The disclosure relates to the field of lens imaging technologies, and particularly to an optical lens, a camera module and a terminal.
At present, with the popularity of portable electronic devices (such as a smart phone, a camera), coupled with the popularity of social, video and live-broadcasting software, people's degree of liking the photography is becoming higher and higher. A camera lens has become a standard for the portable electronic devices, and camera lens has even become a primary consideration indicator when consumers purchasing the portable electronic devices.
With continuous development of mobile information technology, the portable electronic devices such as a mobile phone is developing in the direction of thinness and lightness, full-screen, ultra-high definition imaging and etc., which puts higher requirements for the camera lens mounted on the portable electronic device. In recent years, with consumers' enthusiasm for the mobile phone with full-screen, a front lens pursues visual simplicity in addition to a requirement of high resolution. Because the existing camera lens has large outer diameter of a front portion and entity volume, it appears “notch screen”. However, the larger notch area, that is, the larger notch area on a mobile phone screen, thereby the screen-to-body ratio cannot be further improved.
In a first aspect, an optical lens is provided in the embodiments of the disclosure. Along an optical axis from an object side to an imaging surface, the optical lens sequentially includes: a stop, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens. The first lens has a positive focal power, an object side surface of the first lens is convex, a paraxial region of an image side surface of the first lens is concave and the image side surface of the first lens has at least one inflection point. The second lens has a negative focal power, a paraxial region of an object side surface of the second lens is convex, and an image side surface of the second lens is concave. The third lens has a positive focal power, a paraxial region of an object side surface of the third lens is convex, and an image side surface of the third lens is convex. The fourth lens has a negative focal power, an object side surface of the fourth lens is concave, and an image side surface of the fourth lens is convex. The fifth lens has a positive focal power, a paraxial region of an object side surface of the fifth lens is convex, and a paraxial region of an image side surface of the fifth lens is convex, and both the object side surface and the image side surface of the fifth lens have at least one inflection point. The sixth lens has a negative focal power, a paraxial region of an object side surface of the sixth lens is concave, a paraxial region of an image side surface of the sixth lens is concave, and the image side surface of the sixth lens has at least one inflection point. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens and the sixth lens are aspherical lenses. The optical lens meet the expression: 4.4 mm<(TTL/IH)×f<4.6 mm; where TTL represents a distance on the optical axis from the object side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface, IH represents half an actual image height of the optical lens on the imaging surface, and f represents a focal length of the optical lens.
In a second aspect, an imaging device is provided in the embodiments of the disclosure, which includes an imaging element and the optical lens provided in the first aspect. The imaging element is configured to convert an optical image formed by the optical lens to an electronic signal.
In a third aspect, a camera module is provided in the embodiments of the disclosure, which includes the optical lens described above and an image sensor opposite to the optical lens.
In a fourth aspect, a terminal is provided in the embodiments of the disclosure, which includes a camera module, a processor, and a housing. The camera module and the processor are received in the housing, the camera module is configured to capture images, the processor is configured to process the images, the camera module includes the optical lens described above and an image sensor opposite to the optical lens.
In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions in the embodiments of the disclosure, drawings to be used in the embodiments are briefly described below. It should be understood that the following drawings are merely some embodiments of the disclosure, therefore it should not be seen as a qualification of the scope. Those skilled in the art can obtain other figures according to these figures without paying any creative effort.
In order to facilitate understanding of the disclosure, the disclosure will be described comprehensively below with reference to the related drawings. Various embodiments of the disclosure are shown in the drawings. However, the disclosure can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the disclosure more thorough and comprehensive.
The first lens L1 has a positive focal power, an object side surface S1 of the first lens L1 is convex, a paraxial region of an image side surface S2 of the first lens L1 is concave, and the image side surface S2 has at least one inflection point.
The second lens L2 has a negative focal power, a paraxial region of an object side surface S3 of the second lens L2 is convex and an image side surface S4 of the second lens L2 is concave.
The third lens L3 has a positive focal power, a paraxial region of an object side surface S5 of the third lens L3 is convex, and an image side surface S6 of the third lens L3 is convex.
The fourth lens L4 has a negative focal power, an object side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4 is concave, and an image side surface S8 of the fourth lens L4 is convex.
The fifth lens L5 has a positive focal power, a paraxial region of an object side surface S9 of the fifth lens L5 is convex, a paraxial region of an image side surface S10 of the fifth lens L5 is convex, and both the object side surface S9 and the image side surface S10 of the fifth lens L5 have at least one inflection point.
