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The application provides an optical lens, which comprises six lenses in sequence from an object side to an imaging surface along an optical axis: the first lens with negative focal power has a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface; a second lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a third lens having positive optical power, both the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are convex; a fourth lens element with positive refractive power having convex object-side and image-side surfaces; a fifth lens with negative focal power, wherein the object side surface and the image side surface of the fifth lens are concave surfaces; a sixth lens element with positive refractive power having convex object-side and image-side surfaces; the maximum field angle FOV of the optical lens satisfies: FOV >190 °. The optical lens provided by the application improves the imaging quality of the optical lens, reduces the aberration and improves the imaging quality of the optical lens through reasonable configuration of the surface types of the lenses and reasonable collocation of the focal power.
Description
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of imaging lenses, in particular to an optical lens.
Background
Along with the continuous improvement of the requirements of people on driving experience, the vehicle-mounted application optical lens is increasingly used in intelligent driving, and the position of the vehicle-mounted optical lens in the related industries of automobiles is continuously improved.
Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADASs) play an important role in intelligent driving, and collect environmental information through various lenses in combination with sensors to ensure driving safety of drivers. Some lenses of the existing ADAS system adopt wide-angle lenses, and have the problems of large aberration, large field curvature, poor imaging quality and the like, so that the requirements of users are difficult to meet. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an optical lens with good imaging effect.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the foregoing, an object of the present application is to provide an optical lens having an advantage of excellent imaging quality.
The application provides an optical lens, which comprises six lenses in sequence from an object side to an imaging surface along an optical axis:
the first lens with negative focal power has a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface;
a second lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface;
a third lens having positive optical power, both the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are convex;
a fourth lens element with positive refractive power having convex object-side and image-side surfaces;
a fifth lens with negative focal power, wherein the object side surface and the image side surface of the fifth lens are concave surfaces;
a sixth lens element with positive refractive power having convex object-side and image-side surfaces;
the maximum field angle FOV of the optical lens satisfies: FOV >190 °;
the effective focal length f of the optical lens, the radian theta of the maximum half field angle and the real image height IH corresponding to the maximum field angle satisfy the following conditions: 0.7< (IH/2)/(fXθ) <0.8.
Further preferably, the object-side radius of curvature R11 of the sixth lens and the image-side radius of curvature R12 of the sixth lens satisfy: -6.5< (r11—r12)/(r11+r12) < -1.5.
Further preferably, a center thickness CT2 of the second lens along the optical axis and a center thickness CT3 of the third lens along the optical axis satisfy: 2.1< CT2/CT3<3.0.
Further preferably, the sum Σct of the total optical length TTL of the optical lens and the center thicknesses of the first lens to the sixth lens along the optical axis respectively satisfies: sigma CT/TTL is more than or equal to 0.6.
Further preferably, the image-side radius of curvature R4 of the second lens and the object-side radius of curvature R5 of the third lens satisfy: -1.0< R4/R5< -0.1.
Further preferably, the object-side radius of curvature R5 of the third lens and the image-side radius of curvature R6 of the third lens satisfy: -4.0< R5/R6< -0.8.
Further preferably, the maximum field angle FOV and the aperture value FNO of the optical lens satisfy: 90.0< FOV/FNO <100.0.
Further preferably, the real image height IH and the entrance pupil diameter EPD corresponding to the maximum field angle of the optical lens satisfy: 5.0< IH/EPD <5.5.
Further preferably, the total optical length TTL, the real image height IH corresponding to the maximum field angle, and the maximum field angle FOV of the optical lens satisfy: 2.4<180 DEG x TTL/IH/FOV <3.5.
Further preferably, the focal length f2 of the second lens and the focal length f3 of the third lens satisfy: 1.0< f2/f3<5.0.
The optical lens provided by the application improves the imaging quality of the optical lens, reduces the aberration and improves the imaging quality of the optical lens through reasonable configuration of the surface types of the lenses and reasonable collocation of the focal power.
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The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the application will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 1 of the present application.
Fig. 2 is a graph showing a field curvature of an optical lens in embodiment 1 of the present application.
Fig. 3 is an F-Theta distortion curve of the optical lens in embodiment 1 of the present application.
Fig. 4 is a graph showing the relative illuminance of the optical lens in embodiment 1 of the present application.
Fig. 5 is an MTF graph of the optical lens in example 1 of the present application.
Fig. 6 is an axial aberration diagram of the optical lens in embodiment 1 of the present application.
Fig. 7 is a graph showing a vertical axis chromatic aberration of an optical lens in embodiment 1 of the present application.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 2 of the present application.
Fig. 9 is a graph showing a field curvature of an optical lens in embodiment 2 of the present application.
Fig. 10 is an F-Theta distortion curve of the optical lens in embodiment 2 of the present application.
Fig. 11 is a graph showing the relative illuminance of the optical lens in embodiment 2 of the present application.
Fig. 12 is an MTF graph of the optical lens in example 2 of the present application.
Fig. 13 is an axial aberration diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 2 of the present application.
