Patent Publication Number: US-10324279-B2

Title: Optical lens

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     a. Field of the Invention 
     The invention relates generally to an optical lens, and more particularly to an optical lens having at least one movable lens group. 
     b. Description of the Related Art 
     Recent advances in technology have led to the development of various types of optical lenses, such as a surveillance camera disclosed in U.S. patent publication no. 2015/024167 (briefly referred to as &#39;167 application) or U.S. Pat. No. 4,844,599 (briefly referred to as &#39;599 patent). 
     &#39;167 application discloses that multiple lens groups of a zoom lens with a high zoom ratio need to move in unison with each other to perform zooming and focusing operations. This, however, may increase design complexity, constrain manufacturing tolerances, require an elevated level of precision, and therefore increase fabrication costs of the zoom lens. 
     Further, &#39;599 patent discloses an aperture stop that may move during zooming and focusing to allow for greater design freedom. However, in practical application, a movable aperture stop is normally realized by a complicated mechanism that may reduce manufacturing yield and increase fabrication costs. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an optical lens includes five lens group and an aperture stop. Each lens group include at least one lens with refractive power, and the aperture stop may be disposed or fixed in a position between the second lens group and the third lens group denoted in an ascending order from a magnified side to a minified side. Further, a distance between the first lens group and the fifth lens group denoted in the ascending order remains fixed during zooming or focusing, and respective distances of the second lens group and the fourth lens group relative to the fifth lens group may vary during zooming or focusing to provide trade-off between zooming effects and optical performance. 
     Other objectives, features and advantages of the invention will be further understood from the further technological features disclosed by the embodiments of the invention wherein there are shown and described preferred embodiments of this invention, simply by way of illustration of modes best suited to carry out the invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a first embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 2  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a second embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 3  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a third embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 4  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a fourth embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 5  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a fifth embodiment of the invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, directional terminology, such as “top,” “bottom,” “front,” “back,” etc., is used with reference to the orientation of the Figure(s) being described. The components of the invention can be positioned in a number of different orientations. As such, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting. 
     The invention relates to an optical system and an optical lens used therein.  FIG. 1  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a first embodiment of the invention. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the optical system A includes an optical lens  1  and an image sensor  2 . The optical lens  1  may form an image at an image surface or image plane, and the image surface or image plane may be coplanar and in substantially the same shape with a light-sensing surface of an image sensor B. 
     The image sensor  2 , such as a CCD, CMOS or a photographic film, is allowed to convert image beams into an image. The image sensor  2  may have a rectangular light-sensing surface with the dimensions 1/2.5 inch (5.76 mm in length×4.29 mm in width), but the invention is not limited thereto. The light-sensing surface may have a diagonal length L defined as a linear distance between two points furthest away from each other on the light-sensing surface. An image circle/height Ic may be set on the light-sensing surface to have a length of half the diagonal length L. For example, the diagonal length L may be in the range of 5-43 mm, and the image sensor  2  with the dimensions 1/2.5 inch may have a diagonal length L of about 7.182 mm. 
     In this embodiment, the optical lens  1  may be disposed between a magnified side OS and a minified side IS. In case the optical lens  1  is utilized as an image capturing lens, the magnified side OS of the image capturing lens refers to the side facing the object to be captured, and the minified side IS of the image capturing lens refers to the side facing the sensor, where the image sensor  2  is disposed at the minified side IS of the optical lens  1 . Referring to  FIG. 1 , the optical lens  1  may include, in order from the magnified side OS to the minified side IS along an optical axis, a first lens group  11 , a second lens group  12 , an aperture stop S, a third lens group  13 , a fourth lens group  14 , a fifth lens group  15  and a cover glass CG. By taking other optical parameters, including optical path difference, into consideration, optical components, such as color filter or cover glass CG, having zero refractive power can be optionally disposed between the magnified side OS and the minified side IS. Further, the aperture stop S may be arranged separate from a lens or integrally formed on a lens surface, but the invention is not limited thereto. 
     In this embodiment, each of the first lens group  11 , the third lens group  13  and the fifth lens group  15  is a fixed lens group. That is, these groups are stationary and maintain respective fixed distances among each other during zooming and focusing of the optical lens  1 . In addition, a fixed lens group remains a fixed distance from the image sensor  2  during zooming and focusing of the optical lens  1 . Besides, the aperture stop may possess the same characteristic as a fixed lens group, where the aperture stop is stationary and maintains a fixed distance relative to the other fixed lens groups during zooming and focusing. 
     In contrast, the second lens group  12  and the fourth lens group  14  are movable lens groups. That is, a distance of a movable lens group relative to a fixed lens group (such as the first lens group  11  or the fifth lens group  15 ) or a fixed component (such as the image sensor  2 ) may vary during zooming and focusing. 
     Further,  FIG. 1  shows arrows under the second lens group  12  and the fourth lens group  14  indicating their respective moving directions when the optical lens  1  is changed from a wide-angle position to an intermediate zoom position and then to a telephoto position. Specifically, when the optical lens  1  is changed from a wide-angle position to an intermediate zoom position and then to a telephoto position, the second lens group  12  is moved unidirectionally toward the fifth lens group  15 . In comparison, the fourth lens group  14  is moved toward the fifth lens group  15  or the image sensor  2  when the optical lens  1  is changed from a wide-angle position to an intermediate zoom position, and the fourth lens group  14  is moved toward the first lens group  11  or away from the image sensor  2  when the optical lens is changed from an intermediate zoom position to a telephoto position. Further, each moveable lens group is moved in a reverse direction when the optical lens  1  is changed from a telephoto position to a wide-angle position. 
     In this embodiment, refractive powers of the first lens group  11  to the fifth lens group  15  are positive, negative, positive, negative and positive, and having a total number of 16 lenses having refractive power. The detailed optical data of the optical system A are shown in Tables 1-3 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Surface 
                   
