Patents by Inventor Akio Arakawa

Akio Arakawa 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: 8400715
    Abstract: A variable power zoom lens of four groups of lens pieces respectively exerting positive, negative, positive, and positive refractivities varies the power from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end as a result of the 1st and 2nd lens groups being separated more, the 2nd and 3rd lens groups, and the 3rd and 4th lens groups, coming closer to each other. The 3rd lens group has a leading set of lens pieces closer to the object side having a positive refractivity as a whole and the trailing set of lens pieces have negative refractivity as a whole, and the trailing set alone are moved to be orthogonal to the optical axis to compensate for defocus in the imaging plane. The 2nd lens group is displaced closer to objects for focusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Arakawa, Yuichi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 8238038
    Abstract: Zoom lens for SLR digital cameras. The lens is at least 75 degrees wider in field angle at the wide-angle end, about 3 to 4 in f-stops at the wide-angle end and approximately 6 to 7 at the telephoto end, and about a 15:1 zoom range. Four groups of lens pieces exert positive, negative, positive, and positive refractivities from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end as a result of the 1st and 2nd lens groups being split more, the 2nd and 3rd lens groups coming closer to each other, and the 3rd and 4th lens groups also coming closer to each other. The 3rd lens group has the leading set of lens pieces closer to objects and the trailing set of lens pieces can be orthogonal to the optical axis to compensate for defocus in the imaging plane. The 2nd lens group is displaced closer to objects for focusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Arakawa, Yuichi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 8228605
    Abstract: Anti-vibration zoom lens optics of four lens groups where a unit associated with an aperture stop and an anti-vibration unit can be spaced apart from each other without interference between their driving mechanisms. The four groups include a leading, first lens group of positive refractivity, a succeeding second lens group of negative refractivity, a third lens group of positive refractivity, and a trailing, fourth lens group of positive refractivity all arranged in this order from the front end closest to the object to the rearmost. The fourth lens group include three subsets of lens pieces, a leading, first subset, a succeeding, second subset, and a trailing, third subset all arranged in this order from the front end closest to the object to the rearmost, and the second subset of lens pieces are moved perpendicular to the optical axis to compensate for blur in the imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Arakawa, Lai Wei
  • Publication number: 20110188117
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide an anti-vibration zoom lens optics designed to bring about capabilities of reducing an effective aperture of one of lens groups displaceable for anti-vibration compensation to permit downsizing of anti-vibration mechanism, and of avoiding complicating the lens mechanism by virtue of the optics design simply of four of the lens groups where a unit associated with an aperture stop and an anti-vibration unit can be appropriately spaced apart from each other without interference between driving mechanisms for both the units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Akio Arakawa, Lai Wei
  • Publication number: 20110164325
    Abstract: A compact and lightweight, high variable power zoom lens especially suitable for single-lens reflex digital cameras, which is 75 degrees or even wider in field angle at the wide-angle end, approximately 3 to 4 in F-number at the wide-angle end and approximately 6 to 7 at the telephoto end, and about 15× in variable power ratio. The zoom lens of four groups of lens pieces respectively exerting positive, negative, positive, and positive refractivities varies the power from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end as a result of the 1st and 2nd lens groups being split more, the 2nd and 3rd lens groups coming closer to each other, and the 3rd and 4th lens groups also coming closer to each other. The 3rd lens group has the leading set of lens pieces of positive refractivity closer to objects and the trailing set of lens pieces of negative refractivity, and the trailing set alone are moved to be orthogonal to the optical axis to compensate for defocus in the imaging plane caused by a tremor of the user's hand(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Akio ARAKAWA, Yuichi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 7746563
    Abstract: This large magnification factor zoom lens includes, in an order arranged from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power. The third lens group includes, in an order arranged from the object side, a positive lens, a positive lens, a positive meniscus lens having a larger radius of curvature on an image surface side, and a negative lens. The positive lens has an aspherical surface on an object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Muramatsu, Akio Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20100033821