Fig. 14 is a vertical axis chromatic aberration chart of the optical lens in embodiment 2 of the present application.
Fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 3 of the present application.
Fig. 16 is a graph showing the field curvature of an optical lens in embodiment 3 of the present application.
FIG. 17 is a graph showing F-Theta distortion of an optical lens in example 3 of the present application.
Fig. 18 is a graph showing the relative illuminance of the optical lens in embodiment 3 of the present application.
Fig. 19 is an MTF graph of the optical lens in example 3 of the present application.
Fig. 20 is an axial aberration diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 3 of the present application.
Fig. 21 is a graph showing a vertical axis chromatic aberration of an optical lens in embodiment 3 of the present application.
Fig. 22 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 4 of the present application.
Fig. 23 is a graph showing a field curvature of an optical lens in embodiment 4 of the present application.
FIG. 24 is a graph showing F-Theta distortion of an optical lens in example 4 of the present application.
Fig. 25 is a graph showing the relative illuminance of the optical lens in embodiment 4 of the present application.
Fig. 26 is an MTF graph of the optical lens in example 4 of the present application.
Fig. 27 is an axial aberration diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 4 of the present application.
Fig. 28 is a vertical axis chromatic aberration chart of the optical lens in embodiment 4 of the application.
Fig. 29 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an optical lens in embodiment 5 of the present application.
Fig. 30 is a graph showing the field curvature of an optical lens in example 5 of the present application.
FIG. 31 is a graph showing F-Theta distortion of an optical lens in example 5 of the present application.
Fig. 32 is a graph showing the relative illuminance of the optical lens in embodiment 5 of the present application.
Fig. 33 is an MTF graph of the optical lens in example 5 of the present application.
Fig. 34 is an axial aberration diagram of the optical lens in embodiment 5 of the present application.
Fig. 35 is a graph showing a vertical axis chromatic aberration of an optical lens in embodiment 5 of the present application.
Fig. 36 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 6 of the present application.
Fig. 37 is a graph showing the field curvature of an optical lens in example 6 of the present application.
FIG. 38 is a graph showing F-Theta distortion of an optical lens in example 6 of the present application.
Fig. 39 is a graph showing the relative illuminance of the optical lens in example 6 of the present application.
Fig. 40 is an MTF graph of the optical lens in example 6 of the present application.
Fig. 41 is an axial aberration diagram of an optical lens in embodiment 6 of the present application.
Fig. 42 is a graph showing a vertical axis chromatic aberration of an optical lens in embodiment 6 of the present application.
The application will be further described in the following detailed description in conjunction with the above-described figures.
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For a better understanding of the application, various aspects of the application will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that these detailed description are merely illustrative of embodiments of the application and are not intended to limit the scope of the application in any way. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification. The expression "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
It should be noted that in the present specification, the expressions of first, second, third, etc. are only used to distinguish one feature from another feature, and do not represent any limitation on the feature. Accordingly, a first lens discussed below may also be referred to as a second lens or a third lens without departing from the teachings of the present application.
In the drawings, the thickness, size, and shape of the lenses have been slightly exaggerated for convenience of explanation. In particular, the spherical or aspherical shape shown in the drawings is shown by way of example. That is, the shape of the spherical or aspherical surface is not limited to the shape of the spherical or aspherical surface shown in the drawings. The figures are merely examples and are not drawn to scale.
Herein, the paraxial region refers to a region near the optical axis. If the lens surface is convex and the convex position is not defined, then the lens surface is convex at least in the paraxial region; if the lens surface is concave and the concave position is not defined, it means that the lens surface is concave at least in the paraxial region. The surface of each lens closest to the object is referred to as the object side of the lens, and the surface of each lens closest to the imaging plane is referred to as the image side of the lens.
It will be further understood that the terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," "including," "having," "containing," and/or "including," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. Furthermore, when a statement such as "at least one of the following" appears after a list of features that are listed, the entire listed feature is modified instead of modifying a separate element in the list. Furthermore, when describing embodiments of the application, use of "may" means "one or more embodiments of the application. Also, the term "exemplary" is intended to refer to an example or illustration.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other. The application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.
The optical lens of the embodiment of the application sequentially comprises from an object side to an imaging surface along an optical axis: the optical lens comprises a first lens, a second lens, a diaphragm, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, an optical filter and protective glass.
In some embodiments, the first lens element may have a negative optical power, with the object-side surface being convex and the image-side surface being concave. The second lens element may have positive refractive power, wherein the object-side surface thereof is concave and the image-side surface thereof is convex. The third lens may have positive optical power, and both the object side and the image side thereof are convex. The fourth lens element may have positive refractive power, and both the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof may be convex. The fifth lens element may have negative refractive power, and both the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof may be concave. The sixth lens element may have positive refractive power, and both the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof are convex.
In some embodiments, the maximum field angle FOV of the optical lens satisfies: FOV >190 °. Meets the above range and is beneficial to strengthening the characteristic of the ultra-wide view angle of the optical lens.
