Patents by Inventor Kyoichi Miyazaki

Kyoichi Miyazaki 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: 20110228158
    Abstract: A zoom lens system, in order from the object side to the image side, comprising a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit and subsequent lens units including at least a fourth lens unit, wherein an aperture diaphragm is either included in the third lens unit or located on the image side relative to the third lens unit, at least two among the first to third lens units and the subsequent lens units are movable lens units which individually move along an optical axis at the time of zooming, at least two of the movable lens units are focusing lens units which move along the optical axis at the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition in at least one zooming position, and at least the second lens unit and one of the subsequent lens units are the focusing lens units; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Imaoka, Kyoichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20110228160
    Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of movable lens units which individually move along an optical axis at the time of zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, wherein at least two of the movable lens units are focusing lens units which move along the optical axis at the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition in at least one zooming position, and among the focusing lens units, a lens unit having the absolute value, which is not the greatest absolute value, of a wobbling value at a wide-angle limit is a wobbling lens unit which senses a moving direction of the focusing lens units at the time of focusing by wobbling itself in a direction along the optical axis; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Imaoka, Kyoichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8019211
    Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a compact focusing lens unit and has a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The system includes an aperture diaphragm, a first lens unit having negative optical power and being closest to the object side, a third lens unit arranged on the object side relative to the aperture diaphragm and being adjacent to the diaphragm, and a fourth lens unit arranged on the image side relative to the aperture diaphragm and being adjacent to the diaphragm. At the time of zooming, interval between the aperture diaphragm and the third lens unit arranged on the object side relative to the diaphragm and being adjacent to the diaphragm varies, and interval between the aperture diaphragm and the fourth lens unit arranged on the image side relative to the diaphragm and being adjacent to the diaphragm varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Keiichi Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 8004585
    Abstract: A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system according to the present invention comprises: a positive lens unit that is arranged on an object side relative to the aperture diaphragm; a negative lens unit that is arranged on an image side relative to the positive lens unit and on an object side relative to the aperture diaphragm; and a focusing lens unit that is arranged in an optical path between the negative lens unit and the aperture diaphragm. The zoom lens system satisfies the condition (4): 1.20<?NT/?NW<4.50 (here, fT/fW>3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Katsu Yamada, Takuya Imaoka, Masaki Sampei
  • Publication number: 20100302517
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus projects a pattern of an original onto a substrate by a projection optical system to expose the substrate, wherein the projection optical system includes a mirror assembly, and the mirror assembly includes a first mirror member which has a first reflecting surface and is configured to bend an optical axis of the projection optical system, a second mirror member which has a second reflecting surface and is configured to bend the optical axis, a supporting mechanism configured to support the first mirror member and the second mirror member, and the supporting mechanism is positioned to position the first mirror member and the second mirror member while a positional relationship between the first mirror member and the second mirror member is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kyoichi MIYAZAKI, Kiyoshi FUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20100277636
    Abstract: A focus area contains one or more areas, into which an image signal captured by an image sensor (14) is segmented by an image segmentation section (15). The focus area follows movement of an object in accordance with feature point positional information of an image extracted by a feature point extraction section (34) and a feature point positional calculation section (35). Further, after a low-pass filter (36) extracts a low frequency component of a time-series oscillation frequency using the feature point positional information, and a focus area selection section calculates a display position, the focus area is displayed on a display section (17). Therefore, an imaging device, which does not cause discomfort even when the focus area displayed on the display section (17) fluctuates by tracking movement of the object, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Honjo, Kyoichi Miyazaki, Mitsuyoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7817350
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a zoom lens system that has a high resolution, high capability of compensating curvature of field, a high zoom ratio of, for example, 3 or greater, a reduced weight, and a reduced overall optical length at the time of non-use; and an imaging device and a camera that employ this zoom lens system so as to have a reduced thickness and excellent portability as well as high performance. The zoom lens system forms an optical image of an object with variable magnification and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit that has positive optical power and that contains a bi-convex lens element composed of a resin material and serving as the most image side lens element; and a third lens unit having positive optical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Iiyama, Kyoichi Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 7804578
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate to a pattern of an original. An illumination optical system illuminates the original. A projection optical system projects the pattern that is illuminated by the illumination optical system onto the substrate. A vacuum chamber houses at least one of the illumination optical system and the projection optical system. A heat absorber, arranged in the vacuum chamber, absorbs heat in the vacuum chamber. A heat conductor includes a metal member and connects the heat absorber and a wall of the vacuum chamber. The metal member is softer than the heat absorber and the wall, and fills a space between the heat absorber and the wall, and a cooler, arranged outside the vacuum chamber, cools the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kyoichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20100196003
    Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system of the present invention includes an aperture diaphragm A, a first lens unit G1 having negative optical power and being closest to the object side, a third lens unit G3 arranged on the object side relative to the aperture diaphragm A and being adjacent to the aperture diaphragm A, and a fourth lens unit G4 arranged on the image side relative to the aperture diaphragm A and being adjacent to the aperture diaphragm A. At the time of zooming, interval between the aperture diaphragm A and the third lens unit G3 arranged on the object side relative to the aperture diaphragm A and being adjacent to the aperture diaphragm A varies, and interval between the aperture diaphragm A and the fourth lens unit G4 arranged on the image side relative to the aperture diaphragm A and being adjacent to the aperture diaphragm A varies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Keiichi Zaitsu
  • Publication number: 20100194930
    Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system of the present invention includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit G1 having negative optical power, a second lens unit G2 having positive optical power, a third lens unit G3 having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit G4 having negative optical power. The fourth lens unit G4 moves to the image side along an optical axis at the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-point in-focus condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Keiichi Zaitsu
  • Publication number: 20100195216
    Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. A zoom lens system of the present invention, in order from an object side to an image side, includes, a first lens unit G1 having negative optical power, a second lens unit G2 having positive optical power, a third lens unit G3 having positive optical power, and a fourth lens G4. Condition (10): 1.4<DL/YM<2.5 and condition (11): 1.2<BFW/YM<1.6 are satisfied (where, 100<2?W<140, DL is an effective diameter of the lens surface closest to the image side, BFW is the back focus at a wide-angle limit, YM is the maximum image height at a wide-angle limit, and ?W is a half view angle (°) at a wide-angle limit).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Keiichi Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 7769285
    Abstract: A focus area contains one or more areas, into which an image signal captured by an image sensor (14) is segmented by an image segmentation section (15). The focus area follows movement of an object in accordance with feature point positional information of an image extracted by a feature point extraction section (34) and a feature point positional calculation section (35). Further, after a low-pass filter (36) extracts a low frequency component of a time-series oscillation frequency using the feature point positional information, and a focus area selection section calculates a display position, the focus area is displayed on a display section (17). Therefore, an imaging device, which does not cause discomfort even when the focus area displayed on the display section (17) fluctuates by tracking movement of the object, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Honjo, Kyoichi Miyazaki, Mitsuyoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20100128362
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a zoom lens system that has a high resolution, high capability of compensating curvature of field, a high zoom ratio of, for example, 3 or greater, a reduced weight, and a reduced overall optical length at the time of non-use; and an imaging device and a camera that employ this zoom lens system so as to have a reduced thickness and excellent portability as well as high performance. The zoom lens system forms an optical image of an object with variable magnification and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit that has positive optical power and that contains a bi-convex lens element composed of a resin material and serving as the most image side lens element; and a third lens unit having positive optical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko IIYAMA, Kyoichi Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 7724447
    Abstract: The present zoom lens system comprises a plurality of lens units including at least: a front lens unit having negative optical power; and a rear lens unit having positive optical power, arranged on the image side of the front lens unit, and composed of a plurality of lens elements; wherein magnification change is performed by changing an interval between the individual lens units, wherein the rear lens unit comprises: a rear A lens unit capable of moving in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; and a rear B lens unit that is arranged on the image side of the rear A lens unit and that can move in an optical axis direction in such a manner that an interval relative to the rear A lens unit in the optical axis direction is changed, and wherein focusing adjustment during variation of the object distance is achieved by changing the interval between the rear A lens unit and the rear B lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20100097708
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a zoom lens system that has a high resolution, high capability of compensating curvature of field, a high zoom ratio of, for example, 3 or greater, a reduced weight, and a reduced overall optical length at the time of non-use; and an imaging device and a camera that employ this zoom lens system so as to have a reduced thickness and excellent portability as well as high performance. The zoom lens system forms an optical image of an object with variable magnification and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit that has positive optical power and that contains a bi-convex lens element composed of a resin material and serving as the most image side lens element; and a third lens unit having positive optical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko IIYAMA, Kyoichi Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20100091123
    Abstract: A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit and further that can compensate an image blur caused by vibration applied to the entire system. The zoom lens system according to the present invention comprises a plurality of lens units and an aperture diaphragm arranged in the lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Katsu Yamada, Takuya Imaoka, Masaki Sampei
  • Publication number: 20100091174
    Abstract: A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system according to the present invention comprises: a positive lens unit that is arranged on an object side relative to the aperture diaphragm; a negative lens unit that is arranged on an image side relative to the positive lens unit and on an object side relative to the aperture diaphragm; and a focusing lens unit that is arranged in an optical path between the negative lens unit and the aperture diaphragm. The zoom lens system satisfies the condition (4): 1.20<?NT/?NW<4.50 (here, fT/fW>3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Katsu Yamada, Takuya Imaoka, Masaki Sampei
  • Publication number: 20100091173
    Abstract: A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprises at least: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having negative optical power; and an aperture diaphragm. At the time of zooming, the zoom lens system moves the first to third lens units so that intervals between these lens units vary. At the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-point object in-focus condition, the zoom lens system moves the third lens unit to the object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Katsu Yamada, Takuya Imaoka, Masaki Sampei
  • Publication number: 20100091171
    Abstract: A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system according to the present invention, in order from an object side to an image side, comprises: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; and an aperture diaphragm. At the time of zooming, the zoom lens system moves the first to third lens units so that intervals between these lens units vary. At the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-point object in-focus condition, the zoom lens system moves the third lens unit to the object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Katsu Yamada, Takuya Imaoka, Masaki Sampei
  • Publication number: 20100091172
    Abstract: A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system according to the present invention comprises a plurality of lens units and an aperture diaphragm arranged in the lens unit. The plurality of lens units include: a negative lens unit that is arranged on an object side relative to the aperture diaphragm and provided with negative optical power having an absolute value greatest in the entire system and that moves in a direction along an optical axis at the time of zooming; and a focusing lens unit that is arranged in an optical path between the negative lens unit and the aperture diaphragm and that moves in a direction along the optical axis at the time of focusing such that an interval relative to the negative lens unit should vary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoichi Miyazaki, Katsu Yamada, Takuya Imaoka, Masaki Sampei, Yoshio Matsumura