                   
                 Refractive 
                 Abbe number 
               
               
                 number 
                 Radius (mm) 
                 Interval (mm) 
                 index (nd) 
                 (vd) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 S1 
                 82.40 
                 1.20 
                 2.00 
                 25.45 
               
               
                 S2 
                 48.95 
                 6.29 
                 1.43 
                 95.10 
               
               
                 S3 
                 −343.32 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S4 
                 48.60 
                 4.32 
                 1.59 
                 68.62 
               
               
                 S5 
                 489.53 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S6 
                 33.58 
                 3.46 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S7 
                 72.20 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S8 
                 19.69 
                 0.50 
                 1.88 
                 40.80 
               
               
                 S9 
                 6.81 
                 4.17 
               
               
                 S10 
                 −12.58 
                 0.50 
                 1.88 
                 40.80 
               
               
                 S11 
                 79.40 
                 2.41 
                 2.00 
                 19.31 
               
               
                 S12 
                 −12.32 
                 0.42 
               
               
                 S13* 
                 −9.78 
                 0.70 
                 1.80 
                 40.42 
               
               
                 S14* 
                 −56.35 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S15 
                 Inf. 
                 0.40 
               
               
                 S16* 
                 12.60 
                 4.09 
                 1.77 
                 49.98 
               
               
                 S17* 
                 −54.95 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S18 
                 11.79 
                 2.43 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S19 
                 35.27 
                 0.50 
                 1.90 
                 31.31 
               
               
                 S20* 
                 6.42 
                 3.78 
                 1.49 
                 81.54 
               
               
                 S21* 
                 −29.10 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S22 
                 −64.42 
                 1.56 
                 2.00 
                 29.13 
               
               
                 S23 
                 −10.51 
                 0.50 
                 1.80 
                 39.58 
               
               
                 S24 
                 7.64 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S25 
                 30.70 
                 1.83 
                 1.43 
                 95.10 
               
               
                 S26 
                 −23.16 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S27 
                 9.37 
                 2.33 
                 1.62 
                 58.12 
               
               
                 S28 
                 −666.95 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S29 
                 Inf. 
                 0.80 
               
               
                 S30 
                 Inf. 
                 0.80 
                 1.51 
                 64.14 
               
               
                 S31 
                 Inf. 
                 2.00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Table 1 lists optical parameter values of each lens of the optical system A. Each asterisk in the field heading of “surface number” indicates an aspheric surface, and the lens surface without this denotation is a spherical surface. Further, the surface number indicates an ascending order, from the magnified side to the minified side, of all surfaces of optical components in the optical system A. 
     As can be verified from the above table, both surfaces of the fourth lens of the second lens group  12  are aspheric surfaces, and both surfaces of the first lens of the third lens group  13  are aspheric surfaces. Further, each of the first lens group  11 , the second lens group  12 , the third lens group  13  and the fourth lens group  14  includes a cemented lens, where the third lens group  13  includes a cemented triplet and the rest each has a cemented doublet. The fourth lens group  14  includes a lens with negative refractive power. Since the second lens group  12 , the third lens group  13  or the fourth lens group  14  is provided with an aspheric lens, the resolution of each section of the entire focal length is enhanced. Further, chromatic abbreviations of the optical lens  1  can be corrected by providing each lens group with a cemented lens and the fourth lens group  14  with a negative lens. 
     The values of aspheric coefficients of each aspheric surface are listed in Table 2 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Surface number 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 S13* 
                 S14* 
                 S16* 
                 S17* 
                 S21* 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 4 th   
                 7.71E−05 
                 −3.4E−05 
                 −5.1E−05 
                 4.44E−05 
                 9.13E−05 
               
