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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1984
Yoshikazu Doi, Ohmiya, JP;
Hitoshi Miyano, Ohmiya, JP;
Toshiro Kishikawa, Ohmiya, JP;
Yasumasa Sunaga, Ohmiya, JP;
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An objective optical system for an endoscope comprises a retrofocus objective lens assembly consisting of a front-stage diverging lens unit, an aperture diaphragm, a rear-stage converging lens unit, and a prism positioned in this sequence, and a self-scanning solid state image pickup device positioned at the image formation surface of said objective lens assembly. The objective lens assembly satisfies the conditions 0.8<.vertline.f1.vertline./f.ltoreq.1.5, 1<f2/f.ltoreq.1.5, and Np>1.7, where f denotes the resultant focal length of the whole assembly, f1 denotes the resultant focal length of the front-stage diverging lens unit, f2 designates the resultant focal length of the rear-stage converging lens unit, and Np designates the refractive index of the prism.