In some embodiments, the effective focal length f of the optical lens and the radian θ of the maximum half field angle and the real image height IH corresponding to the maximum field angle satisfy: 0.7< (IH/2)/(fXθ) <0.8. The optical lens meets the above range, is beneficial to ensuring that the imaging area of the optical lens is increased under the condition that the angle of view and the focal length of the lens are unchanged, and ensures that the optical lens has small distortion.
In some embodiments, the maximum field angle FOV and aperture value FNO of the optical lens satisfy: 90.0< FOV/FNO <100.0. The light quantity can be increased by balancing the angle of view and the aperture when the above range is satisfied.
In some embodiments, the real image height IH and the entrance pupil diameter EPD corresponding to the maximum field angle of the optical lens satisfy: 5.0< IH/EPD <5.5. Satisfying the above range, the relationship between the image plane size and the aperture size can be balanced.
In some embodiments, the effective focal length f and the optical back focal length BFL of the optical lens satisfy: BFL/f >1.0. The special requirement of the back focal length of the optical lens can be met by meeting the range, and the space is reserved for the installation and focusing of the optical element, so that the interference generated when the optical lens and the optical element are assembled is avoided.
In some embodiments, the total optical length TTL, the real image height IH corresponding to the maximum field angle, and the maximum field angle FOV of the optical lens satisfy: 2.4<180 DEG x TTL/IH/FOV <3.5. The above range is satisfied, which is advantageous for effectively limiting the length of the optical lens under the same imaging area and the same angle of view, and for realizing miniaturization of the optical lens.
In some embodiments, the effective focal length f of the optical lens and the focal length f1 of the first lens satisfy: -2.5< f1/f < -1.7. The above range is satisfied, which is beneficial to realizing the ultra-wide angle field of view while realizing the processing conditions.
In some embodiments, the effective focal length f of the optical lens and the focal length f2 of the second lens satisfy: 5.2< f2/f <15.0. The axial aberration generated by the first lens can be corrected when the range is satisfied, so that the light trend is stable.
In some embodiments, the effective focal length f of the optical lens and the focal length f3 of the third lens satisfy: 2.8< f3/f <5.0. The light beam from the front of the diaphragm can be received as much as possible to improve the relative illuminance.
In some embodiments, the effective focal length f of the optical lens and the focal length f6 of the sixth lens satisfy: 2.0< f6/f <3.0. The light source satisfies the above range and can collect the marginal view field light.
In some embodiments, the focal length f2 of the second lens and the third lens f3 satisfy: 1.0< f2/f3<5.0. The light beam can be stable when the range is satisfied.
In some embodiments, the image-side radius of curvature R4 of the second lens and the object-side radius of curvature R5 of the third lens satisfy: -1.0< R4/R5< -0.1. The ghost energy reflected by the object side light of the third lens can be reduced by meeting the above range.
In some embodiments, the object-side radius of curvature R5 of the third lens and the image-side radius of curvature R6 of the third lens satisfy: -4.0< R5/R6< -0.8. The spherical aberration can be reduced and the imaging quality of the optical lens can be improved by meeting the above range.
In some embodiments, the object-side radius of curvature R11 of the sixth lens and the image-side radius of curvature R12 of the sixth lens satisfy: -6.5< (r11—r12)/(r11+r12) < -1.5. The range is satisfied, and the light rays with larger visual angles enter the optical imaging lens and are converged on the imaging surface.
In some embodiments, the center thickness CT2 of the second lens along the optical axis and the center thickness CT3 of the third lens along the optical axis satisfy: 2.1< CT2/CT3<3.0. The range is satisfied, and the problem that the space between the third lens and the adjacent other lenses is insufficient due to the fact that the thickness of the third lens is too thick is avoided.
In some embodiments, the sum Σct of the total optical length TTL of the optical lens and the central thicknesses of the first lens to the sixth lens along the optical axis respectively satisfies: sigma CT/TTL is more than or equal to 0.6. The field curvature can be corrected, and the imaging quality of the optical lens can be improved.
In some embodiments, the fourth lens and the fifth lens can be glued to form a glued lens, so that chromatic aberration of the optical lens can be effectively corrected, decentered sensitivity of the optical lens can be reduced, aberration of the optical lens can be balanced, and imaging quality of the optical lens can be improved; the assembly sensitivity of the optical lens can be reduced, the processing technology difficulty of the optical lens is further reduced, and the assembly yield of the optical lens is improved.
For better optical performance of the system, a plurality of aspheric lenses are adopted in the lens, and the shape of each aspheric surface of the optical lens meets the following equation:
wherein z is the distance between the curved surface and the curved surface vertex in the optical axis direction, h is the distance between the optical axis and the curved surface, c is the curvature of the curved surface vertex, K is the quadric surface coefficient, and A, B, C, D, E, F is the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth and twelfth order surface coefficients respectively.
