Filming Lens With Fixed Elements for Focus Breathing Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional lenses for filming suffer from focus breathing, which refers to changes in angles of view caused by focusing operations.

Innovation Solution

A lens configuration featuring a plurality of movable lenses arranged along the optical axis, with a fixed lens between adjacent pairs, where the movable lens closest to the subject has negative power and at least one movable lens towards the image formation side has positive power, adhering to specific focal length and curvature radius ratios, and temperature coefficient conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional lenses for filming are used, then the lens structure is simple, but focus breathing occurs causing changes in angles of view during focusing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesuppression of focus breathingVSAvoidlens structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The lens is divided into multiple lens groups (first through fifth lens groups) with different functions. The first lens group has positive power, the second has negative power, the third has positive power, the fourth has positive power, and the fifth has negative power. This segmentation allows each group to be optimized for specific functions, with the second and fourth groups serving as focus groups that move independently to suppress focus breathing while maintaining overall system manageability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic focusing by making the second and fourth lens groups movable along the optical axis. These focus groups can be independently adjusted during focusing operations, allowing the lens to dynamically adapt its internal structure to maintain consistent angles of view across different focal distances, thereby suppressing focus breathing while enabling flexible focusing control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If temperature variations occur, then environmental conditions change, but focal position stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefocal position stabilityVSAvoidtemperature variation impact
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The patent carefully selects lens materials with appropriate temperature coefficients of refractive index for each lens group. By controlling and balancing these optical parameters across different lens groups, the system compensates for temperature-induced refractive index changes, maintaining focal position stability despite environmental temperature variations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The lens employs composite material selection with different glass types for various lens groups. Each lens group uses materials specifically chosen for their thermal-optical properties, creating a composite optical system where the combined characteristics of different materials provide thermal compensation, reducing focal position drift caused by temperature changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The lens configuration effectively suppresses focus breathing and minimizes focal position changes due to temperature variations, enhancing imaging stability.

Implementation Method 1

a plurality of movable lenses arranged apart from each other in the direction of an optical axis, and which move in the direction of the optical axis for focusing

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRefraction: Refraction

Implementation Method 2

minimizes focal position changes due to temperature variations

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal expansion: Thermal Expansion

Data Source

PatentUS12393001B2Lens for filming
Publication Date: 2025.08.19 NITTO OPTICAL CO LTD
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AI summary

A lens for filming includes a plurality of movable lenses arranged apart from each other in the direction of an optical axis, and which move in the direction of the optical axis for focusing, and a fixed lens, which does not move, is provided between at least one pair of lenses adjacent to each other among them.