Patents Examined by Joseph P Matrtinez
  • Patent number: 8072694
    Abstract: There is provided an objective lens used for a plurality of types of optical discs having a front surface and a rear surface, each of which includes an inner region and an outer region. The outer region has a surface shape which suppresses a coma caused when a beam used for a first optical disc is incident thereon obliquely with respect to an optical axis of the objective lens. The inner region is configured such that, at a boundary position between the inner region and the outer region, the coma caused when a beam used for a second optical disc is incident on the inner region obliquely at a first angle with respect to the optical axis is less than the coma caused when the beam used for the second optical disc is incident on the outer region obliquely at the first angle with respect to the optical axis. Further, an inclination ?2A of the inner region and an inclination ?2B of the outer region of the rear surface satisfy a condition: ?2.5<?2B??2A<0.0 . . . (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Koreeda, Koichi Maruyama, Shuichi Takeuchi