Patents by Inventor Ichiro Kurihara
Ichiro Kurihara 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: 9625683Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; and a fifth lens, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed such that a curvature radius of a surface on the object side is positive. The third lens is formed such that a curvature radius of a surface on the object side is positive. The fourth lens is formed such that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side are aspheric. The fifth lens is formed such that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side are aspheric, and a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis thereof. The first lens and the third lens have specific focal lengths.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: 9625682Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; and a fifth lens, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface on the object side is positive. The third lens is formed such that a curvature radius of a surface on the object side is positive. The fourth lens is formed such that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side are aspheric. The fifth lens is formed such that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side are aspheric, and a curvature radius of the surface on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20160216488Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; and a fifth lens, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed such that a curvature radius of a surface on the object side is positive. The third lens is formed such that a curvature radius of a surface on the object side is positive. The fourth lens is formed such that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side are aspheric. The fifth lens is formed such that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side are aspheric, and a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis thereof. The first lens and the third lens have specific focal lengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Ichiro KURIHARA, Yoshio ISE, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20160216487Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; and a fifth lens, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface on the object side is positive. The third lens is formed such that a curvature radius of a surface on the object side is positive. The fourth lens is formed such that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side are aspheric. The fifth lens is formed such that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side are aspheric, and a curvature radius of the surface on the image plane side is positive near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Ichiro KURIHARA, Yoshio ISE, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: 9335521Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having object-side and image plane-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive. The fifth lens has a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side are positive. The second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are arranged so that a specific conditional expression is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: 9244254Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power, arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens and the third lens have object-side surfaces and image plane-side surfaces, curvature radii of which are both positive. When the first lens has refractive power P1, the second lens has refractive power P2, the third lens has refractive power P3, the first lens has a focal length f1, and the third lens has a focal length f3, the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: 5.0<(P1+P3)/P2<8.5 6<f3/f1<30.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20150370047Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a shape so that an object side surface thereof has a positive curvature radius. The second lens is formed in a shape so that an object side surface thereof and an image plane side surface thereof have positive curvature radii. The first lens, the third lens, and the second lens have specific Abbe's numbers. The third lens has a specific focal length so that a specific conditional expression is satisfied. The second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are arranged so that a specific conditional expression is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Ichiro KURIHARA, Yoshio ISE, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
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Patent number: 9146379Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; and a third lens having negative refractive power, arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens and the third lens respectively have an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface whose curvature radii are both positive. The second lens has an image plane-side surface whose a curvature radius is negative. In addition, when the first lens has refractive power P1, the second lens has refractive power P2, the third lens has refractive power P3, the curvature radius of the image plane-side surface of the second lens is R2r, and the curvature radius of the object-side surface of the third lens is R3f, the imaging lens satisfies specific conditional expressions.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: 9091793Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. Further, the first lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is negative and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is positive. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are both positive.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20150146307Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having object-side and image plane-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive. The fifth lens has a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side are positive. The second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are arranged so that a specific conditional expression is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Ichiro KURIHARA, Yoshio ISE, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
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Patent number: 8988793Abstract: An imaging lens includes a positive first lens; a negative second lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a convex surface thereof to an object side near an optical axis; a positive third lens; a negative fourth lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a concave surface thereof to the object side near the optical axis; a negative fifth lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a convex surface thereof to the object side near the optical axis, arranged in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions when the first lens has a focal length f1, the second lens has a focal length f2, the third lens has a focal length f3, the fourth lens has a focal length f4, and the fifth lens has a focal length f5: f1<f3 and |f2|<f3 f3<|f4| and |f2|<|f5|.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignees: Optical Logic Inc., Kantatsu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20150029602Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; and a third lens having negative refractive power, arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens and the third lens respectively have an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface whose curvature radii are both positive. The second lens has an image plane-side surface whose a curvature radius is negative. In addition, when the first lens has refractive power P1, the second lens has refractive power P2, the third lens has refractive power P3, the curvature radius of the image plane-side surface of the second lens is R2r, and the curvature radius of the object-side surface of the third lens is R3f, the imaging lens satisfies specific conditional expressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Ichiro KURIHARA, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
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Publication number: 20150029603Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power, arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens and the third lens have object-side surfaces and image plane-side surfaces, curvature radii of which are both positive. When the first lens has refractive power P1, the second lens has refractive power P2, the third lens has refractive power P3, the first lens has a focal length f1, and the third lens has a focal length f3, the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: 5.0<(P1+P3)/P2<8.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Ichiro KURIHARA, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
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Patent number: RE46066Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive and the second lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are positive. The third lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive, and the fifth lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are both positive. An Abbe's number from the first and the third to the fifth lens is greater than 45, and an Abbe's number of the second lens is less than 35.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: RE46352Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in this order from an object side, an aperture stop ST, a positive first lens L1, a negative second lens L2 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis, a positive third lens L3, a positive fourth lens L4 having a meniscus shape that directs a concave surface on the object side near an optical axis, and a negative fifth lens L5 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Ichiro Kurihara
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Patent number: RE46535Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive and the second lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are positive. The third lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive, and the fifth lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are both positive. An Abbe's number from the first and the third to the fifth lens is greater than 45, and an Abbe's number of the second lens is less than 35.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: RE47014Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in this order from an object side, an aperture stop ST, a positive first lens L1, a negative second lens L2 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis, a positive third lens L3, a positive fourth lens L4 having a meniscus shape that directs a concave surface on the object side near an optical axis, and a negative fifth lens L5 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignees: Optical Logic INC, Kantatsu Co., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Ichiro Kurihara
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Patent number: RE47270Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive and the second lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are positive. The third lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive, and the fifth lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are both positive. An Abbe's number from the first and the third to the fifth lens is greater than 45, and an Abbe's number of the second lens is less than 35.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: RE47800Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in this order from an object side, an aperture stop ST, a positive first lens L1, a negative second lens L2 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis, a positive third lens L3, a positive fourth lens L4 having a meniscus shape that directs a concave surface on the object side near an optical axis, and a negative fifth lens L5 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Ichiro Kurihara
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Patent number: RE47801Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in this order from an object side, an aperture stop ST, a positive first lens L1, a negative second lens L2 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis, a positive third lens L3, a positive fourth lens L4 having a meniscus shape that directs a concave surface on the object side near an optical axis, and a negative fifth lens L5 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Ichiro Kurihara