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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Yasushi Yamamoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Shoji Kogo, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Yamamoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Shoji Kogo, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 15/17 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); H04N 5/222 (2013.01); G02B 15/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a zoom lens that forms an optical image of an object on a light receiving surface of an imaging element converting the optical image to an electrical signal, having the diagonal length of 2Ymax, is constituted by a positive first group, a negative second group, a negative third group, an aperture, and a rear group having positive power as a whole, in order from an object side, and satisfies a conditional expression 1.5<frw/Ymax<2.1 (frw denotes the combined focal length of the rear group on a wide end, and Ymax denotes the maximum image height).