Five-piece lens assembly for capturing images

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority from Taiwan Patent Application No. 103139863, filed on Nov. 18, 2014, in the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, the content of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The following description relates to an optical lens assembly for capturing images, and more particularly with respect to a five-piece optical lens assembly for capturing images and is applicable to be applied to electronic products.

2. Description of the Related Art

In recent years, with the rise of electronic devices having camera functionalities, the demand for an optical lens for capturing images is raised gradually. The image sensing device of but ordinary photographing camera is commonly selected from charge coupled device (CCD) or is complementary metal oxide semiconductor sensor letter (CMOS), and with the burgeoning development of semiconductor manufacturing process, pixel size of charge coupled device shortens, and the optical image capturing system is directed towards the development of the field of high pixel, and thus, needs for imaging quality increase.

In all compact optical lens designs of five-piece lens fixing focus, prior arts combines lens with positive refractive power or negative refractive power. For example, by arranging a fourth lens element with negative refractive power and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power, a back focus and a total length of a captured optical image can be enhanced, but a total length of the optical lens system is hard to be shorten easily.

As a result, how to reduce the total length of optical lens for capturing image and effectively combine sets of lenses so as to further improve the imaging quality become an extremely crucial issue.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Aspects of embodiments of the present invention aim to a five-piece optical image capturing lens which is able to use a combination of five lenses having refractive power, inflection point, and convex and concave surfaces, so that the total length of the optical image capturing lens can be shorten effectively and the image quality can be improved.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an five-piece lens assembly for capturing images, in order from an object side toward an image side along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface and a convex object-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, and at least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the first lens element being aspheric; a second lens element with refractive power having a concave image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, and at least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the second lens element being aspheric; a third lens element with refractive power, an image-side surface and an object-side surface of the third lens element being aspheric, and both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens element having inflection points; a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis; a fifth lens element with refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the fifth lens element being aspheric, and the object-side surface of the fifth lens element having at least one inflection point and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element having at least two inflection points; wherein focal lengths from the first through fifth lens elements are f1, f2, f3, f4, and f5, respectively, a focal length of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is f, a distance between the image-side surface of the fourth lens element and the object-side surface of the fifth lens element on the optical axis is T45, and they are satisfied with following condition:
1.3≦|f/f1|≦2.0, 0.13<T45/f<0.23.

Preferably, the third lens element has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis.

Preferably, an aspheric area on the object-side surface of the third lens element takes the optical axis as a center and its diameter is less than an entrance pupil diameter EPD, a distance between a most prominent point perpendicular to a point of the optical axis and a most depressed point perpendicular to a point of the optical axis is less than 0.2 mm.

Preferably, a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an inflection point on the object-side surface of the third lens element which is nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is HI, and it is satisfied with following relation: 0 mm≦HI≦0.5 mm.

Preferably, a reference point is a perpendicular projection of the inflection point onto the optical axis, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the reference point to an axial point on the object-side surface of the third lens element is DR, and it is satisfied with following relation:
0 mm≦DR≦0.15 mm.

Preferably, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the axial point to a maximum effective diameter position on the object-side surface of the third lens element is Sag31, a central thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis is CT3, and it is satisfied with following relation:
0≦|Sag31|/CT3≦0.2.

Preferably, a distance between the image-side surface of the first lens element and the object-side surface of the second lens element on the optical axis is T12, and it is satisfied with following relation:
0≦T12/f≦0.1.

Preferably, a distance between the first lens element and the second lens element on the optical axis is T12, a central thickness of the first lens element on the optical axis is CT1, a central thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis is CT2, and it is satisfied with following relation:
0.3≦(CT2+T12)/CT1≦0.7.

Preferably, the object-side surface of the second lens elements has at least one inflection point.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide another five-piece lens assembly for capturing images, in order from an object side toward an image side along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, and at least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the first lens element being aspheric; a second lens element with refractive power having a concave image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, and at least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the second lens element being aspheric; a third lens element with refractive power, an image-side surface and an object-side surface of the third lens element being aspheric, and both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens element having inflection points; a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis; a fifth lens element with refractive power, an image-side surface and an object-side surface of the fifth lens element being aspheric, and the object-side surface of the fifth lens element having at least one inflection point and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element having at least two inflection points. Focal lengths from the first through fifth lens elements are f1, f2, f3, f4, and f5, respectively, a focal length of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is f, a distance between the image-side surface of the fourth lens element and the object-side surface of the fifth lens element on the optical axis is T45, and they are satisfied with following condition:
1.323|f/f1|≦2.0, 0.13<T45/f<0.23.

Preferably, the image-side surface of the third lens has one critical point crossing with a tangent plane vertical to the optical axis.

Preferably, an aspheric area on the object-side surface of the third lens element takes the optical axis as a center and its diameter is less than an entrance pupil diameter EPD, a distance between a most prominent point perpendicular to a point of the optical axis and a most depressed point perpendicular to a point of the optical axis is less than 0.2 mm.

Preferably, a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an inflection point on the object-side surface of the third lens element which is nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is HI, and it is satisfied with following relation: 0 mm≦HI≦0.5 mm.

Preferably, a reference point is a perpendicular projection of the inflection point onto the optical axis, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the reference point to an axial point on the object-side surface of the third lens element is DR, and it is satisfied with following relation:
0 mm≦DR≦0.15 mm.

Preferably, a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the axial point to a maximum effective diameter position on the object-side surface of the third lens element is Sag31, a central thickness of the third lens element on the optical axis is CT3, and it is satisfied with following relation:
0≦|Sag31|/CT3≦0.2.

Preferably, a value of the aperture stop of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is F, and it is satisfied with following relation:
1.5≦F≦2.9.

Preferably, the image-side surface of the fifth lens has one critical point crossing with a tangent plane vertical to the optical axis, a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the critical point and the optical axis is DC, the entrance pupil diameter is EPD, and it is satisfied with following relation:
0.5≦DC/EPD≦1.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide another five-piece lens assembly for capturing images, in order from an object side toward an image side along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, and at least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the first lens element being aspheric; a second lens element with refractive power having a concave image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, and at least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the second lens element being aspheric; a third lens element with refractive power, an image-side surface and an object-side surface of the third lens element being aspheric, and both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens element having inflection points; a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis; a fifth lens element with refractive power, an image-side surface and an object-side surface of the fifth lens element being aspheric, and the object-side surface of the fifth lens element having at least one inflection point and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element having at least two inflection points. Focal lengths from the first through fifth lens elements are f1, f2, f3, f4, and f5, respectively, a focal length of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is f, a distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image plane on the optical axis is OT, and they are satisfied with following condition:
1.3≦|f/f1|≦2.0, OT<3.5 mm.

Preferably, an aspheric area on the object-side surface of the third lens element takes the optical axis as a center and its diameter is less than an entrance pupil diameter EPD, a distance between a most prominent point perpendicular to a point of the optical axis and a most depressed point perpendicular to a point of the optical axis is less than 0.2 mm.

Preferably, a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an inflection point on the object-side surface of the third lens element which is nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is HI and it is satisfied with following relation:
0 mm≦HI≦0.5 mm.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can realize the present invention, wherein:

FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C are schematic diagrams of related parameters of a five-piece lens assembly for capturing images according to the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a schematic view of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing image according to a first embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 2B is astigmatic field curves and a distortion curve according to the first embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 2C is longitudinal spherical aberration curves according to the first embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 3A is a schematic view of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing image according to a second embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 3B is astigmatic field curves and a distortion curve according to the second embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 3C is longitudinal spherical aberration curves according to the second embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 4A is a schematic view of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing image according to a third embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 4B is astigmatic field curves and a distortion curve according to the third embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 4C is longitudinal spherical aberration curves according to the third embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 5A is a schematic view of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing image according to a fourth embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 5B is astigmatic field curves and a distortion curve according to the fourth embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 5C is longitudinal spherical aberration curves according to the fourth embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. Expressions such as “at least one of,” when preceding a list of elements, modify the entire list of elements and do not modify the individual elements of the list.

