Patents by Inventor Takuya Imaoka

Takuya Imaoka 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).

  • Publication number: 20200201007
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes a plurality of lens groups each moving such that spaces between each one of the plurality of lens groups change during a zooming. The imaging optical system conjugates a conjugate point on a magnification side and an intermediate imaging position, and conjugates a conjugate point on a reduction side and the intermediate imaging position. The imaging optical system includes a first lens group located at a furthest place on the magnification side and a rear group in this order from the magnification side toward the reduction side. The first lens group includes a field curvature correction lens group moving along an optical axis when an amount of a field curvature is changed, and a focusing lens group. The imaging optical system satisfies condition (4) below: |{(1??cw2)×?crw2}/{(1??fw2)×?frw2}|<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Takuya IMAOKA
  • Patent number: 10620411
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes a plurality of lens groups each moving such that spaces between each one of the plurality of lens groups change during a zooming. The imaging optical system conjugates a conjugate point on a magnification side and an intermediate imaging position, and conjugates a conjugate point on a reduction side and the intermediate imaging position. The imaging optical system includes a first lens group located at a furthest place on the magnification side and a rear group in this order from the magnification side toward the reduction side. The first lens group includes a field curvature correction lens group moving along an optical axis when an amount of a field curvature is changed, and a focusing lens group. The imaging optical system satisfies condition (4) below: |{(1?ßcw2)×ßcrw2}/{(1?ßfw2)×ßfrw2}|<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Imaoka
  • Publication number: 20190025561
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes a plurality of lens groups each moving such that spaces between each one of the plurality of lens groups change during a zooming. The imaging optical system conjugates a conjugate point on a magnification side and an intermediate imaging position, and conjugates a conjugate point on a reduction side and the intermediate imaging position. The imaging optical system includes a first lens group located at a furthest place on the magnification side and a rear group in this order from the magnification side toward the reduction side. The first lens group includes a field curvature correction lens group moving along an optical axis when an amount of a field curvature is changed, and a focusing lens group. The imaging optical system satisfies condition (4) below: |{(1??cw2)×?crw2}/{(1??fw2)×?frw2}|<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Takuya IMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20180284408
    Abstract: The lens system forms an image conjugately between each of a magnification conjugate point and a reduction conjugate point; and an intermediate image-forming position. The lens system includes a magnification optical system with positive power, the magnification optical system having a plurality of lens elements and positioned closer to the magnification side than the intermediate image-forming position; and a relay optical system with positive power, the relay optical system having a plurality of lens elements and positioned closer to the reduction side than the intermediate image-forming position. The lens system satisfies following conditions (1) and (2). 0.08?fp/fr?0.8??(1) {Ymax?ft·tan(?max)}/{ft·tan(?max)}??0.3??(2) where fr is composite focal length of the relay optical system, fp is composite focal length of the magnification optical system, Ymax is a radius of an effective image diameter, ?max is a maximum half view angle, and ft is the focal length of the lens system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: TAKUYA IMAOKA
  • Patent number: 10067314
    Abstract: A lens system which includes a lens group including at least one lens element and forms an image on an image sensor which is rectangular with a first side and a second side greater than or equal to the first side in length, the lens system including: in order from an object side to an image surface side, a front lens group; a diaphragm; and a rear lens group, wherein at least one of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes a freeform surface lens asymmetric about an optical axis, and the lens system satisfies 1<A/(B?C)<10000 and 1<A/(D?E)<10000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Imaoka
  • Patent number: 9835932
    Abstract: A zoom lens system according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of lens groups each of which is made up of at least one lens element. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first focusing lens group having a negative power; and a second focusing lens group having a positive power, wherein when zooming is performed from a wide end to a telephoto end, the first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group move along an optical axis, when focusing is performed from an infinity focusing state to a proximity object focusing state, the first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group move to perform the focusing, and a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Imaoka
  • Patent number: 9746651
    Abstract: A zoom lens system according to the present disclosure includes, in order from an object side to an image plane side, a first lens group having positive optical power; a second lens group having negative optical power; a third lens group having positive optical power; and a subsequent lens group including a fourth lens group, a fifth lens group, and a sixth lens group. The first lens group comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens element having negative optical power; a second lens element having positive optical power; a third lens element having positive optical power; and a fourth lens element having positive optical power. The fifth lens group in the subsequent lens group has negative optical power. The first lens group is fixed with respect to the image plane in zooming from a wide-end to a tele-end upon image shooting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qinghua Zhao, Yoshiyuki Hisatomi, Takuya Imaoka
  • Patent number: 9733451
    Abstract: A dome camera includes a camera body rotatable and including a lens system and an imaging device, a correction optical system having a curved shape, and a dome cover covering the camera body and the correction optical system. The correction optical system performs at least any one of tilt, decenter, and rotation in accordance with a rotation angle of the camera body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Imaoka
  • Publication number: 20170212334
    Abstract: A lens system which includes a lens group including at least one lens element and forms an image on an image sensor which is rectangular with a first side and a second side greater than or equal to the first side in length, the lens system including: in order from an object side to an image surface side, a front lens group; a diaphragm; and a rear lens group, wherein at least one of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes a freeform surface lens asymmetric about an optical axis, and the lens system satisfies 1<A/(B?C)<10000 and 1<A/(D?E)<10000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Takuya IMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160274342