The application is further illustrated in the following examples. In various embodiments, the thickness, radius of curvature, and material selection portion of each lens in the optical lens may vary, and for specific differences, reference may be made to the parameter tables of the various embodiments. The following examples are merely preferred embodiments of the present application, but the embodiments of the present application are not limited to the following examples, and any other changes, substitutions, combinations or simplifications that do not depart from the gist of the present application are intended to be equivalent substitutes within the scope of the present application.
Example 1
Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens provided in embodiment 1 of the present application is shown, where the optical lens includes, in order from an object side to an imaging plane along an optical axis: the optical lens assembly includes a first lens L1, a second lens L2, a stop ST, a third lens L3, a fourth lens L4, a fifth lens L5, a sixth lens L6, an optical filter G1, and a cover glass G2.
The first lens element L1 has negative refractive power, wherein an object-side surface S1 thereof is convex, and an image-side surface S2 thereof is concave;
the second lens element L2 has positive refractive power, wherein an object-side surface S3 thereof is concave, and an image-side surface S4 thereof is convex;
a diaphragm ST;
the third lens element L3 has positive refractive power, and both an object-side surface S5 and an image-side surface S6 thereof are convex;
the fourth lens element L4 has positive refractive power, and both an object-side surface S7 and an image-side surface S8 thereof are convex;
the fifth lens element L5 has negative refractive power, and both the object-side surface S8 and the image-side surface S9 thereof are concave;
the fourth lens element L4 and the fifth lens element L5 form a cemented lens assembly, i.e., a cemented surface between the image side surface of the fourth lens element L4 and the object side surface of the fifth lens element L5 is S8;
the sixth lens element L6 with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface S10 and a convex image-side surface S11;
the object side surface S12 and the image side surface S13 of the optical filter G1 are planes;
the object side surface S14 and the image side surface S15 of the protective glass G2 are planes;
the imaging surface S16 is a plane.
The relevant parameters of each lens in the optical lens in example 1 are shown in tables 1-1.
TABLE 1-1
The surface profile parameters of the aspherical lens of the optical lens in example 1 are shown in tables 1 to 2.
TABLE 1-2
In this embodiment, the field curvature curve, the F-Theta distortion curve, the relative illuminance curve, the MTF curve, the axial aberration curve, and the vertical chromatic aberration curve of the optical lens are shown in fig. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively.
Fig. 2 shows a field curve of example 1, which indicates the degree of curvature of light rays of different wavelengths on a meridional image plane and a sagittal image plane, the horizontal axis indicates the amount of shift (unit: mm), and the vertical axis indicates the half angle of view (unit: °). From the graph, the field curvature of the meridian image plane and the sagittal image plane is controlled within-0.08 mm to 0.02mm, which indicates that the optical lens can well correct the field curvature.
Fig. 3 shows the F-Theta distortion curve of example 1, which represents F-Theta distortion of light rays of different wavelengths at different image heights on an imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents the F-Theta distortion value (unit:%) and the vertical axis represents the half field angle (unit: °). From the graph, the F-Theta distortion of the optical lens is controlled within-30% -0, the image compression of the edge angle area is gentle, and the definition of the unfolded image is effectively improved.
Fig. 4 shows the relative illuminance curve of example 1, which represents the relative illuminance values for different field angles on the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents the half field angle (in: °), and the vertical axis represents the relative illuminance (in:%). As can be seen from the figure, the relative illuminance value of the optical lens is still greater than 80% at the maximum half field angle, which indicates that the optical lens has better relative illuminance.
Fig. 5 shows an MTF (modulation transfer function) graph of example 1, which represents the lens imaging modulation degree of different spatial frequencies at each view field, the horizontal axis represents the spatial frequency (unit: lp/mm), and the vertical axis represents the MTF value. As can be seen from the graph, the MTF values of the embodiment are above 0.4 in the whole field of view, and in the range of 0-160 lp/mm, the MTF curve is uniformly and smoothly reduced in the process of the field of view from the center to the edge, and the MTF image has better imaging quality and better detail resolution under the conditions of low frequency and high frequency.
Fig. 6 shows an axial aberration diagram of example 1, which represents aberration of each wavelength on the optical axis at the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents an axial aberration value (unit: μm), and the vertical axis represents a normalized pupil radius. As can be seen from the graph, the offset of the axial aberration is controlled within-20 mu m to 8 mu m, which indicates that the optical lens can better correct the axial aberration.
Fig. 7 shows a vertical axis color difference graph of example 1, which shows color differences at different image heights on an imaging plane for each wavelength with respect to a center wavelength (0.55 μm), with the horizontal axis showing a vertical axis color difference value (unit: μm) for each wavelength with respect to the center wavelength, and the vertical axis showing a normalized field angle. As can be seen from the figure, the vertical axis chromatic aberration of the longest wavelength and the shortest wavelength is controlled within +/-1 mu m, which shows that the optical lens can excellently correct chromatic aberration of the marginal field of view and the secondary spectrum of the whole image surface.
