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).

  • Publication number: 20210364763
    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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210364762
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, an aperture stop, a second lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in the paraxial region, a fourth lens, a fifth lens with the positive refractive power in the paraxial region, a sixth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in the paraxial region and an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210364765
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with small telephoto ratio and excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of the downsizing, the low-profileness and the low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having a convex surface facing the image side, and a below conditional expression is satisfied: 0.60<TTL/f<1.00 where TTL: a total track length, and f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210364766
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with small telephoto ratio and excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of the downsizing, the low-profileness and the low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having a convex surface facing the image side, and a below conditional expression is satisfied: 0.60<TTL/f<1.00 where TTL: a total track length, and f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210356714
    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: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 11169363
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, an aperture stop, a second lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in the paraxial region, a fourth lens, a fifth lens with the positive refractive power in the paraxial region, a sixth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in the paraxial region and an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11156805
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with small telephoto ratio and excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of the downsizing, the low-profileness and the low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having a convex surface facing the image side, and a below conditional expression is satisfied: 0.60<TTL/f<1.00 where TTL: a total track length, and f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11131834
    Abstract: An imaging lens in which a positive first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a negative third lens group are arranged in order from the object side. The first lens group includes a positive first lens having a convex object-side surface and a second lens. The second lens group includes third and fourth lenses each having at least one aspheric surface. The third lens group includes a fifth lens, a sixth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens, and a seventh lens having a concave image-side surface near an optical axis. The lenses are not joined to each other, the seventh lens has an aspheric image-side surface whose shape changes from concave to convex as the distance from the optical axis increases, and an F-number is less than 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11073679
    Abstract: An imaging lens in which a positive first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a negative third lens group are arranged in order from the object side. The first lens group includes a positive first lens having a convex object-side surface and a second lens. The second lens group includes third and fourth lenses each having at least one aspheric surface. The third lens group includes a fifth lens, a sixth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens, and a seventh lens having a concave image-side surface near an optical axis. The lenses are not joined to each other, the seventh lens has an aspheric image-side surface whose shape changes from concave to convex as the distance from the optical axis increases, and an F-number is less than 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11054613
    Abstract: An imaging lens in which a positive first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a negative third lens group are arranged in order from the object side. The first lens group includes a positive first lens having a convex object-side surface and a second lens. The second lens group includes third and fourth lenses each having at least one aspheric surface. The third lens group includes a fifth lens, a sixth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens, and a seventh lens having a concave image-side surface near an optical axis. The lenses are not joined to each other, the seventh lens has an aspheric image-side surface whose shape changes from concave to convex as the distance from the optical axis increases, and an F-number is less than 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11048064
    Abstract: An imaging lens in which a positive first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a negative third lens group are arranged in order from the object side. The first lens group includes a positive first lens having a convex object-side surface and a second lens. The second lens group includes third and fourth lenses each having at least one aspheric surface. The third lens group includes a fifth lens, a sixth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens, and a seventh lens having a concave image-side surface near an optical axis. The lenses are not joined to each other, the seventh lens has an aspheric image-side surface whose shape changes from concave to convex as the distance from the optical axis increases, and an F-number is less than 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20210191079
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics while satisfying demand of wide field of view. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a second lens with positive or negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, a third lens with positive refractive power having a biconvex shape with convex surfaces on the object side and the image side in a paraxial region, and a fourth lens with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo YUZA, Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210181464
    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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 11016267
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; 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 second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof. The fifth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The first lens is arranged so that a surface thereof on the object side is away from an image plane by a specific distance on an optical axis thereof. The second lens is arranged to be away from the third lens by a specific distance on the optical axis thereof. The third lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10996443
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; 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 first lens is formed in a meniscus shape to have an object side convex surface. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape to have an object side concave surface. The second lens has a specific focal length. The third lens has a specific focal length. The sixth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10948693
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The first lens is arranged so that a surface thereof on the object side is away from an image plane by a specific distance on an optical axis thereof. The second lens is arranged to be away from the third lens by a specific distance on the optical axis thereof. The fourth lens is arranged to be away from the fifth lens by a specific distance on an optical axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10935767
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; 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 disposed to face the fifth lens. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a peripheral portion thereof. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is concave at a peripheral portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Kantatsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20210048631
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, an aperture stop, a second lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in the paraxial region, a fourth lens, a fifth lens with the positive refractive power in the paraxial region, a sixth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in the paraxial region and an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 10921556
    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: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20210033821
    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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hisao FUKAYA