Telecentric rear converter

Claim 2

In combination with a substantially telecentric objective lens, a telecentric rear converter mounted on the image side of the objective lens to make the composite focal length of said rear converter and said objective lens greater than the focal length of said objective lens while maintaining the telecentricity, said telecentric rear converter including: a first lens unit of a negative refractive power; and a second lens unit of a positive refractive power disposed on the image side of said first lens unit; said two lens units being disposed so that the spacing between the principal points thereof is substantially equal to the difference between the respective absolute values of the focal lengths of said two lens units, said first lens unit having a rearward focus substantially coincident with the image point of said telecentric objective lens and converting a convergent light beam from said telecentric objective lens into a substantially parallel light beam, and said second lens unit converging the substantially parallel light beam while maintaining the telecentricity and forming an image at a predetermined back focal length position that is of a size different from the size of an image from said objective lens.

Claim 3

A telecentric rear converter mountable on the image side of a substantially telecentric objective lens to make the composite focal length of said rear converter and said objective lens greater than the focal length of said objective lens while maintaining the telecentricity, said telecentric rear converter including: a first lens unit of a negative refractive power; and a second lens unit of a positive refractive power disposed on the image side of said first lens unit; wherein said two lens units are disposed so that the spacing between the principal points thereof is substantially equal to the difference between the respective absolute values of the focal lengths of said two lens units, and when said telecentric rear converter is mounted on the image side of said objective lens, the rearward focus of said first lens unit is substantially coincident with the image point of said telecentric objective lens and converts the convergent light beam from said telecentric objective lens into a substantially parallel light beam, and said second lens unit converges the substantially parallel light beam while maintaining the telecentricity and providing a predetermined back focal length, said telecentric rear converter changing the size of an image from said substantially telecentric objective lens, and wherein said telecentric rear converter satisfies the following conditions: ##EQU6## wherein f 1 and f 2 are the focal lengths of said first lens unit and said second lens unit, respectively, β is the magnification of said telecentric rear converter, m is the spacing between the principal points of said first and second lens units, and a is the distance between the image point by said objective lens and the principal point of said first lens unit when said rear converter has been mounted on said objective lens.

Claim 4

A telecentric rear converter mountable on the image side of a substantially telecentric objective lens to make the composite focal length of said rear converter and said objective lens greater than the focal length of said objective lens while maintaining the telecentricity, said telecentric rear converter including: a first lens unit of a negative refractive power; and a second lens unit of a positive refractive power disposed on the image side of said first lens unit; wherein said two lens units are disposed so that the spacing between the principal points thereof is substantially equal to the difference between the respective absolute values of the focal lengths of said two lens units, and when said telecentric rear converter is mounted on the image side of said objective lens, the rearward focus of said first lens unit is substantially coincident with the image point of said telecentric objective lens and converts the convergent light beam from said telecentric objective lens into a substantially parallel light beam, and said second lens unit converges the substantially parallel light beam while maintaining the telecentricity and providing a predetermined back focal length, said telecentric rear converter changing the size of an image from said substantially telecentric objective lens, and wherein said telecentric rear converter satisfies the following conditions: ##EQU6## wherein f 1 and f 2 are the focal lengths of said first lens unit and said second lens unit, respectively, β is the magnification of said telecentric rear converter, m is the spacing between the principal points of said first and second lens units, and a is the distance between the image point by said objective lens and the principal point of said first lens unit when said rear converter has been mounted on said objective lens.

Claim 5

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 2, wherein said first lens unit includes, in succession from the object side, a negative meniscus lens convex toward the object side, a positive lens having its surface of sharper curvature facing the object side, and a negative lens having its surface of sharper curvature facing the image side.

Claim 6

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 3, wherein said second lens unit includes, in succession from the object side, a negative meniscus lens convex toward the object side, and a positive lens having its surface of sharper curvature facing the image side.

Claim 7

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 4, wherein when the shape factors of the negative meniscus lens, the positive lens and the negative lens in said first lens unit are q 11 , q 12 and q 13 , respectively, the following conditions are satisfied: 1.5<-q.sub.11 <4.5 0.2<q.sub.12 <3.0 0<-q.sub.13 <3.5 and the shape factor q of each lens is defined as ##EQU7## where r a is the radius of curvature of the object side lens surface and r b is the radius of curvature of the image side lens surface.