               
                 6 th   
                   −1E−05 
                 −9.3E−06 
                 −2.1E−07 
                 −3.7E−07 
                 −1.4E−07 
               
               
                 8 th   
                  2.5E−07 
                 2.69E−07 
                 −2.6E−09 
                 −4.6E−10 
                 1.97E−08 
               
               
                 10 th   
                 −6.3E−10 
                 −1.5E−09 
                 −1.2E−11 
                 8.52E−12 
                 −1.8E−09 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The aspheric surfaces are expressed in accordance with the following equation: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Z 
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                             - 
                             
                               
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                                   1 
                                   + 
                                   k 
                                 
                                 ) 
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                 c 
                                 2 
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                 r 
                                 2 
                               
                             
                           
                         
                       
                     
                     + 
                     
                       
                         A 
                         2 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         r 
                         2 
                       
                     
                     + 
                     
                       
                         A 
                         4 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         r 
                         4 
                       
                     
                     + 
                     
                       
                         A 
                         6 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         r 
                         6 
                       
                     
                     + 
                     
                       
                         A 
                         8 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         r 
                         8 
                       
                     
                     + 
                     
                       
                         A 
                         10 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         r 
                         10 
                       
                     
                     + 
                     
                       
                         A 
                         12 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         r 
                         12 
                       
                     
                     + 
                     
                       
                         A 
                         14 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         r 
                         14 
                       
                     
                     + 
                     
                       
                         A 
                         16 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         r 
                         16 
                       
                     
                     + 
                     … 
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   equation 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                       
                   
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                     1 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     Table 3 lists the values of the item “variable” shown in  FIG. 1 . Table 3 also lists various values of an interval or a thickness between each lens surface and its neighboring surface in the wide-angle position, intermediate zoom position and telephoto position of the optical lens  1 . In this embodiment, the wide-angle position, the intermediate zoom position and the telephoto position of the optical lens  1  respectively correspond to an effective focal length of 5 mm, 61 mm and 200 mm of the optical lens  1 . Note the values of the effective focal length corresponding to the wide-angle position, intermediate zoom position and telephoto position may be adjusted to adapt different lens designs. When the optical lens  1  is in the wide-angle position and the telephoto position, the zoom ratio is respectively at a minimum (such as ×1) and a maximum (such as ×40). Further, the optical lens  1  in the wide-angle position and in the telephoto position have mutually different values of an F-number. In this embodiment, the F-number of the optical lens  1  is in the range of 1.7 (wide-angle position) to 5.1 (telephoto position). Normally, an F-number of the optical lens may decrease as an effective aperture of an optical lens increases. For example, in case an effective aperture of an optical lens is larger than 2, an F-number of the optical lens may be 1.7. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 EFL = 5 mm 
                 EFL = 61 mm 
                   
               
               
                   
                 wide-angle 
                 intermediate zoom 
                 EFL = 200 mm 
               
               
                 Surface number 
                 position 
                 position 
                 telephoto position 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 S7 
                 0.20 
                 28.70 
                 33.57 
               
               
                 S14 
                 34.7 
                 6.2 
                 1.33 
               
               
                 S21 
                 1.82 
                 9.95 
                 1.72 
               
               
                 S24 
                 10.58 
                 2.44 
                 10.68 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Further, in this embodiment, a total track length (TTL) of the optical lens  1  is about 92.79 mm. The total track length of the present invention is defined as a linear distance between a first intersection and a second intersection, where the first intersection is formed by crossing a magnified-side surface of a lens with refractive power closest to the magnified side to the optical axis, and the second intersection is formed by crossing an image plane to the optical axis. In the present embodiment, the image plane is formed on the image sensor  2  Alternatively, a mechanical length of the optical lens  1  is defined as a total length of an optical mechanism, namely a distance along the optical axis between two lenses with refractive power furthest away from each other in the optical lens  1 . Therefore, when the first lens group (closest to the magnified side) and the last lens group (closest to the minified side) are fixed, the mechanical length remains fixed under different focal lengths of the optical lens  1 . 
     The following tables have the same format as that of Tables 1-3. Therefore, the meaning of each item in the following tables is not repeatedly described for clarity. Similarly, only the differences of the following embodiments as compared with the above embodiment will be described, and the content omitted may refer to the above embodiment previously described and thus not described repeatedly in detail below. 
       FIG. 2  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a second embodiment of the invention. The detailed optical data of the optical system A according to the second embodiment are shown in Tables 4-6 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Surface 
                   
