JP2006091714A - Endoscope objective optical system and endoscope - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope objective optical system of a small diameter so that it can be inserted from the forcep channel of a general (master) endoscope or the like, capable of super magnifying observation to details by magnifying power more than several hundred times to a thousand times of monitor magnification by an excellent aberration performance. <P>SOLUTION: The endoscope objective optical system is composed of a 1st lens group composed of a positive single lens, a 2nd lens group composed of a positive lens and a negative lens, a diaphragm, a 3rd lens group composed of a positive or negative single lens, a 4th lens group composed of a negative single lens and a 5th lens group composed of a positive single lens successively from an object side and satisfies the following conditional expression (1). The conditional expression (1) is 0.5<fF/f<0.8, where fF; the combined focal distance of the 1st lens group and the 2nd lens group and f; the focal distance of the entire system. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an endoscope objective optical system that enables magnified observation at a high magnification, and in particular, an endoscope objective suitable for a small-diameter endoscope that can be inserted into a forceps channel of a general endoscope having a forceps channel. The present invention relates to an optical system.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an objective optical system for an endoscope that enables magnified observation, an objective optical system that performs magnified observation by moving a part of an optical element and approaching an object is known.
JP 2000-267002 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-166203

  However, in this type of magnifying endoscope, the moving structure of the movable optical element is complicated and it is difficult to reduce the diameter. Furthermore, in the magnifying endoscope objective optical system having a small number of lenses, it is difficult to correct aberrations, so that sufficient aberration performance cannot be obtained. Therefore, there is a limit to the enlargement ratio, and the enlargement ratio is about 100 times on a 14-inch monitor.

  The present invention is an endoscope that can be inserted through a forceps channel of a general (parent) endoscope, and can perform super-magnification observation in detail at a magnification of a monitor magnification of several hundred to 1000 times with good aberration performance. An object is to obtain an objective optical system.

The endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group including a positive single lens, a second lens group including a positive lens and a negative lens, a diaphragm, and a third lens including a positive or negative single lens. It consists of a lens group, a fourth lens group consisting of a negative single lens, and a fifth lens group consisting of a positive single lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression (1).
(1) 0.5 <fF / f <0.8
However,
fF; composite focal length of the first lens group and the second lens group;
f: focal length of the entire system,
It is.

The endoscope objective optical system of the present invention preferably satisfies the following conditional expressions (2) and (3).
(2) -2.0 <f4 / f <-0.62
(3) 0.3 <| r4 | / f <1.1
However,
f4: focal length of the fourth lens group,
r4: the radius of curvature of the concave surface of the negative single lens constituting the fourth lens group having the smaller radius of curvature, or the curvature radius of the concave surface when only one is concave,
It is.

Moreover, it is preferable that the following conditional expression (4) is satisfied.
(4) 0.7 <f5 / f <2.0
However,
f5: focal length of the fifth lens group,
It is.

The endoscope objective optical system of the present invention preferably satisfies the following conditional expressions (5) and (6).
(5) 0.3 <f2p / f <0.7
(6) N2p> 1.76
However,
f2p; focal length of the positive lens of the second lens group
N2p: the refractive index of the positive lens of the second lens group with respect to the d-line,
It is.

Moreover, it is preferable that the following conditional expression (7) is satisfied.
(7) | f3 | / f> 1.1
However,
f3: focal length of the third lens group,
It is.

  The endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention is preferably used as a small-diameter endoscope that can be inserted into a forceps channel of a general endoscope having a forceps channel.

  According to the present invention, it is a small diameter that can be inserted from a forceps channel of a general (parent) endoscope, and is capable of super-magnifying observation in detail at a magnification of a monitor magnification of several hundred to 1000 times with good aberration performance. An endoscope objective optical system can be obtained.

  The endoscope objective optical system according to the present embodiment is an ultra-compact with an image area of about φ2 mm (1.6 mm × 1.2 mm square) to φ1 mm (0.8 mm × 0.6 mm square) used for a thin scope. It is for an ultra-high magnification endoscope with a small diameter to be imaged on a CCD. In a commonly used 14-inch monitor, since the display area is about 27 cm × 20 cm square, the magnification of the objective optical system is several times in order to obtain an enlargement ratio of several hundred to several thousand times on the monitor. (About 2 to 5 times).

  The endoscope objective optical system includes a first lens group 10 composed of a positive single lens in order from the object side, as shown in the lens configurations of the numerical examples of FIGS. A second lens group 20 composed of a positive lens 21 and a negative lens 22, an aperture S, a third lens group 30 composed of a positive or negative single lens, a fourth lens group 40 composed of a negative single lens, and a positive single lens. It consists of a fifth lens group 50. A cover glass (filters) C positioned in front of the CCD (imaging device) is positioned behind the fifth lens group 50. I indicates an imaging surface. The positive lens 21 and the negative lens 22 of the second lens group 20 are joined in any numerical example, but may be unjoined. The second lens group 20 can be defined as a lens group positioned between the first lens group 10 composed of a positive single lens and the stop S.

  In order to obtain a high-magnification objective optical system, it is necessary to increase the NA on the incident side relative to the output side. If the negative lens is arranged closest to the object side, the outer diameter of the front group (the lens group closer to the object side than the stop) increases, and is not suitable for reducing the diameter of the endoscope. A lens is placed. Next to the positive first lens group, positive and negative lenses (second lens and third lens) for correcting mainly spherical aberration and lateral chromatic aberration may be arranged one by one as the second lens group. The order of the positive and negative lenses and whether or not they are joined are not limited. A third lens group consisting of a positive or negative single lens having a weak power and a fourth lens group consisting of a negative single lens are arranged on the image side from the stop. When the third lens group (fourth lens) and the fourth lens group (fifth lens) are cemented, it becomes difficult to correct astigmatism and it is difficult to shorten the entire length, so that they are not cemented. A fifth lens group (sixth lens) consisting of a positive single lens is arranged on the most image side to keep the incident angle (telecentricity) to the CCD appropriately.

  Since the endoscope objective optical system of the present embodiment has a very high magnification, it is difficult to observe due to blurring and a narrow depth when used in the same manner as a normal endoscope. In view of this, it is preferable to perform the observation while bringing the tip of the objective lens into contact with the observation site. In order to facilitate contact with the observation site, the first surface (object side surface) of the first lens group (first lens) is made flat or a front cover glass is provided on the object side of the first lens group. Good. At this time, it is desirable to set so that the focus is at a position of 0.1 mm or less from the most object-side surface. When focusing on a deep position from the surface of the observation object, the illumination light may not reach or the aberration performance may deteriorate due to the refractive index (distribution) of the observation object.

  Conditional expression (1) is a condition related to the combined power of the front group (the first lens group and the second lens group located on the object side of the stop). In an electronic endoscope that forms an image on an image pickup device such as a CCD, noise is conspicuous if it is too dark, and it becomes difficult to observe. Therefore, it is necessary to secure a certain emission side NA. For this reason, the incident side NA is naturally considerably large. In that case, it is desirable to satisfy conditional expression (1). If the upper limit of conditional expression (1) is exceeded and the focal length of the front group becomes long, astigmatism increases and the imaging performance deteriorates, and the total length becomes long and the diameter increases, which is disadvantageous for downsizing. Below the lower limit, coma aberration and spherical aberration increase and the imaging performance deteriorates.

  Conditional expressions (2) and (3) are conditions relating to the fourth lens group. In the rear group (the lens group positioned behind the stop), the light beam that has passed through the stop must be expanded to the imaging region, and the negative power of the fourth lens group becomes weaker beyond the lower limit of conditional expression (2). Alternatively, if the radius of curvature increases beyond the upper limit of conditional expression (3), field curvature increases. Further, since the entire length is increased in order to spread the light beam to the periphery of the imaging surface, it is not suitable for a small endoscope. If the total length is shortened while the negative power is weak, the incident angle to the CCD increases and the amount of peripheral light decreases due to CCD shading. In order to shorten the overall length, the negative power needs to be strong to some extent, and by securing the negative power to some extent, the Petzval sum can be reduced at the same time, so that field curvature can be suppressed. However, if the power of the fourth lens unit becomes stronger beyond the upper limit of conditional expression (2), or if the radius of curvature decreases beyond the lower limit of conditional expression (3), coma aberration occurs, and the imaging performance is greatly degraded. To do.

