Video projector lens system

Claim 2

A lens system for projecting onto a screen a video image formed on a face plate of a cathode ray tube comprising, from the screen to the tube side: a first positive lens having a screen side convex surface; a second positive lens; a third negative lens; a fourth biconvex lens; and a fifth negative lens having a screen side concave surface, at least the fourth lens being made of a glass material, wherein the lens system includes at least one aspheric surface and fulfills the following conditions: 1.2<f 123 / f<2.5 0.5<f 2 /|f 3 |<2 ν 2 /ν 3 >1.5 wherein: f represents a focal length of the whole lens system; f 123 represents a total focal length from the screen side surface of the first positive lens to the tube side surface of the third negative lens; f 2 represents a focal length of the second positive lens by itself; f 3 represents a focal length of the third negative lens by itself; ν 2 represents an Abbe number of the second positive lens with respect to d-line; and ν 3 represents an Abbe number of the third negative lens with respect to d-line.

Claim 3

The invention of claim 1, wherein the lens system further fulfills the following condition: 1.2<f 123 /f 4 <2.5 wherein: f 4 represents a focal length of the fourth biconvex lens.

Claim 4

The invention of claim 1, wherein the lens system further fulfills the following condition: 0.2<D 45 /f<0.5 wherein: D 45 represents the axial distance between the fourth biconvex lens and the fifth negative lens.

Claim 5

The invention of claim 1, wherein the lens system further fulfills the following conditions: 0.3<f 2 /f 123 <1 0.2<|f 3 |/f 123 <1.

Claim 6

The invention of claim 1, wherein the lens system further fulfills the following condition: 0.5<f 2 /f 1 <1 wherein: f 1 represent a focal length of the first positive lens by itself.

Claim 7

The invention of claim 1, wherein the lens system further fulfills the following condition: n 4 >1.55 wherein: n 4 represents the refractive index of the fourth biconvex lens with respect to d-line.

Claim 8

The invention of claim 1, wherein the first positive lens is made of glass material, and wherein the lens system further fulfills the following condition: |f 23 /f|>2.5 wherein: f 23 represents a total focal length from the screen side surface of the second positive lens to the tube side surface of the third negative lens.

Claim 9

The invention of claim 1, wherein the second positive lens is made of a glass material, and wherein the lens system further fulfills the following condition: 0.3<|f 3 |/f 1 <1 wherein: f 1 represents the focal length of the first positive lens by itself.

Claim 10

The invention of claim 1, wherein the third negative lens is made of a plastic material.

Claim 11

The invention of claim 9, wherein the second positive lens is made of a plastic material.

Claim 12

The invention of claim 10, wherein the first positive lens is made of a glass material.

Claim 13

The invention of claim 11, wherein the fifth negative lens is made of a plastic material.

Claim 14

The invention of claim 9, wherein the first positive lens is made of a plastic material.

Claim 15

The invention of claim 13, wherein the second positive lens is made of a glass material.

Claim 16

The invention of claim 14, wherein the fifth negative lens is made of a plastic material.

Claim 17

The invention of claim 1, wherein the second positive lens is biconvex and the third negative lens is biconcave.

Claim 18

The invention of claim 9 wherein one of the first and second lenses is made of a glass material, and the other of a plastic material.

Claim 19

The invention of claim 17, wherein the fifth negative lens is made of a plastic material.

Claim 20

The invention of claim 12, wherein the lens system fulfills the following condition: |f 23 /f|>2.5 wherein: f 23 represents a total focal length from the screen side surface of the second positive lens to the tube side surface of the third negative lens.

Claim 21

The invention of claim 15, wherein the lens system fulfills the following condition: 0.3<|f 3 |/f 1 <1 wherein: f 1 represents the focal length of the first positive lens by itself.