                   
                 Refractive 
                 Abbe number 
               
               
                 number 
                 Radius (mm) 
                 Interval (mm) 
                 index (nd) 
                 (vd) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 S1 
                 77.77 
                 1.20 
                 2.00 
                 25.45 
               
               
                 S2 
                 45.96 
                 6.47 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S3 
                 −1886.93 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S4 
                 47.34 
                 4.48 
                 1.59 
                 68.62 
               
               
                 S5 
                 354.89 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S6 
                 36.29 
                 3.36 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S7 
                 81.64 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S8 
                 26.07 
                 0.52 
                 1.88 
                 40.80 
               
               
                 S9 
                 7.66 
                 4.30 
               
               
                 S10 
                 −13.86 
                 0.50 
                 1.88 
                 40.80 
               
               
                 S11 
                 31.96 
                 2.73 
                 2.00 
                 19.31 
               
               
                 S12 
                 −14.07 
                 0.61 
               
               
                 S13* 
                 −10.31 
                 0.70 
                 1.80 
                 40.42 
               
               
                 S14* 
                 −167.47 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S15 
                 Inf. 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S16* 
                 13.33 
                 4.64 
                 1.77 
                 49.98 
               
               
                 S17* 
                 −28.43 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S18 
                 13.29 
                 2.72 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S19 
                 154.95 
                 0.50 
                 1.90 
                 31.31 
               
               
                 S20 
                 7.19 
                 4.04 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S21 
                 −19.92 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S22* 
                 −134.73 
                 1.16 
                 1.74 
                 45.05 
               
               
                 S23* 
                 7.64 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S24 
                 32.87 
                 1.68 
                 1.48 
                 70.40 
               
               
                 S25 
                 −51.43 
                 0.57 
               
               
                 S26 
                 9.66 
                 2.60 
                 1.74 
                 43.93 
               
               
                 S27 
                 144.39 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S28 
                 Inf. 
                 0.80 
               
               
                 S29 
                 Inf. 
                 0.80 
                 1.51 
                 64.14 
               
               
                 S30 
                 Inf. 
                 2.00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 5 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Surface number 
                 S13* 
                 S14* 
                 S16* 
                 S17* 
                 S22* 
                 S23* 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 4 th   
                  1.45E−05 
                 −7.52E−05 
                 −5.78E−05 
                  9.42E−05 
                  8.55E−05 
                 −4.32E−05 
               
               
                 6 th   
                 −2.65E−06 
                 −2.19E−06 
                  8.44E−08 
                 −1.53E−07 
                 −8.28E−07 
                  2.35E−06 
               
               
                 8 th   
                  8.1E−08 
                  7.56E−08 
                 −2.24E−09 
                 −3.11E−09 
                 −1.19E−07 
                 −5.14E−07 
               
               
                 10 th   
                 −3.99E−11 
                  −1.7E−10 
                 −8.17E−12 
                  1.65E−11 
                  4.67E−09 
                  1.55E−08 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 6 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 EFL = 4.7 mm 
                 EFL = 57 mm 
                 EFL = 189 mm 
               
               
                   
                 wide-angle 
                 intermediate 
                 telephoto 
               
               
                 Surface number 
                 position 
                 zoom position 
                 position 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 S7 
                 0.1 
                 28.37813 
                 33.60597 
               
               
                 S14 
                 33.60595 
                 5.32783 
                 0.1 
               
               
                 S21 
                 0.682852 
                 9.947892 
                 3.113815 
               
               
                 S23 
                 11.5024 
                 2.237371 
                 9.071467 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be verified from the above tables, a total number of lenses with refractive power of all the lens groups is 15. The fourth lens group  14  consists of only one singlet lens. Refractive powers of the first lens group  11  to the fifth lens group  15  are positive, negative, positive, negative and positive. In this embodiment, each of the last lens of the second lens group  12 , the first lens of the third lens group  13 , and the first lens of the fourth lens group  14  includes at least one aspheric surface. As used herein, the term “first lens” refers to a lens that is closest to the magnified side compared with any other lens in the same lens group, and the term “last lens” refers to a lens that is furthest way from the magnified side compared with any other lens in the same lens group. Each of the first lens group  11 , the second lens group  12  and the third lens group  13  includes at least one cemented lens and their respective cemented lenses are a cemented doublet, cemented doublet and cemented triplet. Besides, in this embodiment, a total track length (TTL) of the optical lens  1  is about 92.77 mm, an F-number of the optical lens  1  is in the range of 1.6 (wide-angle position) to 4.8 (telephoto position), and a maximum zoom ratio of the optical lens  1  is about 40. The zooming and focusing operations of each lens group are similar to those of the first embodiment and thus are not repeatedly explained in detail. 
       FIG. 3  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a third embodiment of the invention. The detailed optical data of the optical system A according to the third embodiment are shown in Tables 7-9 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 7 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Surface 
                 Radius 
                 Interval 
                 Refractive 
                 Abbe number 
               
