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Camera optical lens

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Abstract

The present invention includes to a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, the sixth lens is made of plastic material, and the seventh lens is made of glass material. The camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: −10≤f1/f≤−3.1; 1.7≤n7≤2.2; 1≤f6/f7≤10; −10≤(R 1 +R 2 )/(R 1 −R 2 )≤10; 0.01≤d13/TTL≤0.2. The camera optical lens can obtain high imaging performance and a low TTL (Total Track Length).

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›CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the priority benefit of Chinese Patent Applications Ser. No. 201711367102.7 and Ser. No. 201711367095.0 filed on Dec. 18, 2017, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

›FIELD OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE

The present disclosure generally relates to an optical lens, in particular to a camera optical lens suitable for handheld devices such as smart phones and digital cameras and imaging devices such as monitors and PC lenses.

›DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART

With the emergence of smart phones in recent years, the demand for miniature camera lens is increasing day by day, but the photosensitive devices of general camera lens are no other than Charge Coupled Device (CCD) or Complementary metal-Oxide Semiconductor Sensor (CMOS sensor), and as the progress of the semiconductor manufacturing technology makes the pixel size of the photosensitive devices shrink, coupled with the current development trend of electronic products being that their functions should be better and their shape should be thin and small, miniature camera lens with good imaging quality therefore has become a mainstream in the market. In order to obtain better imaging quality, the lens that is traditionally equipped in mobile phone cameras adopts a three-piece or four-piece lens structure. And, with the development of technology and the increase of the diverse demands of users, and under this circumstances that the pixel area of photosensitive devices is shrinking steadily and the requirement of the system for the imaging quality is improving constantly, the five-piece, six-piece and seven-piece lens structure gradually appear in lens design. There is an urgent need for ultra-thin wide-angle camera lenses which have good optical characteristics and the chromatic aberration of which is fully corrected.

›SUMMARY · 1 of 2

In respect to the above problem, an objective of the present disclosure is to provide a camera optical lens which can achieve both high imaging performance and ultra-thinness and a wide angle.

To solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens comprises, in an order from an object side to an image side: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens.

The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, the sixth lens is made of plastic material, and the seventh lens is made of glass material.

Where the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions:

−10≤ f 1/ f≤− 3.1;

1.7 ≤n 7≤2.2;

1≤ f 6/ f 7≤10;

−10≤( R 1+ R 2)/( R 1 −R 2)≤10; and

0.01≤ d 13/TTL≤0.2.

Where f is the focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 is the focal length of the first lens; R 1 is the curvature radius of object side surface of the first lens; R 2 is the curvature radius of image side surface of the first lens, n7 is the refractive index of the seventh lens, d13 is the thickness on-axis of the seventh lens; f6 is the focal length of the sixth lens; f7 is the focal length of the seventh lens; and TTL is the total optical length of the camera optical lens.

Compared with existing technologies, with above lens configuration the embodiment of the present disclosure may combine lens that have a special relation in terms of the data of focal length, refractive index, an optical length of the camera optical lens, thickness on-axis and curvature radius, so as to enable the camera optical lens to achieve ultra-thinness and a wide angle while obtaining high imaging performance.

In one example, the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: −9.95≤f1/f≤−3.2; 1.706≤n7≤2.1; 1.71≤f6/f7≤9.95; −9.999≤(R 1 +R 2 )/(R 1 −R 2 )≤9.49; 0.023≤d13/TTL≤0.163.

In one example, the first lens has a negative refractive power; the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: 0.1≤d1≤0.31; where d1 is the thickness on-axis of the first lens.

In one example, the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: 0.17≤d1≤0.25.

In one example, the second lens has a positive refractive power with a convex object side surface and a convex image side surface relative to a proximal axis; the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: 0.42≤f2/f≤1.39; −1.95≤(R 3 +R 4 )/(R 3 −R 4 )≤−0.24; 0.24≤d3≤0.84; where f is the focal length of the camera optical lens; f2 is the focal length of the second lens; R 3 is the curvature radius of the object side surface of the second lens; R 4 is the curvature radius of the image side surface of the second lens; and d3 is the thickness on-axis of the second lens.

In one example, the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: 0.67≤f2/f≤1.11; −1.22≤(R 3 +R 4 )/(R 3 −R 4 )≤−0.3; 0.38≤d3≤0.67.

In one example, the third lens has a negative refractive power with a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface relative to a proximal axis; wherein the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: −22.58≤f3/f≤−3.08; 3.21≤(R 5 +R 6 )/(R 5 −R 6 )≤22.85; 0.11≤d5≤0.37; where f is the focal length of the camera optical lens; f3 is the focal length of the third lens; R 5 is the curvature radius of the object side surface of the third lens; and R 6 is the curvature radius of the image side surface of the third lens; d5 is the thickness on-axis of the third lens.

In one example, the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: −14.12≤f3/f≤−3.86; 5.13≤(R 5 +R 6 )/(R 5 −R 6 )≤18.28; 0.18≤d5≤0.3.

In one example, the fourth lens has a negative refractive power with a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface relative to a proximal axis; the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: −9.92≤f4/f≤−2.42; 1.39≤(R 7 +R 8 )/(R 7 −R 8 )≤5.63; 0.15≤d7≤0.68; where f is the focal length of the camera optical lens; f4 is the focal length of the fourth lens; R 7 is the curvature radius of the object side surface of the fourth lens; and R 8 is the curvature radius of the image side surface of the fourth lens; d7 is the thickness on-axis of the fourth lens.

