# Patent

## Title
Camera lens

## Abstract

A camera lens includes, lined up from the object side to the image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens with negative refractive power, a third lens with positive refractive power, and a fourth lens with negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions.

## Background
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present disclosure is related to a camera lens, and more particularly to a camera lens comprising 4 lenses.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
The present invention discloses a camera lens, especially relates to a camera lens of small camera, optical sensor, mobile phone camera, WEB camera head etc. equipped with high pixel CCD, CMOS and other camera elements. Meanwhile, the camera lens in the invention is composed of 4 ultra thin and wide angle lenses which are featured as follows: aberration corrected well, excellent optical properties, TTL (optical length)/IH (image height)≦1.5, total angle of view (hereinafter referred to as 2ω) in more than 80°, high-luminous flux, f value (hereinafter referred to as Fno) in less than 2.2.
In recent years, a variety of cameras equipped with CCD, CMOS or other camera elements are widely popular. Along with the development of miniature and high performance camera elements, the ultrathin and high-luminous flux (Fno) wide-angle camera lenses with excellent optical properties are needed in society.
The technology related to the camera lens composed of 4 small high-luminous flux wide angle lenses with excellent optical properties is developed step by step. The camera lens mentioned in the proposal is composed of 4 lenses lined up from the object side in turn as follows: a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens with negative refractive power, a third lens with positive refractive power, a fourth lens with negative refractive power.
The camera lens disclosed in embodiments 1 to 6 of the patent document 1 is composed of 4 lenses above, but the distribution of refractive power of the first lens and the second lens, the shape of the first lens and the second lens are inadequate, as a result, 2ω≦74.2°, Fno≧2.41, wide-angle and Fno luminous flux are not sufficient.
The camera lens disclosed in embodiments 1-4 of the patent document 2 is composed of 4 lenses, but the distribution of refractive power of the second lens, the shape of the first lens are inadequate, as a result, Fno=2.4 and Fno luminous flux are not sufficient.
Existing technical references:
Patent document 1: JP Patent Publication No. 2015-034940
Patent document 2: JP Patent No. 5667323
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new camera lens to overcome the problems mentioned above.



BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
FIG. 1 is the structure diagram of a camera lens LA in one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is the structure diagram of the camera lens LA of embodiment 1.
FIG. 3 is the diagram of the spherical aberration (axial chromatic aberration) of the camera lens LA of embodiment 1.
FIG. 4 is the diagram of the magnification chromatic aberration of the camera lens LA the embodiment 1.
FIG. 5 is the diagram of the image side curving and distortion aberration of the camera lens LA of embodiment 1.
FIG. 6 is the structure diagram of the embodiment 2 of the camera lens LA.
FIG. 7 is the diagram of the spherical aberration (axial chromatic aberration) of the camera lens LA of embodiment 2.
FIG. 8 is the diagram of the magnification chromatic aberration of the camera lens LA of embodiment 2.
FIG. 9 is the diagram of the image side curving and distortion aberration of the camera lens LA of embodiment 2.



DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS
The present invention will hereinafter be described in detail with reference to exemplary embodiments. To make the technical problems to be solved, technical solutions and beneficial effects of present disclosure more apparent, the present disclosure is described in further detail together with the figures and the embodiments. It should be understood the specific embodiments described hereby is only to explain this disclosure, not intended to limit this disclosure.
FIG. 1 shows the structural diagram of one embodiment of the camera lens of the present invention; The camera lens LA is composed of 4 lenses, lined up from the object side to the image side in turn as follows: a first lens L1, a second lens L2, a third lens L3 and a fourth lens L4. A glass plate GF is provided between the fourth lens L4 and the imaging plane. The glass plate GF is a glass cover or a light filter with IR cut-off filtration and other functions, or, the glass plate GF is not be provided between the lens L4 and the imaging plane
The first lens L1 has positive refractive power. The second lens L2 has negative refractive power. The third lens L3 has positive refractive power. The fourth lens L4 has negative refractive power. In order to correct aberration better, the surface of four lenses is best designed to be non-spherical shape.
The camera lens LA satisfies the following specific conditions (1) to (3).

1.10≦F1/F≦1.25  (1)

−3.50≦F2/F≦−2.50  (2)

−1.20≦(R1+R2)/(R1−R2)≦−0.65  (3)

In which

F: Overall focal distance of the lenses

F1: The focal distance of the first lens

F2: The focal distance of the second lens

R 1: The object side curvature radius of the first lens

R 2: The image side curvature radius of the first lens.

