Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Yamakawa
Hiromitsu Yamakawa 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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Patent number: 9599789Abstract: The imaging lens consists essentially of a front group that consists essentially of a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side, a negative second lens and a positive third lens; a stop; a positive rear group that consists essentially of one positive lens and one negative lens. When the Abbe number with respect to the d-line of the material of the first lens is ?d1 and the refractive index thereof is Nd1 , conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 60.0<?d1+26*Nd1<85.0??(1).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Patent number: 9519121Abstract: The imaging lens consists essentially of a front group that consist essentially of a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side, a negative second lens and a positive third lens; a stop; a positive rear group that includes a positive lens and a negative lens. When the focal length of the entire system is f, a half angle of view is ?, and the distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane along the optical axis is L, conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 0.25<2*f*tan(?/2)/L<1.00??(1).Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Patent number: 9417437Abstract: The imaging lens consists essentially of a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side; a negative second lens, a positive third lens; and a positive lens. When the focal length of the entire system is f, a half angle of view is ?, and the distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane along the optical axis is L, conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 0.78<2*f*tan(?/2)/L+0.005*?<1.00??(1).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Publication number: 20150260963Abstract: The imaging lens consists essentially of a front group that consist essentially of a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side, a negative second lens and a positive third lens; a stop; a positive rear group that includes a positive lens and a negative lens. When the focal length of the entire system is f, a half angle of view is ?, and the distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane along the optical axis is L, conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 0.25<2*f*tan(?/2)/L<1.00??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
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Publication number: 20150260959Abstract: The imaging lens consists essentially of a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side; a negative second lens, a positive third lens; and a positive lens. When the focal length of the entire system is f, a half angle of view is ?, and the distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane along the optical axis is L, conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 0.78<2*f*tan(?/2)/L+0.005*?<1.00??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
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Publication number: 20150260962Abstract: The imaging lens consists essentially of a front group that consist essentially of a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side, a negative second lens and a positive third lens; a stop; a positive rear group that includes a positive lens and a negative lens. When the focal length of the entire system is f, a half angle of view is ?, and the distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane along the optical axis is L, conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 0.25<2*f*tan(?/2)/L<1.00??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
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Publication number: 20150260956Abstract: The imaging lens consists essentially of a front group that consists essentially of a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side, a negative second lens and a positive third lens; a stop; a positive rear group that consists essentially of one positive lens and one negative lens. When the Abbe number with respect to the d-line of the material of the first lens is vd1 and the refractive index thereof is Nd1, conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 60.0<vd1+26*Nd1<85.0 ??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
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Publication number: 20150212299Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of five lenses of a first lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing an object side and negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and the image-side surface of which has a convex shape facing an image side in the vicinity of an optical axis, a third lens having positive refractive power, a stop, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. At least one of the surfaces of the first lens through the fifth lens is aspherical. A predetermined conditional formula about a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane and a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the second lens is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA, Toru ITO, Toshiaki KATSUMA
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Patent number: 9036269Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of five lenses of a first lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing an object side and negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and the image-side surface of which has a convex shape facing an image side in the vicinity of an optical axis, a third lens having positive refractive power, a stop, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. At least one of the surfaces of the first lens through the fifth lens is aspherical. A predetermined conditional formula about a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane and a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the second lens is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromitsu Yamakawa, Toru Ito, Toshiaki Katsuma
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Patent number: 8922910Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a first-lens having a meniscus-shape with its convex-surface facing an object-side and negative-refractive-power and second through fifth lenses, at least one of the surfaces of each of which is aspherical. An image-side surface of the second-lens has a concave-shape facing an image-side. The second-lens has negative-refractive-power. An object-side surface of the third-lens has a convex-shape facing the object-side. The third-lens has positive-refractive-power. An image-side surface of the fourth-lens has a convex-shape facing the image-side. The fourth-lens has positive-refractive-power. The fifth-lens has a meniscus-shape with its convex-surface facing the image-side and negative-refractive-power.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Publication number: 20140104702Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of five lenses of a first lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing an object side and negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and the image-side surface of which has a convex shape facing an image side in the vicinity of an optical axis, a third lens having positive refractive power, a stop, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. At least one of the surfaces of the first lens through the fifth lens is aspherical. A predetermined conditional formula about a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane and a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the second lens is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA, Toru ITO, Toshiaki KATSUMA