  Conditional expression (4) is a condition relating to the power of the final lens group (fifth lens group). The power of the fifth lens group particularly affects telecentricity. When the upper limit of conditional expression (4) is exceeded and the power of the final lens group becomes weak (focal length becomes long), astigmatism increases and the imaging performance deteriorates, and the incident angle to the CCD becomes tight. Shading tends to occur or the total length becomes long. When the power is increased beyond the lower limit, the exit pupil position near the center and the peripheral image height is shifted, and matching with the CCD lens array is deteriorated. Further, coma aberration, field curvature, etc. increase.

  Conditional expressions (5) and (6) are conditions relating to the power of the positive lens in the second lens group. When the lower limit of conditional expressions (5) and (6) is exceeded, spherical aberration increases. When the upper limit of conditional expression (5) is exceeded and the focal length of the positive lens in the second lens group becomes longer, the power of the first lens group becomes stronger, coma aberration and spherical aberration increase, and the imaging performance deteriorates.

  Conditional expression (7) is a condition regarding the power of the third lens group. It is desirable that the third lens group immediately after the stop be arranged so as not to have a strong refractive power regardless of positive or negative. When the power of the third lens unit is increased (focal length is shortened) beyond the lower limit of conditional expression (7), various aberrations, particularly astigmatism, increase, and performance degradation due to processing assembly errors increases. . Furthermore, it is preferable in terms of aberration correction that the negative single lens constituting the third lens group has a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the object side.

  The endoscope objective optical system according to the present embodiment does not use the front and rear groups separated by the diaphragm as a collimating optical system, but corrects aberrations in the entire system, so that it is a very compact optical system with three front and rear groups. Good aberration performance can be obtained with this system. On the other hand, in order to adjust the focus, it is conceivable that the front and rear groups are each composed of a collimating optical system. In this case, however, aberration correction must be performed independently for each of the front and rear groups. Since the front group has a particularly high NA, it is very difficult to correct aberrations, and since the entire system is an enlargement system, the aberrations of the front group are magnified. As a result, a very large number of lenses are required, and the total length is increased. Since it becomes long, it is not suitable as an endoscope objective. According to the present endoscope objective optical system, the lens radius can be made substantially smaller than the maximum image height, which is suitable for an endoscope objective optical system in which a small diameter is required.

  Further, the present endoscope objective optical system can be used by inverting between object images. When it is reversed, it becomes a reduction system and does not become a high magnification exceeding 1000 times, but an optical system having a high NA and a very high resolving power can be obtained with an enlargement ratio comparable to that of a normal magnifying endoscope.

Next, specific numerical examples will be shown. In the various aberration diagrams, the d-line, g-line, and C-line in the chromatic aberration (axial chromatic aberration) diagram and magnification chromatic aberration diagram represented by spherical aberration are the aberrations for each wavelength, Y is the image height, S is sagittal, and M is Meridional. In the table, FE is the effective F number, f is the focal length of the entire system, M is the lateral magnification of the entire system, and fB Is the back focus (distance from the surface closest to the image side of the cover glass C to the imaging surface of the image sensor), r is the radius of curvature, d is the lens thickness or lens spacing, N _d is the refractive index of the d-line, and ν _d is Abbe Indicates a number.