In one example, the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: −6.20≤f4/f≤−3.02; 2.23≤(R 7 +R 8 )/(R 7 −R 8 )≤4.51; 0.23≤d7≤0.55.

In one example, the fifth lens has a positive refractive power with a concave object side surface and a convex image side surface relative to a proximal axis; the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: 0.19≤f5/f≤0.76; 0.67≤(R 9 +R 10 )/(R 9 −R 10 )≤2.27; 0.41≤d9≤2.12; where f is the focal length of the camera optical lens; f5 is the focal length of the fifth lens; R 9 is the curvature radius of the object side surface of the fifth lens; R 10 is the curvature radius of the image side surface of the fifth lens; and d9 is the thickness on-axis of the fifth lens.

In one example, the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: 0.31≤f5/f≤0.61; 1.06≤(R 9 +R 10 )/(R 9 −R 10 )≤1.82; 0.66≤d9≤1.69.

In one example, the sixth lens has a negative refractive power with a concave object side surface relative to a proximal axis; the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: −10.66≤f6/f≤−1.0; −3.46≤(R 11 +R 12 )/(R 11 −R 12 )≤0.43; 0.13≤d11≤0.91; where f is the focal length of the camera optical lens; f6 is the focal length of the sixth lens; R 11 is the curvature radius of the object side surface of the sixth lens; and R 12 is the curvature radius of the image side surface of the sixth lens; d11 is the thickness on-axis of the sixth lens.

In one example, the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: −6.67≤f6/f≤−1.25; −2.16≤(R 11 +R 12 )/(R 11 −R 12 )≤0.35; 0.21≤d11≤0.73.

›SUMMARY · 2 of 2

In one example, the seventh lens has a negative refractive power with a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface relative to a proximal axis; the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: 0.74≤(R 13 +R 14 )/(R 13 −R 14 )≤2.74; −1.24≤f7/f≤−0.28; 0.1≤d13≤0.98; where f is the focal length of the camera optical lens; f7 is the focal length of the seventh lens; d13 is the thickness on-axis of the seventh lens; R 13 is the curvature radius of the object side surface of the seventh lens; R 14 is the curvature radius of the image side surface of the seventh lens.

In one example, the camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: 1.19≤(R 13 +R 14 )/(R 13 −R 14 )≤2.19; −0.78≤f7/f≤−0.35; 0.16≤d13≤0.78.

In one example, the total optical length TTL of the camera optical lens is less than or equal to 6.08 mm.

In one example, the total optical length TTL of the camera optical lens is less than or equal to 5.8 mm.

In one example, the aperture F number of the camera optical lens is less than or equal to 2.27.

In one example, the aperture F number of the camera optical lens is less than or equal to 2.22.

An effect of the present disclosure is that the camera optical lens has excellent optical properties and a wide angle. The camera optical lens is ultra-thin, and its chromatic aberration is fully corrected, that is particularly suitable for a mobile camera lens assembly and web camera lens that have CCD, CMOS and other imaging elements with high pixels.

›BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a camera optical lens in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows the longitudinal aberration of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 shows the lateral color of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 presents a schematic diagram of the field curvature and distortion of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a camera optical lens in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 presents the longitudinal aberration of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 7 presents the lateral color of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 8 presents the field curvature and distortion of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a camera optical lens in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 presents the longitudinal aberration of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 11 presents the lateral color of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 12 presents the field curvature and distortion of the camera optical lens shown in FIG. 9 .

›DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present disclosure clearer, the following describes the embodiments of the present disclosure in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. A person of ordinary skill in the related art can understand that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, many technical details are provided to make readers better understand this application. However, even without these technical details and any changes and modifications based on the following embodiments, technical solutions required to be protected by this application can be implemented.

›Embodiment 1 · 1 of 4

As referring to the accompanying drawings, the present invention provides a camera optical lens 10 . FIG. 1 shows the camera optical lens 10 of embodiment 1 of the present invention, the camera optical lens 10 comprises seven lenses. Specifically, from the object side to the image side, the camera optical lens 10 comprises in sequence: an aperture S 1 , a first lens L 1 , a second lens L 2 , a third lens L 3 , a fourth lens L 4 , a fifth lens L 5 , a sixth lens L 6 and a seventh lens L 7 . Optical element like optical filter GF can be arranged between the seventh lens L 7 and the image surface Si.

The first lens L 1 is made of plastic material, the second lens L 2 is made of plastic material, the third lens L 3 is made of plastic material, the fourth lens L 4 is made of plastic material, the fifth lens L 5 is made of plastic material, the sixth lens L 6 is made of plastic material, the seventh lens L 7 is made of glass material.

Here, the focal length of the whole camera optical lens 10 is defined as f, the focal length of the first lens is defined as f1. The camera optical lens 10 further satisfies the following condition: −10≤f1/f≤−3.1, which fixes the negative refractive power of the first lens L 1 . If the upper limit of the set value is exceeded, although it benefits the ultra-thin development of lenses, the negative refractive power of the first lens L 1 will be too strong, problem like aberration is difficult to be corrected, and it is also unfavorable for wide-angle development of lens. On the contrary, if the lower limit of the set value is exceeded, the negative refractive power of the first lens L 1 becomes too weak, it is then difficult to develop ultra-thin lenses. In one example, the following condition shall be satisfied, −9.95≤f1/f≤−3.2.

