USRE46711EActiveUtility

Optical image capturing system

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Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO LTDPriority: Jul 6, 2012Filed: Mar 9, 2016Granted: Feb 13, 2018
Est. expiryJul 6, 2032(~6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Tsung-Han TsaiHsin-Hsuan Huang
G02B 13/18G02B 13/0045G02B 27/0025G02B 13/0015G02B 3/04G02B 13/002G02B 9/64H04N 23/55H04N 5/2254
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Claims

Abstract

An optical image capturing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second through seventh lens elements all have refractive power. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface which are both aspheric. The seventh lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface which are both aspheric, its wherein the image-side surface of the seventh lens element changes from concave at a paraxial region thereof to convex at a peripheral region thereof.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An optical image capturing system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side thereof:
 a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; 
 a second lens element with refractive power; 
 a third lens element with refractive power; 
 a fourth lens element with refractive power; 
 a fifth lens element with refractive power; 
 a sixth lens element with refractive power having an object-side surface and an image-side surface which are both aspheric; and 
 a seventh lens element with refractive power having an object-side surface and an image-side surface which are both aspheric, wherein the image-side surface of the seventh lens element changes from concave at a paraxial region thereof to convex at a peripheral an off-axis region thereof; 
 wherein the optical image capturing system has a total of seven lens elements with refractive power, and an air distance between two adjacent surfaces of any every two adjacent lens elements; the optical image capturing system further comprises an image sensor, a maximum image height of the optical image capturing system is ImgH, an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image plane is TTL, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, a vertical distance from a an off-axis critical point on the image-side surface of the seventh lens element to an axial vertex on the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Yc72, and an axial distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Td, and the following relationships are satisfied:
   0.1<Yc72/f<0.9; 
   0.50<Td/f<1.35; and 
   1.00<TTL/ImgH<1.70. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein a minimum central thickness of a lens element among the seven lens elements of the optical image capturing system is CTmin, the following relationship is satisfied:
   0.10 mm<CTmin<0.30 mm. 
 
     
     
       3. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, a focal length of the sixth lens element is f 6 , and a focal length of the seventh lens element is f 7 , the following relationship is satisfied:
   1.8<|f/f6|+|f/f7|<6.0. 
 
     
     
       4. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein an Abbe number of the first lens element is V 1 , and an Abbe number of the second lens element is V 2 , the following relationship is satisfied:
   28<V1−V2<42.
 
 
     
     
       5. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein a maximal field of view of the optical image capturing system is FOV, the following relationship is satisfied:
   72 degrees<FOV<95 degrees. 
 
     
     
       6. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 aan aperture stop located between an object and the second lens element. 
 
     
     
       7. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element comprises at least one inflection point. 
     
     
       8. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex. 
     
     
       9. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the object-side surface of the sixth lens element changes from convex at a paraxial region thereof to concave at a peripheral region thereof. 
     
     
       10. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens element has a concave object-side surface. 
     
     
       11. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex. 
     
     
       12. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens element has positive refractive power. 
     
     
       13. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the seventh lens element has negative refractive power. 
     
     
       14. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the second lens element has a concave image-side surface. 
     
     
       15. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the second lens element has negative refractive power. 
     
     
       16. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the third lens element, the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. 
     
     
       17. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element, the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element are made of plastic material. 
     
     
       18. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is R 14 , and the focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, the following relationship is satisfied:
   0.1<R14/f<1.0. 
 
     
     
       19. An image capturing device, comprising:
 the optical image capturing system of  claim 1 . 
 
     
     
       20. An optical image capturing system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side thereof:
 a first lens element with positive refractive power;   a second lens element;   a third lens element;   a fourth lens element;   a fifth lens element having an object-side surface and an image-side surface which are both aspheric;   a sixth lens element having an object-side surface and an image-side surface which are both aspheric; and   a seventh lens element having an object-side surface and an image-side surface which are both aspheric, wherein the image-side surface of the seventh lens element changes from concave at a paraxial region thereof to convex at an off-axis region thereof;   wherein the optical image capturing system has a total of seven lens elements; and further comprises an aperture stop located closer to the object side than the third lens element, a maximum image height of the optical image capturing system is ImgH, an axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image plane is TTL, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, a vertical distance from an off-axis critical point on the image-side surface of the seventh lens element to an axial vertex on the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Yc72, and an axial distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Td, and the following relationships are satisfied:
   0.1<Yc72/f<0.9; 
   0.50<Td/f<1.35; and 
   1.00<TTL/ImgH<1.70. 
   
     
     
       21. The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein the optical image capturing system has an air distance between two adjacent surfaces of every two adjacent lens elements. 
     
     
       22. The optical image capturing system of claim 21, wherein the fifth lens element has a concave object-side surface. 
     
     
       23. The optical image capturing system of claim 21, wherein the sixth lens element has positive refractive power and the seventh lens element has negative refractive power. 
     
     
       24. The optical image capturing system of claim 21, wherein at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element comprises at least one inflection point. 
     
     
       25. The optical image capturing system of claim 21, wherein the object-side surface of the sixth lens element changes from convex at a paraxial region thereof to concave at an off-axis region thereof. 
     
     
       26. The optical image capturing system of claim 21, wherein a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is R14, and the focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, the following relationship is satisfied:
   0.1<R14/f<1.0.   
     
     
       27. The optical image capturing system of claim 21, wherein the focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, a focal length of the sixth lens element is f6, and a focal length of the seventh lens element is f7, the following relationship is satisfied:
   1.8<|f/f6|+|f/f7|<6.0.   
     
     
       28. The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein the maximum image height of the optical image capturing system is ImgH, the axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image plane is TTL, the following relationship is satisfied:
   1.00<TTL/ImgH≦1.62.
   
     
     
       29. The optical image capturing system of claim 28, wherein the maximum image height of the optical image capturing system is ImgH, the axial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and the image plane is TTL, the following relationship is satisfied:
   1.00<TTL/ImgH≦1.54.
   
     
     
       30. The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element, the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element are made of plastic material. 
     
     
       31. The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein an Abbe number of the first lens element is V1, and an Abbe number of the second lens element is V2, the following relationship is satisfied:
   28<V1−V2<42.
   
     
     
       32. The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein a maximal field of view of the optical image capturing system is FOV, the following relationship is satisfied:
   72 degrees<FOV<95 degrees.   
     
     
       33. The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein a minimum central thickness of a lens element among the seven lens elements of the optical image capturing system is CTmin, the following relationship is satisfied:
   0.10 mm<CTmin<0.30 mm.   
     
     
       34. An image capturing device, comprising:
 the optical image capturing system of claim 20.

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