    Abstract: A zoom lens system according to the present disclosure includes, in order from an object side to an image plane side, a first lens group having positive optical power; a second lens group having negative optical power; a third lens group having positive optical power; and a subsequent lens group including a fourth lens group, a fifth lens group, and a sixth lens group. The first lens group comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens element having negative optical power; a second lens element having positive optical power; a third lens element having positive optical power; and a fourth lens element having positive optical power. The fifth lens group in the subsequent lens group has negative optical power. The first lens group is fixed with respect to the image plane in zooming from a wide-end to a tele-end upon image shooting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Qinghua ZHAO, Yoshiyuki HISATOMI, Takuya IMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160209632
    Abstract: A zoom lens system according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of lens groups each of which is made up of at least one lens element. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first focusing lens group having a negative power; and a second focusing lens group having a positive power, wherein when zooming is performed from a wide end to a telephoto end, the first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group move along an optical axis, when focusing is performed from an infinity focusing state to a proximity object focusing state, the first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group move to perform the focusing, and a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Takuya IMAOKA
  • Patent number: 9398201
    Abstract: 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 having negative optical power; and a sixth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the condition: 3.5<|f6/f2|<15.5 (f2: a focal length of the second lens unit, f6: a focal length of the sixth lens unit) is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Imaoka
  • Publication number: 20160205299
    Abstract: A dome camera includes a camera body rotatable and including a lens system and an imaging device, a correction optical system having a curved shape, and a dome cover covering the camera body and the correction optical system. The correction optical system performs at least any one of tilt, decenter, and rotation in accordance with a rotation angle of the camera body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: TAKUYA IMAOKA
  • Patent number: 9348125
    Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a negative first lens unit including at least one positive lens element; a positive second lens unit including at least one negative lens element; and subsequent lens units including an aperture diaphragm, wherein the subsequent lens units include a most-image-side lens unit fixed to an image surface in focusing, a first focusing lens unit is provided between the aperture diaphragm and the most-image-side lens unit, and the conditions: 1.0<LSW/{fT×tan(?T)}<2.6 and 0.8<LG1G2/fW<2.8 (LSW: axial distance from aperture diaphragm to image surface at wide-angle limit, fT: focal length of entire system at telephoto limit, ?T: half view angle at telephoto limit, LG1G2; axial distance between most-image-side lens element in first lens unit and most-object-side lens element in second lens unit at wide-angle limit, fW: focal length of entire system at wide-angle limit) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Imaoka
  • Patent number: 9250423
    Abstract: A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, 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 subsequent lens unit. The first lens unit includes a negative lens element and a positive lens element. In the zoom lens system, the conditions: 1.47<nd2<1.57 and 60<vd2<75 (nd2: a refractive index to a d-line of the positive lens element, vd2: an Abbe number to a d-line of the positive lens element) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Imaoka, Tsuneo Uchida, Shunichiro Yoshinaga, Masafumi Sueyoshi
  • Publication number: 20150237242
    Abstract: 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 having negative optical power; and a sixth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the condition: 3.5<|f6/f2|<15.5 (f2: a focal length of the second lens unit, f6: a focal length of the sixth lens unit) is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventor: Takuya IMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20150097989
    Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a negative first lens unit; a positive second lens unit; a negative third lens unit; and a positive fourth lens unit, wherein in zooming, the first lens unit moves with locus of a convex to the image side and the second lens unit moves to the object side, and the conditions: 0<(DaW?DaT)/TLW<0.26 and 0<TG2G/TGa11<0.4 (DaW: optical axial interval between the first and second lens units at the wide-angle limit, DaT: optical axial interval between the first and second lens units at the telephoto limit, TLW: overall length of the lens system at the wide-angle limit, TG2G: optical axial thickness of the second lens unit, TGall: sum of optical axial thicknesses of the respective lens units) are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki KAI, Takahiro KITADA, Takuya IMAOKA
  • Patent number: 8941927
    Abstract: Compact and lightweight zoom lens systems having less aberration fluctuation in association with focusing, lens barrels, interchangeable lens apparatuses, and camera systems are provided. The zoom lens system comprises: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a first focusing lens unit which is located on an image side relative to the first lens unit, has negative optical power, and moves along an optical axis in zooming and focusing; and a second focusing lens unit which is located on the image side relative to the first focusing lens unit, has positive optical power, and moves along the optical axis in the zooming and the focusing, and satisfies the condition: |d2T/d1T|<1.0 (d1T: an amount of movement of the first focusing lens unit in focusing at a telephoto limit, d2T: an amount of movement of the second focusing lens unit in focusing at a telephoto limit).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichiro Yoshinaga, Isamu Izuhara, Kyoichi Miyazaki, Takuya Imaoka
  • Patent number: 8934177
    Abstract: A zoom lens system wherein a positive lens unit located closest to an object side is fixed with respect to an image surface in zooming, a negative lens unit, among lens units located on an image side relative to an aperture diaphragm, is a focusing lens unit which moves along an optical axis in focusing, and the conditions: ?1.8<fn/fW<?0.3 and 0.1<T1/fW<1.5 (fn: a composite focal length of the negative lens unit, T1: an axial thickness of the positive lens unit located closest to the object side, fW: a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle limit) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takuya Imaoka, Kyoichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8873145
    Abstract: A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having negative optical power, a second lens unit having positive optical power, a third lens unit having negative optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the second lens unit is, in order from the object side to the image side, composed of an object-side second lens unit and an image-side second lens unit, the image-side second lens unit moves in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis to optically compensate image blur, and the condition: 1<|f2I/fW|<10 (f2I: a composite focal length of the image-side second lens unit, fW: a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle limit) is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Imaoka