Patents by Inventor Mami Muratani

Mami Muratani 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: 20110170195
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power; and a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power; upon zooming from a wide-angle end state W to a telephoto end state T, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 varying, and the second lens group G2 moving, and the second lens group G2 including a focusing lens group Gf that carries out focusing from an infinity object to a close object, and a decentering lens group Gs that is movable in a direction having a component perpendicular to an optical axis, thereby providing an optical system capable of establishing both of internal focusing and a decentering lens group with obtaining compactness and excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus equipped with the optical system, and a method for manufacturing the optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Mami MURATANI, Issei TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20110141575
    Abstract: A zoom lens system ZL mounted in an electronic still camera 1 etc is constructed to include, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power and a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, in which the second lens group G2 has two cemented lenses. A distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 changes when a lens position state changes from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, thereby providing the zoom lens system exhibiting preferable optical performance, an optical apparatus including the zoom lens system and a magnification varying method using the zoom lens system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Mami Muratani, Haruo Sato
  • Publication number: 20110134537
    Abstract: A zoom lens system ZL installed in an electronic still camera 1 and the like comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power; and a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power; the second lens group including at least two cemented lenses each of which includes a positive lens disposed to the object side and a negative lens disposed to an image side, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group varying upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, thereby providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus equipped with the zoom lens system, and a method for manufacturing the zoom lens system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Mami Muratani
  • Patent number: 7826143
    Abstract: The object is to provide an optical system with a wavelength selecting device. According to one aspect of the present invention, an optical system with a wavelength selecting device includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, an objective optical system composed of optical elements having refractive power and an aperture stop, a no-power optical group composed of optical elements having no refractive power, and an imaging device. The no-power optical group includes the wavelength selecting device for making short wavelength light be selectively substantially non-transparent. The wavelength selecting device preferably satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Obama, Kouichi Ohshita, Mami Muratani
  • Publication number: 20100195214
    Abstract: A zoom lens ZL installed in an electronic still camera 1 includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power, and a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power. A distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 varies upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state. The second lens group G2 has a front lens group G2F and a rear lens group G2R, and the front lens group G2F is moved along the optical axis upon focusing on a close object, thereby providing a compact zoom lens having excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus equipped with the zoom lens, and a method for manufacturing the zoom lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventor: Mami MURATANI
  • Patent number: 7667900
    Abstract: Providing a zoom lens system excellently correcting various aberrations with accomplishing to be compact, lightweight, and slim upon being accommodated, and to provide an optical apparatus using the zoom lens system. The system consists of, in order from an object, a first group G1 having negative power, a second group G2 having positive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end W to a telephoto end T, a distance between the first group G1 and the second group G2 decreases. The first group G1 consists of, in order from the object, a first lens L1 having negative power and a second lens L2 having positive power. The second group G2 consists of, in order from the object, a third lens L3 having positive power, a fourth lens L4 having negative power, and a fifth lens L5 having positive power. Given conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Mami Muratani
  • Patent number: 7599127
    Abstract: Providing a zoom lens system having excellently correcting various aberrations with accomplishing to be compact, lightweight, and slim upon being retracted. The system is composed of, in order from an object, a first group having negative refractive power, and a second group having positive refractive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first group and the second group varies. The first group is composed of two lens elements which are, in order from the object, a negative lens having a concave surface facing an image, and a positive lens. The second group consists of three lens elements or less and includes, in order from the object, a positive lens, an aperture stop for defining an f-number, and a negative lens component including a negative lens and disposed to the image side of the aperture stop. Given conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Mami Muratani, Sayako Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7542215
    Abstract: A zoom lens system excellently correcting various aberrations with accomplishing compactness, lightweight, and slimness upon accommodating lens barrel. The system consists of, in order from an object, a first group G1 having negative power, and a second group G2 having positive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first group G1 and the second group G2 decreases. The first group G1 consists of, in order from the object, a first lens L1 with negative power, and a second lens L2 with positive power. The second group G2 consists of three lenses that are, in order from the object, a third lens L3 with positive power, a fourth lens L4 with negative power having a convex surface facing the object, a fifth lens L5 with positive power. The three lenses are disposed without cemented each other. Given condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Mami Muratani
  • Patent number: 7508599
    Abstract: The object is to provide an optical system with a wavelength selecting device. According to one aspect of the present invention, an optical system with a wavelength selecting device includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, an objective optical system composed of optical elements having refractive power and an aperture stop, a no-power optical group composed of optical elements having no refractive power, and an imaging device. The no-power optical group includes the wavelength selecting device for making short wavelength light be selectively substantially non-transparent. The wavelength selecting device preferably satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Ohshita, Mami Muratani
  • Publication number: 20080218878
    Abstract: In a zoom lens ZL1 having a plurality of lens groups G1 to G2 which are disposed in order from an object, where a refractive index average value of the lens components which constitute the zoom lens ZL1 is defined as ndav and a refractive index average value of the lens components which constitute the first lens group G1 which is disposed to closest to the object among the plurality of lens groups G1 to G2 is defined as ndGlav, the zoom lens ZL1 is constituted to satisfy the conditional expression ndav?1.80 and to satisfy the conditional expression ndGlav?1.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Daisaku ARAI, Mami Muratani