               
                 number 
                 (mm) 
                 (mm) 
                 index (nd) 
                 (vd) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 S1 
                 78.42 
                 1.20 
                 2.00 
                 25.45 
               
               
                 S2 
                 46.36 
                 6.85 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S3 
                 −1428.44 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S4 
                 47.63 
                 4.76 
                 1.59 
                 68.62 
               
               
                 S5 
                 416.51 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S6 
                 36.22 
                 3.26 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S7 
                 78.98 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S8* 
                 48.49 
                 1.00 
                 1.80 
                 40.42 
               
               
                 S9* 
                 8.27 
                 4.42 
               
               
                 S10 
                 −11.84 
                 0.50 
                 1.88 
                 40.80 
               
               
                 S11 
                 16.64 
                 2.53 
                 2.00 
                 19.31 
               
               
                 S12 
                 −22.61 
                 0.70 
               
               
                 S13 
                 −11.68 
                 0.50 
                 1.88 
                 40.80 
               
               
                 S14 
                 −27.23 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S15 
                 Inf. 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S16* 
                 13.18 
                 4.15 
                 1.77 
                 49.98 
               
               
                 S17* 
                 −35.57 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S18 
                 15.11 
                 2.68 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S29 
                 336.87 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S20 
                 41.48 
                 0.50 
                 1.91 
                 31.60 
               
               
                 S21 
                 6.95 
                 4.14 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S22 
                 −25.25 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S23* 
                 271.75 
                 1.61 
                 1.82 
                 24.05 
               
               
                 S24 
                 −18.45 
                 0.50 
                 1.80 
                 34.96 
               
               
                 S25 
                 7.35 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S26 
                 29.33 
                 2.16 
                 1.51 
                 52.43 
               
               
                 S27 
                 −22.21 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S28 
                 9.64 
                 2.48 
                 1.49 
                 81.60 
               
               
                 S29 
                 295.23 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S30 
                 Inf. 
                 0.80 
               
               
                 S31 
                 Inf. 
                 0.80 
                 1.51 
                 64.14 
               
               
                 S32 
                 Inf. 
                 2.00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 8 
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Surface number 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 S8* 
                 S9* 
                 S16* 
                 S17* 
                 S23* 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 4 th   
                 7.6651E−05 
                 2.332E−05 
                 −6.1E−05 
                 8.86E−05 
                 4.14E−05 
               
               
                 6 th   
                 4.9749E−07 
                 2.957E−06 
                 −6.8E−08 
                 −3.4E−07 
                 7.72E−07 
               
               
                 8 th   
                 3.0951E−10 
                 −8.91E−08 
                 −8.3E−10 
                 1.62E−10 
                 −5.41E−08 
               
               
                 10 th   
                 −2.185E−11 
                 4.908E−09 
                 −1.7E−11 
                 −3.2E−12 
                 1.84E−09 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 9 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 EFL = 4.7 mm 
                 EFL = 56.8 mm 
                 EFL = 187 mm 
               
               
                 Surface 
                 wide-angle 
                 intermediate 
                 telephoto 
               
               
                 number 
                 position 
                 zoom position 
                 position 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 S7 
                 0.20 
                 28.34 
                 33.51 
               
               
                 S14 
                 33.41 
                 5.26 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S22 
                 0.33 
                 9.76 
                 2.32 
               
               
                 S25 
                 10.60 
                 1.17 
                 8.61 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be verified from the above tables, a total number of lenses with refractive power of all the lens groups is 16. Refractive powers of the first lens group  11  to the fifth lens group  15  are positive, negative, positive, negative and positive. The first lens of each of the second lens group  12 , the third lens group  13  and the fourth lens group  14  includes at least one aspheric surface. Each of the first lens group  11 , the second lens group  12 , the third lens group  13  and the fourth lens group  14  includes at least one cemented lens that is a cemented doublet. Besides, in this embodiment, a total track length (TTL) of the optical lens  1  is about 92.78 mm, an F-number of the optical lens  1  is in the range of 1.6 (wide-angle position) to 4.8 (telephoto position), and a maximum zoom ratio of the optical lens  1  is about 40. The zooming and focusing operations of each lens group are similar to those of the first embodiment and thus are not repeatedly explained in detail. 
       FIG. 4  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a fourth embodiment of the invention. The detailed optical data of the optical system A according to the fourth embodiment are shown in Tables 10-12 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 10 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Surface 
                 Radius 
                 Interval 
                 Refractive 
                 Abbe number 
               
