Patents by Inventor Hisao Fukaya

Hisao Fukaya 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: 11914112
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number, and has excellent optical characteristics. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, said second lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, and said sixth lens has plane surfaces both on the object side and the image side and is formed as a double-sided aspheric lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11914113
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number, and has excellent optical characteristics. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, said second lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, and said sixth lens has plane surfaces both on the object side and the image side and is formed as a double-sided aspheric lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11829004
    Abstract: An imaging lens comprises five optical elements, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising, a first lens as a first optical element having positive refractive power, a second lens as a second optical element having negative refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a third lens as a third optical element having the refractive power, and a fourth lens as a fourth optical element having refractive power and the convex surface facing the object surface near the optical axis, wherein and an aberration correction optical element as a fifth optical element are arranged between said third lens and said fourth lens, said aberration correction optical element has both flat surfaces near the optical axis and aspheric surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11789234
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number, and excellently corrects aberrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11774720
    Abstract: There is provided a compact imaging lens which meets demand of low-profileness, reduction in telephoto ratio and low F-number, and properly corrects aberrations. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having a convex surface facing the image side near an optical axis, and a fifth lens having positive refractive power, wherein a below conditional expression (1) is satisfied: 0.64<TTL/f<1.0??(1) where f: focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and TTL: distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Fukaya, Masaya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11740433
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with spaces in between each of the lenses. The first lens has one aspheric surface. The third lens has one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has one aspheric surface. The fifth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface thereof on the object side is convex toward the object side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface thereof on the image plane side is convex toward the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The second lens and the third lens have a specific focal length. The second lens and the fifth lens have a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11644640
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The first lens has a specific Abbe's number ?1. The first lens is disposed away from the second lens by a specific distance. The fifth lens is disposed away from the sixth lens by a specific distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11561373
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with spaces in between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape of a meniscus lens near an optical axis thereof. The third lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex toward the object side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface on the image plane side is convex toward the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The second lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11474327
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image side has an aspheric shape. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspheric shape. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof, and has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The sixth lens has a specific Abbe's number ?6. The first lens and the fifth lens are disposed away from the second lens and the sixth lens, respectively, by specific distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11467378
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which realizes the low-profileness, wide field of view and low F-value well balance. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fourth lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein the image-side surface of said sixth lens is an aspheric surface which changes to the convex surface at a peripheral portion, and a total track length is 6.0 mm or less and below conditional expressions (2) and (3) are satisfied: 20<?d3<32??(2) 20<?d5<32??(3) where ?d3: abbe number at d-ray of the third lens ?d5: abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Fukaya, Kenichi Kamada, Shingo Yuza
  • Patent number: 11442247
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The first lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11442249
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is convex at a paraxial region thereof and has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11442248
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The first lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20220163773
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number, and has excellent optical characteristics. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, said second lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, and said sixth lens has plane surfaces both on the object side and the image side and is formed as a double-sided aspheric lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 11307386
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number, and has excellent optical characteristics. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis and positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of said seventh lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, said second lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, and said sixth lens has plane surfaces both on the object side and the image side and is formed as a double-sided aspheric lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11262546
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a wide field of view, a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a second lens, a third lens having an image-side surface being convex in the paraxial region, a fourth lens, a fifth lens with negative refractive power in the paraxial region, a sixth lens with positive refractive power in the paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface that is concave in the paraxial region and is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11262530
    Abstract: An imaging lens comprises five optical elements, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising, a first lens as a first optical element having positive refractive power, a second lens as a second optical element having negative refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a third lens as a third optical element having the refractive power, and a fourth lens as a fourth optical element having refractive power and the convex surface facing the object surface near the optical axis, wherein and an aberration correction optical element as a fifth optical element are arranged between said third lens and said fourth lens, said aberration correction optical element has both flat surfaces near the optical axis and aspheric surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11215800
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which realizes the low-profileness, wide field of view and low F-value well balance. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fourth lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein the image-side surface of said sixth lens is an aspheric surface which changes to the convex surface at a peripheral portion, and a total track length is 6.0 mm or less and below conditional expressions (2) and (3) are satisfied: 20<?d3<32??(2) 20<?d5<32??(3) where ?d3: abbe number at d-ray of the third lens ?d5: abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Fukaya, Kenichi Kamada, Shingo Yuza
  • Publication number: 20210396957
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high resolution which satisfies in well balance low-profileness and low F-number and properly corrects aberrations. An imaging lens comprise in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a third lens having negative refractive power and the convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, wherein below conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.4<TTL/f<1.0??(1) 0.4<f5/TTL<1.7??(2) where TTL: total track length, f: focal length of an overall optical system, and f5: focal length of the fifth lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210364737
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens having small ratio of the total track length to the focal length of an overall optical system, reducing telephoto ratio, properly correcting aberrations and having the high resolution. An imaging lens comprises five optical elements, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising, a first lens as a first optical element having positive refractive power, a second lens as a second optical element having negative refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a third lens as a third optical element having the refractive power, and a fourth lens as a fourth optical element having refractive power and the convex surface facing the object surface near the optical axis, wherein and an aberration correction optical element as a fifth optical element are arranged between said third lens and said fourth lens, said aberration correction optical element has both flat surfaces near the optical axis and aspheric surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA