Patents by Inventor Takakazu Bito
Takakazu Bito 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).
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Publication number: 20240137642Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject image via an optical system to generate image data; an input interface configured to acquire a zoom amount indicating a degree of a zoom operation by a user for an optical system; a controller configured to scale a cropped image from the image data to change, from a first focal length, a second focal length, according to the zoom amount acquired by the input interface, the first focal length being formed by the optical system and the second focal length corresponding to an angle of view of the subject image in the image data; and a setting interface configured to set a setting range, based on a user operation input before the zoom operation, the setting range enabling the second focal length to change according to the zoom amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki YAMASAKI, Takakazu BITO
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Patent number: 11906717Abstract: A zoom lens system includes at least six lens groups, each of which has power. An interval between each pair of lens groups that are adjacent to each other among the at least six lens groups changes while the zoom lens system is zooming. Each of three lens groups, which are respectively located closest, second closest, and third closest to an image plane, out of the at least six lens groups consists of one or more bonded lenses.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kitada, Takehiro Nishioka, Yoshio Matsumura, Takakazu Bito, Kunio Dohno
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Publication number: 20220260814Abstract: A zoom lens system includes at least six lens groups, each of which has power. An interval between each pair of lens groups that are adjacent to each other among the at least six lens groups changes while the zoom lens system is zooming. Each of three lens groups, which are respectively located closest, second closest, and third closest to an image plane, out of the at least six lens groups consists of one or more bonded lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Takahiro KITADA, Takehiro NISHIOKA, Yoshio MATSUMURA, Takakazu BITO, Kunio DOHNO
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Patent number: 10705317Abstract: A zooming imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, at least: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having positive refractive power; a fifth lens group having negative refractive power; and a sixth lens group. During zooming, the distance between adjacent lens groups changes. During focusing from an object at infinity to a close object, the fifth lens group moves along an optical axis toward an imaging surface side. The second lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, at least: a 2a-th lens group; and a 2b-th lens group having negative refractive power. Image stabilization is performed by displacing the 2b-th lens group perpendicularly to the optical axis. The optical system satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takakazu Bito, Ryosuke Sato
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Publication number: 20190041607Abstract: A zooming imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, at least: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having positive refractive power; a fifth lens group having negative refractive power; and a sixth lens group. During zooming, the distance between adjacent lens groups changes. During focusing from an object at infinity to a close object, the fifth lens group moves along an optical axis toward an imaging surface side. The second lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, at least: a 2a-th lens group; and a 2b-th lens group having negative refractive power. Image stabilization is performed by displacing the 2b-th lens group perpendicularly to the optical axis. The optical system satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Takakazu BITO, Ryosuke SATO
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Patent number: 10168547Abstract: A zoom lens system according to the disclosure, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens group with positive optical power, a second lens group with negative optical power, and a subsequent lens group composed of at least three lens groups. During zooming operation, the first lens group moves along the optical axis and the second lens group does not move. The second lens group has an aperture stop. The second lens group satisfies following condition (1), ?9.0?fG1/fG2??2.0 ??(1) where fG1 is the focal length of the first lens group, and fG2 is the focal length of the second lens group.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Takakazu Bito
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Publication number: 20180284478Abstract: A zoom lens system according to the disclosure, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens group with positive optical power, a second lens group with negative optical power, and a subsequent lens group composed of at least three lens groups. During zooming operation, the first lens group moves along the optical axis and the second lens group does not move. The second lens group has an aperture stop. The second lens group satisfies following condition (1), ?9.0?fG1/fG2??2.0 ??(1) where fG1 is the focal length of the first lens group, and fG2 is the focal length of the second lens group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventor: Takakazu BITO
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Patent number: 10012822Abstract: The zoom lens system includes a first lens group with positive power, a second lens group with negative power, a third lens group with positive power, a fourth lens group with negative power, and a fifth lens group with positive power. An aperture stop is provided between the second and the third lens groups. The third lens group includes lens element L3a and L3b with positive power, lens element L3c with negative power, and lens element L3d with positive power. The lens elements L3c and L3d are cemented. The lens element L3b corrects image blurring. The fourth lens group moves when focusing. When zooming, the first to the fourth lens group move. Here, condition (1) below is satisfied. 0.24<fL3b/fG3<3.0??(1) Where fL3b is a focal length of the lens element L3b, and fG3 is a focal length of the third lens group.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kitada, Shunichiro Yoshinaga, Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 10009524Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a first lens group having a positive power, a second lens group that has a negative power and includes one lens element, a third lens group that has a positive power and includes at least two lens elements, and a subsequent lens group that has a positive power as a whole and includes at least two lens groups in order from an object side to an image side. In zooming operation, at least the first lens group to the third lens group move along an optical axis, and a condition of ?9.0<fG1/fG2<?2.0 is satisfied. Where fG1 represents a focal distance of the first lens group and fG2 represents a focal distance of the second lens group.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takakazu Bito, Hiroaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 9904042Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit, a fourth lens unit, a fifth lens unit, and a sixth lens unit. In zooming, at least the first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit move along an optical axis so that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto limit becomes larger than that at a wide-angle limit, and an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit at the telephoto limit becomes narrower than that at the wide-angle limit. An aperture diaphragm is disposed between the second lens unit and the third lens unit. A condition of 18.5<fG1/fW<30.0 (fG1: a focal length of the first lens unit, fW: a focal length of the entire system at the wide-angle limit) is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Takakazu Bito