    Abstract: A compact and lightweight, high variable power zoom lens especially suitable for single-lens reflex digital cameras, which is 75 degrees or even wider in field angle at the wide-angle end, approximately 3 to 4 in F-number at the wide-angle end and approximately 6 to 7 at the telephoto end, and about 15× in variable power ratio. The zoom lens of four groups of lens pieces respectively exerting positive, negative, positive, and positive refractivities varies the power from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end as a result of the 1st and 2nd lens groups being split more, the 2nd and 3rd lens groups coming closer to each other, and the 3rd and 4th lens groups also coming closer to each other. The 3rd lens group has the leading set of lens pieces of positive refractivity closer to objects and the trailing set of lens pieces of negative refractivity, and the trailing set alone are moved to be orthogonal to the optical axis to compensate for defocus in the imaging plane caused by a tremor of the user's hand(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Akio Arakawa, Yuichi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 7599124
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compact large-aperture-ratio inner-focusing telephoto zoom lens of the reduced total lens extension where minimizing a photo-shooting distance down to as short as 1 meter does not cause the lens optics to displace accordingly greater during the focusing. The large-aperture-ratio inner-focusing telephoto zoom lens has four groups of lens pieces, namely, the 1st lens group of positive refractive power, the 2nd lens group of negative refractive power, the 3rd lens group of positive refractive power, and, the 4th lens group of positive refractive power arranged in series on the basis of “closer to a subject first,” and that has the 2nd and 3rd lens groups moved along the optical axis to vary a magnification power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dayong Li, Akio Arakawa
  • Patent number: 7573649
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a high variable power zoom lens that ensures a flange-back or a backfocal distance required for typical 35-mm film cameras while keeping an angle of view sufficient to cover the wide-angle for an APS-size imaging plane dimensioned smaller than 35 mm. The high variable power zoom lens has the first lens group L1 of positive refractivity closest to the subject, the second lens group L2 of negative refractivity second closest to the subject, the third lens group L3 of positive refractivity, and the fourth lens group L4 of positive refractivity farthest from the subject, and the zoom lens satisfies the requirements 0.6?|f 2|/fW?0.73 where f2 is the focal length of the second lens group and fW is the focal length of the entire optics moved to the wide-angle end, and also satisfies the requirements 2.2?f3/fW?3.7 where f3 is the focal length of the third lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20080212200
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compact large-aperture-ratio inner-focusing telephoto zoom lens of the reduced total lens extension where minimizing a photo-shooting distance down to as short as 1 meter does not cause the lens optics to displace accordingly greater during the focusing. The large-aperture-ratio inner-focusing telephoto zoom lens has four groups of lens pieces, namely, the 1st lens group of positive refractive power, the 2nd lens group of negative refractive power, the 3rd lens group of positive refractive power, and, the 4th lens group of positive refractive power arranged in series on the basis of “closer to a subject first,” and that has the 2nd and 3rd lens groups moved along the optical axis to vary a magnification power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Dayong Li, Akio Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20080158689
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a high variable power zoom lens that ensures a flange-back or a backfocal distance required for typical 35-mm film cameras while keeping an angle of view sufficient to cover the wide-angle for an APS-size imaging plane dimensioned smaller than 35 mm. The high variable power zoom lens has the first lens group L1 of positive refractivity closest to the subject, the second lens group L2 of negative refractivity second closest to the subject, the third lens group L3 of positive refractivity, and the fourth lens group L4 of positive refractivity farthest from the subject, and the zoom lens satisfies the requirements 0.6?|f 2|/fW?0.73 where f2 is the focal length of the second lens group and fw is the focal length of the entire optics moved to the wide-angle end, and also satisfies the requirements 2.2?f3/fW?3.7 where f3 is the focal length of the third lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Akio Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20070297067
    Abstract: This large magnification factor zoom lens includes, in an order arranged from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power. The third lens group includes, in an order arranged from the object side, a positive lens, a positive lens, a positive meniscus lens having a larger radius of curvature on an image surface side, and a negative lens. The positive lens has an aspherical surface on an object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Yuuichi Muramatsu, Akio Arakawa
  • Patent number: 7286303