Claim 8

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 5, wherein when the shape factors of the negative meniscus lens and the positive lens in said second lens unit are q 21 and q 22 , respectively, the following conditions are satisfied: 1.0<-q.sub.21 <8.0 0.3<-q.sub.22 <1.5.

Claim 9

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 6, wherein numerical data are as follows: ______________________________________ d.sub.0 = -17.49837 β = 2.0 Bf = 20.68658 Center thickness Radius of and air Refractive Abbe curvature space index number ______________________________________ r.sub.1 20.0 d.sub.1 1.0 n.sub.1 1.713 ν.sub.1 53.97 L.sub.11 r.sub.2 6.729 d.sub.2 3.5 n.sub.2 1.595 ν.sub.2 35.51 L.sub.12 G.sub.1 r.sub.3 19.151 d.sub.3 1.0 n.sub.3 1.796 ν.sub.3 45.52 L.sub.13 r.sub.4 7.735 d.sub.4 11.76 r.sub.5 30.044 d.sub.5 1.0 n.sub.4 1.805 ν.sub.4 25.36 L.sub.21 r.sub.6 22.674 d.sub.6 2.5 G.sub.2 r.sub.7 -169.544 d.sub.7 5.0 n.sub.5 1.516 ν.sub.5 64.12 L.sub.22 r.sub.8 -11.629 ______________________________________

Claim 10

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 6, wherein the positive lens and the negative lens in said first lens unit further satisfy the following conditions with respect to their shape factors q 12 and q 13 : 0.2<q.sub.12 <0.6 0<-q.sub.13 <0.6.

Claim 11

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 8, wherein numerical data are as follows: ______________________________________ d.sub.0 = -19.82967 β = 2.0 Bf = 21.1534 Center thickness Radius of and air Refractive Abbe curvature space index number ______________________________________ r.sub.1 20.0 d.sub.1 1.0 n.sub.1 1.713 ν.sub.1 53.97 L.sub.11 r.sub.2 11.740 d.sub.2 3.5 n.sub.2 1.595 ν.sub.2 35.51 L.sub.12 r.sub.3 -28.926 d.sub.3 1.0 G.sub.1 r.sub.4 -21.533 d.sub.4 1.0 n.sub.3 1.796 ν.sub.3 45.52 L.sub.13 r.sub.5 8.784 d.sub.5 12.312 r.sub.6 43.024 d.sub.6 1.0 n.sub.4 1.805 ν.sub.4 25.36 L.sub.21 r.sub.7 22.856 d.sub.7 2.5 G.sub.2 r.sub.8 72.604 d.sub.8 5.0 n.sub.5 1.516 ν.sub.5 64.12 L.sub.22 r.sub.9 -12.466 ______________________________________

Claim 12

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 8, wherein numerical data are as follows: ______________________________________ d.sub.0 = -19.94969 β = 2.0 Bf = 20.72529 Center thickness Radius of and air Refractive Abbe curvature space index number ______________________________________ r.sub.1 20.0 d.sub.1 1.0 n.sub.1 1.713 ν.sub.1 53.97 L.sub.11 r.sub.2 10.351 d.sub.2 1.5 r.sub.3 10.799 d.sub.3 3.5 n.sub.2 1.575 ν.sub.2 41.55 L.sub.12 G.sub.1 r.sub.4 -23.172 d.sub.4 1.0 r.sub.5 -17.582 d.sub.5 1.0 n.sub.3 1.713 ν.sub.3 53.97 L.sub.13 r.sub.6 8.652 d.sub.6 13.276 r.sub.7 84.730 d.sub.7 1.0 n.sub.4 1.805 ν.sub.4 25.36 L.sub.21 r.sub.8 29.710 d.sub.8 1.0 G.sub.2 r.sub.9 67.132 d.sub.9 5.0 n.sub.5 1.516 ν.sub.5 64.12 L.sub.22 r.sub.10 -12.057 ______________________________________