Claim 22

A lens system for projecting onto a screen a video image formed on a face plate of a cathode ray tube wherein L represents the lens element and P represents the face plate of a cathode ray tube comprising the following design parameters, wherein asterisk (*) represents the aspheric surface with the following aspheric coefficients Ci: ______________________________________ f = 100, β = -0.067, F.sub.No = 1.3, R = ∞ ______________________________________ r.sub.1 70.55 L.sub.1 d.sub.1 19.7 n.sub.1 1.517 ν.sub.1 64.1 r.sub.2 1926.62 d.sub.2 0.9 r.sub.3 * 62.70 L.sub.2 d.sub.3 19.6 n.sub.2 1.491 ν.sub.2 57.8 r.sub.4 -107.96 L.sub.3 d.sub.4 2.9 n.sub.3 1.592 ν.sub.3 30.9 r.sub.5 * 66.41 d.sub.5 45.8 r.sub.6 84.99 L.sub.4 d.sub.6 12.8 n.sub.4 1.589 ν.sub.4 61.1 r.sub.7 -171.71 d.sub.7 29.7 r.sub.8 * ∞ L.sub.5 d.sub.8 2.8 n.sub.5 1.491 ν.sub.5 57.8 r.sub.9 346.16 d.sub. 3.1 r.sub.A 368.34 P d.sub. 4.2 n.sub. 1.536 ν.sub. 50.7 r.sub.B 304.70 Aspheric surface coefficients r.sub.3 r.sub.5 r.sub.8 ______________________________________ c.sub.1 0.19007 × 10.sup.-3 0.13636 × 10.sup.-2 -0.20020 × 10.sup.-1 c.sub.2 0.88656 × 10.sup.-8 0.73412 × 10.sup.-6 0.93250 × 10.sup.-5 c.sub.3 -0.99556 × 10.sup.-11 0.40434 × 10.sup.-9 -0.48121 × 10.sup.-8 c.sub.4 0.62736 × 10.sup.-14 -0.15449 × 10.sup.-14 -0.13343 × 10.sup.-11 c.sub.5 0.55916 × 10.sup.-18 -0.43637 × 10.sup.-18 0.19717 × 10.sup.-14 c.sub.6 0.27606 × 10.sup.-20 -0.17676 × 10.sup.-20 0.56207 × 10.sup.-18 c.sub. 7 0.36815 × 10.sup.-25 -0.68839 × 10.sup.-25 -0.94610 × 10.sup.-21 c.sub.8 -0.13897 × 10.sup.-29 -0.24160 × 10.sup.-29 0.23969 × 10.sup.-24 ______________________________________

Claim 23

A lens system for projecting onto a screen a video image formed on a face plate of a cathode ray tube wherein L represents the lens element and P represents the face plate of a cathode ray tube comprising the following design parameters, wherein asterisk (*) represents the aspheric surface with the following aspheric coefficients Ci: ______________________________________ f = 100, β = -0.067, F.sub.No = 1.3, R = ∞ ______________________________________ r.sub.1 70.55 L.sub.1 d.sub.1 19.7 n.sub.1 1.517 ν.sub.1 64.1 r.sub.2 1926.62 d.sub.2 0.9 r.sub.3 * 62.70 L.sub.2 d.sub.3 19.6 n.sub.2 1.491 ν.sub.2 57.8 r.sub.4 -107.96 L.sub.3 d.sub.4 2.9 n.sub.3 1.592 ν.sub.3 30.9 r.sub.5 * 66.41 d.sub.5 45.8 r.sub.6 84.99 L.sub.4 d.sub.6 12.8 n.sub.4 1.589 ν.sub.4 61.1 r.sub.7 -171.71 d.sub.7 29.7 r.sub.8 * ∞ L.sub.5 d.sub.8 2.8 n.sub.5 1.491 ν.sub.5 57.8 r.sub.9 346.16 d.sub. 3.1 r.sub.A 368.34 P d.sub. 4.2 n.sub. 1.536 ν.sub. 50.7 r.sub.B 304.70 Aspheric surface coefficients r.sub.3 r.sub.5 r.sub.8 ______________________________________ c.sub.1 0.19007 × 10.sup.-3 0.13636 × 10.sup.-2 -0.20020 × 10.sup.-1 c.sub.2 0.88656 × 10.sup.-8 0.73412 × 10.sup.-6 0.93250 × 10.sup.-5 c.sub.3 -0.99556 × 10.sup.-11 0.40434 × 10.sup.-9 -0.48121 × 10.sup.-8 c.sub.4 0.62736 × 10.sup.-14 -0.15449 × 10.sup.-14 -0.13343 × 10.sup.-11 c.sub.5 0.55916 × 10.sup.-18 -0.43637 × 10.sup.-18 0.19717 × 10.sup.-14 c.sub.6 0.27606 × 10.sup.-20 -0.17676 × 10.sup.-20 0.56207 × 10.sup.-18 c.sub. 7 0.36815 × 10.sup.-25 -0.68839 × 10.sup.-25 -0.94610 × 10.sup.-21 c.sub.8 -0.13897 × 10.sup.-29 -0.24160 × 10.sup.-29 0.23969 × 10.sup.-24 ______________________________________