range may be created. For example, only a part of the simulation images may be computed, using the point image distribution at any plurality of field angles of the off-axis field angles that bring about the image heights 50% to 100% inclusive with respect to the image height at the maximum field angle.
While in the first and second exemplary embodiments, a pack of five lenses is used as the optical system, the optical system only needs to have one or more lenses, and have a diffraction grating surface in at least one of surfaces of these lenses.
Moreover, in the convolution operation, the operation is conducted, using the object image. If an object of this object image includes an object having a high light intensity such as a fluorescent lamp and the like, an object image of an unsaturated high dynamic range, which is a wide dynamic range with the light intensity unsaturated, is desirable. In order to create the object image of the unsaturated high dynamic range, there is a method of photographing a plurality of images for the identical object with different exposure times, and performing by synthesizing in which a region where the light intensity in the object image is saturated is replaced with a corresponding region in the image of the shorter exposure time, or the like.
The present invention has an advantage that a generation amount of flare is small, and can be used for optical design of an imaging device such as a camera and the like.
1: optical system
2: first lens
3: second lens
4, 4b: third lens, diffraction grating lens
5: fourth lens
6: fifth lens
7: diaphragm
8: IR cut filter
9: cover glass
10: imaging element
11: lens base
12: diffraction grating surface
13: optical axis
14: incident ray
15: image formation point
16: luminous flux
17: diffraction level difference
18: diffraction orbicular zone
19: wavefront
21, 22, 23: region
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 2013-219364 | Oct 2013 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/JP2014/004572 | 9/5/2014 | WO | 00 |