(Numerical example 1)
1 and 2 show Numerical Example 1 of an endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a lens configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing various aberrations, and Table 1 is numeric data thereof. Although the basic lens configuration of the endoscope objective optical system has been described above, the power of the single lens constituting the third lens group 30 is positive, and the negative single lens constituting the fourth lens group 40 is the object side. Convex meniscus shape. The stop S is 0.063 behind the fifth surface.
(Table 1)
FE = 1: 10.1
f = 1.51
M = -1.993
fB = 0.05
Surface NO. R d N _d ν _d
1 ∞ 1.395 1.88300 40.8
2 -0.890 0.187 − −
3 -1.099 0.516 1.77250 49.6
4 -0.382 0.313 1.80518 25.4
5 -0.985 0.163 − −
6 0.695 0.317 1.88 300 40.8
7 0.924 0.073 − −
8 1.825 0.345 1.77250 49.6
9 0.505 0.602 − −
10 5.039 0.324 1.77250 49.6
11 -1.426 0.374 − −
12 ∞ 0.627 1.48749 70.2
13 ∞ 0.376 1.51633 64.1
14 ∞ − − −

(Numerical example 2)
FIGS. 3 and 4 show Numerical Example 2 of the endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a lens configuration diagram, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various aberrations, and Table 2 is numeric data thereof. The basic lens configuration is the same as that of Numerical Example 1, but the power of the single lens constituting the third lens group 30 is negative, and the negative single lens constituting the fourth lens group 40 is biconcave. . The stop S is 0.173 behind the fifth surface.
(Table 2)
FE = 1: 10.7
f = 1.01
M = -5.026
fB = 0.00
Surface NO. R d N _d ν _d
1 ∞ 0.945 1.88300 40.8
2 -0.633 0.052 − −
3 3.080 0.269 1.77250 49.6
4 -0.366 0.351 1.84666 23.8
5 -1.075 0.253 − −
6 0.584 0.530 1.77 250 49.6
7 0.270 0.275 − −
8 -1.827 0.244 1.77250 49.6
9 0.829 0.196 − −
10 3.524 0.326 1.77250 49.6
11 -0.764 0.382 − −
12 ∞ 0.448 1.48749 70.2
13 ∞ 0.269 1.51633 64.1
14 ∞ − − −

(Numerical Example 3)
FIGS. 5 and 6 show Numerical Example 3 of the endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a lens configuration diagram, FIG. 6 is a diagram of various aberrations, and Table 3 is numerical data thereof. The basic lens configuration is the same as that of Numerical Example 2, but the front cover glass F (surface Nos. 1 and 2) is located in front of the first lens group 10 to constitute the third lens group 30. The power of the single lens is negative, and the negative single lens constituting the fourth lens group 40 has a concave meniscus shape on the object side. The stop S is 0.045 behind the seventh surface.
(Table 3)
FE = 1: 8.0
f = 0.78
M = -3.613
fB = 0.05
Surface NO. R d N _d ν _d
1 ∞ 0.448 1.51633 64.1
2 ∞ 0.090 − −
3 -4.456 0.522 1.88300 40.8
4 -0.769 0.108 − −
5 1.000 0.269 1.77250 49.6
6 -0.473 0.269 1.84666 23.8
7 -2.638 0.367 − −
8 0.535 0.269 1.84666 23.8
9 0.287 0.174 − −
10 -0.532 0.269 1.77250 49.6
11 -1.264 0.274 − −
12 1.320 0.269 1.88300 40.8
13 -9.839 0.307 − −
14 ∞ 0.448 1.48749 70.2
15 ∞ 0.269 1.51633 64.1
16 ∞ − − −

(Numerical example 4)
FIGS. 7 and 8 show Numerical Example 4 of the endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention, FIG. 7 is a lens configuration diagram, FIG. 8 is its various aberration diagrams, and Table 4 is its numerical data. The basic lens configuration is the same as that of Numerical Example 2, the power of the single lens constituting the third lens group 30 is negative, and the negative single lens constituting the fourth lens group 40 is a meniscus having a concave on the object side. Shape. The stop S is 0.089 behind the fifth surface.
(Table 4)
FE = 1: 10.3
f = 1.68
M = -4.007
fB = 0.00
Surface NO. R d N _d ν _d
1 ∞ 2.023 1.88300 40.8
2 -1.374 0.089 − −
3 2.301 0.624 1.77250 49.6
4 -0.833 0.445 1.84666 23.8
5 -3.869 0.231 − −
6 0.734 0.534 1.81600 46.6
7 0.439 0.863 − −
8 -0.915 0.445 1.76200 40.1
9 -2.458 0.089 − −
10 22.331 0.573 1.88300 40.8
11 -1.897 0.894 − −
12 ∞ 0.740 1.48749 70.2
13 ∞ 0.534 1.51633 64.1
14 ∞ − − −