The refractive index of the seventh lens L 7 is defined as n7. Here the following condition should be satisfied: 1.7≤n7≤2.2. This condition fixes the refractive index of the seventh lens L 7 , and refractive index within this range benefits the ultra-thin development of lenses, and it also benefits the correction of aberration. In one example, the following condition shall be satisfied, 1.706≤n7≤2.1.

The focal length of the sixth lens L 6 is defined as f6, and the focal length of the seventh lens L 7 is defined as f7. The camera optical lens 10 should satisfy the following condition: 1≤f6/f7≤10, which fixes the ratio between the focal length f6 of the sixth lens L 6 and the focal length f7 of the seventh lens L 7 . A ratio within this range can effectively reduce the sensitivity of lens group used in camera and further enhance the imaging quality. In one example, the following condition shall be satisfied, 1.71≤f6/f7≤9.95.

The curvature radius of the object side surface of the first lens L 1 is defined as R 1 , the curvature radius of the image side surface of the first lens L 1 is defined as R 2 . The camera optical lens 10 further satisfies the following condition: −10≤(R 1 +R 2 )/(R 1 −R 2 )≤10, which fixes the shape of the first lens L 1 , when the value is beyond this range, with the development into the direction of ultra-thin and wide-angle lenses, problem like aberration of the off-axis picture angle is difficult to be corrected. In one example, the condition −9.999≤(R 1 +R 2 )/(R 1 −R 2 )≤9.49 shall be satisfied.

The thickness on-axis of the seventh lens L 7 is defined as d13, and the total optical length of the camera optical lens 10 is defined as TTL. The condition 0.01≤d13/TTL≤0.2 should be satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, it is beneficial for realization of the ultra-thin lens. In one example, the condition 0.023≤d13/TTL≤0.163 shall be satisfied.

When the focal length of the camera optical lens 10 of the present invention, the focal length of each lens, the refractive index of the related lens, and the total optical length, the thickness on-axis and the curvature radius of the camera optical lens satisfy the above conditions, the camera optical lens 10 has the advantage of high performance and satisfies the design requirement of low TTL.

In this embodiment, the first lens L 1 has a negative refractive power.

The thickness on-axis of the first lens L 1 is defined as d1. The condition 0.1≤d1≤0.31 should be satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, it is beneficial for realization of the ultra-thin lens. In one example, the condition 0.17≤d1≤0.25 shall be satisfied.

In this embodiment, the object side surface of the second lens L 2 is a convex surface relative to the proximal axis, its image side surface is a convex surface relative to the proximal axis, and it has a positive refractive power.

The focal length of the whole camera optical lens 10 is f, the focal length of the second lens L 2 is defined as f2. The following condition should be satisfied: 0.42≤f2/f≤1.39. When the condition is satisfied, the positive refractive power of the second lens L 2 is controlled within reasonable scope, the spherical aberration caused by the first lens L 1 which has negative refractive power and the field curvature of the system then can be reasonably and effectively balanced. In one example, the condition 0.67≤f2/f≤1.11 should be satisfied.

The curvature radius of the object side surface of the second lens L 2 is defined as R 3 , the curvature radius of the image side surface of the second lens L 2 is defined as R 4 . The following condition should be satisfied: −1.95≤(R 3 +R 4 )/(R 3 −R 4 )≤−0.24, which fixes the shape of the second lens L 2 . When beyond this range, with the development into the direction of ultra-thin and wide-angle lens, the problem like chromatic aberration on-axis is difficult to be corrected. In one example, the following condition shall be satisfied, −1.22≤(R 3 +R 4 )/(R 3 −R 4 )≤−0.3.

The thickness on-axis of the second lens L 2 is defined as d3. The condition 0.24≤d3≤0.84 should be satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, it is beneficial for realization of the ultra-thin lens. In one example, the condition 0.38≤d3≤0.67 shall be satisfied.

›Embodiment 1 · 2 of 4

In this embodiment, the object side surface of the third lens L 3 is a convex surface relative to the proximal axis, its image side surface is a concave surface relative to the proximal axis, and it has a negative refractive power.

The focal length of the whole camera optical lens 10 is f, the focal length of the third lens L 3 is f3. The following condition should be satisfied: −22.58≤f3/f≤−3.08. When the condition is satisfied, the field curvature of the system can be reasonably and effectively balanced for further improving the image quality. In one example, the condition −14.12≤f3/f≤−3.86 should be satisfied.

The curvature radius of the object side surface of the third lens L 3 is defined as R 5 , the curvature radius of the image side surface of the third lens L 3 is defined as R 6 . The following condition should be satisfied: 3.21≤(R 5 +R 6 )/(R 5 −R 6 )≤22.85, which is effective for shape control of the third lens L 3 and beneficial for the shaping of the third lens L 3 , and bad shaping and stress generation due to an extra-large curvature of surface of the third lens L 3 can be avoided. In one example, the following condition shall be satisfied, 5.13≤(R 5 +R 6 )/(R 5 −R 6 )≤18.28.

The thickness on-axis of the third lens L 3 is defined as d5. The condition 0.11≤d5≤0.37 should be satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, it is beneficial for realization of the ultra-thin lens. In one example, the condition 0.18≤d5≤0.3 shall be satisfied.

In this embodiment, the object side surface of the fourth lens L 4 is a convex surface relative to the proximal axis, its image side surface is a concave surface relative to the proximal axis, and it has a negative refractive power.

The focal length of the whole camera optical lens 10 is f, the focal length of the fourth lens L 4 is f4. The following condition should be satisfied: −9.92≤f4/f≤−2.42. When the condition is satisfied, the appropriate distribution of refractive power makes it possible that the system has better imaging quality and lower sensitivity. In one example, the condition −6.20≤f4/f≤−3.02 should be satisfied.