Please refer to FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C which are schematic diagrams of related parameters of a five-piece lens assembly for capturing images according to the present invention. As FIG. 1A shows, an aspheric area on the object-side surface 132 of the third lens element 130 takes the optical axis as a center and its diameter is less than an entrance pupil diameter EPD, a distance between a most prominent point perpendicular to a point of the optical axis and a most depressed point perpendicular to a point of the optical axis is S5H. The application of S5H will be employed in the following embodiments. As FIG. 1B shows, a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an inflection point on the object-side surface 132 of the third lens element 130 which is nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is HI; a reference point is a perpendicular projection of the inflection point onto the optical axis, and a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the reference point to an axial point on the object-side surface 132 of the third lens element 130 is DR; a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the axial point to a maximum effective diameter position on the object-side surface 132 of the third lens element 130 is Sag31. As FIG. 1C shows, the image-side surface 154 of the fifth lens element 150 has one critical point crossing with a tangent plane vertical to the optical axis, and a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the critical point and the optical axis is DC. Therefore, FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C are used to explain herein.

Referring to FIG. 2A, FIG. 2A is a schematic view of a five-piece lens assembly for capturing image according to a first embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 2A, the disclosure includes a lens assembly for capturing images, that in order from object side toward an image side along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element 110, a second lens element 120, a third lens element 130, a fourth lens element 140, and a fifth lens element 150.

The first lens element has positive refractive power, an object-side surface 112 and an image-side surface 114 of the first lens element 110 adjacent to the optical axis are convex, and at least one of the object-side surface 112 and the image-side surface 114 may be aspheric. The second lens element 120 has refractive power, an image-side surface 124 of the second lens element 120 adjacent to the optical axis is concave, and at least one of the object-side surface 122 and the image-side surface 124 of the second lens element may be aspheric. The third lens element 130 has refractive power, an object-side surface 132 of the third lens element 130 adjacent to the optical axis is convex and an image-side surface 134 of the third lens element 130 adjacent to the optical axis is concave. The object-side surface 132 and the image-side surface 134 of the third lens element are aspheric and have inflection points. The fourth lens element 140 has refractive power, and an object-side surface 142 and an image-side surface 144 of the fourth lens element 140 are concave and convex, respectively. The fifth lens element 150 has refractive power, an object-side surface 152 of the fifth lens element 150 adjacent to the optical axis is concave and an image-side surface 154 of the fifth lens element 150 adjacent to the optical axis is convex. The object-side surface 152 and the image-side surface 154 of the fifth lens element are aspheric, the object-side surface 152 has at least one inflection point and the image-side surface 154 has at least two inflection points.

The optical surface of the present disclosure can be made in a shape not sphere, to obtain more control variables for decreasing aberration, and the better resolution capability and compactness of lenses can be provided and the total length of lenses can be reduced efficiently.

The five-piece lens assembly for capturing image of the present invention further comprises an aperture stop 100 and an IR-bandstop filter 160. The aperture stop 100 is between a photographed object and the first lens element 110, and the IR-bandstop filter 160 is between the fifth lens element 150 and an image plane 180. The IR-bandstop filter 160 is generally made of panel glass without affecting the focal length of the five-piece lens assembly of the invention.

The five-piece lens assembly for capturing image of the invention further comprises an image sensing device 190 on the image plane 180 for imaging an object to be imaged. The first through fifth lens element comprise a plastic material or a glass material, and the aspheric surface formula as given in following equation:
z=ch²/[1+[1−(k+1)c²h²]^0.5]+Ah⁴+Bh⁶+Ch⁸+Dh¹⁰+Eh¹²+FH¹⁴+Gh¹⁶+Hh¹⁸+Jh²⁰+ . . . ,  (1).

Where z is the position value of the position along the optical axis and at the height of h with reference to the surface apex, k is the conic coefficient, c is the reciprocal of curvature radius, and A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and J are high-order aspheric coefficient.

