This application claims the benefit of Taiwan application Serial No. 106107841, filed Mar. 9, 2017, the invention of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The invention relates in general to an optical lens, and more particularly to an optical lens with compact volume and wide viewing angle.
In recent years, due to the ever-changing technology of sports camera, Virtual Reality (VR) device, panoramic camera, aerial photography, etc., it is required to improve the optical image quality of the image capture module for various mobile devices. In addition, due to the light and compact design for mobile device, it is also required to decrease the thickness of the optical lens of the image capture device. Generally, the optical lens consists of a plurality of lenses. In order to be more competitive in the market, miniaturization, high quality and wide viewing angle have always been the goals for product development.
Therefore, it is in need to provide a novel optical lens to achieve an optical lens with miniaturized size and improved image quality at the same time in the condition of the increased viewing angle.
The invention is directed to an optical lens. In the condition of the increased viewing angle, the optical lens with miniaturized size and improved image quality at the same time is achieved.
According to one embodiment, an optical lens is provided. The optical lens, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The object-side surface of the first lens has an effective diameter Φ1. The image-side surface of the first lens has a curvature radius R2 and an effective radius D2. The object-side surface of the second lens having an effective diameter Φ2. The optical lens satisfies at least one of the following conditions: 0.2≤Φ2/Φ1, Φ2/Φ1≤0.65, 0.65≤D2/R2, and D2/R2≤1.2.
According to another embodiment, an optical lens is provided. The optical lens, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens and the second lens have negative refractive power. The third lens and the seventh lens have positive refractive power. The object-side surface of the first lens has an effective diameter Φ1. The object-side surface of the second lens has an effective diameter Φ2. 0.2≤Φ2/Φ1 and/or Φ2/Φ1≤0.65.
According to an alternative embodiment, an optical lens is provided. The optical lens, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a composite lens and a seventh lens. The composite lens has negative refractive power. The object-side surface of the first lens has an effective diameter 1. The object-side surface of the second lens has an effective diameter Φ2. 0.2≤Φ2/Φ1 and/or Φ2/Φ1≤0.65.
According to the above embodiments, the optical lens may feature both wide viewing angle and short total length.
The embodiments of the present invention are described in details with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It should be understood, however, that these details are not intended to limit the invention. In other words, these details are not required in some embodiments of the present invention. Furthermore, well-known structures and elements are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawing.
In one embodiment, the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may include, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, a first lens group G1 and a second lens group G2. The first lens group G1 has negative refractive power and includes a plurality of lenses. The second lens group G2 has refractive power, such as positive refractive power or negative refractive power, and includes a plurality of lenses.
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In one embodiment, the first lens group G1 may include three lenses, two of which have negative refractive power and the other has positive refractive power. In another embodiment, the second lens group G2 may include four lenses, three of which have positive refractive power and the other may have negative refractive power.
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Specifically, the first lens L1, the second lens L2 and the sixth lens L6 may have negative refractive power. The third lens L3, the fourth lens L4, the fifth lens L5 and the seventh lens L7 may have positive refractive power. In addition, each lens may be arranged along the optical axis OA. Furthermore, as shown in
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In one embodiment, the object-side surface S1 of the first lens L1 has an effective diameter Φ1, the object-side surface S3 of the second lens L2 has an effective diameter Φ2, and the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 0.2≤Φ2/Φ1, 0.3≤Φ2/Φ1, 0.4≤Φ2/Φ1, 0.41≤Φ2/Φ1, Φ2/Φ1≤0.44, Φ2/Φ1≤0.45, Φ2/Φ1≤0.5, Φ2/Φ1≤0.55, Φ2/Φ1≤0.6 and Φ2/Φ1≤0.65.
In one embodiment, the image-side surface S2 of the first lens L1 has a curvature radius R2 and an effective radius D2, and the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 0.65≤D2/R2, 0.7≤D2/R2, 0.75≤D2/R2, 0.8≤D2/R2, 0.85≤D2/R2, 0.89≤D2/R2, D2/R2≤0.916, D2/R2≤0.92, D2/R2≤0.95, D2/R2≤1 and D2/R2≤1.2.
In one embodiment, the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 each has a focal length F. The optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 1.5≤|F1−F2|/F, 1.8≤|F1−F2|/F, 2≤|F1−F2|/F, 2.16≤|F1−F2|/F, |F1−F2|/F≤3.36, |F1−F2|/F≤3.5, |F1−F2|/F≤3.8, |F1−F2|/F≤4 and |F1−F2|/F≤4.5. Specifically, the focal length F may be the total focal length of the first lens L1, the second lens L2, the third lens L3, the fourth lens L4, the fifth lens L5, the sixth lens L6 and the seventh lens L7. In addition, F1 is the focal length of the first lens L1, and F2 is the focal length of the second lens L2.