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Publication number: 20140092489Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a first-lens having a meniscus-shape with its convex-surface facing an object-side and negative-refractive-power and second through fifth lenses, at least one of the surfaces of each of which is aspherical. An image-side surface of the second-lens has a concave-shape facing an image-side. The second-lens has negative-refractive-power. An object-side surface of the third-lens has a convex-shape facing the object-side. The third-lens has positive-refractive-power. An image-side surface of the fourth-lens has a convex-shape facing the image-side. The fourth-lens has positive-refractive-power. The fifth-lens has a meniscus-shape with its convex-surface facing the image-side and negative-refractive-power.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
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Patent number: 8611024Abstract: An image pickup lens having the following disposed from an object side in the order listed below: a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface on an image side, a second lens having a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface on the object side adjacent to an optical axis, a third positive lens having a convex surface on the image side adjacent to the optical axis, an aperture, and a fourth lens having a bi-convex shape adjacent to the optical axis. Each of the second, third, and fourth lenses has an aspherical surface on each side.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Patent number: 8379326Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, an aperture stop, and a fourth lens, sequentially arranged from the object-side of the imaging lens. The first lens has negative power, and an object-side surface is convex and an image-side surface is concave. Both surfaces of the second lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the second lens has negative power, and the object-side surface is convex and the image-side surface is concave. Both surfaces of the third lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the third lens has positive power, and the object-side surface is convex, and the image-side surface is concave. Both surfaces of the fourth lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the fourth lens has positive power, and the object-side surface is concave, and the image-side surface is convex.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Patent number: 8331042Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens that is a negative meniscus lens having a concave surface facing the image side of the imaging lens, a second lens that is a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side of the imaging lens, a third lens that is a negative lens having a concave surface facing the image side, a fourth lens that is a double-convex lens, a fifth lens that is a negative meniscus lens having a concave surface facing the object side, and a sixth lens that is a negative lens, which are arranged in this order from the object side.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Masao Mori, Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Patent number: 8270097Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, an aperture stop, and a fourth lens, sequentially arranged from the object-side. The first lens has negative power, and an object-side surface is convex and an image-side surface is concave. Both surfaces of the second lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the second lens has negative power, and the object-side surface is concave and the image-side surface is convex. Both surfaces of the third lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the third lens has positive power, and the object-side surface is convex, and the image-side surface is convex. Both surfaces of the fourth lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the fourth lens has positive power, and the object-side surface is concave, and the image-side surface is convex.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Patent number: 8194330Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens, second lens, third lens, aperture stop, and fourth lens, sequentially arranged from the object-side. The first lens has negative power, and an object-side surface is convex and an image-side surface is concave. Both surfaces of the second lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the second lens has negative power, and the object-side surface is concave and the image-side surface is concave. Both surfaces of the third lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the third lens has positive power, and the object-side surface is convex, and the image-side surface is convex. Both surfaces of the fourth lens are aspheric, and in the vicinity of the optical axis, the fourth lens has positive power, and the object-side surface is concave, and the image-side surface is convex. Formula (1) about curvature radii is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Patent number: 8189271Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first-lens having negative power, and which is a meniscus lens the image-side surface of which has concave shape; a second-lens, the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are aspheric, and which has double-concave shape in the vicinity of an optical axis; a third-lens, the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are aspheric, and which has double-convex shape in the vicinity of the optical axis; a stop; and a fourth-lens, the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are aspheric, and which has double-convex shape in the vicinity of the optical axis, which are arranged from the object side in the order mentioned above. Further, formula (1) is satisfied: 0.0<r5/r4<1.0??(1), where r4: a paraxial radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the second-lens, and r5: a paraxial radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the third-lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
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Publication number: 20120026608Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens that is a negative meniscus lens having a concave surface facing the image side of the imaging lens, a second lens that is a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side of the imaging lens, a third lens that is a negative lens having a concave surface facing the image side, a fourth lens that is a double-convex lens, a fifth lens that is a negative meniscus lens having a concave surface facing the object side, and a sixth lens that is a negative lens, which are arranged in this order from the object side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Masao MORI, Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
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Publication number: 20110261472Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first-lens having negative power, and which is a meniscus lens the image-side surface of which has concave shape; a second-lens, the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are aspheric, and which has double-concave shape in the vicinity of an optical axis; a third-lens, the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are aspheric, and which has double-convex shape in the vicinity of the optical axis; a stop; and a fourth-lens, the object-side surface and the image-side surface of which are aspheric, and which has double-convex shape in the vicinity of the optical axis, which are arranged from the object side in the order mentioned above. Further, formula (1) is satisfied: 0.0<r5/r4<1.0??(1), where r4: a paraxial radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the second-lens, and r5: a paraxial radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the third-lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: HIROMITSU YAMAKAWA