The condition (1) specifies the positive refractive power of the first lens L1. When exceeding the lower limit of the condition (1), although conducive to the ultra-thin development of the lens, the first lens L1 has too big positive refractive power. It is difficult to correct the aberration and other issues, and also not conducive to wide-angle development of lens.
On the contrary, when exceeding the upper limit value, the first lens L1 has too weak positive refractive power, it is difficult to realize the ultrathin target of lens.
The condition (2) specifies the negative refractive power of the second lens L2.
When exceeding the lower limit value of the condition expression (2), the second lens has too small negative refractive power, it is difficult to correct the axial and abaxial chromatic aberration. On the contrary, when exceeding the upper limit, the second lens has too big negative refractive power, it is difficult to correct the aberration and other issues. The higher aberration and the image side surface distortion issue caused by the axial misalignment of the second lens and other reasons will be increased.
The condition expression (3) specifies the shape of the first lens L1. If the value exceeds the limit of the condition expression (3), it is not conducive to Fno≦2.2 wide angle ultra thin development of the lens.
The third lens L3 has positive refractive power and meets the following condition (4).

0.55≦F3/F≦0.75  (4)

In which

F: Overall focal distance of the lenses

F3: The focal distance of the third lens

The condition expression (4) specifies the positive refractive power of the third lens L3. When exceeding the lower limit value of the condition expression (4), the third lens has too big positive refractive power. The higher aberration and the image side surface distortion caused by the axial misalignment of the third lens and other reasons will be increased. On the contrary, when exceeding the upper limit value, the third lens has too weak positive refractive power, it is difficult to realize the ultrathin target of lens.
The fourth lens L4 has positive refractive power and meets the following condition (5).

−0.85≦F4/F≦−0.65  (5)

In which

F: Overall focal distance of the lenses

F4: The focal distance of the fourth lens.

The condition (5) specifies the negative refractive power of the fourth lens L4. When exceeding the lower limit value, it is difficult to correct the axial chromatic aberration. When exceeding the upper limit value, the higher aberration and the image side surface distortion caused by the axial misalignment of the fourth lens and other reasons will be increased. This is not good.
More than that, the camera lens LA satisfies the following condition (6) in properties.

0.05≦D4/F≦0.13  (6)

In which

F: Overall focal distance of the lenses

D4: The axial distance between the image side of the second lens and the object side of the third lens.

The condition (6) specifies the proportion of the distance between the image side of the second lens and the object side of the third lens to the overall focus distance of the camera lens. If the value exceeds the limit of the condition (6), it is difficult to realize Fno≦2.2 ultrathin and wide-angle development of lens,
As four lenses of the camera lens LA have the structure described above and meet all condition expressions, the camera lens with and 4 high-luminous flux lenses with excellent optical properties, in TTL (optical length)/IH (image height)≦1.5, ultra thin and wide-angle 2ω≧80°, Fno≦2.2 becomes possible.
The camera lens LA of the present invention is described with the embodiments as follows. The symbols in all embodiments are represented as follows. In addition, the unit of the distance, radius and center thickness is mm.
F: Overall focal distance of the camera lens LA
F1: The focal distance of the first lens L1
F2: The focal distance of the second lens L2
F3: The focal distance of the third lens L3
F4: The focal distance of the fourth lens L4
Fno: F value
2ω: Total angle of view
S1: Open aperture
R: The curvature radius of the optical surface is the center curvature radius of lens;
R 1: The object side curvature radius of the first lens L1
R 2: The curvature radius of the image side of the first lens L1.
R 3: The object side curvature radius of the second lens L2
R 4: The image side curvature radius of the second lens L2
R 5: The object side curvature radius of the third lens L3
R 6: The image side curvature radius of the third lens L3
R 7: The object side curvature radius of the fourth lens L4
R 8: The image side curvature radius of the fourth lens L4
R 9: The object side curvature radius of the glass plate GF
R 10: The image side curvature radius of glass plate GF
D: The center thickness of lenses and the distance between lenses
D0: The axial distance from the open aperture S1 to the object side of the first lens L1
D1: The center thickness of the first lens L1
D2: The axial distance between the image side of the first lens L1 and the object side of the second lens L2.
D3: The center thickness of the second lens L2
D4: The axial distance between the image side of the second lens L2 and the object side of the third lens L3
D5: The center thickness of the third lens L3
D6: The axial distance between the image side of the third lens L3 and the object side of the fourth lens L4
D7: The center thickness of the fourth lens L4;
D8: The axial distance between the image side of fourth lens L4 and the object side of the glass plate GF
D9: The center thickness of the glass plate GF
D10: The axial distance from the image side to the imaging plane of the glass plate GF
n D: Refractive power of line D
n 1: Refractive power of line D of the first lens L1
n 2: Refractive power of line D of the second lens L2
n 3: Refractive power of line D of the third lens L3
n 4: Refractive power of line D of the fourth lens L4
n 5: Refractive power of line D of glass plate GF
v D: Abbe number
v 1: Abbe number of the first lens L1
v 2: Abbe number of the second lens L2
v 3: Abbe number of the third lens L3
v 4: Abbe number of the fourth lens L4
v 5: Abbe number of the fifth lens L5
fTTL: Optical length (the axial distance from the object side to the imaging plane of the first lens L1)
The axial distance from the image side to the imaging plane of the fifths lens L5 (including the thickness of the glass plate GF). IH: image height

y=(x2/R)/[1+{1−(k+1)(x2/R2)}1⁄2]+A4x4+A6x6+A8x8+A10x10+A12x12+A14x14+A16x16  (7)