In one embodiment, F12 is the total focal length of the first lens L1 and the second lens L2, F34 is the total focal length of the third lens L3 and the fourth lens L4, and D34 is the distance between the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 and the object-side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4. The optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 0.85≤(F12+F34−D34), 1≤(F12+F34−D34), 1.2≤(F12+F34−D34), (F12+F34−D34)≤1.5, (F12+F34−D34)≤1.75 and (F12+F34−D34)≤2. D34 may be the distance between the center of the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 and the center of the object-side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4; or, D34 may be the length from the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 to the object-side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4 along the optical axis OA.
In one embodiment, ET34 is the distance between the edge of the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 and the edge of the object-side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4, D34 is the distance between the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 and the object-side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4, and CT3 is the thickness of the third lens L3. The optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 0.65≤|D34−ET34−CT3|, 0.7≤|D34−ET34−CT3|, 0.73≤|D34−ET34−CT3|, 0.76≤|D34−ET34−CT3|, |D34−ET34−CT3|≤0.93, |D34−ET34−CT3|≤0.95, |D34−ET34−CT3|≤1, |D34−ET34−CT3|≤1.05 and |D34−ET34−CT3|≤1.1. In one more specific embodiment, CT3 may be the thickness at the central of the third lens L3; or, CT3 may be the length from the object-side surface S5 to the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 along the optical axis OA.
Furthermore, in one more specific embodiment, D34 may be the distance between the center of the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 and the center of the object-side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4; or, D34 may be the length from the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 to the object-side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4 along the optical axis OA; or, D34 may be the distance between the center of the image-side surface of the first lens group G1 and the center of the object-side surface of the second lens group G2; or D34 may be the length from the image-side surface of the first lens group G1 to the object-side surface of the second lens group G2 along the optical axis OA.
Furthermore, in one more specific embodiment, ET34 may be the length between the outer edge of the effective diameter of the image-side surface S6 of the third lens L3 and the outer edge of the effective diameter of the object-side surface S7 of the fourth lens L4; or, ET34 may be the length between the outer edge of the effective diameter of the image-side surface of the first lens group G1 and the outer edge of the effective diameter of the object-side surface of the second lens group G2.
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In one embodiment, ET4 is the thickness at the edge of the fourth lens L4, and CT4 is the thickness at the central of the fourth lens L4. The optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 0≤ET4/CT4, 0.15≤ET4/CT4, 0.2≤ET4/CT4, 0.25≤ET4/CT4, 0.3≤ET4/CT4, 0.31≤ET4/CT4, ET4/CT4≤0.79, ET4/CT4≤0.82, ET4/CT4≤0.85, ET4/CT4≤0.9, ET4/CT4≤0.95, ET4/CT4≤1 and ET4/CT4≤1.1. In one more specific embodiment, ET4 may be the thickness at the edge of the effective diameter of the fourth lens L4. In another specific embodiment, CT4 may be the length from the object-side surface S7 to the image-side surface S8 of the fourth lens L4 along the optical axis OA.
In one embodiment, the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 0.25≤δ14, 0.3≤δ14, 0.36≤δ14, δ14≤0.41, δ14≤0.45 and δ14≤0.5, wherein δ14=BF14/ET14. BF14 may be the distance between the center of the image-side surface S14 of the seventh lens L7 and the imaging plane I. BF14 includes but is not limited to the length from the image-side surface S14 of the seventh lens L7 to the imaging plane I along the optical axis OA. ET14 may be the distance between the outer edge of the effective diameter of the image-side surface S14 of the seventh lens L7 and the imaging plane I.
In one embodiment, the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 10 mm≤TTL, 15 mm≤TTL, TTL≤25 mm and TTL≤35 mm. TTL may be the distance between the object-side surface of the lens which is closest to the object side among the optical lenses OL1 or OL2 and the imaging plane I; or, TTL may be the distance from the object-side surface S1 of the first lens L1 to the imaging plane I. In one specific embodiment, TTL is the length from the object-side surface of the first lens group G1 to the imaging plane I; or, TTL is the distance from the object-side surface S1 of the first lens L1 to the imaging plane I; or, TTL is the length from the object-side surface S1 of the first lens L1 to the imaging plane I along the optical axis OA.