(Numerical example 5)
FIGS. 9 and 10 show Numerical Example 5 of the endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention, FIG. 9 is a lens configuration diagram, FIG. 10 is its various aberration diagrams, and Table 5 is its numerical data. The basic lens configuration is the same as that of Numerical Example 2, the power of the single lens constituting the third lens group 30 is negative, and the negative single lens constituting the fourth lens group 40 is biconcave. The stop S is 0.078 behind the fifth surface.
(Table 5)
FE = 1: 5.7
f = 1.65
M = -3.011
fB = 0.09
Surface NO. R d N _d ν _d
1 ∞ 1.800 1.88300 40.8
2 -1.149 0.050 − −
3 31.845 0.470 1.77250 49.6
4 -0.629 0.515 1.84666 23.8
5 -1.713 0.204 − −
6 0.882 0.766 1.77 250 49.6
7 0.479 0.252 − −
8 -6.868 0.392 1.77250 49.6
9 1.500 0.256 − −
10 5.459 0.573 1.77 250 49.6
11 -1.234 0.452 − −
12 ∞ 0.784 1.48749 70.2
13 ∞ 0.470 1.51633 64.1
14 ∞ − − −

Table 6 shows values for each conditional expression in each example.
(Table 6)

As apparent from Table 6, Numerical Examples 1 to 5 satisfy the conditional expressions (1) to (7), and various aberrations are relatively well corrected as is apparent from the various aberration diagrams.

It is a lens block diagram of Numerical Example 1 of the endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating various aberrations in the configuration of FIG. 1. It is a lens block diagram of numerical Example 2 of the endoscope objective optical system by this invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating various aberrations in the configuration of FIG. 3. It is a lens block diagram of Numerical Example 3 of the endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating various aberrations in the configuration of FIG. 5. It is a lens block diagram of numerical Example 4 of the endoscope objective optical system by this invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating various aberrations in the configuration of FIG. 7. It is a lens block diagram of Numerical Example 5 of the endoscope objective optical system according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram of various aberrations in the configuration of FIG. 9.

Claims (7)

In order from the object side, a first lens group composed of a positive single lens, a second lens group composed of a positive lens and a negative lens, a diaphragm, a third lens group composed of a positive or negative single lens, and a fourth lens composed of a negative single lens An endoscope objective optical system comprising a fifth lens group comprising a group and a positive single lens, and satisfying the following conditional expression (1):
(1) 0.5 <fF / f <0.8
However,
fF; composite focal length of the first lens group and the second lens group;
f: Focal length of the entire system. The endoscope objective optical system according to claim 1, wherein the endoscope objective optical system satisfies the following conditional expressions (2) and (3).
(2) -2.0 <f4 / f <-0.62
(3) 0.3 <| r4 | / f <1.1
However,
f4: focal length of the fourth lens group,
r4: the radius of curvature of the concave surface of the negative single lens constituting the fourth lens group having the smaller radius of curvature, or the curvature radius of the concave surface when only one is concave. The endoscope objective optical system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the endoscope objective optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (4).
(4) 0.7 <f5 / f <2.0
However,
f5: focal length of the fifth lens group. The endoscope objective optical system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the endoscope objective optical system satisfies the following conditional expressions (5) and (6).
(5) 0.3 <f2p / f <0.7
(6) N2p> 1.76
However,
f2p; focal length of the positive lens of the second lens group
N2p: Refractive index with respect to d-line of the positive lens in the second lens group. The endoscope objective optical system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the endoscope objective optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (7).
(7) | f3 | / f> 1.1
However,
f3: focal length of the third lens group. An endoscope having the endoscope objective optical system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The endoscope according to claim 6, wherein the endoscope can be inserted into a forceps channel of a general endoscope having a forceps channel.

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