The sixth lens L6 has a negative focal power, a paraxial region of an object side surface S11 of the sixth lens L6 is concave, a paraxial region of an image side surface S12 of the sixth lens L6 is concave and the image side surface S12 of the sixth lens L6 has at least one inflection point.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 satisfies the following expression:
4.4 mm<(TTL/IH)×f<4.6 mm; (1)
where TTL represents a distance on the optical axis from the object side surface S1 of the first lens L1 to the imaging surface S15, IH represents half an actual image height of the optical lens 100, and f represents a focal length of the optical lens 100. It can be understood that the half actual image height of the optical lens 100 refers to the half actual image height of the optical lens 100 on the imaging surface S15.
When the expression (1) is satisfied, an effective focal length and a total optical length of the optical lens 100 can be reasonably controlled, which facilitates shortening the total optical length of the optical lens 100 and the miniaturization of the optical lens 100.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 satisfies the following expression:
0.3<CT1/DM1<0.35; (2)
where CT1 represents a center thickness of the first lens L1, and DM1 represents a diameter of the object side surface S1 of the first lens L1.
When the expression (2) is satisfied, the optical lens is enabled to have a small front size and a portable electronic device is enabled to reduce a screen notch area, which facilitates the miniaturization of a front portion of the optical lens and improves a screen-to-body ratio of the portable electronic device.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 satisfies the following expression:
3.23 mm<IH/tan(HFOV)<3.48 mm; (3)
where IH represents the half actual image height of the optical lens 100, and HFOV represents half the maximum FOV (field of view) of the optical lens 100.
The expression (3) limits distortions of the optical lens 100. When IH/tan(HFOV)>3.23 mm, the distortions of the optical lens is avoided to increase in a negative direction, and when IH/tan(HFOV)<3.48 mm, the distortions of the lens is avoided to increase excessively in a positive direction, thereby reducing the difficulty of distortion correction. When the expression (3) is satisfied, the total optical length of the optical lens 100 can be reasonably controlled, meanwhile it is conducive to reducing the difficulty of distortion correction of the optical lens 100.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 satisfies the following expression:
2.1<f/EPD<2.3; (4)
where f represents the focal length of the optical lens 100, and EPD represents an entrance pupil diameter of the optical lens 100.
When the expression (4) is satisfied, the luminous flux of the optical lens 100 can be reasonably controlled, which is conducive to reducing aberrations of the optical lens 100 and improving the resolution of the optical lens 100.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 satisfies the following expression:
0.02 mm<SAG2max−SAG2 <0.04 mm; (5)
where SAG2max represents the maximum sagittal depth of the image side surface S2 of the first lens L1, and SAG2 represents a fringe sagittal depth of the image side surface S2 of the first lens L1.
When the expression (5) is satisfied, it is conducive to correcting distortions and aberrations of a margin field, and improving a resolution of the margin field of the optical lens 100.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 satisfies the following expressions:
0.4<f1/f3<0.6; (6)
−3.6<f2/f<−2.5; (7)
; (8)
where f represents the focal length of the optical lens 100, f1 represents a focal length of the first lens L1, f2 represents a focal length of the second lens L2, f3 represents a focal length of the third lens L3, f5 represents a focal length of the fifth lens L5, and f6 represents a focal length of the sixth lens L6.
When the expressions (6), (7) and (8) are satisfied, the focal power of each lens can be reasonably allocated, thereby reducing the difficulty in correcting high-order aberrations and reducing the total optical length of the optical lens 100.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 can satisfies the following expressions:
2.5<(R3+R4)/(R3−R4)<3.9; (9)
0 mm<SAG4i<0.08 mm; (10)
where R3 represents a radius of curvature of the object side surface S3 of the second lens L2, R4 represents a radius of curvature of the image side surface S4 of the second lens L2, SAG4i represents a sagittal depth of a point on the image side surface S4 of the second lens L2 and i represents a distance from the point to the optical axis, i.e., the sagittal depth of the image side surface S4 of the second lens L2 at any point.
When the expressions (9) and (10) are satisfied, surface shapes of the second lens L2 are reasonably controlled, a sensitivity of the optical lens 100 is reduced, meanwhile, the difficulty of correcting the field curvature is reduced.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 can satisfies the following expression:
0.09<CT4/DM7<0.16; (11)
where CT4 represents a center thickness of the fourth lens L4, and DM7 represents a diameter of the object side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4,
When the expression (11) is satisfied, a diameter of the fourth lens L4 is reasonably controlled, which facilitates reducing a sensitivity of the fourth lens L4 and improves the production yield.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 can satisfies the following expressions:
0.32 mm<SAG91−SAG9<0.4 min (12)
0.5<(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)<0.8, (13)
where SAG91 represents a sagittal depth of the object side surface S9 of the fifth lens L5 at the inflection point, SAG9 represents a fringe sagittal depth of the object side surface S9 of the fifth lens L5, R9 represents a radius of curvature of the object side surface S9 of the fifth lens L5, R10 represents a radius of curvature of the image side surface S10 of the fifth lens L5.
Satisfying the expressions (12) and (13) is conducive to correcting the field curvature and aberrations of the optical lens 100 and improves the resolution of the margin field, meanwhile it facilitates shortening the total optical length of the optical lens 100 and realizing the miniaturization of the optical lens 100.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 can satisfies the following expressions:
1.8<CT5/CT4<2.3; (14)
0.45 mm<CT34+CT45+CT56<0.5 mm; (15)
where CT4 represents the center thickness of the fourth lens L4, CT5 represents a center thickness of the fifth lens L5, CT34 represents a distance between the third lens L3 and the fourth lens L4 on the optical axis, CT45 represents a distance between the fourth lens L4 and the fifth lens L5 on the optical axis, and CT56 represents a distance between the fifth lens L5 and the sixth lens L6 on the optical axis.
When the expressions (14) and (15) are satisfied, the center thickness of each lens and the spacing between two adjacent lenses can be reasonably designed, the sensitivity of the optical lens 100 is reduced, meanwhile, the optical total length of the optical lens 100 is shortened.
In some embodiments, the optical lens 100 can satisfies the following expression:
0.48<|θ12/θC|<0.56, (16)
where θ12 represents the maximum dip angle of the image side surface S12 of the sixth lens L6, and θc represents the maximum chief ray angle of the optical lens 100.
When the expression (16) is satisfied, the chief ray angle of the optical lens 100 can be reasonable controlled, which facilities improving the matching of the optical lens 100 and a sensor, and improving the resolution of the optical lens 100.
In an implementation, the first lens L1, the second lens L2, the third lens L3, the fourth lens L4, the fifth lens L5 and the sixth lens L6 may be aspherical lenses. Optionally, the foregoing lenses are plastic aspheric lenses. Using aspheric lenses can effectively reduce the number of lenses, correct aberration and provide better optical performance. In the embodiment, as an implementation, when each lens of the optical lens 100 is the aspheric lens, each aspheric surface of the optical lens 100 can all satisfy the following expression:
where z represents a sagittal depth between a point on an aspheric surface and a vertex of the aspheric surface along the optical axis, h represents a distance from the point on the aspheric surface to the optical axis, c represents a paraxial curvature of the surface, k represents quadratic surface coefficient, and A2i represents a 2i-th order aspheric surface coefficient.
The optical lens 100 provided in the embodiments of the disclosure, by using sixth lenses with specific focal powers and reasonably designing lens shapes and a combination of focal powers of the first lens L1, the second lens L2, the third lens L3, the fourth lens L4, the fifth lens L5 and the sixth lens L6, provides a more compact architecture, under the premise of satisfying high resolution. The balance between lens miniaturization and high resolution is better achieved, which can effectively improve the user's camera experience.
The disclosure is further illustrated below in a number of embodiments. In each of the following embodiments, the thickness, radius of curvature, and material selection of each lens of the optical lens 100 are different, and specific differences can be found in parameter tables for each embodiment. In each table, R represents the radius of curvature (unit: millimeter), d represents a spacing distance (unit: millimeter) between the optical surfaces. Nd represents the d-line refractivity of the materials, and Vd represents the Abbe number of the material.
In the first embodiment of the disclosure, a vertical distance between the inflection point on the image side surface S2 of the first lens L1 and the optical axis is 0.64 mm, and a vertical distance between the inflection point on the object side surface S9 of the fifth lens L5 and the optical axis is 0.845 mm.
Referring to Table 1. relevant parameters of each lens of the optical lens 100 provided in the first embodiment of the disclosure are shown in the Table 1.
Referring to Table 2-1 and Table 2-2, aspheric surface coefficients of each aspheric surface of the optical lens 100 provided in the first embodiment of the disclosure are shown in the Table 2-1 and Table 2-2.
The astigmatism curves, the distortion curve, the lateral chromatic aberration curves and the axial chromatic aberration curves of the optical lens 100 are shown in
The astigmatism curves in
The distortion curve in
The lateral chromatic aberration curves in
The optical lens 100 provided in the second embodiment of the disclosure has roughly the same structure as the optical lens 100 provided in the first embodiment. The main difference is that the radius of curvature and material selection of each lens are different.
In the second embodiment of the disclosure, a vertical distance between the inflection point on the image side surface S2 of the first lens L1 and the optical axis is 0.67 mm, and a vertical distance between the inflection point on the object side surface S9 of the fifth lens L5 and the optical axis is 0.845 mm.