The detailed optical data of the first embodiment is shown in table 1, and the object-side surfaces and the image-side surfaces of the first through fifth lens element are made according to the equation (1), and their aspheric parameters are shown in table 2. A focus length f1 of the first lens element 110 is 2.234 mm. A focal length f of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is 3.535 mm. A distance T45 between the image-side surface 144 of the fourth lens element and the object-side surface 152 of the fifth lens element on the optical axis is 0.633 mm. A value of the aperture stop (F-number) of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is F=2.034. The entrance pupil diameter EPD is 1.738 mm. A distance OT between the object-side surface 112 and image plane 180 on the optical axis is 4.44 mm. A distance T12 between the first lens element 110 and the second lens element 120 on the optical axis is 0.0678 mm. A central thickness of the first lens element 110 on the optical axis is 0.681 mm. A central thickness of the second lens element 120 on the optical axis is 0.235 mm. A central thickness CT3 of the third lens element 130 on the optical axis is 0.44 mm. The distance S5H is less than 0.2 mm.

A distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an inflection point on the object-side surface 132 of the third lens element 130 which is nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is HI=0.281 mm, a reference point is a perpendicular projection of the inflection point onto the optical axis, and a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the reference point to an axial point on the object-side surface 132 of the third lens element 130 is DR=0.0072 mm. A distance in parallel with the optical axis from the axial point to a maximum effective diameter position on the object-side surface 132 of the third lens element 130 is Sag31=−0.0220 mm. The image-side surface 154 of the fifth lens element 150 has one critical point crossing with a tangent plane vertical to the optical axis, and a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the critical point and the optical axis is DC=1.196 mm.

According to above description, |f/f1|=1.582 is satisfied with 1.3≦|f/f1|≦2.0, T45/f=0.179 is satisfied with 0.13<T45/f<0.23, |Sag31|/CT3=0.0500 is satisfied with 0≦|Sag31|/CT3≦0.2, T12/f=0.0192 is satisfied with 0≦T12/f≦0.1, (CT2+T12)/CT1=0.445 is satisfied with 0.3≦(CT2+T12)/CT1≦0.7, DC/EPD=0.688 is satisfied with 0.5≦DC/EPD≦1, and HI=0.281 mm is satisfied with 0 mm≦HI≦0.5 mm.

TABLE 1
Basic lens element data of the first embodiment

	Curvature	Thick-			Focal
	radius	ness	Index	Abbe#	length
Surface#	(mm)	(mm)	(Nd)	(Vd)	(mm)

Aperture stop

∞

−0.242

First	First	1.586	0.681	1.544	56.09	2.234
lens	Surface
element	Second	−4.482	0.068
	Surface
Second	Third	−3.698	0.235	1.636	23.89	−3.166
lens	Surface
element	Fourth	4.599	0.214
	Surface
Third	Fifth	4.520	0.440	1.642	22.46	27.724
lens	Surface
element	Sixth	5.810	0.258
	Surface
Fourth	Seventh	−3.109	0.641	1.544	56.09	2.459
lens	Surface
element	Eighth	−1.006	0.632
	Surface
Fifth	Ninth	−0.959	0.452	1.514	56.84	−2.131
lens	Surface
element	Tenth	−8.630	0.103
	Surface
Filter	Elev-	∞	0.21	1.517	64.17
	enth
	Surface
	Twelfth	∞	0.505
	Surface

TABLE 2
Aspheric coefficients of the first embodiment

Surface #

	1	2	3	4	5
k	1.948	2.156	4.879	−0.088	−2.724
A	−0.092	0.217	0.337	0.089	−0.273
B	0.242	−0.292	−0.409	−0.423	0.377
C	−2.239	−0.567	−0.296	1.639	−1.513
D	8.486	4.024	3.991	−3.129	3.569
E	−17.653	−9.848	−10.943	3.273	−4.157
F	18.391	10.567	12.438	−1.744	2.612
G	−7.783	−4.153	−5.058	0.369	−0.756
H	0	0	0	0	0
J	0	0	0	0	0

Surface #

	6	7	8	9	10
k	−3.722	−69.802	−0.632	−2.959	11.671
A	−0.134	−0.309	0.155	0.213	0.177
B	0.304	0.962	−0.034	−0.216	−0.160
C	−0.900	−1.323	0.246	0.090	0.077
D	1.479	1.028	−0.261	−0.015	−0.024
E	−1.380	−0.488	0.121	9.725*10{circumflex over ( )}−4	4.441*10{circumflex over ( )}−3
F	0.737	0.137	−0.027	6.681*10{circumflex over ( )}−4	0
G	−0.171	−0.020	2.587*10{circumflex over ( )}−3	0	0
H	0	0	0	0	0
J	0	0	0	0	0

