Patents by Inventor Akiko Naito

Akiko Naito has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10606045
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises four lens unit, and at the time of zooming, each of a distance between a first positive lens unit and a first negative lens unit and a distance between a second negative lens unit and a second positive lens unit changes, and a distance between the first positive lens unit and the second negative lens unit widens more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first positive lens unit includes an object-side sub-lens unit and an image-side sub-lens unit, and an aperture stop is disposed between the object-side sub-lens unit and the image-side sub-lens unit, and the first negative lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and a refracting surface nearest to an image in the first negative lens unit is concave toward the image side, and a refracting surface nearest to an object in the second positive lens unit is concave toward the object side, and a refracting surface nearest to the image in the second positive lens unit is convex toward the image side, and the z
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10107992
    Abstract: A telephoto lens includes in order from an object side, a first unit having a positive refractive power, a second unit having a negative refractive power, and a third unit having a positive refractive power, and a focusing from an infinite object point to an object point at a short distance is carried out by moving the second unit toward an image side, and the following conditional expression (17) is satisfied: 0.2<Y2/Y1a<0.32??(17) where, Y2 denotes a maximum height of an axial light ray on a surface of incidence of the second lens unit, and Y1a denotes a maximum height of an axial light ray on a surface of incidence of the first lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Akiko Naito, Kento Hara
  • Publication number: 20180224641
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises four lens unit, and at the time of zooming, each of a distance between a first positive lens unit and a first negative lens unit and a distance between a second negative lens unit and a second positive lens unit changes, and a distance between the first positive lens unit and the second negative lens unit widens more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first positive lens unit includes an object-side sub-lens unit and an image-side sub-lens unit, and an aperture stop is disposed between the object-side sub-lens unit and the image-side sub-lens unit, and the first negative lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and a refracting surface nearest to an image in the first negative lens unit is concave toward the image side, and a refracting surface nearest to an object in the second positive lens unit is concave toward the object side, and a refracting surface nearest to the image in the second positive lens unit is convex toward the image side, and the z
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9977227
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a wide angle end, and an aperture stop is disposed on an image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on an object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit, and the zoom lens satisfies the conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9964744
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises four lens unit, and at the time of zooming, each of a distance between a first positive lens unit and a first negative lens unit and a distance between a second negative lens unit and a second positive lens unit changes, and a distance between the first positive lens unit and the second negative lens unit widens more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first positive lens unit includes an object-side sub-lens unit and an image-side sub-lens unit, and an aperture stop is disposed between the object-side sub-lens unit and the image-side sub-lens unit, and the first negative lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and a refracting surface nearest to an image in the first negative lens unit is concave toward the image side, and a refracting surface nearest to an object in the second positive lens unit is concave toward the object side, and a refracting surface nearest to the image in the second positive lens unit is convex toward the image side, and the z
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9638917
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than at a wide angle end. An aperture stop is disposed on the image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on the object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit. The second lens unit includes two sub lens units. The object-side sub lens unit in the second lens unit includes one lens component. The following conditional expressions are satisfied. 3.0<?D12/ERS<4.5 1.05<|f3/fUN21|<2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160349505
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than at a wide angle end. An aperture stop is disposed on the image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on the object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit. The second lens unit includes two sub lens units. The object-side sub lens unit in the second lens unit includes one lens component. The following conditional expressions are satisfied. 3.0<?D12/ERS<4.5 1.05<|f3/fUN21|<2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9465204
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than at a wide angle end. An aperture stop is disposed on the image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on the object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit. The second lens unit includes two sub lens units. The object-side sub lens unit in the second lens unit includes one lens component. The following conditional expressions are satisfied. 3.0<?D12/ERS<4.5 1.05<|f3/fUN21|<2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160109690
    Abstract: A telephoto lens includes in order from an object side, a first unit having a positive refractive power, a second unit having a negative refractive power, and a third unit having a positive refractive power, and a focusing from an infinite object point to an object point at a short distance is carried out by moving the second unit toward an image side, and the following conditional expression (17) is satisfied: 0.2<Y2/Y1a<0.32??(17) where, Y2 denotes a maximum height of an axial light ray on a surface of incidence of the second lens unit, and Y1a denotes a maximum height of an axial light ray on a surface of incidence of the first lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Akiko Naito, Kento Hara