    Abstract: The invention discloses a macro lens that takes a retrofocusing function for the purpose of downsizing. The macro lens employs a floating mechanism to cover a wide photographing range from the equi-magnification to the infinity, and especially, attains a great imaging performance by appropriately compensating for spherical aberration, comatic aberration, and chromatic aberration of magnification. The macro lens comprised of first to fifth lenses in the order closer to the object; that is, the first lens serving as a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface oriented to the object, the fourth lens as a negative lens with a concave surface of great curvature oriented to the image plane, and the fifth lens as a negative lens with a surface of great curvature oriented to the object. The macro lens satisfies conditions as expressed in the following formulae: 0.6?F1/F?1.3 ??(1) 0.9?F4/F5?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Arakawa, Yuichi Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20060285230
    Abstract: The invention discloses a macro lens that takes a retrofocusing function for the purpose of downsizing. The macro lens employs a floating mechanism to cover a wide photographing range from the equi-magnification to the infinity, and especially, attains a great imaging performance by appropriately compensating for spherical aberration, comatic aberration, and chromatic aberration of magnification. The macro lens comprised of first to fifth lenses in the order closer to the object; that is, the first lens serving as a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface oriented to the object, the fourth lens as a negative lens with a concave surface of great curvature oriented to the image plane, and the fifth lens as a negative lens with a surface of great curvature oriented to the object. The macro lens satisfies conditions as expressed in the following formulae: 0.6?F/F?1.3 ??(1) 0.9?F4/F5?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Akio Arakawa, Yuichi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 7036084
    Abstract: A industrial equipment can easily change display contents and setting contents. In the industrial equipment, a display setting unit which makes a screen display does not hold data for the screen display. According to an operation instruction from an operator, the display setting unit reads a corresponding display data file, generates screen data based on the display data file, and displays the data. The display contents and the setting contents can be changed by changing a corresponding display data file only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Toshiharu Miwa, Akio Arakawa, Masanobu Sakai, Makoto Yoshino, Toru Ito
  • Patent number: 7009779
    Abstract: A macro lens comprised of a front lens group of a retrofocus type and a rear lens group of which component lenses are aligned in the order from the closest to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20050141102
    Abstract: A macro lens comprised of a front lens group of a retrofocus type and a rear lens group of which component lenses are aligned in the order from the closest to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: Akio Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20030018654
    Abstract: A industrial equipment can easily change display contents and setting contents. In the industrial equipment, a display setting unit which makes a screen display does not hold data for the screen display. According to an operation instruction from an operator, the display setting unit reads a corresponding display data file, generates screen data based on the display data file, and displays the data. The display contents and the setting contents can be changed by changing a corresponding display data file only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Toshiharu Miwa, Akio Arakawa, Masanobu Sakai, Makoto Yoshino, Toru Ito
  • Patent number: 5822450
    Abstract: A method for monitoring equipment state by distribution measurement data comprises: the steps of momentarily taking in two-dimensional distribution measurement data relating to the state of equipments including an equipment to be monitored; allowing the two-dimensional distribution measurement data and a display result by a three-dimensional shape model of the equipment to be monitored to undergo positioning and carrying out overlaid display in such a manner that they are caused to correspond to each other; designating an equipment portion to be inspected from the display content; allowing measurement data of the equipment to be monitored to undergo mapping onto the three-dimensional shape model corresponding to the designated equipment portion; and detecting changes in the measurement data to judge presence or absence of unusual condition of the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akio Arakawa, Hideyuki Tsurumaki, Yoshiaki Hattori, Shigeru Kanemoto, Ichiro Tai, Riyoko Haneda
  • Patent number: 5276627
    Abstract: A method of controlling operation of a loom machine by a computer equipped with a data input unit incorporating a display imparted with a function for generating a first list of weaving conditions at least for a weft insertion apparatus and a function for generating an alteration confirmation list when the conditions in the first list are altered. Upon inputting of data representing a desired fabric parameter, weaving conditions corresponding to the fabric parameter are selected from those previously stored in the computer, whereupon the selected weaving conditions are displayed in the first list. Before the selected weaving conditions are validated for controlling the loom operation, a confirmation list is again displayed for allowing the weaving conditions to be altered. When altered, the updated list containing the altered conditions is again generated for confirmation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yoichi Makino, Hiroshi Tanizaki, Akio Arakawa