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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Masatoshi Hirose, Toyohashi, JP;
Inventor:
Masatoshi Hirose, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., Hachioji-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup optical system for forming a light flux from an object into an optical image on an image pickup element, is provided with, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens with a negative power in a meniscus shape including a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens in a bioconcave shape; a third lens with a positive power including a convex surface facing an image surface side; and a fourth lens with a positive power including a convex surface facing the image surface side. The first lens and the third lens are glass lenses and the second lens and the fourth lens are plastic lenses.