  • Patent number: 9304298
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a first negative lens unit, a stop, and a second positive lens unit, and at the time of zooming, the first positive lens unit is stationary, the first negative lens unit and the second positive lens unit move, and at the time of focusing, the first positive lens unit is stationary, and the first positive lens unit includes a reflecting member and a first positive lens unit object-side system, and the first positive lens unit-object side system is positioned on the object side of the reflecting member, and has a negative refractive power, and the following conditional expressions are satisfied. 3.7<ft/fw 1.55<|D1N/D2P|<2.5 1.75<|f2P/D2P|<2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nakagawa, Koki Hozumi, Akiko Naito, Takeshi Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20160077318
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a wide angle end, and an aperture stop is disposed on an image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on an object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit, and the zoom lens satisfies the conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9235037
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a wide angle end, and an aperture stop is disposed on an image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on an object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit, and the zoom lens satisfies the conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160004054
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises four lens unit, and at the time of zooming, each of a distance between a first positive lens unit and a first negative lens unit and a distance between a second negative lens unit and a second positive lens unit changes, and a distance between the first positive lens unit and the second negative lens unit widens more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first positive lens unit includes an object-side sub-lens unit and an image-side sub-lens unit, and an aperture stop is disposed between the object-side sub-lens unit and the image-side sub-lens unit, and the first negative lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and a refracting surface nearest to an image in the first negative lens unit is concave toward the image side, and a refracting surface nearest to an object in the second positive lens unit is concave toward the object side, and a refracting surface nearest to the image in the second positive lens unit is convex toward the image side, and the z
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140375870
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a wide angle end, and an aperture stop is disposed on an image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on an object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit, and the zoom lens satisfies the conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140354858
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than at a wide angle end. An aperture stop is disposed on the image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on the object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit. The second lens unit includes two sub lens units. The object-side sub lens unit in the second lens unit includes one lens component. The following conditional expressions are satisfied. 3.0<?D12/ERS<4.5 1.05<|f3/fUN21|<2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140267877
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a first negative lens unit, a stop, and a second positive lens unit, and at the time of zooming, the first positive lens unit is stationary, the first negative lens unit and the second positive lens unit move, and at the time of focusing, the first positive lens unit is stationary, and the first positive lens unit includes a reflecting member and a first positive lens unit object-side system, and the first positive lens unit-object side system is positioned on the object side of the reflecting member, and has a negative refractive power, and the following conditional expressions are satisfied. 3.7<ft/fw 1.55<|D1N/D2P|<2.5 1.75<|f2P/D2P|<2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventors: Koji Nakagawa, Koki Hozumi, Akiko Naito, Takeshi Hosoya
  • Patent number: 8416505
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit, a fourth lens unit, and a fifth lens unit having, respectively, a positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive refractive power. At the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first, third, and fourth lens units move toward the object side. A distance between the first and second lens units increase, a distance between the second and third lens units decrease, a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes, and a distance between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit increases. The zoom lens satisfies the following expressions: 1.54<?4T/?4w<3.0??(1a) 1.0<?3T/?3w<5.0??(2) 1.0<?5T/?5w<3.0??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Mayu Miki, Akinori Nishio, Takeshi Hosoya, Minoru Ueda, Akiko Naito, Tomoyuki Satori, Tetsuya Yanai
  • Publication number: 20120300096
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit, a fourth lens unit, and a fifth lens unit having, respectively, a positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive refractive power. At the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first, third, and fourth lens units move toward the object side. A distance between the first and second lens units increase, a distance between the second and third lens units decrease, a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes, and a distance between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit increases. The zoom lens satisfies the following expressions: 1.54<?4T/?4w<3.0??(1a) 1.0<?3T/?3w<5.0??(2) 1.0<?5T/?5w<3.0??(3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Mayu Miki, Akinori Nishio, Takeshi Hosoya, Minoru Ueda, Akiko Naito, Tomoyuki Satori, Tetsuya Yanai