Example 2
Referring to fig. 8, a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens provided in embodiment 2 of the present application is shown, and the present embodiment is mainly characterized in that the optical parameters such as the radius of curvature and the thickness of the lens are different from those of embodiment 1.
The relevant parameters of each lens in the optical lens in example 2 are shown in table 2-1.
TABLE 2-1
The surface profile parameters of the aspherical lens of the optical lens in example 2 are shown in tables 2-2.
TABLE 2-2
In this embodiment, the field curvature curve, the F-Theta distortion curve, the relative illuminance curve, the MTF curve, the axial aberration curve, and the vertical chromatic aberration curve of the optical lens are shown in fig. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, respectively.
Fig. 9 shows a field curvature curve of example 2, which indicates the degree of curvature of light rays of different wavelengths on a meridional image plane and a sagittal image plane, the horizontal axis indicates the amount of shift (unit: mm), and the vertical axis indicates the half angle of view (unit: °). From the graph, the field curvature of the meridian image plane and the sagittal image plane is controlled within-0.07 mm to 0.03mm, which indicates that the optical lens can well correct the field curvature.
Fig. 10 shows an F-Theta distortion curve of example 2, which represents F-Theta distortion of light rays of different wavelengths at different image heights on an imaging plane, with the horizontal axis representing F-Theta distortion values (in:%) and the vertical axis representing half field angles (in: °). From the graph, the F-Theta distortion of the optical lens is controlled within-30% -0, the image compression of the edge angle area is gentle, and the definition of the unfolded image is effectively improved.
Fig. 11 shows the relative illuminance curve of example 2, which represents the relative illuminance values for different field angles on the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents the half field angle (in: °), and the vertical axis represents the relative illuminance (in:%). As can be seen from the figure, the relative illuminance value of the optical lens is still greater than 80% at the maximum half field angle, which indicates that the optical lens has better relative illuminance.
Fig. 12 shows an MTF (modulation transfer function) graph of example 2, which represents the lens imaging modulation degree of different spatial frequencies at each view field, the horizontal axis represents the spatial frequency (unit: lp/mm), and the vertical axis represents the MTF value. As can be seen from the graph, the MTF values of the embodiment are above 0.4 in the whole field of view, and in the range of 0-160 lp/mm, the MTF curve is uniformly and smoothly reduced in the process of the field of view from the center to the edge, and the MTF image has better imaging quality and better detail resolution under the conditions of low frequency and high frequency.
Fig. 13 shows an axial aberration diagram of example 2, which represents aberration of each wavelength on the optical axis at the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents an axial aberration value (unit: μm), and the vertical axis represents a normalized pupil radius. As can be seen from the graph, the offset of the axial aberration is controlled within-16 mu m to 15 mu m, which indicates that the optical lens can better correct the axial aberration.
Fig. 14 shows a vertical axis color difference graph of example 2, which shows color differences at different image heights on an imaging plane for each wavelength with respect to a center wavelength (0.55 μm), with the horizontal axis showing a vertical axis color difference value (unit: μm) for each wavelength with respect to the center wavelength, and the vertical axis showing a normalized field angle. As can be seen from the figure, the vertical axis chromatic aberration of the longest wavelength and the shortest wavelength is controlled within +/-1 mu m, which shows that the optical lens can excellently correct chromatic aberration of the marginal field of view and the secondary spectrum of the whole image surface.
Example 3
Referring to fig. 15, a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens provided in embodiment 3 of the present application is shown, and the present embodiment is mainly characterized in that the optical parameters such as the radius of curvature and the thickness of the lens are different from those of embodiment 1.
The relevant parameters of each lens in the optical lens in example 3 are shown in table 3-1.
TABLE 3-1
The surface profile parameters of the aspherical lens of the optical lens in example 3 are shown in table 3-2.
TABLE 3-2
In this embodiment, the field curvature curve, the F-Theta distortion curve, the relative illuminance curve, the MTF curve, the axial aberration curve, and the vertical chromatic aberration curve of the optical lens are shown in fig. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, respectively.
Fig. 16 shows a field curvature curve of example 3, which indicates the degree of curvature of light rays of different wavelengths on a meridional image plane and a sagittal image plane, the horizontal axis indicates the amount of shift (unit: mm), and the vertical axis indicates the half angle of view (unit: °). From the graph, the field curvature of the meridian image plane and the sagittal image plane is controlled within-0.06 mm to 0.03mm, which indicates that the optical lens can well correct the field curvature.
Fig. 17 shows an F-Theta distortion curve of example 3, which represents F-Theta distortion at different image heights on an imaging plane for light rays of different wavelengths, with the horizontal axis representing F-Theta distortion values (in:%) and the vertical axis representing half field angles (in: °). From the graph, the F-Theta distortion of the optical lens is controlled within-30% -0, the image compression of the edge angle area is gentle, and the definition of the unfolded image is effectively improved.
Fig. 18 shows the relative illuminance curve of example 3, which represents the relative illuminance values for different field angles on the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents the half field angle (unit: °), and the vertical axis represents the relative illuminance (unit:%). As can be seen from the figure, the relative illuminance value of the optical lens is still greater than 80% at the maximum half field angle, which indicates that the optical lens has better relative illuminance.