Claim 13

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 8, wherein numerical data are as follows: ______________________________________ d.sub.0 = -19.84093 β = 1.4 Bf = 16.86856 Center thickness Radius of and air Refractive Abbe curvature space index number ______________________________________ r.sub.1 20.0 d.sub.1 1.0 n.sub.1 1.713 ν.sub.1 53.97 L.sub.11 r.sub.2 11.740 d.sub.2 3.5 n.sub.2 1.595 ν.sub.2 35.51 L.sub.12 r.sub.3 -23.079 d.sub.3 1.0 G.sub.1 r.sub.4 -15.158 d.sub.4 1.0 n.sub.3 1.796 ν.sub.3 45.52 L.sub.13 r.sub.5 9.857 d.sub.5 4.314 r.sub.6 87.961 d.sub.6 1.0 n.sub.4 1.805 ν.sub.4 25.36 L.sub.21 r.sub.7 25.111 d.sub.7 1.0 G.sub.2 r.sub.8 27.343 d.sub.8 5.5 n.sub.5 1.516 ν.sub.5 64.12 L.sub.22 r.sub.9 -10.414 ______________________________________

Claim 14

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 2, wherein said first lens unit has a negative meniscus lens convex toward the object side, and said second lens unit has a diverging action surface on the object side and a converging action surface on the image side.

Claim 15

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 12, wherein said second lens unit has a positive meniscus lens having its convex surface facing the image side.

Claim 16

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 13, wherein numerical data are as follows: ______________________________________ d.sub.0 = -21.48263 β = 2.0 Bf = 22.16468 Center thickness Radius of and air Refractive Abbe curvature space index number ______________________________________ r.sub.1 14.367 d.sub.1 1.5 n.sub.1 1.756 ν.sub.1 31.70 L.sub.11 G.sub.1 r.sub.2 6.056 d.sub.2 11.659 r.sub.3 -14.491 d.sub.3 3.0 n.sub.2 1.744 ν.sub.2 49.46 L.sub.21 G.sub.2 r.sub.4 -9.565 ______________________________________

Claim 17

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 13, wherein said first lens unit further has a positive lens having its surface of sharper curvature facing the object side, and a negative lens having its surface of sharper curvature facing the image side.

Claim 18

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 15, wherein when the shape factor of the positive meniscus lens in said second lens unit is q 2 , the following condition is satisfied: 1.0<-q.sub.2 <5.5.

Claim 19

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 16, wherein numerical data are as follows: ______________________________________ d.sub.0 = -19.1769 β = 2.0 Bf = 20.9767 Center thickness Radius of and air Refractive Abbe curvature space index number ______________________________________ r.sub.1 20.0 d.sub.1 1.0 n.sub.1 1.796 ν.sub.1 45.52 L.sub.11 r.sub.2 9.212 d.sub.2 1.5 r.sub.3 10.197 d.sub.3 3.5 n.sub.2 1.575 ν.sub.2 41.55 L.sub.12 G.sub.1 r.sub.4 -19.107 d.sub.4 1.0 1.0 r.sub.5 -15.388 d.sub.5 1.0 n.sub.3 1.713 ν.sub.3 53.97 L.sub.13 r.sub.6 10.392 d.sub.6 14.866 1.0 r.sub.7 -34.376 d.sub.7 3.0 n.sub.4 1.516 ν.sub.4 64.12 L.sub.21 r.sub.8 -12.656 d.sub.8 0.1 1.0 G.sub.2 r.sub.9 -35.316 d.sub.9 2.0 n.sub.5 1.516 ν.sub.5 64.12 L.sub.22 r.sub.10 -22.620 ______________________________________

Claim 20

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 16, wherein numerical data are as follows: ______________________________________ d.sub.0 = -19.28504 β = 2.0 Bf = 19.7474 Center thickness Radius of and air Refractive Abbe curvature space index number ______________________________________ r.sub.1 20.0 d.sub.1 1.0 n.sub.1 1.796 ν.sub.1 45.52 L.sub.11 r.sub.2 9.566 d.sub.2 1.5 r.sub.3 9.923 d.sub.3 3.5 n.sub.2 1.575 ν.sub.2 41.55 L.sub.12 G.sub.1 r.sub.4 -21.215 d.sub.4 1.0 r.sub.5 -16.701 d.sub.5 1.0 n.sub.3 1.713 ν.sub.3 53.97 L.sub.13 r.sub.6 9.443 d.sub.6 14.651 r.sub.7 344.517 d.sub.7 1.0 n.sub.4 1.805 ν.sub.4 25.36 L.sub.21 G.sub.2 r.sub.8 50.681 d.sub.8 5.0 n.sub.5 1.516 ν.sub.5 64.12 L.sub.22 r.sub.9 -13.577 ______________________________________