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Publication number: 20170242227Abstract: The zoom lens system includes a first lens group with positive power, a second lens group with negative power, a third lens group with positive power, a fourth lens group with negative power, and a fifth lens group with positive power. An aperture stop is provided between the second and the third lens groups. The third lens group includes lens element L3a and L3b with positive power, lens element L3c with negative power, and lens element L3d with positive power. The lens elements L3c and L3d are cemented. The lens element L3b corrects image blurring. The fourth lens group moves when focusing. When zooming, the first to the fourth lens group move. Here, condition (1) below is satisfied. 0.24<fL3b/fG3<3.0??(1) Where fL3b is a focal length of the lens element L3b, and fG3 is a focal length of the third lens group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: TAKAHIRO KITADA, SHUNICHIRO YOSHINAGA, TAKAKAZU BITO
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Publication number: 20170184824Abstract: A zoom lens system according to the disclosure, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens group with positive optical power, a second lens group with negative optical power, and a subsequent lens group composed of at least three lens groups. During zooming operation, the first lens group moves along the optical axis and the second lens group does not move. The second lens group has an aperture stop. The second lens group satisfies following condition (1), ?9.0?fG1/fG2??2.0 ??(1) where fG1 is the focal length of the first lens group, and fG2 is the focal length of the second lens group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventor: TAKAKAZU BITO
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Patent number: 9513472Abstract: A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; a fifth lens unit; and a sixth lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at a time of image taking, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit move along an optical axis so that an interval between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at the telephoto limit is larger than that at the wide-angle limit, and wherein focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition is performed by moving the fourth lens unit along the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takakazu Bito, Hiroaki Suzuki, Yoshiaki Kurioka, Yusuke Yonetani
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Publication number: 20160202458Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, a fourth lens unit having negative optical power, and a fifth lens unit having positive optical power. A condition of 18.5<fG1/fW<30.0 (fG1: a focal length of the first lens unit, fW: a focal length of the entire system at the wide-angle limit) and a condition of 1.1<m5T/m5W<2.0 (m5T is a lateral magnification of the fifth lens unit at the telephoto limit, and m5W is a lateral magnification of the fifth lens unit at the wide-angle limit) are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventor: Takakazu BITO
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Publication number: 20160195691Abstract: An imaging optical system, in order from an object side to an image side, includes: a first lens unit having positive optical power; and a second lens unit. In focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition, the first lens unit moves along an optical axis, and the second lens unit is fixed with respect to an image surface. The imaging optical system is compact, sufficiently suppresses occurrence of various aberrations, has high resolution from the infinity in-focus condition to the close-object in-focus condition, is bright and highly efficient, and is suitable for wide-angle photographing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Takakazu BITO, Shunichiro YOSHINAGA, Hideki KAI, Tsutomu IWASHITA, Yoshiaki KURIOKA, Aya TOMITA, Hisayuki II
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Publication number: 20160116722Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit, a fourth lens unit, a fifth lens unit, and a sixth lens unit. In zooming, at least the first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit move along an optical axis so that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto limit becomes larger than that at a wide-angle limit, and an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit at the telephoto limit becomes narrower than that at the wide-angle limit. An aperture diaphragm is disposed between the second lens unit and the third lens unit. A condition of 18.5<fG1/fW<30.0 (fG1: a focal length of the first lens unit, fW: a focal length of the entire system at the wide-angle limit) is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventor: Takakazu BITO
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Patent number: 9285573Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; and a subsequent lens unit, wherein the first to third lens units move along an optical axis in zooming, a part of the third lens unit is a third-b lens unit moving in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and the conditions: 1.5<(D2+D3b+DB)/Ir<2.4, BF/Ir<1.45 and Z=fT/fW>9.0 (D2, D3b: optical axial thicknesses of the second and third-b lens units, DB: an optical axial total thickness of the subsequent lens units, BF: a shortest optical axial distance between an apex of a most image side lens surface and an image surface, Ir=fTĂ—tan(?T), fT, fW: focal lengths of the entire system at a telephoto limit and a wide-angle limit, ?T: a half view angle at a telephoto limit) are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takakazu Bito, Shinji Yamaguchi, Yasunori Tochi
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Publication number: 20160054550Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a first lens group having a positive power, a second lens group that has a negative power and includes one lens element, a third lens group that has a positive power and includes at least two lens elements, and a subsequent lens group that has a positive power as a whole and includes at least two lens groups in order from an object side to an image side. In zooming operation, at least the first lens group to the third lens group move along an optical axis, and a condition of ?9.0<fG1/fG2<?2.0 is satisfied. Where fG1 represents a focal distance of the first lens group and fG2 represents a focal distance of the second lens group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Takakazu BITO, Hiroaki SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9182575Abstract: A zoom lens system having a plurality of lens units, each lens unit being composed of at least one lens element, the zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having negative optical power and being composed of at least two lens elements; and a second lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, the lens units are individually moved along an optical axis to vary magnification such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases, and the conditions: fW/D1>7.5 and Z=fT/fW>4.0 (fW: a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle limit, fT: a focal length of the entire system at a telephoto limit, D1: a center thickness of a lens element located on the most object side in the first lens unit) are satisfied; an imaging device; and a camera.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takakazu Bito, Takanori Yogo
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Publication number: 20150103211Abstract: A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; a fifth lens unit; and a sixth lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at a time of image taking, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit move along an optical axis so that an interval between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at the telephoto limit is larger than that at the wide-angle limit, and wherein focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition is performed by moving the fourth lens unit along the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Takakazu BITO, Hiroaki SUZUKI, Yoshiaki KURIOKA, Yusuke YONETANI