Fig. 19 shows an MTF (modulation transfer function) graph of example 3, which represents the lens imaging modulation degree of different spatial frequencies at each view field, the horizontal axis represents the spatial frequency (unit: lp/mm), and the vertical axis represents the MTF value. As can be seen from the graph, the MTF values of the embodiment are above 0.4 in the whole field of view, and in the range of 0-160 lp/mm, the MTF curve is uniformly and smoothly reduced in the process of the field of view from the center to the edge, and the MTF image has better imaging quality and better detail resolution under the conditions of low frequency and high frequency.
Fig. 20 shows an axial aberration diagram of example 3, which represents aberration of each wavelength on the optical axis at the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents an axial aberration value (unit: μm), and the vertical axis represents a normalized pupil radius. As can be seen from the graph, the offset of the axial aberration is controlled within-12 mu m to 15 mu m, which indicates that the optical lens can better correct the axial aberration.
Fig. 21 shows a vertical axis color difference graph of example 3, which shows color differences at different image heights on an imaging plane for each wavelength with respect to a center wavelength (0.55 μm), with the horizontal axis showing a vertical axis color difference value (unit: μm) for each wavelength with respect to the center wavelength, and the vertical axis showing a normalized field angle. As can be seen from the figure, the vertical axis chromatic aberration of the longest wavelength and the shortest wavelength is controlled within +/-1 mu m, which shows that the optical lens can excellently correct chromatic aberration of the marginal field of view and the secondary spectrum of the whole image surface.
Example 4
Referring to fig. 22, a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens provided in embodiment 4 of the present application is shown, and the present application is mainly characterized in that the optical parameters such as the radius of curvature and the thickness of the lens are different from those of embodiment 1.
The relevant parameters of each lens in the optical lens in example 4 are shown in table 4-1.
TABLE 4-1
The surface profile parameters of the aspherical lens of the optical lens in example 4 are shown in table 4-2.
TABLE 4-2
In this embodiment, the field curvature curve, the F-Theta distortion curve, the relative illuminance curve, the MTF curve, the axial aberration curve, and the vertical chromatic aberration curve of the optical lens are shown in fig. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, respectively.
Fig. 23 shows a field curvature curve of example 4, in which the degree of curvature of light rays of different wavelengths on a meridional image plane and a sagittal image plane is shown, the horizontal axis represents the amount of shift (unit: mm), and the vertical axis represents the half angle of view (unit: °). From the figure, the field curvature of the meridian image plane and the sagittal image plane are controlled within-0.09 mm to 0mm, which indicates that the optical lens can well correct the field curvature.
Fig. 24 shows an F-Theta distortion curve of example 4, which represents F-Theta distortion at different image heights on an imaging plane for light rays of different wavelengths, with the horizontal axis representing F-Theta distortion values (in:%) and the vertical axis representing half field angles (in: °). From the graph, the F-Theta distortion of the optical lens is controlled within-30% -0, the image compression of the edge angle area is gentle, and the definition of the unfolded image is effectively improved.
Fig. 25 shows the relative illuminance curve of example 4, which represents the relative illuminance values for different field angles on the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents the half field angle (in: °), and the vertical axis represents the relative illuminance (in:%). As can be seen from the figure, the relative illuminance value of the optical lens is still greater than 80% at the maximum half field angle, which indicates that the optical lens has better relative illuminance.
Fig. 26 shows an MTF (modulation transfer function) graph of example 4, which represents the lens imaging modulation degree of different spatial frequencies at each view field, the horizontal axis represents the spatial frequency (unit: lp/mm), and the vertical axis represents the MTF value. As can be seen from the graph, the MTF values of the embodiment are above 0.4 in the whole field of view, and in the range of 0-160 lp/mm, the MTF curve is uniformly and smoothly reduced in the process of the field of view from the center to the edge, and the MTF image has better imaging quality and better detail resolution under the conditions of low frequency and high frequency.
Fig. 27 shows an axial aberration diagram of example 4, which represents aberration of each wavelength on the optical axis at the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents an axial aberration value (unit: μm), and the vertical axis represents a normalized pupil radius. As can be seen from the graph, the offset of the axial aberration is controlled within-27 mu m to 15 mu m, which indicates that the optical lens can better correct the axial aberration.
Fig. 28 shows a vertical axis color difference graph of example 4, which shows color differences at different image heights on an imaging plane for each wavelength with respect to a center wavelength (0.55 μm), with the horizontal axis showing a vertical axis color difference value (unit: μm) for each wavelength with respect to the center wavelength, and the vertical axis showing a normalized field angle. As can be seen from the figure, the vertical axis chromatic aberration of the longest wavelength and the shortest wavelength is controlled within +/-2 mu m, which shows that the optical lens can excellently correct chromatic aberration of the marginal field of view and the secondary spectrum of the whole image surface.
