US 12,153,204 B2
Objective lens for endoscope and endoscope
Chikara Yamamoto, Saitama (JP); and Masato Kondo, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/399,458.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-137467 (JP), filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0050284 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 9/60 (2006.01); G02B 9/62 (2006.01); G02B 9/64 (2006.01); G02B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 23/243 (2013.01) [G02B 9/60 (2013.01); G02B 9/62 (2013.01); G02B 9/64 (2013.01); G02B 13/18 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An objective lens for an endoscope comprising:
a stop;
at least one lens which is disposed closer to an object side than the stop and of which an image-side lens surface is a concave surface; and
at least one set of cemented lenses that is disposed closer to an image side than the stop,
wherein focusing on an object positioned at a nearest point from an object positioned at a farthest point is performed by integral movement of a lens group, which includes a lens of the objective lens for an endoscope closest to the image side, along the optical axis,
the objective lens for an endoscope has a total angle of view of 120° or more in a state where focusing on the object positioned at the farthest point is performed and in a state where focusing on the object positioned at the nearest point is performed,
in a case where a focal length of the objective lens for an endoscope in a state where focusing on the object positioned at the nearest point is performed is denoted by fn, a half angle of view in a state where focusing on the object positioned at the nearest point is performed is denoted by θn, and a maximum image height in a state where focusing on the object positioned at the nearest point is performed is denoted by Hn, Conditional expression (1) is satisfied,
1.4<fn×(tan θn)/Hn<2  (1),
in a case where an interval on the optical axis between a lens, which is disposed on an object side of the stop in succession to the stop, and the stop in a state where focusing on the object positioned at the nearest point is performed is denoted by Dsn, Conditional expression (5) is satisfied,
0.3<fn/Dsn<2.5  (5).