In which, R is the axial curvature radius; k is the cone constant; A4, A6, A8, A10, A12, A14, A16 are aspherical coefficients.
dAs a matter of convenience, the aspheric surface of all lenses adopts the aspheric surface in condition expression (7). But, not limited to the polynomial forms of the aspheric surface in expression (7).
FIG. 2 is the structural diagram of the camera lens LA in the embodiment 1. The data in table 1 includes: The curvature radius R of the object side and the image side of the first lens L1 to the fourth lens L4 of the camera lens LA in embodiment 1, center thickness of the lenses or the distance D between lenses, refractive power nD, Abbe number v. The cone constant k and aspherical coefficient are shown in table 2.











TABLE 1






R
d
nd
v d






















S1
∞
 d0 =
−0.080






R1
1.47775
 d1 =
0.494
n1
1.544
v 1
56.1


R2
21.88262
 d2 =
0.258






R3
−5.24144
 d3 =
0.283
n2
1.645
v 2
22.4


R4
81.04459
 d4 =
0.195






R5
−1.94524
 d5 =
0.541
n3
1.535
v 3
56.1


R6
−0.62655
 d6 =
0.084






R7
1.59875
 d7 =
0.326
n4
1.535
v 4
56.1


R8
0.56630
 d8 =
0.630






R9
∞
 d9 =
0.210
n5
1.517
v 5
64.2


R10
∞
d10 =
0.310


















TABLE 2








Cone Constant
Aspherical Coefficient
















k
A4
A6
A8
A10
A12
A14
A16





R1
−3.69E+00
  6.23E−02
  1.60E−02
−3.62E−01
−1.98E−01
  7.50E−01
−1.12E+00
−3.17E+00


R2
  0.00E+00
−2.10E−01
−3.64E−01
  2.10E−01
−2.06E−01
−7.71E−01
  2.64E−02
  1.24E+00


R3
  0.00E+00
−4.56E−01
−2.46E−01
  3.81E−02
  7.86E−01
  1.04E+00
  2.08E−01 
−1.71E+00


R4
  0.00E+00
−1.13E−01
−1.15E−01
  9.72E−02
  1.93E−01
  1.34E−01
−7.38E−02 
−5.44E−02


R5
−1.11E+01
  1.47E−01
−6.33E−02
−8.42E−02
−9.22E−03
  9.43E−02
  9.78E−02 
−1.39E−01


R6
−3.37E+00
−1.50E−01
  1.28E−01
  4.74E−02
  8.68E−03
  3.28E−03
−2.32E−03 
−7.12E−03


R7
−5.77E+00
−1.84E−01
  2.25E−02
  8.20E−03
  8.54E−04
−2.25E−04
−9.85E−05 
−6.05E−06


R8
−4.45E+00
−1.17E−01
  3.13E−02
−5.54E−03
−4.45E−04
  8.68E−05
  1.92E−05
  3.43E−07









The values of the embodiments 1-2 and the corresponding values of the parameters specified in the condition (1)-(6) are listed in table 5.
As shown in table 5, the embodiment 1 meets the conditions (1) to (6).
FIG. 3 is the diagram of the spherical aberration (axial chromatic aberration) of the camera lens LA in the embodiment 1. FIG. 4 is the diagram of the magnification chromatic aberration. FIG. 5 is the diagram of the image side curving and distortion aberration. In addition, the image side curving S in FIG. 5 is the image side curving relative to sagittal plane. T is the image side curving relative to the tangent image side. It is same also in embodiment 2 and 3. In embodiment 1, the camera lens LA with 2ω=86.8°, TTL/IH=1.448, Fno=2.0 ultra-thin, high-luminous flux wide-angle lenses, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, is easy to understand that it has excellent optical properties.
FIG. 6 is the structural diagram of the camera lens LA in the embodiment 2; The curvature radius R of the object side and image side of the first lens L1 to fourth lens L4, center thickness of the lenses or the distance D between the lenses, refractive power nD and Abbe number v of the camera lens LA in the embodiment 2 are shown in table 3. The cone constant k and aspherical coefficient are shown in table 4.











