An imaging lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side; a positive second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the image side; a fourth lens having a convex surface toward the image side; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the image side; and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the object side. Predetermined conditional formulae related to first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are satisfied.

An imaging lens system includes: in order from an object side, a first lens including a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens including a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side, a third lens including a negative lens having a concave surface facing an image side, a fourth lens including a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side, and a fifth lens including a meniscus lens having a concave surface facing the image side, in which: the imaging lens system further includes an aperture stop arranged on the object side or the image side of the second lens, and the lens surface on the image side of the third lens and the lens surface on the object side of the fourth lens are bonded to each other.

A monocentric lens-based multi-scale imaging system is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention comprise a monocentric lens as an objective lens that collects light from a scene. Monocentric lenses in accordance with the present invention include a spherical central lens element and a plurality of lens shell sections that collectively reduce at least one of spherical and chromatic aberration from the magnitude introduced by the spherical lens element itself. A plurality of secondary lenses image the scene through the objective lens and further reduce the magnitude of aberrations introduced by the objective lens. A plurality of sensor arrays converts optical sub-images of the scene into a plurality of digital images, which can then be used to form a composite image of the scene.

A compact three-surface wafer-level lens system for imaging a scene onto an image plane includes a one-sided wafer-level lens and a two-sided wafer-level lens disposed between the one-sided wafer-level lens and the image plane. The total track length of the wafer-level lens system is no more than 2.2 millimeters. The maximum transverse extent (in dimensions transverse to the optical axis) of the lens system and associated light propagating therethrough is no greater than 1.8 millimeters. The field of view angle of the lens system is at least 100 degrees.

An objective optical system for an endoscope consists of, in order from an object side, a negative front group, an aperture stop, and a positive rear group. The front group includes, in order from the object side, only a negative first lens and a cemented lens formed of a negative second lens and a positive third lens cemented to each other, as lenses. The rear group includes, in order from the object side, only a positive fourth lens and a cemented lens formed of a positive fifth lens and a negative sixth lens cemented to each other, as lenses. The objective optical system for an endoscope satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

An optical system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface and an image side surface being concave at circumferences; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and an object side surface and an image side surface being aspherical, and at least one of the object side surface and the image side surface having an inflection point; and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. 0.60<CT1/SD11<1.01; 5.5<TTL/CT1<9.0; CT1 is a thickness of the first lens, SD11 is half of a maximum effective aperture of an object side surface of the first lens, TTL is a distance from the object side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane.

The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens assembly, along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, sequentially includes: a first lens having positive refractive power; an autofocus component; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; and at least one subsequent lens having a refractive power. At least one surface from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image-side surface of the at least one subsequent lens is an aspheric surface; the first lens and the autofocus component are cemented together; and a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the autofocus component is variable.

An optical system, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, includes: an glass screen (E1), an interference screen (S3), a lens group, and a color filter (E3). An effective focal length f of the optical system and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical system satisfy f/EPD<1.8. The optical system may be used for fingerprint recognition, and has characteristics such as a large field of view, a larger aperture, and an ultra-thin feature, etc.

An anamorphic lens includes a cylindrical lens group arranged in a direction from an object side to an image side. The cylindrical lens group includes an anamorphic group and together form an imaging group. The anamorphic group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in a direction of an object side to an image side. The second lens and the third lens may be joined together and the first lens may be a negative optical power biconcave cylindrical lens. Through the optical characteristics of the cylindrical lens in the anamorphic group, the entering horizontal light is compressed while the vertical light path maintains unchanged. The imaging group comprehensively corrects the light so that the horizontal field of view angle is increased by about 33% to achieve a magnification by 1.33 times for an anamorphic shooting.

Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1) given below. (In the formula, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group, a C.sub.1 to 8 alkyl group, or a C.sub.1 to 4 perfluoroalkyl group, X.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, Y.sup.1 represents a C.sub.1 to 9 alkylene group containing a fluorine atom or a C.sub.1 to 9 alkylene group containing no fluorine atom, and n.sup.1 is an integer from 0 to 3.)