The optical lenses OL1 and OL2 further have a field of view FOV. In one embodiment, the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 180°≤FOV, 190°≤FOV, FOV≤210° and FOV≤220°.
Furthermore, in one embodiment, the first lens L1, the second lens L2, the third lens L3, the fourth lens L4, the fifth lens L5, the sixth lens L6 and the seventh lens L7 may be glass lenses, and the glass lens may be made of glass material. In another embodiment, at least one of the above lenses may be a plastic lens, and the plastic lens may be made of plastic material. The plastic material may include but may not be limited to polycarbonate, cyclic olefin copolymer (such as APEL), polyester resin (such as OKP4 and OKP4HT) and so on, or may be a mixture and/or a compound material including at least one of the foregoing three materials.
In one embodiment, the first lens L1, the second lens L2, the third lens L3, the fourth lens L4, the fifth lens L5, the sixth lens L6 and the seventh lens L7 may respectively be a spherical lens, a free-form lens or an aspheric lens. For example, 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 are spherical lenses, and the seventh lens L7 is an aspheric lens or a free-form lens.
Specifically, each of the free-form lenses has at least one free-form surface; that is, an object-side surface and/or an image-side surface of the free-form lens are/is the free-form surface(s). Each of the aspheric lenses has at least one aspheric surface; that is, an object-side surface and/or an image-side surface of the aspheric lens are/is the aspheric surface(s). And, each of the aspheric surfaces satisfies the following mathematic equation.
where Z is the coordinate in the optical axis OA direction, and the direction in which light propagates is designated as positive; Ai is the aspheric coefficient, wherein i=4, 6, 8, 10 or 12; K is coefficient of quadratic surface; C=1/R, wherein R is the curvature radius; Y is the coordinate in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis OA, in which the upward direction away from the optical axis OA is designated as positive. In addition, each of the parameters or the coefficients of the equation of each of the aspheric surfaces may be independent of one another.
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Secondly, the object-side surfaces S5, S9 and S13 the third lens L3, the fifth lens L5 and the seventh lens L7 may have positive refractive rate, and may respectively be a convex surface convex towards the object side. The image-side surfaces S6, S10 and S14 may have negative refractive rate, and may respectively be a convex surface convex towards the image-forming side. For example, the third lens L3, the fifth lens L5 and the seventh lens L7 may respectively be a biconvex glass lens and a biconvex plastic lens having positive refractive power. The object-side surfaces S5, S9 and S13 and the image-side surfaces S6, S10 and S14 may be spherical surfaces, or at least one of them is an aspheric surface or a free-form surface.
Furthermore, the object-side surface S7 and the image-side surface S8 of the fourth lens L4 may both have negative refractive rate. The object-side surface S7 may be a concave surface concave towards the image-forming side, and the image-side surface S8 may be a convex surface convex towards the image-forming side. For example, the fourth lens L4 may be a concave-convex glass lens or a concave-convex plastic lens having positive refractive power. The object-side surface S7 and the image-side surface S8 may both be spherical surfaces, or at least one of them is an aspheric surface or a free-form surface.
In addition, the object-side surface S11 of the sixth lens L6 may have negative refractive rate, and may be a concave surface concave towards the image-forming side. The image-side surface S12 may have positive refractive rate, and may be a concave surface concave towards the object side. For example, the sixth lens L6 may be a biconcave glass lens or a biconcave plastic lens having negative refractive power. The object-side surface S11 and the image-side surface S12 may both be spherical surfaces, or at least one of them is an aspheric surface or a free-form surface.
Furthermore, the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may further include a stop St and/or a protection film C. An image capturing unit (not shown) may be further disposed on the imaging plane I for photo-electrically converting light beams passing through the optical lenses OL1 and OL2. The stop St may be arranged between any two of the lenses L1-L7, on the object side of the first lens L1, or between the seventh lens L7 and the imaging plane I of the optical lenses OL1 and OL2. For example, the stop St may be arranged between the third lens L3 and the fourth lens L4, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The protection film C may be arranged between the seventh lens L7 and the imaging plane I.
On the other hand, the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may further include a filter film F. The filter film F may be arranged between the seventh lens L7 and the protection film C. Furthermore, in another embodiment, the functions of protecting the image capturing unit and filtering the infrared light may both be integrated into the protection film C. Thus, the filter film F may be omitted.
From the above embodiments, with the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 having wide viewing angle, the total length TTL of the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 can be shortened as well. Therefore, the optical lenses OL1 and OL2 may feature both wide viewing angle and short total length.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodiments. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope of the invention being indicated by the following claims and their equivalents.
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