Patents by Inventor Kenichi EMI

Kenichi EMI 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: 20230350171
    Abstract: An imaging lens system consists of: a first lens group; an aperture stop; and a second lens group having positive power. The first lens group includes: a first lens having negative power; a second lens having negative power; and a sub-lens group having positive power. The first lens is a negative meniscus lens having a surface convex toward an object. The second lens is a negative meniscus lens having a surface convex toward the object. The imaging lens system satisfies the following inequalities (1) and (2): 0.35<T2/R2<4.0??(1) 3.0<T4/R4<10.0??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Kenichi EMI
  • Patent number: 10983308
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group consisting of at least one lens element having negative power; a second lens group having positive power and configured with a single lens element; and a third lens group having power, and the third lens group includes a lens element having positive power and a lens element having negative power. In addition, conditional expressions (1) and (2) shown below are simultaneously satisfied: ?1.2×10?5<dn/dtpi<0, where i?1 (1); ?1.0×10?6<dn/dtmi<1.5×10?5, where i?1 (2), where dn/dtpi is a relative refractive index temperature coefficient, of an i-th lens element having positive power included in an entire system for light in a wavelength range from 580 nm to 640 nm in air in a range from 0° C. to 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Emi
  • Publication number: 20190293907
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group consisting of at least one lens element having negative power; a second lens group having positive power and configured with a single lens element; and a third lens group having power, and the third lens group includes a lens element having positive power and a lens element having negative power. In addition, conditional expressions (1) and (2) shown below are simultaneously satisfied: ?1.2×10?5<dn/dtpi<0, where i?1 (1); ?1.0×10?6<dn/dtmi<1.5×10?5, where i?1 (2), where dn/dtpi is a relative refractive index temperature coefficient, of an i-th lens element having positive power included in an entire system for light in a wavelength range from 580 nm to 640 nm in air in a range from 0° C. to 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: KENICHI EMI
  • Patent number: 10203480
    Abstract: A single focal length lens system which, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first unit, an aperture diaphragm, and a second unit is provided. The second unit includes a cemented lens having positive optical power, and a joint surface of the cemented lens is an aspheric surface. The cemented lens satisfies a condition: |dn/dt1|MAX?2.67×10?5 (|dn/dt1|MAX: A Maximum Value of Absolute Values of Relative Refractive Index temperature coefficients in an atmosphere at 0 to 20° C. with respect to light having a wavelength range of 580 to 640 nm, which is calculated for each of lens elements constituting the cemented lens).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Emi
  • Publication number: 20180196232
    Abstract: A single focal length lens system which, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first unit, an aperture diaphragm, and a second unit is provided. The second unit includes a cemented lens having positive optical power, and a joint surface of the cemented lens is an aspheric surface. The cemented lens satisfies a condition: |dn/dt1|MAX?2.67×10?5 (|dn/dt1|MAX: A Maximum Value of Absolute Values of Relative Refractive Index temperature coefficients in an atmosphere at 0 to 20° C. with respect to light having a wavelength range of 580 to 640 nm, which is calculated for each of lens elements constituting the cemented lens).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventor: Kenichi EMI
  • Patent number: 9939613
    Abstract: A single focal length lens system which, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first unit, an aperture diaphragm, and a second unit is provided. The second unit includes a cemented lens having positive optical power, and a joint surface of the cemented lens is an aspheric surface. The cemented lens satisfies a condition: |dn/dt1|MAX?2.67×10?5 (|dn/dt1|MAX: a maximum value of absolute values of relative refractive index temperature coefficients in an atmosphere at 0 to 20° C. with respect to light having a wavelength range of 580 to 640 nm, which is calculated for each of lens elements constituting the cemented lens).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Emi
  • Patent number: 9939610
    Abstract: A single focal length lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens unit having optical power, an aperture diaphragm, and a second lens unit having positive optical power is provided. The first lens unit, in order from the object side to the image side, includes a first sub-lens unit having negative optical power, and a second sub-lens unit having positive optical power. The single focal length lens system satisfies the following condition: |dn/dt|MAX?2.67×10?5 (|dn/dt|MAX: a maximum value of absolute values of relative refractive index temperature coefficients in the atmosphere at 0 to 20° C. with respect to light having a wavelength range of 580 to 640 nm, which is calculated for each lens element constituting the second sub-lens unit).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Emi
  • Publication number: 20160320613
    Abstract: A single focal length lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens unit having optical power, an aperture diaphragm, and a second lens unit having positive optical power is provided. The first lens unit, in order from the object side to the image side, includes a first sub-lens unit having negative optical power, and a second sub-lens unit having positive optical power. The single focal length lens system satisfies the following condition: |dn/dt|MAX?2.67×10?5 (|dn/dt|MAX: a maximum value of absolute values of relative refractive index temperature coefficients in the atmosphere at 0 to 20° C. with respect to light having a wavelength range of 580 to 640 nm, which is calculated for each lens element constituting the second sub-lens unit).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Kenichi EMI
  • Publication number: 20160252707
    Abstract: A single focal length lens system which, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first unit, an aperture diaphragm, and a second unit is provided. The second unit includes a cemented lens having positive optical power, and a joint surface of the cemented lens is an aspheric surface. The cemented lens satisfies a condition: |dn/dt1|MAX?2.67×10?5 (|dn/dt1|MAX: a maximum value of absolute values of relative refractive index temperature coefficients in an atmosphere at 0 to 20° C. with respect to light having a wavelength range of 580 to 640 nm, which is calculated for each of lens elements constituting the cemented lens).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Kenichi EMI