It can be found by the basic lens element data of table 1 along with the curve diagram of aberration of FIG. 2B that it has better compensation effect upon the astigmatic field curves, the distortion curves and the longitudinal spherical aberration curves by the embodiment of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3A, FIG. 3A is a schematic view of a five-piece lens assembly for capturing image according to a second embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 3A, the disclosure includes a lens assembly for capturing images, that in order from object side toward an image side along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element 210, a second lens element 220, a third lens element 230, a fourth lens element 240, and a fifth lens element 250, where all of the object-side and the image-side surfaces of the first 210 through fifth lens element 250 are consisted of the aspheric formulas (1), and the aspheric coefficients are shown in Table 4. The lens structure of the second embodiment is similar with the ones of the first embodiment, so we will not go further on this issue here.

In the second embodiment, a focus length f1 of the first lens element 210 is 1.718 mm, a focal length f of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is 2.854 mm. a distance T45 between the image-side surface 244 of the fourth lens element and the object-side surface 252 of the fifth lens element on the optical axis is 0.494 mm, a value of the aperture stop of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is F=2.344, the entrance pupil diameter EPD is 1.217 mm, a distance OT between the object-side surface 212 and image plane 280 on the optical axis is 3.40 mm, a distance T12 between the first lens element 210 and the second lens element 220 on the optical axis is 0.0514 mm, a central thickness of the first lens element 210 on the optical axis is 0.443 mm, a central thickness of the second lens element 220 on the optical axis is 0.215 mm, and a central thickness CT3 of the third lens element 230 on the optical axis is 0.228 mm, and the distance S5H is less than 0.2 mm.

A distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an inflection point on the object-side surface 232 of the third lens element 230 which is nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is HI=0.265 mm, a reference point is a perpendicular projection of the inflection point onto the optical axis, and a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the reference point to an axial point on the object-side surface 232 of the third lens element 230 is DR=0.0114 mm. A distance in parallel with the optical axis from the axial point to a maximum effective diameter position on the object-side surface 232 of the third lens element 230 is Sag31=0.0283 mm. The image-side surface 254 of the fifth lens element 250 has one critical point crossing with a tangent plane vertical to the optical axis, and a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the critical point and the optical axis is DC=0.874 mm.

According to above description, |f/f1|=1.661 is satisfied with 1.3≦|f/f1|≦2.0, T45/f=0.173 is satisfied with 0.13<T45/f<0.23, |Sag31|/CT3=0.124 is satisfied with 0≦|Sag31|/CT3≦0.2, T12/f=0.0180 is satisfied with 0≦T12/f≦0.1, (CT2+T12)/CT1=0.600 is satisfied with 0.3≦(CT2+T12)/CT1≦0.7, DC/EPD=0.718 is satisfied with 0.5≦DC/EPD≦1, OT=3.40 mm is satisfied with OT<3.5 mm, and HI=0.265 mm is satisfied with 0 mm≦HI≦0.5 mm.

TABLE 3
Basic lens element data of the second embodiment

	Curvature	Thick-			Focal
	radius	ness	Index	Abbe#	length
Surface#	(mm)	(mm)	(Nd)	(Vd)	(mm)

Aperture stop

∞

−0.152

First	First	1.218	0.443	1.544	56.09	1.718
lens	Surface
element	Second	−3.551	0.051
	Surface
Second	Third	−3.389	0.215	1.636	23.89	−2.315
lens	Surface
element	Fourth	2.700	0.160
	Surface
Third	Fifth	2.514	0.228	1.642	22.46	17.096
lens	Surface
element	Sixth	3.136	0.253
	Surface
Fourth	Seventh	−2.284	0.497	1.544	56.09	1.926
lens	Surface
element	Eighth	−0.775	0.494
	Surface
Fifth	Ninth	−0.734	0.310	1.514	56.78	−1.669
lens	Surface
element	Tenth	−5.742	0.080
	Surface
Filter	Eleventh	∞	0.21	1.517	64.17
	Surface
	Twelfth	∞	0.490
	Surface