               
                   
                 number 
                 (mm) 
                 (mm) 
                 index (nd) 
                 (vd) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 S1 
                 81.28 
                 0.50 
                 1.92 
                 20.87 
               
               
                   
                 S2 
                 50.87 
                 8.92 
                 1.43 
                 95.1 
               
               
                   
                 S3 
                 −360.14 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                 S4 
                 46.48 
                 6.28 
                 1.43 
                 95.1 
               
               
                   
                 S5 
                 459.16 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                 S6 
                 34.50 
                 3.74 
                 1.76 
                 48.44 
               
               
                   
                 S7 
                 62.97 
                 Variable 
               
               
                   
                 S8* 
                 33.79 
                 0.50 
                 1.89 
                 31.38 
               
               
                   
                 S9 
                 7.13 
                 5.33 
               
               
                   
                 S10 
                 −13.48 
                 0.50 
                 1.88 
                 40.76 
               
               
                   
                 S11 
                 33.54 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                 S12 
                 22.68 
                 3.44 
                 1.92 
                 20.88 
               
               
                   
                 S13 
                 −14.43 
                 0.23 
               
               
                   
                 S14 
                 −12.82 
                 0.50 
                 1.85 
                 42.07 
               
               
                   
                 S15 
                 −42.05 
                 Variable 
               
               
                   
                 S16 
                 Inf. 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                 S17* 
                 12.11 
                 2.12 
                 1.86 
                 40.08 
               
               
                   
                 S18* 
                 33.05 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                 S19 
                 12.97 
                 3.00 
                 1.51 
                 64.93 
               
               
                   
                 S20 
                 −48.67 
                 0.20 
               
               
                   
                 S21 
                 43.22 
                 0.50 
                 1.87 
                 26.9 
               
               
                   
                 S22 
                 8.75 
                 Variable 
               
               
                   
                 S23* 
                 9.51 
                 1.58 
                 1.68 
                 55.24 
               
               
                   
                 S24* 
                 21.69 
                 0.92 
               
               
                   
                 S25 
                 −85.63 
                 0.50 
                 1.89 
                 30.21 
               
               
                   
                 S26 
                 27.61 
                 0.68 
               
               
                   
                 S27 
                 55.58 
                 2.30 
                 1.49 
                 81.42 
               
               
                   
                 S28 
                 −10.04 
                 Variable 
               
               
                   
                 S29 
                 −22.68 
                 1.83 
                 1.51 
                 52.43 
               
               
                   
                 S30 
                 −7.65 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                 S31 
                 −7.46 
                 0.50 
                 1.91 
                 22.37 
               
               
                   
                 S32 
                 −12.12 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                 S33 
                 Inf. 
                 1.00 
               
               
                   
                 S34 
                 Inf. 
                 0.50 
                 1.51 
                 64.14 
               
               
                   
                 S35 
                 Inf. 
                 2.00 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 11 
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Surface number 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 S8* 
                 S17* 
                 S18* 
                 S23* 
                 S24* 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 4 th   
                 5.79E−05 
                 −5.09E−05 
                 2.043E−05 
                 0.000288 
                 0.000663 
               
               
                 6 th   
                 −5.3E−07 
                 −2.81E−07 
                 3.091E−08 
                 4.53E−06 
                 6.77E−06 
               
               
                 8 th   
                 2.55E−09 
                 1.192E−09 
                 4.642E−09 
                 4.99E−09 
                 2.37E−08 
               
               
                 10 th   
                 −1.4E−11 
                 −1.07E−11 
                 −6.012E−12 
                 2.66E−09 
                 3.48E−09 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 12 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 EFL = 63 mm 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 EFL = 4.8 mm 
                 intermediate 
                 EFL = 138 mm 
               
               
                   
                 Surface 
                 wide-angle 
                 zoom 
                 telephoto 
               
               
                   
                 number 
                 position 
                 position 
                 position 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 S7 
                 0.10 
                 27.15 
                 31.29 
               
               
                   
                 S15 
                 31.29 
                 4.24 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                 S22 
                 6.45 
                 0.07 
                 13.53 
               
               
                   