Example 5
Referring to fig. 29, a schematic diagram of an optical lens provided in embodiment 5 of the present application is shown, and the present application is mainly characterized in that the optical parameters such as the radius of curvature and the thickness of the lens are different from those of embodiment 1.
The relevant parameters of each lens in the optical lens in example 5 are shown in table 5-1.
TABLE 5-1
The surface profile parameters of the aspherical lens of the optical lens in example 5 are shown in table 5-2.
TABLE 5-2
In this embodiment, the field curvature curve, the F-Theta distortion curve, the relative illuminance curve, the MTF curve, the axial aberration curve, and the vertical chromatic aberration curve of the optical lens are shown in fig. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, respectively.
Fig. 30 shows a field curve of example 5, which shows the degree of curvature of light rays of different wavelengths on a meridional image plane and a sagittal image plane, the horizontal axis shows the amount of shift (unit: mm), and the vertical axis shows the half angle of view (unit: °). From the graph, the field curvature of the meridian image plane and the sagittal image plane is controlled within-0.06 mm to 0.01mm, which indicates that the optical lens can well correct the field curvature.
Fig. 31 shows an F-Theta distortion curve of example 5, which represents F-Theta distortion at different image heights on an imaging plane for light rays of different wavelengths, with the horizontal axis representing F-Theta distortion values (in:%) and the vertical axis representing half field angles (in: °). From the graph, the F-Theta distortion of the optical lens is controlled within-30% -0, the image compression of the edge angle area is gentle, and the definition of the unfolded image is effectively improved.
Fig. 32 shows the relative illuminance curve of example 5, which represents the relative illuminance values for different field angles on the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents the half field angle (in: °), and the vertical axis represents the relative illuminance (in:%). As can be seen from the figure, the relative illuminance value of the optical lens is still greater than 80% at the maximum half field angle, which indicates that the optical lens has better relative illuminance.
Fig. 33 shows an MTF (modulation transfer function) graph of example 5, which represents the lens imaging modulation degree of different spatial frequencies at each view field, the horizontal axis represents the spatial frequency (unit: lp/mm), and the vertical axis represents the MTF value. As can be seen from the graph, the MTF values of the embodiment are above 0.5 in the whole field of view, and in the range of 0-160 lp/mm, the MTF curve is uniformly and smoothly reduced in the process of the field of view from the center to the edge, and the MTF image has better imaging quality and better detail resolution under the conditions of low frequency and high frequency.
Fig. 34 shows an axial aberration diagram of example 5, which represents aberration of each wavelength on the optical axis at the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents an axial aberration value (unit: μm), and the vertical axis represents a normalized pupil radius. As can be seen from the figure, the axial aberration is controlled within ±15 μm, which indicates that the optical lens can correct axial aberration well.
Fig. 35 shows a vertical axis color difference graph of example 5, which shows color differences at different image heights on an imaging plane for each wavelength with respect to a center wavelength (0.55 μm), with the horizontal axis showing a vertical axis color difference value (unit: μm) for each wavelength with respect to the center wavelength, and the vertical axis showing a normalized field angle. As can be seen from the figure, the vertical axis chromatic aberration of the longest wavelength and the shortest wavelength is controlled within +/-2 mu m, which shows that the optical lens can excellently correct chromatic aberration of the marginal field of view and the secondary spectrum of the whole image surface.
Example 6
Referring to fig. 36, a schematic structural diagram of an optical lens provided in embodiment 6 of the present application is shown, and the present application is mainly characterized in that the optical parameters such as the radius of curvature and the thickness of the lens are different from those of embodiment 1.
The relevant parameters of each lens in the optical lens in example 6 are shown in table 6-1.
TABLE 6-1
The surface profile parameters of the aspherical lens of the optical lens in example 6 are shown in table 6-2.
TABLE 6-2
In this embodiment, the field curvature curve, the F-Theta distortion curve, the relative illuminance curve, the MTF curve, the axial aberration curve, and the vertical chromatic aberration curve of the optical lens are shown in fig. 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42, respectively.
Fig. 37 shows a field curvature curve of example 6, in which the degree of curvature of light rays of different wavelengths on a meridional image plane and a sagittal image plane is shown, the horizontal axis represents the amount of shift (unit: mm), and the vertical axis represents the half angle of view (unit: °). From the figure, the field curvature of the meridian image plane and the sagittal image plane is controlled within-0.06 mm to 0mm, which indicates that the optical lens can well correct the field curvature.
Fig. 38 shows an F-Theta distortion curve of example 6, which represents F-Theta distortion at different image heights on an imaging plane for light rays of different wavelengths, with the horizontal axis representing F-Theta distortion values (in:%) and the vertical axis representing half field angles (in: °). From the graph, the F-Theta distortion of the optical lens is controlled within-30% -0, the image compression of the edge angle area is gentle, and the definition of the unfolded image is effectively improved.
