Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US14733117Application Date: 2015-06-08
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Publication No.: US09678317B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Shohei Kikuchi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-122527 20140613
- Main IPC: G02B9/36
- IPC: G02B9/36 ; G02B15/16 ; G02B15/17 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
A zoom lens including, in order from an object side: a positive first lens unit not moving for zooming; a negative second lens unit moving during zooming; a negative third lens unit moving during zooming; and a fourth lens unit not moving for zooming and including an aperture stop, the fourth lens unit including first and second sub-lens units arranged on object side and image plane side of the aperture stop, respectively, in which a relationship between a maximum height of an axial ray from an optical axis in the first sub-lens unit when focusing at infinity at a wide angle end, and a maximum height of an axial ray at the aperture stop when focusing at infinity at the wide angle end and of full open aperture, and a lateral magnification of the fourth lens unit when focusing at infinity at the wide angle end are appropriately set.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150362710A1 ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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