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: 20210011259
    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: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hisao FUKAYA, Masaya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200409120
    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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20200409115
    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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20200409119
    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 object 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20200409118
    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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20200409116
    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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Hisao FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 10859800
    Abstract: Compact imaging lens which maintains low-profileness, wide field of view, and properly corrects various aberrations. Imaging lens includes first lens having positive refractive power and convex surface facing object side near an optical axis, second lens having negative refractive power and concave surface facing image side near optical axis, third lens having positive refractive power and concave surface facing image side near optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, fourth lens having meniscus shape with positive refractive power and concave surface facing object side near optical axis, fifth lens as double-sided aspheric lens, and sixth lens having negative refractive power and concave surface facing image side near optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, and conditional expression is satisfied: (1) 0.6<?d/f<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Fukaya, Kenichi Kamada
  • Patent number: 10809502
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The second lens has a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof. The third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10809494
    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: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Fukaya, Masaya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10809500
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens. The third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number. The fifth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10809503
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fifth lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof. The second lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10809498
    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 formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is convex near an optical axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10809501
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens having negative refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10802254
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens having negative refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fifth lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10795133
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; 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 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 third lens is formed in a meniscus shape. The fourth lens has an object side concave surface. The fifth lens has two aspheric surfaces. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the image plane side convex surface. The fifth lens has a specific thickness, and the sixth lens has a specific thickness. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number. The fifth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10788649
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; 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 second lens is formed in a meniscus shape. The third lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface and an object side concave surface. The fifth lens has two aspheric surfaces. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the image plane side convex surface. The fourth lens is arranged to be away from the fifth lens by a specific distance. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Kantatsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10782507
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens having negative refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The third lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fifth lens has a concave surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number. The fifth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20200292792
    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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Hisao FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20200292793
    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: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Hisao FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 10754128
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens having negative refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having negative refractive power. The fourth lens has a specific Abbe's number. The fifth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya