JP2006154364A - Optical system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical system for forming an omniazimuth image of 360° having ≥90° viewing angle in an up-and-down direction on an image plane, which is compact, whose aberration is satisfactorily corrected and which is excellent in resolving power. <P>SOLUTION: The optical system 50 is equipped with a front group 10 rotationally symmetric around a center axis 1 and including at least one reflection surface 12 or 14, a rear group 20 rotationally symmetric around the center axis 1 and having positive power, and an aperture 21 arranged coaxially with the rear group 20, and is constituted so that beams made incident on the front group 10 from a far place in the progressing order of a light beam pass through the front group 10 and the rear group 20 in order and form an image at a position deviated from the center axis 1 on an image surface 30, and the number of intermediate image forming times is made different between on a cross section including the center axis and a plane orthogonal to the cross section and including the center light beam of the beams. In the optical system 50, the front group 10 and the rear group 20 nearly compensate the aberration each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical system, and in particular, is small and has good resolution, and an image having a 360 ° omnidirectional image and an angle of view of 90 ° or more in the vertical direction is formed on an image plane or disposed on the image plane. The present invention relates to an all-sky camera and an optical system suitable for an all-sky projector that project an image with a 360 ° omnidirectional angle and a vertical angle of 90 ° or more.

Conventionally, as an optical system for obtaining an image of 360 ° omnidirectional (entire circumference) using a reflective optical system, one as described in Patent Document 1 using one reflective surface and Patent Document 2 using two reflective surfaces. 3 or the one known as the trademark “Chameleon Eye” (Sony Corporation).
Japanese Patent No. 2925573 JP-A-11-331654 JP 2003-167195 A

  However, since none of the conventional examples is configured to form an intermediate image until reaching the imaging surface, a 360 ° omnidirectional image formed in a ring shape is described in Patent Document 1. In the case of things, it becomes a mirror image with the heavens and the earth reversed.

  Moreover, in the thing of patent document 2, 3, since the image of the entrance pupil of an image formation optical system is not imaged in a reflection optical system, there exists a problem that a reflection optical system will enlarge.

  Furthermore, in the case of the “chameleon eye”, since the light is sequentially reflected by the reflecting surfaces located on both sides of the vertical center axis, the reflecting surface on the incident side acts to limit the angle of view. It is not easy to widen, and as a result, the reflective optical system becomes large.

  Furthermore, including the above Patent Documents 1 to 3 and “Chameleon Eye”, all conventional optical systems for obtaining 360 ° omnidirectional (all circumference) images have an angle of view of about 70 ° or less in the vertical direction, There was no wider angle than that.

  In any of these conventional optical systems, the aberrations on the image plane are not corrected well.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems of the prior art, and its purpose is to tie an image having a 360 ° omnidirectional image and an angle of view of 90 ° or more in the vertical direction on the image plane. To provide an optical system having a good resolution with a small aberration and a good correction for projecting an image or an image arranged on the image plane at an angle of view of 360 ° in all directions and 90 ° or more in the vertical direction. It is.

The optical system of the present invention that achieves the above object forms an image having 360 ° in all directions and having an angle of view of 90 ° or more in the vertical direction on the image plane, or an image arranged on the image plane by 360. An optical system that projects an angle of view of 90 ° or more in all directions and vertically.
A front group including at least one reflecting surface rotationally symmetric about the central axis, a rear group rotationally symmetric about the central axis and having positive power, and an opening disposed coaxially with the rear group. And
In the case of an imaging system, the light beam that has entered the front group from a distance passes through the front group and the rear group in this order, as opposed to the order in which the light beam advances in the projection system. The image is formed at a position off the axis, and the number of intermediate imaging is different between the cross section including the central axis and the plane orthogonal to the cross section and including the central ray of the luminous flux. And
The front group and the rear group are substantially complementary to each other in aberration.

  In this case, the front group has a transparent medium that is rotationally symmetric about a central axis, and the transparent medium has at least one inner reflection surface and at least two refracting surfaces. Is in the order in which the light beam travels, and in the case of a projection system, opposite to the order in which the light beam travels, enters the transparent medium through the refracting surface of the incident surface, is reflected in turn by the inner reflection surface, and passes through the refracting surface of the exit surface. Then, the light beam can be configured to form an image at a position deviating from the central axis of the image plane through the rear group.

  Further, it is desirable that the light beam incident from a distance passes through the reflecting surface located only on one side with respect to the central axis in the front group.

  In addition, a light beam incident from a distance forms an intermediate image once in a cross section including the central axis, is orthogonal to the cross section including the central axis, and does not form an intermediate image in a plane including the central ray of the light beam. The front group preferably has one to four reflecting surfaces.

  The rear group is preferably composed of a rotationally symmetric coaxial refractive optical system.

Further, when the Pebbard sum of the rear group is p and its focal length is f,
-2 <p · f <−0.05 (1)
It is desirable to satisfy the following conditions.

In the cross section including the central axis, when the optical path length from the entrance pupil position to the opening position is A, and the optical path length from the entrance pupil position to the first surface of the front group is B,
5 <| A / B | (2)
It is desirable to satisfy the following conditions.

  Further, it is desirable that the front group has at least one reflecting surface having an incident angle of a central ray of a central light beam incident from a distance of 45 ° or less.

  Further, it is desirable that at least one inner reflection surface has a rotationally symmetric shape formed by rotating an arbitrary-shaped line segment having no symmetry plane around the central axis.

  Alternatively, it is desirable that at least one of the internal reflection surfaces has a rotationally symmetric shape formed by rotating an arbitrary-shaped line segment including an odd-order term around the central axis.

  According to the present invention described above, it is possible to obtain a 360-degree omnidirectional (all-round) image having a good resolving power with a small aberration and having a field angle of 90 ° or more in the vertical direction. An optical system for projecting an image at an angle of view of 90 ° or more in all directions and in the vertical direction can be obtained.

  The optical system of the present invention will be described below based on examples.

  FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along the central axis (rotation symmetry axis) of an optical system of Example 1 described later, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an optical path in the optical system. The optical system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Hereinafter, the optical system 50 of the present invention will be described as an imaging system on the image plane 30.

  The optical system 50 according to the present invention forms an image having an angle of view of 90 ° or more along the central axis 1 in the 360 ° omnidirectional image around the central axis 1 on the image plane 30. The optical system 50 includes a front group 10 and a rear group 20 including a diaphragm 21 disposed on the exit side thereof. The front group 10 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1. It has at least one reflecting surface 12, 14 having a simple surface shape. Further, the rear group 20 has a positive power with rotational symmetry around the central axis 1. 1, the front group 10 includes a transparent medium 19 having a rotationally symmetric shape around the central axis 1, and the transparent medium 19 includes at least one inner reflection surface 12, 14 ( In the case of FIG. 1, it has two surfaces) and at least two refracting surfaces 11 and 13. The transparent medium 19 has a rotationally symmetric shape around the central axis 1, and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 and the inner reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 also have a rotationally symmetric shape around the central axis 1.

  When the central axis 1 is oriented in the vertical direction, the central luminous flux 2 incident from a distance in the horizontal direction is, in this embodiment, a transparent medium 19 having a rotationally symmetric shape around the central axis 1 constituting the front group 10. 1 enters the transparent medium 19 through the refracting surface 11 of the incident surface and is sequentially reflected by the inner reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 (in the case of FIG. 1, since the inner reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 are two surfaces, they are reflected twice). And exits from the transparent medium 19 through the refracting surface 13 of the exit surface.

  The light beam emitted from the front group 10 enters the rotationally symmetric optical system constituting the rear group 20, in the case of Example 1 in FIG. 1, and then enters the lens system, and then enters the entrance side, the lens system, or the exit side of the group 20. An image is formed at a predetermined position in the radial direction away from the central axis 1 of the image plane 30 through the arranged stop 21.

  The optical system 50 of the present invention has light beams 2, 3U and 3L incident from a distance (when the central axis 1 is oriented in the vertical direction, the light beam 3U is a light beam incident from a distant sky side, and 3L is a distant light beam. The light beam entering from the ground side) passes through the reflecting surface 12 and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1 in the front group 10. With this configuration, it is possible to easily avoid the vignetting caused by the effective light beam passing through the front group 10 being particularly interfered by a part of the reflecting surfaces, and the observation angle of view in the direction of the central axis 1 is as large as 90 ° or more. It is possible to take.

  Note that the front group 10 may be composed of at least one reflecting surface without using the transparent medium 19.

  Further, the optical system 50 of the present invention passes through the reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 that are located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1 in the front group 10. Thus, when the optical path in the front group 10 is configured only on one side with respect to the central axis 1, the surfaces 11 to 14 of the front group 10 are all concentric with the central axis 1 in a plane perpendicular to the central axis 1. Thus, an afocal optical system having no power in a plane orthogonal to the plane including the central axis 1 is obtained. That is, it is impossible in principle to form an image apart from spherical aberration. Therefore, by setting the surface shape in the plane including the central axis 1 where the surface shape can be arbitrarily set, an intermediate image is formed at least once only in the plane including the central axis 1, and the image of the stop 21 is formed. The projection is made in the vicinity of the first surface 11 of the front group 10.

That is, the light beams 2, 3U, 3L incident from a distance are imaged at least once in the cross section including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. 1 (in the case of FIG. 1, once in the vicinity of the position 4 in the transparent medium 19). imaged), perpendicular to its cross-section in a plane including the center ray 2 ₀ of the center light beam 2 (and has a configuration which is not imaged in Figure 2). It is necessary to use both sides of the central axis 1 in order to form an image once both in the cross-sectional plane including the central axis 1 and in the cross-section orthogonal to the central axis 1. Thus, it is configured to pass through the reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1. Thus, since the light beams 2, 3U, 3L incident from a distance within the cross section including the rotational symmetry axis 1 are imaged at least once, the image of the diaphragm 21 (incidence pupil) in the rear group 20 is also the front group 10. It is possible to project near the first surface 11, and the effective diameter itself of the transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 can be reduced. That is, if the configuration is such that the image of the diaphragm 21 in the rear group 20 is projected in the vicinity of the first surface 11 of the front group 10 only within the cross section including the central axis 1, the central axis of the incident surface 11 of the optical system 50. Regarding the cross-sectional direction including 1, the effective diameter can be reduced even if the angle of view is wide in principle.

  Furthermore, by relaying the entrance pupil of the optical system 50 in the vicinity of the entrance surface 11 of the front group 10, the entrance surface 11 of the front group 10 can be reduced in the direction of the rotation axis 1, and the normal direction of the image plane 30 Therefore, it becomes possible to reduce unnecessary light that forms flare and ghost incident from the light source, and it is possible to observe (capture) an image with little flare. That is, a cross-sectional direction perpendicular to the central axis 1 spreads out in a circumferential shape, and a slit-like flare stop can be arranged in the cross-sectional direction including the central axis 1, and unnecessary light can be cut by this flare stop. It becomes.

  Next, aberration correction in the optical system 50 of the present invention will be described. In the present invention, the front group 10 having a simple configuration including a reflection optical system or a catadioptric optical system and the rear group 20 including a rotationally symmetric coaxial optical system are generated. By correcting the aberration 20 so as to compensate for each other, an optical system having a favorable aberration state as a whole is obtained.

  Then, by optimizing Petzval sum and curvature of field, particularly astigmatism, the meridional (tangential) image surface and the sagittal image surface are complemented by the front group 10 and the rear group 20, respectively. The burden is reduced, and it is possible to achieve good aberration performance with a simple configuration.

  The role of the front group 10 of the optical system 50 of the present invention is to convert an image coming from the entire circumference toward the rotational symmetry axis 1 into an annular aerial image. The role of the rear group 20 is to project this annular aerial image onto the plane of the image plane 30.

  Here, the rear group 20 is a projection optical system having a positive power, and in order to further reduce the size of the rear group 20, it is required to be a projection optical system having a short focal length and a wide angle of view. However, in general, a projection optical system with a short focal length and a wide angle of view often has a negative Petzval sum. In the present invention, the negative Petzval sum generated in the rear group 20 in the front group 10 is corrected.

  More preferably, the astigmatic difference generated in the front group 10 is relatively reduced, while a strong curvature of field with a concave surface in the light traveling direction is generated to complement the curvature of field generated in the rear group 20. (Examples 1 and 2) are preferable.

  Further, when a strong astigmatic difference occurs in the front group 10, it is desirable that the average image planes of the meridional and sagittal are made not to be relatively curved and complement the astigmatic difference generated in the rear group. (Examples 3 and 4).

  With the above-described configuration, a panoramic optical system with a wide field angle capable of capturing and projecting 360 ° omnidirectional images having an angle of view of 90 ° or more in the vertical direction with a small number of components as a whole. It became possible to configure.

  Below, the Pebbard sum p of the rear group 20 of Examples 1-4 described later and the focal length f of the rear group 20 are shown.

Example 1 2 3 4
Petzval sum p -0.080 -0.074 -0.144 -0.140
Focal length f 6.867 9.765 4.106 4.794
p ・ f -0.549 -0.723 -0.591 -0.671
Here, p · f indicates how much the Petzval sum of the rear group 20 is corrected. The more the correction is made, the smaller the field curvature of the rear group 20 can be corrected. Therefore, the rear group 20 becomes complicated. Therefore, it is desirable to satisfy the following condition (1).

-2 <p · f <−0.05 (1)
If the lower limit of −2 of the condition (1) is exceeded, the Petzval sum of the rear group 20 becomes too large to be complemented by the front group 10. When the upper limit of −0.05 is exceeded, the Petzval sum correction of the rear group 20 becomes excessive, the configuration of the rear group 20 becomes complicated, and an expensive and large optical system is obtained.

More preferably,
-1 <p · f <−0.1 (1-2)
It is preferable to satisfy the following conditions. The meaning of the upper limit and the lower limit of this condition is the same as in condition (1).

  In the cross section including the central axis 1, the optical path length from the entrance pupil position to the position of the stop 21 is A, and the optical path length from the entrance pupil position to the first surface (transmission surface) 11 of the front group 10 is positive in the ray direction. The obtained value B and the ratio thereof are defined as | A / B |. This | A / B | represents the degree to which the entrance pupil is arranged in the vicinity of the entrance surface 11 of the front group 10. The values of A, B, and | A / B | of Examples 1 to 4 described later are shown below.

Example 1 2 3 4
A 99.149 105.208 115.372 60.982
B 0.171 0.003 0.105 -0.054
｜ A / B ｜ 579.819 35069.333 1098.781 1129.296
The optical system of the present invention is characterized in that the entrance pupil is projected on the object side only in the cross section including the central axis 1, and the flare stop prevents the ghost and the like by arranging the entrance pupil closer to the entrance surface 11. Can be arranged effectively. This makes it possible to reduce the incident surface 11 of the optical system in the cross section including the central axis 1, effectively preventing unnecessary light incident on the front group 10, and is effective for fundamental flare countermeasures. Demonstrate. In addition, by arranging the entrance pupil in the cross section including the central axis 1 in the vicinity of the entrance surface 11 of the front group 10, the effective surface of the entrance surface 11 of the front group 10 can be reduced in the direction along the central axis 1. Thus, interference with the reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 is eliminated, and a wide angle of view in a cross section including the central axis 1 can be achieved.

  It is desirable to satisfy the following condition (2) in order to make the optical system compact by making the effective surface of each surface of the front group 10 small.

5 <| A / B | (2)
If the lower limit of 5 of the condition (2) is exceeded, the entrance pupil moves away from the optical system first surface 11, the effective system of the first surface 11 becomes large, the angle of view cannot be taken, and harmful flare light is generated. Increase. The larger this value is, the more effectively the flare stop for preventing flare can work.

More preferably,
10 <| A / B | (2-2)
It is preferable to satisfy the following conditions.