The curvature radius of the object side surface of the fourth lens L 4 is defined as R 7 , the curvature radius of the image side surface of the fourth lens L 4 is defined as R 8 . The following condition should be satisfied: 1.39≤(R 7 +R 8 )/(R 7 −R 8 )≤5.63, which fixes the shape of the fourth lens L 4 . When beyond this range, with the development into the direction of ultra-thin and wide-angle lens, the problem like chromatic aberration of the off-axis picture angle is difficult to be corrected. In one example, the following is condition shall be satisfied, 2.23≤(R 7 +R 8 )/(R 7 −R 8 )≤4.51.

The thickness on-axis of the fourth lens L 4 is defined as d7. The following condition: 0.15≤d7≤0.68 should be satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, it is beneficial for realization of the ultra-thin lens. In one example, the condition 0.23≤d7≤0.55 shall be satisfied.

In this embodiment, the object side surface of the fifth lens L 5 is a concave surface relative to the proximal axis, the image side surface of the fifth lens L 5 is a convex surface relative to the proximal axis. The fifth lens L 5 has a positive refractive power.

The focal length of the whole camera optical lens 10 is f, the focal length of the fifth lens L 5 is f5. The following condition should be satisfied: 0.19≤f5/f≤0.76, which can effectively make the light angle of the camera lens flat and reduces the tolerance sensitivity. In one example, the condition 0.31≤f5/f≤0.61 should be satisfied.

The curvature radius of the object side surface of the fifth lens L 5 is defined as R 9 , the curvature radius of the image side surface of the fifth lens L 5 is defined as R 10 . The following condition should be satisfied: 0.67≤(R 9 +R 10 )/(R 9 −R 10 )≤2.27, which fixes the shape of the fifth lens L 5 . When beyond this range, with the development into the direction of ultra-thin and wide-angle lens, the problem like chromatic aberration of the off-axis picture angle is difficult to be corrected. In one example, the following is condition shall be satisfied, 1.06≤(R 9 +R 10 )/(R 9 −R 10 )≤1.82.

The thickness on-axis of the fifth lens L 5 is defined as d9. The following condition: 0.41≤d9≤2.12 should be satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, it is beneficial for realization of the ultra-thin lens. In one example, the condition 0.66≤d9≤1.69 shall be satisfied.

In this embodiment, the object side surface of the sixth lens L 6 is a concave surface relative to the proximal axis. The sixth lens L 6 has a negative refractive power.

The focal length of the whole camera optical lens 10 is f, the focal length of the sixth lens L 6 is f6. The following condition should be satisfied: −10.66≤f6/f≤−1.0. When the condition is satisfied, the appropriate distribution of refractive power makes it possible that the system has better imaging quality and lower sensitivity. In one example, the condition −6.67≤f6/f≤−1.25 should be satisfied.

The curvature radius of the object side surface of the sixth lens L 6 is defined as R 11 , the curvature radius of the image side surface of the sixth lens L 6 is defined as R 12 . The following condition should be satisfied: −3.46≤(R 11 +R 12 )/(R 11 −R 12 )≤0.43, which fixes the shape of the sixth lens L 6 . When beyond this range, with the development into the direction of ultra-thin and wide-angle lens, the problem like chromatic aberration of the off-axis picture angle is difficult to be corrected. In one example, the following is condition shall be satisfied, −2.16≤(R 11 +R 12 )/(R 11 −R 12 )≤0.35.

The thickness on-axis of the sixth lens L 6 is defined as d11. The following condition: 0.13≤d11≤0.91 should be satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, it is beneficial for realization of the ultra-thin lens. In one example, the condition 0.21≤d11≤0.73 shall be satisfied.

In this embodiment, the object side surface of the seventh lens L 7 is a convex surface relative to the proximal axis, the image side surface of the seventh lens L 7 is a concave surface relative to the proximal axis, and it has a negative refractive power.

›Embodiment 1 · 3 of 4

The focal length of the whole camera optical lens 10 is f, the focal length of the seventh lens L 7 is f7. The following condition should be satisfied: −1.24≤f7/f≤−0.28. When the condition is satisfied, the appropriate distribution of refractive power makes it possible that the system has better imaging quality and lower sensitivity. In one example, the condition −0.78≤f7/f≤−0.35 should be satisfied.

The curvature radius of the object side surface of the seventh lens L 7 is defined as R 13 , the curvature radius of the image side surface of the seventh lens L 7 is defined as R 14 . The following condition should be satisfied: 0.74≤(R 13 +R 14 )/(R 13 −R 14 )≤2.74, which fixes the shape of the seventh lens L 7 . When beyond this range, with the development into the direction of ultra-thin and wide-angle lens, the problem like chromatic aberration of the off-axis picture angle is difficult to be corrected. In one example, the following condition shall be satisfied, 1.19≤(R 13 +R 14 )/(R 13 −R 14 )≤2.19.

The thickness on-axis of the seventh lens L 7 is defined as d13. The following condition: 0.1≤d13≤0.98 should be satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, it is beneficial for realization of the ultra-thin lens. In one example, the condition 0.16≤d13≤0.78 shall be satisfied.

In this embodiment, the total optical length TTL of the camera optical lens 10 is less than or equal to 6.08 mm, it is beneficial for the realization of ultra-thin lenses. In one example, the total optical length TTL of the camera optical lens 10 is less than or equal to 5.8 mm.