Referring to Table 3, relevant parameters of each lens of the optical lens 100 provided in the second embodiment of the disclosure are shown in the Table 3.
Referring to Table 4-1 and Table 4-2, the aspheric surface coefficients of each aspheric surface of the optical lens 100 provided in the second embodiment of the disclosure are shown in the Table 4-1 and Table 4-2.
The astigmatism curves, the distortion curve, the lateral chromatic aberration curves and the axial chromatic aberration curves of the optical lens 100 are shown in
The optical lens 100 provided in the third embodiment of the disclosure has roughly the same structure as the optical lens 100 provided in the first embodiment. The main difference is that the radius of curvature and material selection of each lens are different.
In the third embodiment of the disclosure, a vertical distance between the inflection point on the image side surface S2 of the first lens L1 and the optical axis is 0.64 mm, and a vertical distance between the inflection point on the object side surface S9 of the fifth lens L5 and the optical axis is 0.815 mm.
Referring to Table 5. relevant parameters of each lens of the optical lens 100 provided in the third embodiment of the disclosure are shown in the Table 5.
Referring to Table 6-1 and Table 6-2, the aspheric surface coefficients of each aspheric surface of the optical lens 100 provided in the third embodiment of the disclosure are shown in the Table 6-1 and Table 6-2.
The astigmatism curves, the distortion curve, the lateral chromatic aberration curves and the axial chromatic aberration curves of the optical lens 100 are shown in
Please refer to Table 7, optical characteristics corresponding to above three embodiments are shown. The optical characteristics primarily include a focal length f, an aperture number F#, an entrance pupil diameter EPD, the total optical length TTL, the field angle 2θ, and values corresponding to above expressions. In Table 7, it can be seen that the maximum of the total optical length TTL of the optical lens is 4.46 mm, so that the volume of the optical lens is effectively small; the maximum of the entrance pupil diameter of the optical lens is 1.547 mm, which enables the outer diameter of the front portion of the optical lens to be extremely small; the maximum of the field angle 2θ of the optical lens is 88.1 degree which is relatively large.
An imaging device 200 is provided in the fourth embodiment of the disclosure. Referring to the
The imaging device 200 may be a camera, a terminal mobile and any electronic device which is equipped with the optical lens and in any form. The terminal mobile may be a terminal device such as a smart phone, a smart tablet and a smart reader.
The imaging device 200 provided in the embodiment of the disclosure includes the optical lens 100. Because the optical lens 100 has advantages of a small outer diameter of the front portion, a wide viewing angle and a high imaging quality, the imaging device 200 with the optical lens 100 has advantages of a small outer diameter of the front portion, a wide viewing angle and a high imaging quality.
As illustrated in
The terminal 400 may be a camera, a terminal mobile and any electronic device which is equipped with the optical lens. One of ordinary skill in the art understands that the terminal 400 also includes other components, such as an antenna, a battery, a memory, an I/O module and so on.
As illustrated in
In summary, the optical lens 100 provided in the embodiments of the disclosure has at least the following advantages:
(1) Because the stop and each lens shape are designed reasonably, on the one hand, the optical lens 100 has a minor entrance pupil diameter (EPD<1.55 mm), thereby enabling the outer diameter of the front portion of the lens to be extremely small, even up to ø2 mm, to meet the requirement for high screen-to-body ratio; on the other hand, the total length of the optical lens 100 can be shorter (TTL<4.5 mm), and the volume is reduced, which can be more suitable for portable smart electronic products, for example, the development trend of thinness and lightness of the cell phones.
(2) The optical lens 100 has ultra-high definition imaging quality, by using sixth plastic aspherical lenses with specific optical focal lengths and designing specific surface shapes of each lens. The optical lens 100 can be matched with a 48-megapixel CMOS chip to facilitate clear imaging.
(3) The field angle of the optical lens 100 can reach 87°, which can effectively correct the optical distortions and control the distortions within 1.5%. The wide viewing angle and high-definition imaging requirement are satisfied.
The above embodiments only illustrate several implementations of the disclosure, and the descriptions thereof are specific and detailed, but they should not be understood as limiting the scope of the disclosure. It should be noted that, for those of ordinary skill in the art, several modifications and variants can be made without departing from the concept of the disclosure, and they all fall within the protection scope of the disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the disclosure should be subject to the appended claims.
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202010433363X | May 2020 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation-in-part of an international application No. PCT/CN2021/088766 filed on Apr. 21, 2021, This international application No. PCT/CN2021/088766 claims priority to a CN application No. 202010433363.X filed on May 21, 2020. The entirety of the above-mentioned applications is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.
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Parent | PCT/CN2021/088766 | Apr 2021 | US |
Child | 17376196 | US |