Fig. 39 shows the relative illuminance curve of example 6, which represents the relative illuminance values for different field angles on the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents the half field angle (unit: °), and the vertical axis represents the relative illuminance (unit:%). As can be seen from the figure, the relative illuminance value of the optical lens is still greater than 85% at the maximum half field angle, which indicates that the optical lens has better relative illuminance.
Fig. 40 shows an MTF (modulation transfer function) graph of example 6, which represents the lens imaging modulation degree of different spatial frequencies at each view field, the horizontal axis represents the spatial frequency (unit: lp/mm), and the vertical axis represents the MTF value. As can be seen from the graph, the MTF values of the embodiment are above 0.5 in the whole field of view, and in the range of 0-160 lp/mm, the MTF curve is uniformly and smoothly reduced in the process of the field of view from the center to the edge, and the MTF image has better imaging quality and better detail resolution under the conditions of low frequency and high frequency.
Fig. 41 shows an axial aberration diagram of example 6, which represents aberration of each wavelength on the optical axis at the imaging plane, the horizontal axis represents an axial aberration value (unit: μm), and the vertical axis represents a normalized pupil radius. As can be seen from the graph, the offset of the axial aberration is controlled within-30 mu m to 8 mu m, which indicates that the optical lens can better correct the axial aberration.
Fig. 42 shows a vertical axis color difference graph of example 6, which shows color differences at different image heights on an imaging plane for each wavelength with respect to a center wavelength (0.55 μm), with the horizontal axis showing a vertical axis color difference value (unit: μm) for each wavelength with respect to the center wavelength, and the vertical axis showing a normalized field angle. As can be seen from the figure, the vertical axis chromatic aberration of the longest wavelength and the shortest wavelength is controlled within +/-2 mu m, which shows that the optical lens can excellently correct chromatic aberration of the marginal field of view and the secondary spectrum of the whole image surface.
Referring to table 7, the optical characteristics corresponding to the above embodiments include the effective focal length f, the total optical length TTL, the aperture value FNO, the real image height IH corresponding to the maximum field angle, the chief ray incident angle CRA, the maximum field angle FOV, and the numerical values corresponding to each conditional expression in each embodiment.
TABLE 7
In summary, the optical lens provided by the application improves the imaging quality of the optical lens, reduces the aberration and improves the imaging quality of the optical lens through reasonable configuration of the surface types of the lenses and reasonable collocation of the focal power.
In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The foregoing examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the application and are described in detail herein without thereby limiting the scope of the application. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the application, which are all within the scope of the application. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present application is to be determined by the appended claims.
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1. An optical lens comprising six lenses in order from an object side to an imaging surface along an optical axis, comprising:
the first lens with negative focal power has a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface;
a second lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface;
a third lens having positive optical power, both the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are convex;
a fourth lens element with positive refractive power having convex object-side and image-side surfaces;
a fifth lens with negative focal power, wherein the object side surface and the image side surface of the fifth lens are concave surfaces;
a sixth lens element with positive refractive power having convex object-side and image-side surfaces;
the maximum field angle FOV of the optical lens satisfies: FOV >190 °;
the effective focal length f of the optical lens, the radian theta of the maximum half field angle and the real image height IH corresponding to the maximum field angle satisfy the following conditions: 0.7< (IH/2)/(fXθ) <0.8.
2. The optical lens of claim 1, wherein an object-side radius of curvature R11 of the sixth lens and an image-side radius of curvature R12 of the sixth lens satisfy: -6.5< (r11—r12)/(r11+r12) < -1.5.
3. The optical lens of claim 1, wherein a center thickness CT2 of the second lens along the optical axis and a center thickness CT3 of the third lens along the optical axis satisfy: 2.1< CT2/CT3<3.0.
4. The optical lens according to claim 1, wherein a total optical length TTL of the optical lens and a sum Σct of center thicknesses of the first lens to the sixth lens along the optical axis, respectively, satisfy: sigma CT/TTL is more than or equal to 0.6.
5. The optical lens of claim 1, wherein an image-side radius of curvature R4 of the second lens and an object-side radius of curvature R5 of the third lens satisfy: -1.0< R4/R5< -0.1.
6. The optical lens of claim 1, wherein an object-side radius of curvature R5 of the third lens and an image-side radius of curvature R6 of the third lens satisfy: -4.0< R5/R6< -0.8.
7. The optical lens according to claim 1, wherein the maximum field angle FOV and aperture value FNO of the optical lens satisfy: 90.0< FOV/FNO <100.0.
8. The optical lens according to claim 1, wherein the real image height IH and the entrance pupil diameter EPD corresponding to the maximum field angle of the optical lens satisfy: 5.0< IH/EPD <5.5.
9. The optical lens according to claim 1, wherein the total optical length TTL, the true image height IH corresponding to the maximum field angle and the maximum field angle FOV of the optical lens satisfy: 2.4<180 DEG x TTL/IH/FOV <3.5.
10. The optical lens of claim 1, wherein a focal length f2 of the second lens and a focal length f3 of the third lens satisfy: 1.0< f2/f3<5.0.
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