In this embodiment, the aperture F number of the camera optical lens 10 is less than or equal to 2.27. A large aperture has better imaging performance. In one example, the aperture F number of the camera optical lens 10 is less than or equal to 2.22.

With such design, the total optical length TTL of the whole camera optical lens 10 can be made as short as possible, thus the miniaturization characteristics can be maintained.

In the following, an example will be used to describe the camera optical lens 10 of the present invention. The symbols recorded in each example are as follows. The unit of distance, radius and center thickness is mm.

TTL (Total Track Length): Optical length (the distance on-axis from the object side surface of the first lens L 1 to the image surface).

In one example, inflexion points and/or arrest points can also be arranged on the object side surface and/or image side surface of the lens, so that the demand for high quality imaging can be satisfied, the description below can be referred for specific implementable scheme.

The design information of the camera optical lens 10 in the first embodiment of the present invention is shown in the following, the unit of the focal length, distance, radius and center thickness is mm.

The design information of the camera optical lens 10 in the first embodiment of the present invention is shown in the tables 1 and 2.

The meanings of the above symbols are as follows.

S 1 : Aperture;

R: The curvature radius of the optical surface, the central curvature radius in case of lens;

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

R 2 : The curvature radius of the image side surface of the first lens L 1 ;

R 3 : The curvature radius of the object side surface of the second lens L 2 ;

R 4 : The curvature radius of the image side surface of the second lens L 2 ;

R 5 : The curvature radius of the object side surface of the third lens L 3 ;

R 6 : The curvature radius of the image side surface of the third lens L 3 ;

R 7 : The curvature radius of the object side surface of the fourth lens L 4 ;

R 8 : The curvature radius of the image side surface of the fourth lens L 4 ;

R 9 : The curvature radius of the object side surface of the fifth lens L 5 ;

R 10 : The curvature radius of the image side surface of the fifth lens L 5 ;

R 11 : The curvature radius of the object side surface of the sixth lens L 6 ;

R 12 : The curvature radius of the image side surface of the sixth lens L 6 ;

R 13 : The curvature radius of the object side surface of the seventh lens L 7 ;

R 14 : The curvature radius of the image side surface of the seventh lens L 7 ;

R 15 : The curvature radius of the object side surface of the optical filter GF;

R 16 : The curvature radius of the image side surface of the optical filter GF;

d: The thickness on-axis of the lens and the distance on-axis between the lens;

d0: The distance on-axis from aperture S 1 to the object side surface of the first lens L 1 ;

d1: The thickness on-axis of the first lens L 1 ;

d2: The distance on-axis from the image side surface of the first lens L 1 to the object side surface of the second lens L 2 ;

d3: The thickness on-axis of the second lens L 2 ;

d4: The distance on-axis from the image side surface of the second lens L 2 to the object side surface of the third lens L 3 ;

d5: The thickness on-axis of the third lens L 3 ;

d6: The distance on-axis from the image side surface of the third lens L 3 to the object side surface of the fourth lens L 4 ;

d7: The thickness on-axis of the fourth lens L 4 ;

d8: The distance on-axis from the image side surface of the fourth lens L 4 to the object side surface of the fifth lens L 5 ;

d9: The thickness on-axis of the fifth lens L 5 ;

d10: The distance on-axis from the image side surface of the fifth lens L 5 to the object side surface of the sixth lens L 6 ;

d11: The thickness on-axis of the sixth lens L 6 ;

d12: The distance on-axis from the image side surface of the sixth lens L 6 to the object side surface of the seventh lens L 7 ;

d13: The thickness on-axis of the seventh lens L 7 ;

d14: The distance on-axis from the image side surface of the seventh lens L 7 to the object side surface of the optical filter GF;

d15: The thickness on-axis of the optical filter GF;

d16: The distance on-axis from the image side surface of the optical filter GF to the image surface;

nd: The refractive index of the d line;

nd1: The refractive index of the d line of the first lens L 1 ;

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nd2: The refractive index of the d line of the second lens L 2 ;

nd3: The refractive index of the d line of the third lens L 3 ;

nd4: The refractive index of the d line of the fourth lens L 4 ;

nd5: The refractive index of the d line of the fifth lens L 5 ;

nd6: The refractive index of the d line of the sixth lens L 6 ;

nd7: The refractive index of the d line of the seventh lens L 7 ;

ndg: The refractive index of the d line of the optical filter GF;

vd: The abbe number;

v1: The abbe number of the first lens L 1 ;

v2: The abbe number of the second lens L 2 ;

v3: The abbe number of the third lens L 3 ;

v4: The abbe number of the fourth lens L 4 ;

v5: The abbe number of the fifth lens L 5 ;

v6: The abbe number of the sixth lens L 6 ;

v7: The abbe number of the seventh lens L 7 ;

vg: The abbe number of the optical filter GF.

Table 2 shows the aspherical surface data of the camera optical lens 10 in the embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Among them, K is a conic index, A 4 , A 6 , A 8 , A 10 , A 12 , A 14 , A 16 are aspheric surface indexes.

IH: Image height

y =( x 2 /R )/[1+{1−( k+ 1)( x 2 /R 2 )} 1/2 ]+ A 4 x 4 +A 6 x 6 +A 8 x 8 +A 10 x 10 +A 12 x 12 +A 14 x 14 +A 16 x 16   (1)

For convenience, the aspheric surface of each lens surface uses the aspheric surfaces shown in the above condition (1). However, the present invention is not limited to the aspherical polynomials form shown in the condition (1).