Claim 21

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 16, wherein numerical data are as follows: ______________________________________ d.sub.0 = -18.87687 β = 2.0 Bf = 20.78815 Center thickness Radius of and air Refractive Abbe curvature space index number ______________________________________ r.sub.1 20.0 d.sub.1 1.0 n.sub.1 1.796 ν.sub.1 45.52 L.sub.11 r.sub.2 9.212 d.sub.2 1.5 r.sub.3 10.197 d.sub.3 3.5 n.sub.2 1.575 ν.sub.2 41.55 L.sub.12 G.sub.1 r.sub.4 -19.107 d.sub.4 1.0 r.sub.5 -15.388 d.sub.5 1.0 n.sub.3 1.713 ν.sub.3 53.97 L.sub.13 r.sub.6 10.392 d.sub.6 12.240 r.sub.7 -213.644 d.sub.7 6.0 n.sub.4 1.516 ν.sub.4 64.12 L.sub.21 G.sub.2 r.sub.8 9.485 d.sub.8 2.0 n.sub.5 1.805 ν.sub.5 25.36 L.sub.22 r.sub.9 -12.352 ______________________________________

Claim 22

A telecentric rear converter mountable on the image side of a telecentric objective lens for making the composite focal length of said rear converter and said objective lens greater than the focal length of said objective lens, comprising: a first lens unit of a negative refractive power for converting a convergent light beam from said objective lens into a substantially parallel light beam, the first lens unit having a negative meniscus lens convex toward the object side, and a second lens unit of a positive refractive power disposed rearwardly of said first lens units for converting the substantially parallel light beam from said first lens unit into a convergent light beam and forming an image at a predetermined back focal length position that is of a size different from the size of an image from said objective lens, the second lens unit having a diverging surface on the object side and a converging surface on the image side, said two lens units being disposed so that the spacing between the principal points thereof is substantially equal to the difference between the respective absolute values of the focal lengths of said two lens units, wherein when said rear converter is mounted on the image side of a telecentric objective lens, a composite system of the rear converter and the telecentric objective lens substantially maintains its telecentricity.

Claim 23

A telecentric rear converter mountable on the image side of a telecentric objective lens for making the composite focal length of said rear converter and said objective lens greater than the focal length of said objective lens, comprising: a first lens unit of a negative refractive power for converting a convergent light beam from said objective lens into a substantially parallel light beam, the first lens unit having a negative meniscus lens convex toward the object side, and a second lens unit of a positive refractive power disposed rearwardly of said first lens units for converting the substantially parallel light beam from said first lens unit into a convergent light beam and forming an image at a predetermined back focal length position that is of a size different from the size of an image from said objective lens, the second lens unit having a diverging surface on the object side and a converging surface on the image side, said two lens units being disposed so that the spacing between the principal points thereof is substantially equal to the difference between the respective absolute values of the focal lengths of said two lens units, wherein when said rear converter is mounted on the image side of a telecentric objective lens, a composite system of the rear converter and the telecentric objective lens substantially maintains its telecentricity.

Claim 24

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 20, satisfying the following conditions: ##EQU8## where f 1 and f 2 are the focal length of said first lens unit and said second lens unit, respectively, β is the magnification of said rear converter, m is the spacing between the principal points of said first and second lens units, and a is the distance between the image point by said objective lens and the principal point of said first lens unit when said rear converter has been mounted on said objective lens.

Claim 25

A telecentric rear converter according to claim 21, wherein said second lens unit includes at least one positive meniscus lens having a concave surface toward the object side and a convex surface toward the image side, the concave surface forming said diverging surface and the convex surface forming said converging surface.