  In addition, since the decentering aberration is likely to occur on the reflecting surface of the front group 10, the occurrence of decentering aberration can be reduced by having at least one surface whose mid incident angle is 45 ° or less. It becomes possible to do.

  Examples 1 to 4 of the optical system of the present invention will be described below. The configuration parameters of these optical systems will be described later. The configuration parameters of these embodiments are based on the result of tracking the normal ray from the object plane at infinity to the image plane 30 through the front group 10 and the rear group 20, as shown in FIG.

  In forward ray tracing, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, the coordinate system uses the center of the image plane 30 as the origin of the decentered optical surface of the decentered optical system, and the direction along the traveling direction of light on the rotationally symmetric axis (center axis) 1. Is the positive direction of the Z axis, and the inside of the sheet of FIG. 1 is the YZ plane. A direction in which light travels from an infinitely distant object plane in FIG. 1 is a Y-axis positive direction, and an axis constituting the Y-axis and Z-axis and the right-handed orthogonal coordinate system is an X-axis positive direction.

  For the decentered surface, the amount of decentering from the center of the origin of the optical system in the coordinate system in which the surface is defined (X-axis direction, Y-axis direction, and Z-axis direction are X, Y, and Z, respectively) and the optical system The inclination angles (α, β, γ (°), respectively) of the coordinate system defining each surface centered on the X axis, Y axis, and Z axis of the coordinate system defined at the origin are given. In this case, positive α and β mean counterclockwise rotation with respect to the positive direction of each axis, and positive γ means clockwise rotation with respect to the positive direction of the Z axis. Note that the α, β, and γ rotations of the central axis of the surface are performed by rotating the coordinate system defining each surface counterclockwise around the X axis of the coordinate system defined at the origin of the optical system. Then rotate it around the Y axis of the new rotated coordinate system by β and then rotate it around the Z axis of another rotated new coordinate system by γ. It is.

  Further, among the optical action surfaces constituting the optical system of each embodiment, when a specific surface and a subsequent surface constitute a coaxial optical system, a surface interval is given, in addition, the curvature radius of the surface, The refractive index and Abbe number of the medium are given according to conventional methods.

  It should be noted that a term relating to an aspheric surface for which no data is described in the configuration parameters described later is zero. About a refractive index and an Abbe number, the thing with respect to d line (wavelength 587.56nm) is described. The unit of length is mm. The eccentricity of each surface is expressed by the amount of eccentricity from the image surface 30 as described above.

  The aspheric surface is a rotationally symmetric aspheric surface given by the following definition.

^{Z = (Y 2 / R)} / [1+ {1- (1 + k) Y 2 / R 2} 1/2]
+ AY ⁴ + bY ⁶ + cY ⁸ + dY ¹⁰ +...
... (a)
However, Z is an optical axis (axial principal ray) with the light traveling direction being positive, and Y is a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. Here, R is a paraxial radius of curvature, k is a conic constant, a, b, c, d,... Are fourth-order, sixth-order, eighth-order, and tenth-order aspherical coefficients, respectively. The Z axis of this defining formula is the axis of a rotationally symmetric aspherical surface.

  Further, the Y-rotation free-form surface is defined by the following definition formula (b).

R (Y) = C ₁ + C ₂ Y + C ₃ Y ² + C ₄ Y ³ + C ₅ Y ⁴ + C ₆ Y ⁵ + C ₇ Y ⁶
+ ··· + C ₂₁ Y ²⁰ + ··· + C _{n + 1} Y ⁿ + ····
Z = ± R (Y) [1- {X / R (Y)} ² ] ^1/2 (b)
This Y rotation free-form surface is a rotationally symmetric surface formed by rotating the curve R (Y) around the Y axis. As a result, the surface becomes a free-form surface (free-form curve) in the YZ plane and a circle with a radius | C ₁ | in the XZ plane.

  A cross-sectional view of the optical system 50 of the first embodiment taken along the central axis (rotation symmetry axis) is shown in FIG. 1, and a plan view showing an optical path in the optical system 50 is shown in FIG. In the YZ sectional view of FIG. 1, a coordinate system taken with respect to the image plane 30 is shown. same as below.

  The optical system 50 of this embodiment forms an image having a 360 ° omnidirectional image around the central axis 1 and having an angle of view of 120 ° in the vertical direction along the central axis 1 on the image plane 30. Of the catadioptric optical system comprising a transparent medium 19 having a rotationally symmetric shape around the central axis 1 on the incident side of the rear group 20 comprising a lens system of a rotationally symmetric optical system having positive power. When the front group 10 is arranged and the image plane 30 faces the zenith direction, an image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the underground direction is the center direction of the image and the zenith direction is a circle outside the image. The front group 10 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1, an incident surface (refractive surface) 11 made of a Y-rotation free-form surface, an inner reflection surface 12 made of a Y-rotation free-form surface, and a rotational symmetry axis. An inner surface reflecting surface 14 having an aspherical surface on 1 and a rotational symmetry axis 1 And a transparent medium 19 having an exit surface (refractive surface) 13 made of an aspheric surface having a top surface. The rear group 20 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1 and is a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L1 and a biconvex positive lens L2, a diaphragm 21, a biconcave negative lens L3, and a biconvex positive lens L4. It consists of a positive lens system having a three-group five-lens configuration including a lens and a biconvex positive lens L5. When the central axis 1 is oriented in the vertical direction and the image plane 30 is oriented in the zenith direction, the central light beam 2 incident from a distance in the horizontal direction enters the transparent medium 19 through the refractive surface 11 of the incident surface, and enters the inner surface. Reflected twice in order by the reflecting surface 12 and the inner reflecting surface 14, exits from the transparent medium 19 through the refracting surface 13 of the exit surface, and passes through the rotationally symmetric lens system of the rear group 20 to the center of the image surface 30. The image is formed at a predetermined position in the radial direction off the axis 1.

In this embodiment, the light passes through the reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1 in the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10. Further, the light beams 2, 3U, 3L incident from a distance form an image once at a position 4 between the reflecting surface 12 and the reflecting surface 14 in the sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. orthogonal, not focused in the plane (Figure 2) including the center ray 2 ₀ of the center light beam 2. Further, the image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 near the refractive surface 11 of the front group 10 to form an entrance pupil.

The specification of this Example 1 is
Horizontal field of view 360 °
Vertical angle of view 120 °
Entrance pupil diameter 0.42mm
Image size φ2.25 to φ5.87mm
It is.

  The first embodiment is an embodiment in which the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 has two reflecting surfaces. The first surface 11 that is the transmission surface of the transparent medium 19 and the second surface 12 that is the reflection surface are configured by a Y-rotation free-form surface, and the third surface 14 that is the reflection surface and the fourth surface 13 that is the transmission surface are Z It is composed of a rotationally symmetric axis aspherical surface having a top on the axis (center axis 1).

  In this embodiment, the entrance pupil is arranged in the vicinity of the first surface 11 that is the transmission surface of the front group 10, and further, the optical path is bent by about 90 ° at the reflection surface 12 that is the second surface. Folding, optical system is made compact. In addition, since the optical path of the second surface 12 is greatly bent, aberrations caused by decentration are likely to occur, and thus relatively strong positive power cannot be applied to this surface. On the other hand, since the next third surface 14 has a relatively small incident angle of light, the occurrence of decentration aberrations is small even when a large power is applied. The primary image of the object is formed at a position 4 between the second surface 12 and the third surface 14 by the first surface 11 and the second surface 12 having positive power. This intermediate image is projected almost infinitely on the third surface 14, and the front group 10 is emitted as a meridional virtual image as shown by the thick dotted line M in FIG. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the sagittal image plane S is also formed in the vicinity of the fourth surface 13 after exiting the front group 10.

  On the other hand, the field curvature generated in the rear group 20 due to the backward ray tracing from the image plane 30 of the rear group 20 is as shown by a thick dotted line (meridional image plane) in FIG. FIG. 5 shows aberrations compensated by the rear group 20 by the backward ray tracing of the rear group 20. In this aberration diagram, “SA” is spherical aberration, “AS” is astigmatism, “DT” is distortion aberration, the vertical axis of spherical aberration is the relative value of F-number, and vertical length of astigmatism and distortion aberration. The axis represents the image height. same as below.

  FIG. 6 shows the lateral aberration of the entire optical system 50 of this example. In this lateral aberration diagram, the angle shown in the center indicates the vertical angle of view, and the lateral aberration in the Y direction (meridional direction) and X direction (sagittal direction) at that angle of view. same as below.

  As described above, in this embodiment, in order to reduce the burden on each of the front group 10 and the rear group 20, aberrations generated in the front group 10 and the rear group 20, in particular, field curvature are mutually compensated. .

  FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the central axis (rotation symmetry axis) of the optical system 50 of Example 2, and FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the optical path in the optical system 50.

  The optical system 50 of this embodiment forms an image of 360 ° omnidirectional around the central axis 1 and having an angle of view of 140 ° in the vertical direction along the central axis 1 on the image plane 30. The optical path is folded back 180 ° in the direction of the central axis 1 by a plane mirror 22 perpendicular to the central axis 1 on the incident side of the rear group 20 consisting of a rotationally symmetric optical lens system having positive power. When the front group 10 of the catadioptric optical system composed of the transparent medium 19 having a rotationally symmetric shape around the central axis 1 is arranged and the image plane 30 faces the zenith direction, the underground direction faces the center direction of the image. In this case, an image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the zenith direction is a circle outside the image, and the front group 10 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1 and is an entrance plane (Y-rotation free-form surface). Refracting surface) 11, an inner reflecting surface 12 made of a Y-rotation free-form surface, and a rotating pair An inner reflecting surface 14 made of an aspheric surface having a surface apex on the axis 1, an inner surface reflecting surface 15 made of an aspheric surface having a surface apex on the rotational symmetry axis 1, and an aspheric surface having a surface apex on the rotational symmetry axis 1. And a transparent medium 19 having an exit surface (refractive surface) 13. The rear group 20 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1 with a diaphragm 21 disposed in an opening formed around the central axis 1 at the center of the transparent medium 19, and has a convex surface directed toward the object side. The positive lens system has a two-group four-lens configuration including a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L1 and a biconvex positive lens L2, and a cemented lens of a biconvex positive lens L3 and a biconcave negative lens L4. When the central axis 1 is oriented in the vertical direction and the image plane 30 is oriented in the zenith direction, the central light beam 2 incident from a distance in the horizontal direction enters the transparent medium 19 through the refractive surface 11 of the incident surface, and enters the inner surface. The reflection surface 12, the internal reflection surface 14, and the internal reflection surface 15 are reflected in a zigzag manner three times, exit the transparent medium 19 via the refracting surface 13 of the exit surface, and the optical path is folded 180 ° by the plane mirror 22. An image is formed at a predetermined radial position away from the central axis 1 of the image plane 30 via the rotationally symmetric lens system of the rear group 20.

In this embodiment, the light passes through the reflecting surfaces 12, 14, 15 and the refracting surfaces 11, 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1 in the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10. Further, the light beams 2, 3U, 3L incident from a distance form an image once at a position 4 between the reflecting surface 14 and the reflecting surface 15 in the sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. orthogonal, not focused in the plane (Figure 8) containing the central ray 2 ₀ of the center light flux 2. Further, the image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 near the refractive surface 11 of the front group 10 to form an entrance pupil.

The specification of Example 2 is
Horizontal field of view 360 °
Vertical angle of view 140 °
Entrance pupil diameter 0.24mm
Image size φ2.10 to φ5.84mm
It is.

  In the second embodiment, the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 has three reflecting surfaces. The first surface 11 that is the transmission surface of the transparent medium 19 and the second surface 12 that is the reflection surface are configured by a Y-rotation free-form surface, and the third surface 14 and the fourth surface 15 that are the reflection surfaces, and the fifth surface that is the transmission surface. The surface 13 is constituted by a rotationally symmetric axis aspheric surface having a surface apex on the Z axis (center axis 1). Further, the entire height is lowered by folding back the light beam after being emitted from the front group 10 by the plane mirror 22.

  In this embodiment, the entrance pupil is arranged in the vicinity of the first surface 11 that is the transmission surface of the front group 10, and further, the optical path is bent by about 90 ° at the reflection surface 12 that is the second surface. Folding, optical system is made compact. In addition, since the optical path of the second surface 12 is greatly bent, aberrations caused by decentration are likely to occur, and thus relatively strong positive power cannot be applied to this surface. On the other hand, since the next third surface 14 has a relatively small incident angle of light, the occurrence of decentration aberrations is small even when a large power is applied. As shown in FIG. 9, the front group 10 of this embodiment also generates a meridional image plane M having a concave surface in the light traveling direction. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, the sagittal image surface S is also formed in the vicinity of the fifth surface 13 after exiting the front group 10.

  On the other hand, the field curvature generated in the rear group 20 due to the backward ray tracing from the image plane 30 of the rear group 20 is as shown by a thick dotted line (meridional image plane) in FIG. FIG. 11 shows aberrations compensated by the rear group 20 by the backward ray tracing of the rear group 20.

  FIG. 12 shows the lateral aberration of the entire optical system 50 of this example.

  Thus, also in this embodiment, in order to reduce the burden on each of the front group 10 and the rear group 20, aberrations generated in the front group 10 and the rear group 20, in particular, field curvature are mutually compensated. .

  FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along the central axis (rotation symmetry axis) of the optical system 50 of Example 3, and FIG. 14 is a plan view showing an optical path in the optical system 50.

  The optical system 50 of this embodiment forms an image on the image plane 30 that is a 360 ° omnidirectional image around the central axis 1 and has an angle of view of 100 ° in the vertical direction along the central axis 1. Of the catadioptric optical system comprising a transparent medium 19 having a rotationally symmetric shape around the central axis 1 on the incident side of the rear group 20 comprising a lens system of a rotationally symmetric optical system having positive power. When the front group 10 is arranged and the image plane 30 faces the zenith direction, an image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the zenith direction is in the center of the image and the underground direction is a circle outside the image. The front group 10 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1, and all of them are an incident surface (refractive surface) 11, an inner reflecting surface 12, an inner reflecting surface 14, The transparent medium 19 is composed of a reflective surface 15 and an exit surface (refractive surface) 13. The rear group 20 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1, and includes a stop 21, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L1 and a biconvex positive lens L2, a negative meniscus lens L3 having a convex surface facing the object side, and both The positive lens system has a three-group six-lens configuration including a cemented lens of a convex positive lens L4 and a cemented lens of a biconvex positive lens L5 and a biconcave negative lens L6. When the central axis 1 is oriented in the vertical direction and the image plane 30 is oriented in the zenith direction, the central light beam 2 incident from a distance in the horizontal direction enters the transparent medium 19 through the refractive surface 11 of the incident surface, and enters the inner surface. The light path is reflected three times in order of the reflecting surface 12, the inner reflecting surface 14, and the inner reflecting surface 15 so as to make one rotation in the cross-sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1, and passes from the transparent medium 19 through the refracting surface 13 of the exit surface. It goes outside and forms an image at a predetermined position in the radial direction away from the central axis 1 of the image plane 30 through the rotationally symmetric lens system of the rear group 20.

In this embodiment, the light passes through the reflecting surfaces 12, 14, 15 and the refracting surfaces 11, 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1 in the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10. Further, the light beams 2, 3U, and 3L incident from a distance form an image once at a position 4 between the incident surface 11 and the reflecting surface 12 in the cross-sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. orthogonal, not focused in the plane (14) including a center ray 2 ₀ of the center light beam 2. Further, the image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 near the refractive surface 11 of the front group 10 to form an entrance pupil.

The specification of this Example 3 is
Horizontal field of view 360 °
Vertical angle of view 100 °
Entrance pupil diameter 0.56mm
Image size φ2.30 to φ6.07mm
It is.

  In the third embodiment, the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 has three reflecting surfaces. The first surface 11 and the fifth surface 13 that are transmission surfaces of the transparent medium 19, the second surface 12 that is a reflection surface, the third surface 14, and the fourth surface 15 are configured by a Y-rotation free-form surface. By arranging these three reflecting surfaces 12, 14, and 15 in a positive, negative, and positive arrangement, the curvature of field can be reduced as in the general arrangement of triplets. More preferably, the occurrence of decentration aberrations can be reduced by making the reflection angles of the respective reflecting surfaces substantially equal. Moreover, since sufficient aberration correction is possible on the reflecting surface, the power of the exit surface corresponding to the fifth surface 13 can be reduced. For this reason, since a strong power is not given to a transmission surface where chromatic aberration is likely to occur, a preferable result is obtained in terms of aberration correction.

  On the other hand, the rear group 20 has a negative Pebbard sum because it is an optical system having positive power. Therefore, in this embodiment, particularly, astigmatism of the rear group 20 is generated largely (FIG. 17), so that the astigmatic difference is compensated mutually.

  That is, FIG. 15 shows the meridional image plane M of the front group 10 of this embodiment. On the other hand, the sagittal image plane of the front group 10 of this embodiment is formed at infinity. Due to the backward ray tracing from the image plane 30 of the rear group 20, the field curvature generated in the rear group 20 is as shown by a thick dotted line (meridional image plane) in FIG. FIG. 17 shows aberrations compensated by the rear group 20 by the backward ray tracing of the rear group 20. FIG. 18 shows the lateral aberration of the entire optical system 50 of this example.

  As described above, in this embodiment, in order to reduce the burden on each of the front group 10 and the rear group 20, aberrations generated in the front group 10 and the rear group 20, particularly astigmatism, are mutually compensated. .

  FIG. 19 is a sectional view taken along the central axis (rotation symmetry axis) of the optical system 50 of the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 20 is a plan view showing an optical path in the optical system 50.

  The optical system 50 of this embodiment forms an image having a 360 ° omnidirectional image around the central axis 1 and having an angle of view of 120 ° in the vertical direction along the central axis 1 on the image plane 30. Of the catadioptric optical system comprising a transparent medium 19 having a rotationally symmetric shape around the central axis 1 on the incident side of the rear group 20 comprising a lens system of a rotationally symmetric optical system having positive power. When the front group 10 is arranged and the image plane 30 faces the zenith direction, an image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the zenith direction is in the center of the image and the underground direction is a circle outside the image. The front group 10 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1, an incident surface (refractive surface) 11 made of a Y-rotation free-form surface, an inner reflection surface 12 made of a Y-rotation free-form surface, and a rotational symmetry axis. An inner surface reflecting surface 14 having an aspherical surface on 1 and a rotational symmetry axis 1 The transparent medium 19 is composed of an inner reflection surface 15 made of an aspheric surface having a surface apex, and an exit surface (refractive surface) 13 made of an aspheric surface having the surface apex on the rotational symmetry axis 1. The rear group 20 is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1, and includes a stop 21, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L1 and a biconvex positive lens L2, and a negative meniscus lens L3 having a convex surface facing the object side. And a positive lens system having a three-group, six-element configuration including a cemented lens of a biconvex positive lens L4 and a cemented lens of a biconvex positive lens L5 and a biconcave negative lens L6. When the central axis 1 is oriented in the vertical direction and the image plane 30 is oriented in the zenith direction, the central light beam 2 incident from a distance in the horizontal direction enters the transparent medium 19 through the refractive surface 11 of the incident surface, and enters the inner surface. The reflection surface 12, the inner reflection surface 14, and the inner reflection surface 15 are reflected in a zigzag manner three times, exit the transparent medium 19 via the exit surface refracting surface 13, and pass through the rotationally symmetric lens system of the rear group 20. Thus, an image is formed at a predetermined position in the radial direction deviating from the central axis 1 of the image plane 30.

In this embodiment, the light passes through the reflecting surfaces 12, 14, 15 and the refracting surfaces 11, 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1 in the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10. Further, the light beams 2, 3U, 3L incident from a distance form an image once at a position 4 between the reflecting surface 14 and the reflecting surface 15 in the sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. orthogonal, not focused in the plane (FIG. 20) including the center ray 2 ₀ of the center light beam 2. Further, the image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 near the refractive surface 11 of the front group 10 to form an entrance pupil.

The specification of this Example 4 is
Horizontal field of view 360 °
Vertical angle of view 120 °
Entrance pupil diameter 0.47mm
Image size φ2.23 to φ6.04mm
It is.

  In the fourth embodiment, the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 has three reflecting surfaces. The first surface 11 that is the transmission surface of the transparent medium 19 and the second surface 12 that is the reflection surface are configured by a Y-rotation free-form surface, and the third surface 14 and the fourth surface 15 that are the reflection surfaces, and the fifth surface that is the transmission surface. The surface 13 is constituted by a rotationally symmetric axis aspheric surface having a surface apex on the Z axis (center axis 1).

  In the rear group 20 of the present embodiment, astigmatism is very large (FIG. 23), and the meridional image plane is traced by the reverse ray, and the ray having the maximum image height is not converged but becomes substantially parallel light. Corresponding to this, the virtual image position M (FIG. 21) formed by the front group 10 is also a substantially parallel light beam at the maximum image height of the rear group 20.

  That is, FIG. 21 shows the meridional image plane M of the front group 10 of this embodiment. On the other hand, the sagittal image plane S of the front group 10 of this embodiment is formed in the vicinity of the fifth surface 13 after the front group 10 exits as shown in FIG. Due to the backward ray tracing from the image plane 30 of the rear group 20, the field curvature generated in the rear group 20 is as shown by a thick dotted line (meridional image plane) in FIG. FIG. 23 shows aberrations compensated by the rear group 20 by the backward ray tracing of the rear group 20. FIG. 24 shows the lateral aberration of the entire optical system 50 of this example.

  As described above, in this embodiment, in order to reduce the burden on each of the front group 10 and the rear group 20, aberrations generated in the front group 10 and the rear group 20, particularly astigmatism, are mutually compensated. .

  Further, in the optical system 50 of the above embodiment, a toric lens is further added to the object side of the front group 10, and this toric lens is also a lens configured with a rotationally symmetric surface with respect to the Z axis (center axis 1). The toric lens does not have power in the X direction, while it has negative power in the Y direction (such as in the cross section of FIG. 1), so that the angle of view in the cross section including the rotationally symmetric axis 1 is increased. Can be made large. More preferably, the toric lens has a negative meniscus lens shape with a convex surface facing the object side in the YZ section, thereby minimizing the occurrence of image distortion and enabling good aberration correction. It becomes.

  Furthermore, the object side of the transparent medium 19 is not limited to a single toric lens, and it is possible to further reduce the occurrence of image distortion by using two or three meniscus lenses. In addition to the lens, it is also easy to image or observe an arbitrary direction by reflecting and refracting the light beam with a reflection surface or prism that is rotationally symmetric with respect to the central axis 1.

  In the above embodiment, the reflecting surface and the refracting surface of the front group 10 are each composed of a rotationally symmetric aspherical surface having a surface top on the rotationally symmetric axis 1, or a line segment having an arbitrary shape is formed around the rotationally symmetric axis 1 Is formed by a Y-rotation free-form surface that does not have a surface top on the rotational symmetry axis 1, but each can be easily replaced with an arbitrary surface.

The configuration parameters of Examples 1 to 4 are shown below. In the table below, “ASS” indicates an aspheric surface, and “YRFS” indicates a Y-rotation free-form surface.
Example 1
Surface number Curvature radius Surface spacing Eccentricity Refractive index Abbe number Object surface ∞ ∞
1 ∞ (entrance pupil plane) Eccentricity (1)
2 YRFS [1] Eccentricity (2) 1.8830 40.7
3 YRFS [2] Eccentricity (2) 1.8830 40.7
4 ASS [1] Eccentricity (3) 1.8830 40.7
5 ASS [2] Eccentricity (4)
6 -12.80 Eccentricity (5) 1.5535 64.4
7 6.87 Eccentricity (6) 1.7371 37.2
8 -11.13 Eccentricity (7)
9 ∞ (diaphragm) Eccentricity (8)
10 -6.23 Eccentricity (9) 1.7552 27.6
11 3.72 Eccentricity (10) 1.7238 46.5
12 -5.78 Eccentricity (11)
13 7.33 Eccentricity (12) 1.6631 53.2
14 -74.62 Eccentricity (13)
Image plane ∞
YRFS [1]
C ₁ -2.2865 × 10 ¹ C ₃ 3.1354 × 10 ^-2
YRFS [2]
C ₁ -1.8440 × 10 ¹ C ₂ -1.1178 C ₃ -4.9449 × 10 ^-2
C ₄ -2.3914 × 10 ^-3
ASS [1]
R 85.33
k 6.5190
a 1.0007 × 10 ^-5
b -6.7404 × 10 ^-9
c 7.5861 × 10 ^-13
ASS [2]
R 2.75
k -6.7874 × 10 ^-1
a 4.9913 × 10 ^-3
b -4.0209 × 10 ^-4
c 7.5826 × 10 ^-6
Eccentricity (1)
X 0.00 Y -23.04 Z -22.53
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (2)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -22.53
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (3)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -45.48
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (4)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -35.48
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (5)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -24.41
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (6)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -23.41
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (7)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -20.41
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (8)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -15.47
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (9)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -14.59
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (10)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -12.34
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (11)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -9.34
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (12)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -8.89
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (13)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -6.39
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00.

Example 2
Surface number Curvature radius Surface spacing Eccentricity Refractive index Abbe number Object surface ∞ ∞
1 ∞ (entrance pupil plane) Eccentricity (1)
2 YRFS [1] Eccentricity (2) 1.8830 40.7
3 YRFS [2] Eccentricity (2) 1.8830 40.7
4 ASS [1] Eccentricity (3) 1.8830 40.7
5 ASS [2] Eccentricity (4) 1.8830 40.7
6 ASS [3] Eccentricity (5)
7 ∞ (plane mirror) Eccentricity (6)
8 ∞ (diaphragm) Eccentricity (7)
9 19.25 Eccentricity (8) 1.7552 27.6
10 10.49 Eccentricity (9) 1.5923 61.8
11 -15.29 Eccentricity (10)
12 7.62 Eccentricity (11) 1.6 204 60.3
13 -9.32 Eccentricity (12) 1.7552 27.6
14 36.05 Eccentricity (13)
Image plane ∞
YRFS [1]
C ₁ -2.7717 × 10 ¹ C ₃ -8.3660 × 10 ^-2
YRFS [2]
C ₁ -2.3813 × 10 ¹ C ₂ -1.0215e + 000 C ₃ -3.6588 × 10 ^-2
C ₄ -1.5616 × 10 ^-3
ASS [1]
R 102.30
k 6.5791
a 4.2764 × 10 ^-6
b -4.9917 × 10 ^-10
ASS [2]
R 29.45
k -5.4233 × 10 ¹
a -7.1709 × 10 ^-7
ASS [3]
R -1.17
k -9.7882 × 10 ^-1
a 1.6004 × 10 ^-2
b -5.2502 × 10 ^-4
Eccentricity (1)
X 0.00 Y -27.72 Z -14.32
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (2)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -14.32
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (3)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -34.54
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (4)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -21.18
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (5)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -23.98
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (6)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -34.98
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (7)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -25.50
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (8)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -19.35
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (9)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -18.35
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (10)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -16.85
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (11)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -12.69
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (12)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -9.69
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (13)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -8.69
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00.

Example 3
Surface number Curvature radius Surface spacing Eccentricity Refractive index Abbe number Object surface ∞ ∞
1 ∞ (entrance pupil plane) Eccentricity (1)
2 YRFS [1] Eccentricity (2) 1.8830 40.7
3 YRFS [2] Eccentricity (3) 1.8830 40.7
4 YRFS [3] Eccentricity (4) 1.8830 40.7
5 YRFS [4] Eccentricity (5) 1.8830 40.7
6 YRFS [5] Eccentricity (6)
7 ∞ (aperture) Eccentricity (7)
8 -10.74 Eccentricity (8) 1.6734 31.9
9 18.25 Eccentricity (9) 1.6 148 60.6
10 -4.39 Eccentricity (10)
11 12.68 Eccentricity (11) 1.7 450 30.9
12 4.48 Eccentricity (12) 1.5579 64.1
13 -5.51 Eccentric (13)
14 6.36 Eccentricity (14) 1.6066 60.8
15 -10.56 Eccentricity (15) 1.7391 28.2
16 10.07 Eccentricity (16)
Image plane ∞
YRFS [1]
C ₁ -1.8145 × 10 ¹ C ₂ -2.1728 × 10 ^-2 C ₃ 4.6061 × 10 ^-1
YRFS [2]
C ₁ -2.5490 C ₂ 4.4716 × 10 ^-1 C ₃ -2.6490 × 10 ^-2
C ₄ 4.2717 × 10 ^-4 C ₅ -2.3061 × 10 ^-5
YRFS [3]
C ₁ -1.0098 × 10 ¹ C ₂ 2.9459 C ₃ -1.8459 × 10 ^-1
C ₄ -2.2986 × 10 ^-2 C ₅ 4.3667 × 10 ^-3
YRFS [4]
C ₁ -1.1005 × 10 ¹ C ₂ -3.3443 C ₃ 2.7803 × 10 ^-1
C ₄ -1.5113 × 10 ^-2 C ₅ -2.6902 × 10 ^-3
YRFS [5]
C ₁ -2.5742 C ₂ -1.6480 C ₃ 9.0460 × 10 ^-2
Eccentricity (1)
X 0.00 Y -18.25 Z -26.21
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (2)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -26.21
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (3)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -26.05
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (4)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -17.43
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (5)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -31.34
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (6)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -16.48
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (7)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -11.52
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (8)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -10.10
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (9)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -9.60
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (10)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -7.60
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (11)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -7.50
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (12)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -7.00
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (13)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -4.00
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (14)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -3.90
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (15)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -1.40
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (16)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -0.90
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00.

Example 4
Surface number Curvature radius Surface spacing Eccentricity Refractive index Abbe number Object surface ∞ ∞
1 ∞ (entrance pupil plane) Eccentricity (1)
2 YRFS [1] Eccentricity (2) 1.8830 40.7
3 YRFS [2] Eccentricity (2) 1.8830 40.7
4 ASS [1] Eccentricity (3) 1.8830 40.7
5 ASS [2] Eccentricity (4) 1.8830 40.7
6 ASS [3] Eccentricity (5)
7 ∞ (diaphragm) Eccentricity (6)
8 -16.32 Eccentricity (7) 1.5705 63.2
9 2.83 Eccentricity (8) 1.5683 60.3
10 -4.13 Eccentricity (9)
11 17.08 Eccentricity (10) 1.7528 30.1
12 4.54 Eccentricity (11) 1.5490 64.7
13 -9.92 Eccentric (12)
14 5.53 Eccentricity (13) 1.5439 65.1
15 -6.42 Eccentricity (14) 1.7552 27.6
16 20.69 Eccentricity (15)
Image plane ∞
YRFS [1]
C ₁ -2.6168 × 10 ¹ C ₂ 1.9755 × 10 ^-14 C ₃ -2.7605 × 10 ^-1
YRFS [2]
C ₁ -2.5214 × 10 ¹ C ₂ -1.6049 C ₃ -9.0909 × 10 ^-2
C ₄ -1.1344 × 10 ^-2
ASS [1]
R -79.22
k 7.2430
a 7.3060 × 10 ^-7
b 7.5688 × 10 ^-11
c -1.1964 × 10 ^-12
ASS [2]
R -0.01
k -6.1962
a 1.7099 × 10 ^-5
b -7.9121 × 10 ^-7
c 6.4138 × 10 ^-9
ASS [3]
R 0.82
k -1.5580
a -2.2457 × 10 ^-3
b 6.7271 × 10 ^-6
c 5.5428 × 10 ^-7
Eccentricity (1)
X 0.00 Y -26.11 Z -29.06
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (2)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -29.06
α 90.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (3)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -20.30
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (4)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -24.79
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (5)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -26.98
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (6)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -15.74
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (7)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -14.11
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentricity (8)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -13.61
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (9)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -10.61
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (10)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -9.61
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (11)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -9.11
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (12)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -6.61
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (13)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -6.51
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (14)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -3.51
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00
Eccentric (15)
X 0.00 Y 0.00 Z -3.01
α 0.00 β 0.00 γ 0.00.

  In the optical system 50 of the present invention, the transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 is not limited to two or three inner reflection surfaces as in the first to fourth embodiments, but one or four surfaces. You may have more. Further, the internal reflection surface may be a total reflection surface that also serves as the refractive surfaces 11 and 13. Other examples of the transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 are shown in FIGS. However, in these drawings, the lens system of the rear group 20 is indicated by an abbreviation (double arrow), and the configuration parameters thereof are omitted.

A transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 of the optical system 50 in FIG. 25 includes a single inner reflection surface 12, an incidence surface (refractive surface) 11, and the like, which is a rotationally symmetric Y-rotation free-form surface around the central axis 1. When the central axis 1 is oriented vertically and the image plane 30 is oriented to the zenith, the zenith direction is directed to the center direction of the image and the underground direction is An image that forms a circle outside the image is formed on the image plane 30. Also in this example, the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 passes through the reflecting surface 12 and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1. Further, the light beams 2, 3U, and 3L incident from a distance form an image once at a position 4 between the incident surface 11 and the reflecting surface 12 in the sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. orthogonal, not imaged in a plane including a center ray 2 ₀ of the center light beam 2. Further, the image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 near the refractive surface 11 of the front group 10 to form an entrance pupil.

  Since the surfaces constituting the transparent medium 19 in FIG. 25 are the three surfaces 11, 12, and 13, workability is good. In the direction orthogonal to the rotational symmetry axis 1, there is no optical system power. Therefore, it is preferable for aberration correction to transmit an infinite virtual image to the rear group 20 even in the plane including the rotational symmetry axis 1. Therefore, it is preferable that the first surface 11 of the front group 10 is composed of a transmission surface and has a strong positive power. As a result, a primary image in the direction of the rotational symmetry axis of the object can be arranged on the object side from the front group 10, and it becomes easy to transmit an object image at infinity on the other surface. Further, the reflecting surface 12 which is the second surface has a main purpose of relaying the pupil, and the entrance pupil can be arranged in the vicinity of the transmitting surface which is the first surface 11 on this surface. For this purpose, it is preferable to have a relatively strong positive power. In order to correct aberrations, the third surface 13 is constituted by a transmission surface having a positive power in order to transmit the primary image of the object formed in the transparent medium 19 to the rear group 20 as an afocal (infinity image). preferable.

The transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 of the optical system 50 in FIG. 26 includes two inner reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 made of a Y-rotation free-form surface that is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1 and an incident surface (refractive surface). ) 11 and an exit surface (refractive surface) 13, and when the central axis 1 is oriented vertically and the image plane 30 faces the zenith, the underground direction is oriented toward the center of the image, An image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the zenith direction is a circle outside the image. Also in this example, the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 passes through the reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1. The light beams 2, 3U and 3L incident from a distance form an image once in the vicinity of position 4 in the cross-sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. No image is formed in a plane including 2 ₀ . In this example, the image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 in the vicinity of the reflecting surface 12 in the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10.

A transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 of the optical system 50 in FIG. 27 includes two inner reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 formed of a Y-rotation free-form surface that is rotationally symmetric around the central axis 1 and an incident surface (refractive surface). ) 11 and an exit surface (refractive surface) 13, and when the central axis 1 is oriented vertically and the image plane 30 faces the zenith, the underground direction is oriented toward the center of the image, An image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the zenith direction is a circle outside the image. Also in this example, the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 passes through the reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1. In addition, the light beams 2, 3U, and 3L incident from a distance form an image once in the vicinity of the position 4 in the cross-sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. No image is formed in a plane including 2 ₀ . In this example, the image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 in the vicinity of the reflecting surface 12 in the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10.

The transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 of the optical system 50 in FIG. 28 includes a single inner reflection surface 12 formed of a Y-rotation free-form surface that is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1, and an incident surface (refractive surface) 11. When the center axis 1 is oriented in the vertical direction and the image plane 30 is directed to the zenith, An image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the direction is the central direction of the image and the zenith direction is a circle outside the image. Also in this example, the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 passes through the reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1. Further, the light beams 2, 3U, and 3L incident from a distance form an image once at a position 4 near the refracting surface 13 in the sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. not imaged in a plane including a center ray 2 ₀ 2. The image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 in the air on the object side of the refractive surface 11 of the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10.

  When the transmission surface 11 as the first surface and the reflection surface 14 as the third surface of the transparent medium 19 in FIG. 28 are used as a single surface arranged at the same position in the same shape and act as a reflection surface. Is arranged so as to be incident on the surface at an angle exceeding the critical angle, and by utilizing the total reflection action, it becomes possible to reflect the light beam without performing the reflective coating.

The transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 of the optical system 50 in FIG. 29 includes four internal reflection surfaces 12, 14, 15, 16 made of a Y-rotation free-form surface that is rotationally symmetric around the central axis 1, and the incidence. When the transparent medium is composed of a surface (refractive surface) 11 and an exit surface (refractive surface) 13, and the central axis 1 is oriented in the vertical direction and the image plane 30 is directed to the zenith, the underground direction is the center of the image. The image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the zenith direction is a circle outside the image. Also in this example, the light passes through the reflecting surfaces 12, 14, 15, 16 and the refracting surfaces 11, 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1 in the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10. Further, the light beams 2, 3U, and 3L incident from a distance form an image once in the vicinity of the position 4 in the cross-sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. No image is formed in a plane including 2 ₀ . The image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 in the vicinity of the refractive surface 11 of the front group 10.

  The front group 10 in FIG. 29 is an example configured with four reflecting surfaces 12, 14, 15, and 16. In this example, the primary image can be mainly formed on the reflecting surface by arranging the primary image of the object between the reflecting surfaces, and the power load on the transmitting surface 11 as the first surface is reduced. This is preferable for the occurrence of chromatic aberration. In particular, the reflecting surfaces 12, 14, 15, 16 can be arranged substantially in parallel, and the perpendicular direction (the zenith direction) of the image surface 30 is imaged without the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10. This is preferable when an optical system is arranged.

A transparent medium 19 constituting the front group 10 of the optical system 50 in FIG. 30 includes an incident surface (refractive surface) 11 composed of a Y-rotation free-form surface that is rotationally symmetric about the central axis 1 and a single inner reflection surface 14. And a transparent medium composed of the exit surface (refractive surface) 13 and the internal reflection surface 12, and the central axis 1 is oriented vertically and the image plane 30 is oriented to the zenith, An image is formed on the image plane 30 such that the direction is the central direction of the image and the zenith direction is a circle outside the image. Also in this example, the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10 passes through the reflecting surfaces 12 and 14 and the refracting surfaces 11 and 13 located only on one side with respect to the central axis 1. Further, the light beams 2, 3U, and 3L incident from a distance form an image once at a position 4 in the cross-sectional view including the rotational symmetry axis 1 in FIG. _No image is formed in a plane including _zero . Further, the image of the diaphragm 21 of the rear group 20 is formed at a position 5 in the air on the object side of the transparent medium 19 of the front group 10.

  The optical system of the present invention has been described above as an imaging or observation optical system that obtains 360 ° omnidirectional (all circumference) images including the zenith with the central axis (rotation symmetry axis) in the vertical direction. The projection optical system is not limited to the photographing optical system and the observation optical system, and can be used as a projection optical system that projects an image in 360 ° omnidirectional (all circumferences) including the zenith with the optical path reversed. The endoscope can also be used as an all-round observation optical system of an in-tube observation apparatus.

  Below, the usage example of the panorama imaging optical system 31 or the panorama projection optical system 32 is demonstrated as an application example of the optical system of this invention. FIG. 31 is a diagram for illustrating an example in which the panoramic imaging optical system 31 according to the present invention is used as the imaging optical system at the distal end of the endoscope. FIG. 31 (a) illustrates the present invention at the distal end of the rigid endoscope 41. This is an example in which a panoramic imaging optical system 31 is attached and 360 ° omnidirectional images are taken and observed. FIG. 31B shows a panoramic imaging optical system 31 according to the present invention attached to the tip of the flexible electronic endoscope 42, and the image captured on the display device 43 is subjected to image processing to be corrected and displayed. This is an example.

  In FIG. 32, a plurality of panoramic imaging optical systems 31 according to the present invention are attached to the corners and the top of an automobile 48 as imaging optical systems, and image processing is performed on images captured through the respective panoramic imaging optical systems 31 on a display device in a vehicle. This is an example in which distortion is corrected and displayed simultaneously.

  In FIG. 33, the panorama projection optical system 32 according to the present invention is used as the projection optical system of the projection device 44, a panorama image is displayed on the display element arranged on the image plane, and is arranged in all 360 ° directions through the panorama projection optical system 32. This is an example in which a 360 ° omnidirectional image is projected and displayed on the screen 45.

  In FIG. 34, an imaging device 49 using the panoramic imaging optical system 31 according to the present invention is attached to the outside of a building 47, and a projection device 44 using the panoramic projection optical system 32 according to the present invention is disposed indoors. It connects so that the imaged image may be sent to the projection device 44 via the electric wire 46. In such an arrangement, a 360 ° omnidirectional outdoor subject O is photographed by the photographing device 49 via the panoramic photographing optical system 31, and the video signal is sent to the projecting device 44 via the electric wire 46 and arranged on the image plane. In this example, the image is displayed on the display element, and the image O ′ of the subject O is projected and displayed on an indoor wall surface or the like through the panorama projection optical system 32.

It is sectional drawing taken along the central axis of the optical system of Example 1 of this invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an optical path in the optical system of Example 1. FIG. 3 is a ray tracing diagram of a YZ cross section of only a front group of Example 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating curvature of field in reverse ray tracing of only the rear group of Example 1. FIG. 6 is an aberration diagram of the rear group of Example 1. 2 is a transverse aberration diagram for the whole optical system of Example 1. FIG. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 of the optical system of Example 2 of this invention. 3 is a diagram similar to FIG. 2 of the optical system of Example 2. FIG. FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 for only the front group of Example 2. FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 for only the rear group of Example 2. FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5 of the rear group of Example 2. FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 6 of the entire optical system of Example 2. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 of the optical system of Example 3 of this invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram similar to FIG. 2 of the optical system of Example 3. FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 3 for only the front group of Example 3. FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 for only the rear group of Example 3. FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5 of the rear group of Example 3. FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 6 showing the entire optical system of Example 3. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 of the optical system of Example 4 of this invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram similar to FIG. 2 of the optical system of Example 4. FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 3 for only the front group of Example 4. FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 4 for only the rear group of Example 4. FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5 of the rear group of Example 4. FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 6 showing the entire optical system of Example 4. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 which shows the other example of the transparent medium which comprises the front group of the optical system of this invention. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 which shows the other example of the transparent medium which comprises the front group of the optical system of this invention. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 which shows the other example of the transparent medium which comprises the front group of the optical system of this invention. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 which shows the other example of the transparent medium which comprises the front group of the optical system of this invention. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 which shows the other example of the transparent medium which comprises the front group of the optical system of this invention. It is a figure similar to FIG. 1 which shows the other example of the transparent medium which comprises the front group of the optical system of this invention. It is a figure for showing the example which used the panorama imaging | photography optical system by this invention as an imaging | photography optical system of the endoscope front-end | tip. It is a figure for showing the example using the panorama imaging optical system by the present invention as an imaging optical system in each corner and top of a car. It is a figure for showing the example using the panorama projection optical system by this invention as a projection optical system of a projector. It is a figure for showing the example which image | photographs an outdoor to-be-photographed object via the panorama imaging | photography optical system by this invention, and is projected and displayed indoors through the panorama projection optical system by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Center axis (axis of rotational symmetry)
2. Central beam 2 ₀ incident from a distance 2 ₀ Central beam 3 U of a central beam 3 L of a beam incident from a far sky side 4 A beam 4 incident from a far ground side 5 Imaging position 5 of a beam Image position 10 ... front group 11 ... refracting surface (incident surface)
12, 14, 15, 16 ... inner reflective surface 13 ... refracting surface (exit surface)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 19 ... Transparent medium 20 ... Rear group 21 ... Diaphragm 22 ... Plane mirror 30 ... Image plane 41 ... Hard endoscope 42 ... Flexible electronic endoscope 43 ... Display device 44 ... Projection device 45 ... Screen 46 ... Electric wire 47 ... Building 48 ... Automobile 49 ... Shooting device 50 ... Optical system (present invention)
L1-L6 ... Lens

Claims (10)

A 360 ° omnidirectional image having an angle of view of 90 ° or more in the vertical direction is formed on the image plane, or an image arranged on the image plane is 360 ° omnidirectional and 90 ° or more in the vertical direction. An optical system for projecting to the angle of view of
A front group including at least one reflecting surface rotationally symmetric about the central axis, a rear group rotationally symmetric about the central axis and having positive power, and an opening disposed coaxially with the rear group. And
In the case of an imaging system, the light beam that has entered the front group from a distance passes through the front group and the rear group in this order, as opposed to the order in which the light beam advances in the projection system. The image is formed at a position off the axis, and the number of intermediate imaging is different between the cross section including the central axis and the plane orthogonal to the cross section and including the central ray of the luminous flux. And
2. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the front group and the rear group have substantially complementary aberrations. The front group includes a transparent medium that is rotationally symmetric about a central axis, and the transparent medium has at least one internal reflection surface and at least two refracting surfaces. In the case of a projection system, contrary to the order in which the light beam travels, the light enters the transparent medium through the refracting surface of the incident surface, is sequentially reflected by the inner reflecting surface, and exits from the transparent medium through the refracting surface of the exit surface. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the optical system forms an image at a position deviating from the central axis of the image plane through the rear group. 3. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein a light beam incident from a distance passes through the reflecting surface located only on one side with respect to a central axis in the front group. A light beam incident from a distance forms an intermediate image once in a cross section including the central axis, is orthogonal to the cross section including the central axis, does not form an intermediate image in a plane including the central ray of the light beam, and The optical system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the front group has one to four reflecting surfaces. The optical system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the rear group includes a rotationally symmetric coaxial refractive optical system. When the Pebbar sum of the rear group is p and its focal length is f,
-2 <p · f <−0.05 (1)
The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the following condition is satisfied. In the cross section including the central axis, when the optical path length from the entrance pupil position to the aperture position is A, and the optical path length from the entrance pupil position to the first surface of the front group is B,
5 <| A / B | (2)
The optical system according to claim 2, wherein the following condition is satisfied. 8. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the front group has at least one reflecting surface having an incident angle of a central ray of a central light beam incident from a distance of 45 ° or less. 9. The at least one inner reflection surface has a rotationally symmetric shape formed by rotating an arbitrary-shaped line segment having no symmetry plane around the central axis. The optical system according to item. The at least one inner reflection surface has a rotationally symmetric shape formed by rotating an arbitrary-shaped line segment including an odd-numbered term around a central axis. The optical system described.

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