Table 3 and table 4 show the inflexion points and the arrest point design data of the camera optical lens 10 lens in embodiment 1 of the present invention. In which, R 1 and R 2 represent respectively the object side surface and image side surface of the first lens L 1 , R 3 and R 4 represent respectively the object side surface and image side surface of the second lens L 2 , R 5 and R 6 represent respectively the object side surface and image side surface of the third lens L 3 , R 7 and R 8 represent respectively the object side surface and image side surface of the fourth lens L 4 , R 9 and R 10 represent respectively the object side surface and image side surface of the fifth lens L 5 , R 11 and R 12 represent respectively the object side surface and image side surface of the sixth lens L 6 , R 13 and R 14 represent respectively the object side surface and image side surface of the seventh lens L 7 . The data in the column named “inflexion point position” are the vertical distances from the inflexion points arranged on each lens surface to the optic axis of the camera optical lens 10 . The data in the column named “arrest point position” are the vertical distances from the arrest points arranged on each lens surface to the optic axis of the camera optical lens 10 .

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show respectively the longitudinal aberration and lateral color schematic diagrams after light with a wavelength of 470 nm, 555 nm and 650 nm passes the camera optical lens 10 in the first embodiment. FIG. 4 shows the field curvature and distortion schematic diagrams after light with a wavelength of 555 nm passes the camera optical lens 10 in the first embodiment, the field curvature S in FIG. 4 is a field curvature in the sagittal direction, T is a field curvature in the meridian direction.

The following Table 13 shows the various values of the embodiments 1, 2, 3 and the values corresponding with the parameters which are already specified in the conditions.

As shown in Table 13, the first embodiment satisfies the various conditions.

In this embodiment, the pupil entering diameter of the camera optical lens is 1.732 mm, the full vision field image height is 2.994 mm, the vision field angle in the diagonal direction is 76.79°, it has wide-angle and is ultra-thin, its on-axis and off-axis chromatic aberrations are fully corrected, and it has excellent optical characteristics.

›Embodiment 2

Embodiment 2 is basically the same as embodiment 1, the meaning of its symbols is the same as that of embodiment 1, in the following, only the differences are described.

Table 5 and table 6 show the design data of the camera optical lens 20 in embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Table 6 shows the aspherical surface data of each lens of the camera optical lens 20 in embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Table 7 and table 8 show the inflexion points and the arrest point design data of the camera optical lens 20 lens in embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show the longitudinal aberration and lateral color schematic diagrams after light with a wavelength of 470 nm, 555 nm and 650 nm passes the camera optical lens 20 in the second embodiment. FIG. 8 shows the field curvature and distortion schematic diagrams after light with a wavelength of 555 nm passes the camera optical lens 20 in the second embodiment.

As shown in Table 13, the second embodiment satisfies the various conditions.

In this embodiment, the pupil entering diameter of the camera optical lens is 1.713 mm, the full vision field image height is 2.994 mm, the vision field angle in the diagonal direction is 77.59°, it has wide-angle and is ultra-thin, its on-axis and off-axis chromatic aberrations are fully corrected, and it has excellent optical characteristics.

›Embodiment 3

Embodiment 3 is basically the same as embodiment 1, the meaning of its symbols is the same as that of embodiment 1, in the following, only the differences are described.

Table 9 and table 10 show the design data of the camera optical lens 30 in embodiment 3 of the present invention.

Table 10 shows the aspherical surface data of each lens of the camera optical lens 30 in embodiment 3 of the present invention.

Table 11 and table 12 show the inflexion points and the arrest point design data of the camera optical lens 30 lens in embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show respectively the longitudinal aberration and lateral color schematic diagrams after light with a wavelength of 470 nm, 555 nm and 650 nm passes the camera optical lens 30 in the third embodiment. FIG. 12 shows the field curvature and distortion schematic diagrams after light with a wavelength of 555 nm passes the camera optical lens 30 in the third embodiment.

The following Table 13 shows the values corresponding with the conditions in this embodiment according to the above conditions. Obviously, this embodiment satisfies the various conditions.

In this embodiment, the pupil entering diameter of the camera optical lens is 1.729 mm, the full vision field image height is 2.994 mm, the vision field angle in the diagonal direction is 76.78°, it has wide-angle and is ultra-thin, its on-axis and off-axis chromatic aberrations are fully corrected, and it has excellent optical characteristics.

Persons of ordinary skill in the related art can understand that, the above embodiments are specific examples for implementation of the present disclosure, and during actual application, various changes may be made to the forms and details of the examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

