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).

  • Patent number: 9599789
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 9519121
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 9417437
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20150260959
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150260962
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150260956
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150260963
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150212299
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA, Toru ITO, Toshiaki KATSUMA
  • Patent number: 9036269
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Yamakawa, Toru Ito, Toshiaki Katsuma
  • Patent number: 8922910
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20140104702
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA, Toru ITO, Toshiaki KATSUMA
  • Publication number: 20140092489
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
  • Patent number: 8611024
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8379326
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8331042
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Mori, Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8270097
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8194330
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8189271
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20120026608
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao MORI, Hiromitsu YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20110261472
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: HIROMITSU YAMAKAWA