TABLE 4
Aspheric coefficients of the second embodiment

Surface #

	1	2	3	4	5
k	1.989	6.436	8.639	1.689	−4.341
A	−0.188	0.463	0.714	0.201	−0.554
B	0.724	−1.069	−1.540	−1.297	1.270
C	−12.400	−3.599	−1.956	8.596	−8.011
D	74.596	35.427	35.174	−28.202	31.931
E	−251.748	−138.527	−155.818	47.410	−60.873
F	432.224	244.741	295.376	−37.868	60.046
G	−313.523	−161.300	−199.699	12.045	−26.223
H	0	0	0	0	0
J	0	0	0	0	0

Surface #

	6	7	8	9	10
k	−6.801	−70.653	−0.615	−2.939	1.520
A	−0.324	−0.657	0.358	0.490	0.362
B	0.959	3.217	−0.088	−0.754	−0.536
C	−4.865	−7.212	1.335	0.500	0.415
D	13.357	9.122	−2.321	−0.125	−0.207
E	−19.388	−6.989	1.722	−0.018	0.064
F	17.561	3.153	−0.621	0.015	−0.011
G	−7.836	−0.750	0.096	−2.25*10{circumflex over ( )}−3	8.39*10{circumflex over ( )}−4
H	0	0	0	0	0
J	0	0	0	0	0

It can be found by the basic lens element data of table 3 along with the curve diagram of aberration of FIG. 3B that it has better compensation effect upon the astigmatic field curves, the distortion curves and the longitudinal spherical aberration curves by the embodiment of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4A, FIG. 4A is a schematic view of a five-piece lens assembly for capturing image according to a third embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 4A, the disclosure includes a lens assembly for capturing images, that in order from object side toward an image side along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element 310, a second lens element 320, a third lens element 330, a fourth lens element 340, and a fifth lens element 350, where all of the object-side and the image-side surfaces of the first 310 through fifth lens element 350 are consisted of the aspheric formulas (1), and the aspheric coefficients are shown in Table 6. The lens structure of the third embodiment is similar with the ones of the first embodiment, so we will not go further on this issue here.

In the third embodiment, a focus length f1 of the first lens element 310 is 2.018 mm, a focal length f of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is 3.405 mm, a distance T45 between the image-side surface 344 of the fourth lens element and the object-side surface 352 of the fifth lens element on the optical axis is 0.558 mm, a value of the aperture stop of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is F=2.4, the entrance pupil diameter EPD is 1.419 mm, a distance OT between the object-side surface 312 and image plane 380 on the optical axis is 4.02 mm, a distance T12 between the first lens element 310 and the second lens element 320 on the optical axis is 0.051 mm. a central thickness of the first lens element 310 on the optical axis is 0.521 mm, a central thickness of the second lens element 320 on the optical axis is 0.258 mm, and a central thickness CT3 of the third lens element 330 on the optical axis is 0.227 mm, and the distance S5H is less than 0.2 mm.

A distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an inflection point on the object-side surface 332 of the third lens element 330 which is nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is HI=0.300 mm, a reference point is a perpendicular projection of the inflection point onto the optical axis, and a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the reference point to an axial point on the object-side surface 332 of the third lens element 330 is DR=0.0130 mm. A distance in parallel with the optical axis from the axial point to a maximum effective diameter position on the object-side surface 332 of the third lens element 330 is Sag31=0.0304 mm. The image-side surface 354 of the fifth lens element 350 has one critical point crossing with a tangent plane vertical to the optical axis, and a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the critical point and the optical axis is DC=1.116 mm.

According to above description, |f/f|1=1.687 is satisfied with 1.3|≦f/f1|≦2.0, T45/f=0.164 is satisfied with 0.13<T45/f<0.23, |Sag31|/CT3=0.134 is satisfied with 0≦|Sag31|/CT3≦0.2, T12/f=0.0150 is satisfied with 0≦T12/f≦0.1, (CT2+T12)/CT1=0.593 is satisfied with 0.3≦(CT2+T12)/CT1≦0.7, DC/EPD=0.786 is satisfied with 0.5≦DC/EPD≦1, HI=0.300 mm is satisfied with 0 mm≦HI≦0.5 mm.