  • Publication number: 20080212202
    Abstract: Providing a zoom lens system excellently correcting various aberrations with accomplishing to be compact, lightweight, and slim upon being accommodated, and to provide an optical apparatus using the zoom lens system. The system consists of, in order from an object, a first group G1 having negative power, a second group G2 having positive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end W to a telephoto end T, a distance between the first group G1 and the second group G2 decreases. The first group G1 consists of, in order from the object, a first lens L1 having negative power and a second lens L2 having positive power. The second group G2 consists of, in order from the object, a third lens L3 having positive power, a fourth lens L4 having negative power, and a fifth lens L5 having positive power. Given conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Mami MURATANI
  • Publication number: 20080198463
    Abstract: Providing a zoom lens system with a vibration reduction function excellently correcting aberrations with accomplishing compact, lightweight, and slim upon being accommodated, and to provide an optical apparatus using the zoom lens system. The system consists of, in order from an object, a first group having negative power, a second group having positive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first group and the second group decreases. The first group consists of, in order from the object, a first lens having negative power and a second lens having positive power. The second group consists of, in order from the object, a third lens having positive power, a fourth lens having negative power, and a fifth lens having positive power. An image blur is corrected by shifting the second group as a whole in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Mami MURATANI
  • Publication number: 20080106802
    Abstract: A zoom lens system excellently correcting various aberrations with accomplishing compactness, lightweight, and slimness upon accommodating lens barrel. The system consists of, in order from an object, a first group G1 having negative power, and a second group G2 having positive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first group G1 and the second group G2 decreases. The first group G1 consists of, in order from the object, a first lens L1 with negative power, and a second lens L2 with positive power. The second group G2 consists of three lenses that are, in order from the object, a third lens L3 with positive power, a fourth lens L4 with negative power having a convex surface facing the object, a fifth lens L5 with positive power. The three lenses are disposed without cemented each other. Given condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Mami MURATANI
  • Publication number: 20070291365
    Abstract: The object is to provide an optical system with a wavelength selecting device. According to one aspect of the present invention, an optical system with a wavelength selecting device includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, an objective optical system composed of optical elements having refractive power and an aperture stop, a no-power optical group composed of optical elements having no refractive power, and an imaging device. The no-power optical group includes the wavelength selecting device for making short wavelength light be selectively substantially non-transparent. The wavelength selecting device preferably satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Kouichi OSHITA, Mami Muratani
  • Patent number: 7256949
    Abstract: The object is to provide an optical system with a wavelength selecting device. According to one aspect of the present invention, an optical system with a wavelength selecting device includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, an objective optical system composed of optical elements having refractive power and an aperture stop, a no-power optical group composed of optical elements having no refractive power, and an imaging device. The no-power optical group includes the wavelength selecting device for making short wavelength light be selectively substantially non-transparent. The wavelength selecting device preferably satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Ohshita, Mami Muratani
  • Patent number: 7253964
    Abstract: An object is to provide a zoom lens system having compactness, a high zoom ratio, and high optical performance with preferably correcting various aberrations. The zoom lens system includes, in order from the object, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power. When a state of lens group positions varies from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 increases, a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 decreases, a distance between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 varies, and the fourth lens group G4 moves along a zoom trajectory having a convex shape facing to an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Mami Muratani
  • Publication number: 20070070518
    Abstract: Providing a zoom lens system having excellently correcting various aberrations with accomplishing to be compact, lightweight, and slim upon being retracted. The system is composed of, in order from an object, a first group having negative refractive power, and a second group having positive refractive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first group and the second group varies. The first group is composed of two lens elements which are, in order from the object, a negative lens having a concave surface facing an image, and a positive lens. The second group consists of three lens elements or less and includes, in order from the object, a positive lens, an aperture stop for defining an f-number, and a negative lens component including a negative lens and disposed to the image side of the aperture stop. Given conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Mami Muratani, Sayako Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060250709
    Abstract: The object is to provide an optical system with a wavelength selecting device. According to one aspect of the present invention, an optical system with a wavelength selecting device includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, an objective optical system composed of optical elements having refractive power and an aperture stop, a no-power optical group composed of optical elements having no refractive power, and an imaging device. The no-power optical group includes the wavelength selecting device for making short wavelength light be selectively substantially non-transparent. The wavelength selecting device preferably satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kouichi Ohshita, Mami Muratani
  • Publication number: 20060056053
    Abstract: An object is to provide a zoom lens system having compactness, a high zoom ratio, and high optical performance with preferably correcting various aberrations. The zoom lens system includes, in order from the object, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power. When a state of lens group positions varies from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 increases, a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 decreases, a distance between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 varies, and the fourth lens group G4 moves along a zoom trajectory having a convex shape facing to an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Mami Muratani
  • Publication number: 20060050422
    Abstract: The object is to provide an optical system with a wavelength selecting device. According to one aspect of the present invention, an optical system with a wavelength selecting device includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, an objective optical system composed of optical elements having refractive power and an aperture stop, a no-power optical group composed of optical elements having no refractive power, and an imaging device. The no-power optical group includes the wavelength selecting device for making short wavelength light be selectively substantially non-transparent. The wavelength selecting device preferably satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kouichi Ohshita, Mami Muratani