›Tables in the description — 12
TABLE 1
Rdndvd
S1∞d0 =−0.076
R11.5587d1 =0.209nd11.6713v 119.24
R21.2464d2 =0.050
R31.9482d3 =0.470nd21.5445v 255.99
R4−162.6697d4 =0.030
R53.1157d5 =0.228nd31.6713v 319.24
R62.7318d6 =0.384
R78.7021d7 =0.455nd41.6713v 419.24
R84.8389d8 =0.240
R9−6.8192d9 =1.162nd51.5449v 555.93
R10−0.9667d10 =0.030
R11−31.3409d11 =0.604nd61.5449v 655.93
R1217.3229d12 =0.203
R134.9510d13 =0.200nd71.7130v 753.94
R141.1133d14 =0.497
R15∞d15 =0.210ndg1.5168v g64.17
R16∞d16 =0.500
TABLE 2
Conic IndexAspherical Surface Index
kA4A6A8A10A12A14A16
R1−2.6783E+00−4.1750E−021.4082E−02−2.1435E−02−1.4865E−012.4619E−01−1.8790E−016.0406E−02
R2−3.0741E+00−3.5186E−022.5655E−02−2.4083E−013.3569E−01−3.7422E−012.3325E−01−5.1928E−02
R3−9.7779E+001.1159E−01−5.4522E−02−5.2217E−022.7939E−01−1.1382E−01−1.7319E−011.2994E−01
R41.0069E+027.7261E−02−2.0387E−013.2761E−01−2.0086E−012.8027E−01−2.2640E−01−1.0378E−02
R50.0000E+001.2555E−02−2.0957E−013.0150E−01−5.0086E−015.5241E−01−3.6474E−013.6989E−02
R60.0000E+00−8.5772E−027.8758E−02−2.2154E−011.9571E−013.3642E−02−2.2051E−011.3648E−01
R7−9.9977E+01−1.3573E−012.5865E−03−1.8832E−021.9120E−023.2811E−02−1.5344E−02−2.3496E−03
R86.7569E+00−9.3629E−025.2872E−032.1212E−032.3765E−042.0518E−03−9.3603E−04−1.6048E−04
R9−9.3830E+001.4966E−022.2758E−02−9.1364E−03−3.3198E−048.9964E−041.0026E−05−6.7764E−05
R10−3.0489E+00−6.9495E−023.1111E−02−4.6409E−046.0085E−05−1.0150E−04−1.0425E−059.7691E−06
R11−9.9894E+01−1.0702E−022.8001E−03−2.6378E−04−3.3083E−042.0653E−056.5237E−069.4436E−07
R125.3391E+01−9.8047E−03−1.3878E−04−6.0610E−056.2911E−061.4507E−06−1.5847E−07−1.3542E−07
R13−4.8422E+01−2.4665E−028.4768E−041.3957E−045.5997E−06−1.3897E−06−5.1229E−07−2.9444E−08
R14−6.1180E+00−2.8759E−023.5542E−03−2.1403E−04−1.3187E−052.1488E−073.7943E−081.0486E−08
TABLE 3
Inflexion pointInflexion pointInflexion point
numberposition 1position 2
R110.675
R210.625
R30
R420.0850.885
R510.575
R620.6150.915
R720.2550.985
R810.465
R920.6151.465
R1011.055
R1111.825
R1210.755
R1310.585
R1410.735
TABLE 4
Arrest pointArrest point
numberposition 1
R10
R20
R30
R410.145
R510.815
R60
R710.435
R810.835
R911.015
R1011.595
R110
R1211.285
R1311.105
R1411.865
TABLE 5
Rdndvd
S1∞d0 =0.150
R1−4.1826d1 =0.208nd11.6713v 119.24
R2−5.1122d2 =0.025
R32.4491d3 =0.534nd21.5445v 255.99
R4−5.4843d4 =0.030
R53.9564d5 =0.247nd31.6713v 319.24
R62.8892d6 =0.699
R710.1192d7 =0.321nd41.6713v 419.24
R84.7719d8 =0.140
R9−4.1863d9 =0.824nd51.5352v 556.09
R10−0.8577d10 =0.030
R11−2.3506d11 =0.268nd61.5352v 656.09
R12−10.8863d12 =0.030
R134.1061d13 =0.650nd71.8042v 746.50
R141.2015d14 =0.460
R15∞d15 =0.210ndg1.5168v g64.17
R16∞d16 =0.500
TABLE 6
Conic IndexAspherical Surface Index
kA4A6A8A10A12A14A16
R11.5839E+01−4.9683E−027.3987E−028.7399E−03−5.2319E−022.1922E−01−2.7803E−011.3266E−01
R21.7975E+01−8.8690E−021.5269E−01−1.8784E−014.1157E−01−5.0244E−013.2678E−01−9.0860E−02
R3−3.1078E+00−3.4778E−03−2.4802E−029.0638E−03−5.8354E−03−3.3144E−025.6843E−02−3.8929E−02
R4−1.0065E+02−6.6597E−02−2.2444E−014.4734E−01−4.4075E−012.2975E−01−5.7621E−02−3.7565E−03
R50.0000E+00−7.8368E−02−1.7177E−014.3780E−01−4.6725E−013.3577E−01−1.8291E−015.0840E−02
R60.0000E+00−1.0069E−018.9426E−031.9054E−02−4.9896E−027.6499E−02−7.8320E−022.8212E−02
R77.2667E+01−1.4948E−01−6.9162E−03−2.8202E−022.0221E−022.0640E−02−3.0425E−028.3273E−03
R87.2268E+00−1.2118E−011.2245E−023.2072E−031.5174E−032.7676E−03−6.4784E−041.0341E−05
R92.5907E+002.1296E−022.5125E−02−7.1744E−039.4147E−059.2318E−04−2.8070E−05−9.7571E−05
R10−3.2004E+00−6.0575E−023.2651E−02−7.7122E−04−4.2237E−04−9.8592E−051.0524E−057.2868E−06
R11−2.0276E+01−6.5901E−02−8.5092E−038.8757E−042.4720E−041.5786E−041.9895E−05−6.5395E−06