                 S28 
                 7.18 
                 13.56 
                 0.10 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be verified from the above tables, a total number of lenses with refractive power of all the lens groups is 16. Refractive powers of the first lens group  11  to the fifth lens group  15  are positive, negative, positive, positive and positive. Each of the third lens group  13  and the fourth lens group  14  includes three lenses. The first lens of each of the second lens group  12 , the third lens group  13  and the fourth lens group  14  includes an aspheric surface. The first lens group  11  includes a cemented lens that is a cemented doublet. Besides, in this embodiment, a total track length (TTL) of the optical lens  1  is about 91.31 mm, an F-number of the optical lens  1  is in the range of 1.6 (wide-angle position) to 3.3 (telephoto position), and a maximum zoom ratio of the optical lens  1  is about 28.75. When the optical lens  1  is changed from a wide-angle position to an intermediate zoom position, the fourth lens group  14  is moved toward the first lens group  11  (away from the fifth lens group  15  and the image sensor  2 ). When the optical lens  1  is changed from the intermediate zoom position to a telephoto position, the fourth lens group  14  is moved toward the fifth lens group  15  and the image sensor  2  (away from the first lens group  11 ). The zooming and focusing operations of each lens group except for the fourth lens group are similar to those of the first embodiment and thus are not repeatedly explained in detail. 
       FIG. 5  shows a schematic diagram of an optical system according to a fifth embodiment of the invention. The detailed optical data of the optical system A according to the fifth embodiment are shown in Tables 13-15 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 13 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Surface 
                   
                 Interval 
                 Refractive 
                 Abbe number 
               
               
                 number 
                 Radius (mm) 
                 (mm) 
                 index (nd) 
                 (vd) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 S1 
                 80.07 
                 0.60 
                 1.88 
                 25.8 
               
               
                 S2 
                 48.68 
                 6.82 
                 1.43 
                 95.1 
               
               
                 S3 
                 −238.58 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S4 
                 45.39 
                 4.37 
                 1.49 
                 81.6 
               
               
                 S5 
                 363.37 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S6 
                 33.69 
                 2.73 
                 1.49 
                 81.6 
               
               
                 S7 
                 66.62 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S8 
                 160.85 
                 0.60 
                 1.88 
                 40.7 
               
               
                 S9* 
                 8.11 
                 4.04 
               
               
                 S10* 
                 −13.09 
                 0.60 
                 1.88 
                 40.7 
               
               
                 S11 
                 −45.95 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S12 
                 −36.10 
                 1.38 
                 1.92 
                 18.8 
               
               
                 S13 
                 −11.99 
                 0.51 
               
               
                 S14 
                 −9.41 
                 0.60 
                 1.88 
                 40.7 
               
               
                 S15 
                 −46.88 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S16* 
                 28.95 
                 0.93 
                 1.92 
                 18.8 
               
               
                 S17* 
                 9093.29 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S18* 
                 19.25 
                 2.63 
                 1.6 
                 37.2 
               
               
                 S19* 
                 −24.47 
                 1.39 
               
               
                 S20 
                 17.62 
                 3.48 
                 1.49 
                 81.6 
               
               
                 S21 
                 −25.26 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S22 
                 34.65 
                 0.60 
                 1.92 
                 18.8 
               
               
                 S23 
                 10.52 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S24 
                 13.71 
                 2.23 
                 1.53 
                 72.5 
               
               
                 S25 
                 −78.18 
                 Variable 
               
               
                 S26* 
                 25.95 
                 0.60 
                 1.88 
                 36 
               
               
                 S27* 
                 5.77 
                 5.40 
               
               
                 S28 
                 16.50 
                 1.62 
                 1.49 
                 81.5 
               
               
                 S29 
                 −70.97 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S30 
                 10.13 
                 2.33 
                 1.85 
                 37.3 
               
               
                 S31 
                 −711.29 
                 0.10 
               
               
                 S32 
                 Inf. 
                 1.20 
               
               
                 S33 
                 Inf. 
                 0.50 
                 1.51 
                 64.1 
               
               
                 S34 
                 Inf. 
                 2.00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 14 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Surface number 
                 S9* 
                 S10* 
                 S16* 
                 S17* 
                 S18* 
                 S19* 
                 S26* 
                 S27* 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 4 th   
                 0.000279 
                 0.0001664 
                 −4.919E−05 
                  1.4E−05 
                 −7.7E−05 
                 7.25E−05 
                 −7.4E−05 
                 −3.41E−004 
               
               
                 6 th   
                 −8.3E−06 
                 −8.69E−06 
                 −1.137E−06 
                 −1.1E−06 
                 −1.5E−08 
                 −1.6E−07 
                 1.39E−06 
                 −7.75E−006 
               
               
                 8 th   
                 1.84E−07 
                 2.491E−07 
                 −2.184E−09 
                 −1.3E−08 
                 2.67E−10 
                 1.42E−09 
                 6.26E−08 
                  7.24E−008 
               