TABLE 3






R
d
nd
v d





















S1
∞
 d0 =
−0.050

















R1
1.65778
 d1 =
0.515
n1
1.544
v 1
56.1


R2
−11.90376
 d2 =
0.249






R3
−3.95218
 d3 =
0.311
n2
1.645
v 2
22.4


R4
−282.05060
 d4 =
0.200






R5
−2.10021
 d5 =
0.514
n3
1.535
v 3
56.1


R6
−0.64014
 d6 =
0.116






R7
1.75194
 d7 =
0.332
n4
1.535
v 4
56.1


R8
0.57771
 d8 =
0.630






R9
∞
 d9 =
0.210
n5
1.517
v 5
64.2


R10
∞
d10 =
0.260


















TABLE 4








Cone Constant
Aspherical Coefficient
















k
A4
A6
A8
A10
A12
A14
A16





R1
−3.76E+00
  1.56E−02
−5.84E−02
−3.01E−01
−2.12E−01
  3.01E−01
−1.75E+00
  1.19E+00


R2
  0.00E+00
−2.54E−01
−2.92E−01
  2.33E−01
−2.05E−01
−4.52E−01
  6.57E−01
  4.72E−01


R3
  0.00E+00
−4.20E−01
−1.26E−01
  3.02E−01
  8.43E−01
  5.10E−01
−7.05E−01
−6.77E−01


R4
  0.00E+00
−8.01E−02
−6.35E−02
  1.14E−01
  1.26E−01
  4.28E−03
−1.32E−01
  1.33E−01


R5
−9.96E+00
  1.55E−01
−4.01E−02
−6.40E−02
−1.33E−02
  6.50E−02
  7.11E−02 
−8.97E−02


R6
−3.30E+00
−1.32E−01
  1.37E−01
  5.22E−02
  1.30E−02
  6.41E−03
−3.01E−03 
−1.47E−02


R7
−6.18E+00
−1.84E−01
  2.26E−02
  8.21E−03
  8.53E−04
−2.27E−04
−9.93E−05 
−6.50E−06


R8
−4.41E+00
−1.13E−01
  3.15E−02
−5.51E−03
−4.44E−04
  8.11E−05
  1.65E−05 
−5.03E−07









As shown in table 5, the embodiment 2 satisfies the conditions (1)-(6).
FIG. 7 is the diagram of the spherical aberration (axial chromatic aberration) of the camera lens LA in the embodiment 2; FIG. 8 is the diagram of the magnification chromatic aberration; FIG. 9 is the diagram of the image side curving and distortion aberration; As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, in the embodiment 2, the camera lens LA, with full image angle 2ω=86.9°, TTL/IH=1.451, Fno=2.0, ultra-thin, high-luminous flux wide-angle lenses, is easy to understand that it has excellent optical properties.
The values of the embodiments and the corresponding values of the parameters specified in conditions (1)-(6) are listed in table 5. In addition, the units in table 5 are 2ω (°), F (mm), F1 (mm), F2 (mm), F3 (mm), F4 (mm), TTL (mm), LB (mm), IH (mm).










TABLE 5






Embodiment 1
Embodiment 2
Condition


















f1/f
1. 210
1.133
1


f2/f
−3.194
−2.599
2


(R1 + R2)/(R1 − R2)
−1.145
−0.756
3


f3/f
0.633
0.640
4


f4/f
−0.771
−0.747
5


d4/f
0.082
0.084
6


Fno
2.00
2.00



2 ω
86.8
86.9



f
2.387
2.393



f1
2.888
2.711



f2
−7.625
−6.219



f3
1.511
1.532



f4
−1.841
−1.787



TTL
3.331
3.337



LB
1.150
1.100



IH
2.300
2.300



TTL/IH
1.448
1.451









It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.

## Claims

1. A camera lens comprising, lined up from the object side to the image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens with negative refractive power, a third lens with positive refractive power, and a fourth lens with negative refractive power the camera lens has properties meeting following conditions (1)-(3):


1.10≦F1/F≦1.25  (1)



−3.50≦F2/F≦−2.50  (2)



−1.20≦(R1+R2)/(R1−R2)≦−0.65  (3)

In which
F: Overall focal distance of the lenses
F1: The focal distance of the first lens
F2: The focal distance of the second lens
R1: The object side curvature radius of the first lens
R2: The image side curvature radius of the first lens.

2. The camera lens according to claim 1 further satisfying the following condition (4):


0.55≦F3/F≦0.75  (4)

In which
F: Overall focal distance of the lenses
F3: The focal distance of the third lens.

3. The camera lens according to claim 1 further satisfying the following condition (5):


−0.85≦F4/F≦−0.65  (5)

In which
F: Overall focal distance of the lenses
F4: The focal distance of the fourth lens.

4. The camera lens according to claim 1 further satisfying the following condition (6):


0.05≦D4/F≦0.13  (6)

In which
F: Overall focal distance of the lenses
D4: The axial distance between the image side of the second lens and the object side of the third lens.