TABLE 5
Basic lens element data of the third embodiment

	Curvature				Focal
	radius	Thickness	Index	Abbe#	length
Surface#	(mm)	(mm)	(Nd)	(Vd)	(mm)

Aperture stop

∞

−0.180

First	First	1.417	0.521	1.544	56.09	2.018
lens	Surface
element	Second	−4.311	0.051
	Surface
Second	Third	−3.643	0.258	1.636	23.89	−2.795
lens	Surface
element	Fourth	3.614	0.212
	Surface
Third	Fifth	2.838	0.227	1.544	56.09	19.344
lens	Surface
element	Sixth	3.772	0.331
	Surface
Fourth	Seventh	−2.659	0.569	1.544	56.09	2.316
lens	Surface
element	Eighth	−0.921	0.558
	Surface
Fifth	Ninth	−0.897	0.390	1.515	56.84	−1.938
lens	Surface
element	Tenth	−9.945	0.096
	Surface
Filter	Eleventh	∞	0.21	1.517	64.17
	Surface
	Twelfth	∞	0.596
	Surface

TABLE 6
Aspheric coefficients of the third embodiment

Surface #

	1	2	3	4	5
k	1.939	2.863	5.864	3.621	−12.272
A	−0.122	0.266	0.416	0.135	−0.330
B	0.338	−0.360	−0.578	−0.537	0.501
C	−3.530	−1.197	−0.699	2.354	−2.219
D	14.262	6.568	6.640	−5.357	6.234
E	−33.804	−18.062	−20.474	6.566	−8.151
F	41.396	24.646	29.461	−3.849	5.517
G	−21.823	−12.939	−15.552	0.954	−1.679
H	0	0	0	0	0
J	0	0	0	0	0

Surface #

	6	7	8	9	10
k	−15.888	−73.201	−0.608	−3.124	−3.977
A	−0.213	−0.410	0.227	0.280	0.195
B	0.353	1.300	−0.029	−0.300	−0.208
C	−1.311	−1.997	0.367	0.140	0.114
D	2.637	1.776	−0.453	−0.024	−0.040
E	−2.594	−0.947	0.232	−2.443*10{circumflex over ( )}−3	8.637*10{circumflex over ( )}−3
F	1.613	0.273	−0.057	1.425*10{circumflex over ( )}−3	−1.047*10{circumflex over ( )}−3
G	−0.533	−0.039	6.263*10{circumflex over ( )}−3	0	0
H	0	0	0	0	0
J	0	0	0	0	0

It can be found by the basic lens element data of table 5 along with the curve diagram of aberration of FIG. 4B that it has better compensation effect upon the astigmatic field curves, the distortion curves and the longitudinal spherical aberration curves by the embodiment of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5A, FIG. 5A is a schematic view of a five-piece lens assembly for capturing image according to a fourth embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 5A, the disclosure includes a lens assembly for capturing images, that in order from object side toward an image side along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element 410, a second lens element 420, a third lens element 430, a fourth lens element 440, and a fifth lens element 450, where all of the object-side and the image-side surfaces of the first 410 through fifth lens element 450 are consisted of the aspheric formulas (1), and the aspheric coefficients are shown in Table 8. The lens structure of the fourth embodiment is similar with the ones of the first embodiment, so we will not go further on this issue here.

In the fourth embodiment, a focus length f1 of the first lens element 410 is 2.173 mm, a focal length f of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is 3.405 mm, A distance T45 between the image-side surface 444 of the fourth lens element and the object-side surface 452 of the fifth lens element on the optical axis is 0.650 mm. a value of the aperture stop of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images is F=2.4, the entrance pupil diameter EPD is 1.419 mm, a distance OT between the object-side surface 412 and image plane on the optical axis is 4.38 mm, a distance T12 between the first lens element 410 and the second lens element 420 on the optical axis is 0.0609 mm, a central thickness of the first lens element 410 on the optical axis is 0.620 mm, a central thickness of the second lens element 420 on the optical axis is 0.214 mm, and a central thickness CT3 of the third lens element 430 on the optical axis is 0.362 mm, and the distance S5H is less than 0.2 mm.

A distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an inflection point on the object-side surface 432 of the third lens element 430 which is nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is HI=0.31 mm, a reference point is a perpendicular projection of the inflection point onto the optical axis, and a distance in parallel with the optical axis from the reference point to an axial point on the object-side surface 432 of the third lens element 430 is DR=0.0105 mm. A distance in parallel with the optical axis from the axial point to a maximum effective diameter position on the object-side surface 432 of the third lens element 430 is Sag31=−0.00487 mm. The image-side surface 454 of the fifth lens element 450 has one critical point crossing with a tangent plane vertical to the optical axis, and a distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the critical point and the optical axis is DC=1.048 mm.

According to above description, |f/f|1=1.567 is satisfied with 1.3≦|f/f1|≦2.0, T45/f=0.191 is satisfied with 0.13<T45/f<0.23, |Sag31|/CT3=0.0135 is satisfied with 0≦|Sag31|/CT3≦0.2, T12/f=0.0179 is satisfied with 0≦T12/f≦0.1, (CT2+T12)/CT1=0.443 is satisfied with 0.3≦(CT2+T12)/CT1≦0.7, DC/EPD=0.738 is satisfied with 0.5≦DC/EPD≦1, HI=0.31 mm is satisfied with 0 mm≦HI≦0.5 mm.

TABLE 7
Basic lens element data of the fourth embodiment

	Curvature				Focal
	radius	Thickness	Index	Abbe#	length
Surface#	(mm)	(mm)	(Nd)	(Vd)	(mm)

Aperture stop

∞

−0.216

First	First	1.563	0.620	1.544	56.09	2.173
lens	Surface
element	Second	−4.228	0.061
	Surface
Second	Third	−3.644	0.214	1.636	23.89	−2.887
lens	Surface
element	Fourth	3.836	0.224
	Surface
Third	Fifth	3.763	0.362	1.636	23.89	20.646
lens	Surface
element	Sixth	5.064	0.280
	Surface
Fourth	Seventh	−3.084	0.669	1.544	56.09	2.397
lens	Surface
element	Eighth	−0.989	0.649
	Surface
Fifth	Ninth	−0.877	0.403	1.514	56.78	−2.101
lens	Surface
element	Tenth	−5.337	0.1
	Surface
Filter	Eleventh	∞	0.21	1.517	64.17
	Surface
	Twelfth	∞	0.589
	Surface

TABLE 8
Aspheric coefficients of the fourth embodiment

Surface #

	1	2	3	4	5
k	2.127	0	5.149	0	0
A	−0.090	0.244	0.379	0.091	−0.277
B	0.248	−0.314	−0.511	−0.443	0.404
C	−2.679	−0.745	−0.369	1.898	−1.801
D	10.686	5.005	5.050	−4.040	4.494
E	−23.348	−12.922	−14.520	4.326	−5.557
F	25.738	14.767	17.237	−2.216	3.554
G	−11.720	−6.195	−7.267	0.453	−0.972
H	0	0	0	0	0
J	0	0	0	0	0

Surface #

	6	7	8	9	10
k	0	−87.570	−0.612	−2.447	0
A	−0.145	−0.350	0.154	0.266	0.203
B	0.330	1.095	−0.046	−0.255	−0.186
C	−1.086	−1.581	0.299	0.109	0.092
D	1.863	1.293	−0.329	−0.018	−0.030
E	−1.816	−0.649	0.161	1.467*10{circumflex over ( )}−3	5.886*10{circumflex over ( )}−3
F	1.049	0.190	−0.038	9.845*10{circumflex over ( )}−4	−6.628*10{circumflex over ( )}−4
G	−0.267	−0.025	3.773*10{circumflex over ( )}−3	0	0
H	0	0	0	0	0
J	0	0	0	0	0

It can be found by the basic lens element data of table 7 along with the curve diagram of aberration of FIG. 5B that it has better compensation effect upon the astigmatic field curves, the distortion curves and the longitudinal spherical aberration curves by the embodiment of the five-piece lens assembly for capturing images according to the present invention.

While the means of specific embodiments in present invention has been described by reference drawings, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims. The modifications and variations should in a range limited by the specification of the present invention.