R122.8120E+01−6.3826E−03−1.0181E−033.3100E−057.3854E−051.3610E−05−4.2438E−07−7.7794E−07
R13−9.9651E+01−2.5180E−03−9.9177E−042.5506E−051.6865E−052.2173E−067.1892E−08−6.9465E−08
R14−1.0391E+01−2.1667E−023.2357E−03−3.0001E−04−1.7955E−068.9674E−071.7432E−07−1.1899E−08
TABLE 8
Arrest pointArrest pointArrest point
numberposition 1position 2
R10
R20
R30
R40
R50
R610.955
R710.415
R820.7351.175
R911.155
R100
R110
R120
R1311.695
R1411.915
TABLE 9
Rdndvd
S1∞d0 =0.150
R133.3483d1 =0.210nd11.6713v119.24
R211.1244d2 =0.027
R32.6835d3 =0.560nd21.5445v255.99
R4−5.7817d4 =0.030
R52.9004d5 =0.244nd31.6713v319.24
R62.4514d6 =0.514
R78.9907d7 =0.292nd41.6713v419.24
R85.2087d8 =0.140
R9−4.7215d9 =1.410nd51.5352v556.09
R10−0.7470d10 =0.030
R11−3.0793d11 =0.283nd61.5352v656.09
R12−11.5086d12 =0.030
R135.4464d13 =0.500nd71.8830v740.81
R141.0689d14 =0.547
R15∞d15 =0.210ndg1.5168vg64.17
R16∞d16 =0.500
TABLE 10
Conic IndexAspherical Surface Index
kA4A6A8A10A12A14A16
R14.2411E+01−1.3816E−015.3151E−02−2.2368E−021.1386E−026.1229E−02−1.0285E−014.8712E−02
R2−7.1652E+01−2.1156E−011.9728E−01−2.4663E−013.9950E−01−4.2370E−012.4115E−01−5.4490E−02
R3−8.4296E+00−2.3617E−032.8581E−02−3.5890E−023.6074E−03−9.6841E−032.3571E−02−1.5627E−02
R4−8.5890E+01−1.3997E−02−2.2212E−013.7084E−01−3.7430E−012.3326E−01−8.2456E−028.9766E−03
R50.0000E+00−8.0914E−02−1.9332E−014.0965E−01−4.4557E−013.5705E−01−1.8496E−014.1190E−02
R60.0000E+00−1.2243E−01−7.1122E−033.6498E−02−5.5919E−028.3286E−02−6.9366E−021.9581E−02
R71.5819E+01−1.6288E−01−8.8923E−03−2.5591E−021.1602E−022.2721E−02−1.4925E−022.7911E−03
R87.5383E+00−1.1788E−011.1221E−023.8186E−032.8464E−033.2434E−03−9.1107E−04−2.2830E−04
R94.3162E+001.6855E−022.2227E−02−8.1937E−03−1.1241E−041.3318E−033.1606E−04−2.7528E−04
R10−3.4227E+00−6.8184E−022.3198E−02−2.0283E−03−3.5227E−04−1.8434E−054.0504E−052.0640E−05
R11−4.1241E+01−4.4564E−02−2.3789E−031.3443E−04−3.0054E−041.7939E−06−1.7494E−068.4027E−06
R122.5727E+012.3958E−02−8.5484E−03−1.5576E−041.3219E−042.1606E−05−8.0512E−07−6.0999E−07
R13−4.1017E+011.3155E−03−1.1562E−03−9.1080E−058.0870E−062.7394E−062.8372E−07−6.6853E−08
R14−8.4323E+00−1.8128E−022.9487E−03−2.7804E−04−7.6454E−076.4159E−071.3139E−07−8.8333E−09
TABLE 11
Inflexion pointInflexion pointInflexion point
numberposition 1position 2
R110.145
R220.1950.925
R310.815
R40
R520.5051.155
R610.565
R710.245
R820.3951.025
R910.765
R1011.285
R1111.735
R120
R1311.125
R1410.745
TABLE 12
Arrest pointArrest pointArrest point
numberposition 1position 2
R110.235
R210.345
R30
R40
R50
R610.985
R710.415
R820.6951.185
R911.215
R100
R110
R120
R1311.925
R1412.235
TABLE 13
Embodi-Embodi-Embodi-
ment 1ment 2ment 3
f3.8103.7693.805
f1−12.586−37.314−24.731
f23.5283.1753.435
f3−43.029−17.440−29.944
f4−16.891−13.659−18.864
f51.9251.8491.470
f6−20.318−5.645−7.923
f7−2.052−2.337−1.585
f6/f79.9002.4155.000
(R1 + R2)/(R1 − R2)8.981−9.9982.001
(R3 + R4)/(R3 − R4)−0.976−0.383−0.366
(R5 + R6)/(R5 − R6)15.2326.41411.919
(R7 + R8)/(R7 − R8)3.5052.7853.754
(R9 + R10)/(R9 − R10)1.3301.5151.376
(R11 + R12)/(R11 − R12)0.288−1.551−1.731
(R13 + R14)/(R13 − R14)1.5801.8271.488
f1/f−3.303−9.900−6.500
f2/f0.9260.8420.903
f3/f−11.292−4.627−7.870
f4/f−4.433−3.624−4.958
f5/f0.5050.4910.386
f6/f−5.332−1.498−2.082
f7/f−0.539−0.620−0.416
d10.2090.2080.210
d30.4700.5340.560
d50.2280.2470.244
d70.4550.3210.292
d91.1620.8241.410
d110.6040.2680.283
d130.2000.6500.500
Fno2.2002.2002.200
TTL5.4725.1765.526
d13/TTL0.0370.1260.090
n11.67131.67131.6713
n21.54451.54451.5445
n31.67131.67131.6713
n41.67131.67131.6713
n51.54491.53521.5352
n61.54491.53521.5352
n71.71301.80421.8830

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