               
                 10 th   
                     −2E−09 
                  −6.1E−09 
                  2.761E−10 
                 3.59E−10 
                 −1.3E−11 
                 −7.3E−12 
                     −6E−10 
                 −7.78E−009 
               
               
                 12 th   
                 8.76E−12 
                 1.323E−10 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 EFL = 4.5 mm 
                 EFL = 71 mm 
                 EFL = 136 mm 
               
               
                   
                 wide-angle 
                 intermediate 
                 telephoto 
               
               
                 Surface number 
                 position 
                 zoom position 
                 position 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 S7 
                 0.23 
                 31.32 
                 34.83 
               
               
                 S17 
                 34.80 
                 3.71 
                 0.20 
               
               
                 S23 
                 8.73 
                 0.60 
                 9.63 
               
               
                 S25 
                 1.38 
                 9.51 
                 0.48 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be verified from the above tables, a total number of lenses with refractive power of all the lens groups is 16. Refractive powers of the first lens group  11  to the fifth lens group  15  are positive, negative, positive, positive and positive. Both surfaces of the first lens and the last lens of the second lens group  12  are aspheric surfaces. Both surfaces of the first lens of the fifth lens group  15  are aspheric surfaces. The first lens group  11  includes a cemented lens that is a cemented doublet. Besides, in this embodiment, a total track length (TTL) of the optical lens  1  is about 93 mm, an F-number of the optical lens  1  is in the range of 1.6 (wide-angle position) to 3.6 (telephoto position), and a maximum zoom ratio of the optical lens  1  is about 30. The zooming and focusing operations of each lens group are similar to those of the fourth embodiment and thus are not repeatedly explained in detail. 
     According to the above embodiments, in one aspect, focal lengths of the optical system A or the optical lens  1  in the wide-angle position, the intermediate zoom position and the telephoto position are in respective ranges of 3-7 mm, 40-90 mm and 100-250 mm, and more preferably in respective ranges of 4.5-4.8 mm, 56-71 mm and 136-200 mm. 
     In one aspect of the invention, a minimum zoom ratio of the optical lens  1  in the wide-angle position is in the range of 1-3 and more preferably 1. A maximum zoom ratio of the optical lens  1  in the telephoto position is in the range of 10-45, and more preferably in the range of 28.75-40. Further, an F-number of the optical lens  1  is in the range of 1.2 (wide-angle position) to 6 (telephoto position), and more preferably in the range of 1.2-2 (wide-angle position) and 4-5 (telephoto position). 
     Further, a total track length of the optical lens  1  in the wide-angle position is 120 mm or less, and more preferably in the range of 91.39-93 mm. 
     Besides, in one embodiment, a ratio D/L of the optical system A is set to be 8 or larger to enhance optical performance, where D denotes a total track length and L denotes a diagonal length of a light-sensing surface of the image sensor  2 . It is preferred that the ratio D/L is 10 or larger, and more preferably 12 or larger to further enhance optical performance. In case the ratio D/L is smaller than 40, the cost-performance ratio of the optical system A is comparatively high. Taking the first embodiment as an example, D is about 92.78 mm, L is about 7.182 mm, and D/L is about 12.9. 
     Further, optical performance of the optical system A may be enhanced when a ratio I C /TTL w  of the optical system A is smaller than about 0.07, where I C  denotes an image circle/height that is equal to half a diagonal length L of a light-sensing surface of the image sensor  2 , and TTL w  denotes a total track length in the wide-angle position. It is preferred that the ratio I C /TTL w  is in the range of 0.03-0.05 or 0.03-0.045, and more preferably in the range of 0.035-0.04 to further improve optical performance. Taking the first embodiment as an example, Ic is about 3.6 mm, TTL w  is about 92.8 mm, and I C /TTL w  is about 0.04. 
     Moreover, according to one aspect of the invention, a relative illumination (Ri) of the optical lens  1  is in the range of about 30%-90% to reduce the shading phenomenon of an image. The shading phenomenon is a reduction of an image&#39;s brightness or saturation at the periphery compared to the image center. The shading phenomenon of an image can be essentially reduced on the condition that the relative illumination is larger than 33% and can be significantly reduced under a relative illumination of larger than 50%. 
     Though the embodiments of the invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description, they are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention. Accordingly, many modifications and variations without departing from the spirit of the invention or essential characteristics thereof will be apparent to practitioners skilled in this art. For example, the number of lenses of each lens group or optical parameters such as refractive power for each lens may be changed, or a lens without affecting the overall optical performance may be additionally provided. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents in which all terms are meant in their broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated.