Patents by Inventor Mayu Miki

Mayu Miki 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).

  • Patent number: 10139605
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and the third unit having a positive refractive power comprises in order from the object side, a first lens component having a positive refractive power, and a second lens component having a negative refractive power in which, a lens having a positive refractive power and a lens having a negative refractive power are cemented, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) 1.4<|f3_2p/f3_2n|<2.6??(1) nd3_2p?nd3_2n?0??(2) nd3_2n?1.8??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Patent number: 10025076
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and the third unit having a positive refractive power comprises in order from the object side, a first lens component having a positive refractive power, and a second lens component having a negative refractive power in which, a lens having a positive refractive power and a lens having a negative refractive power are cemented, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) 1.4<|f3_2p/f3_2n|<2.6??(1) nd3_2p?nd3_2n?0??(2) nd3_2n?1.8??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Patent number: 10018813
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and the third unit having a positive refractive power comprises in order from the object side, a first lens component having a positive refractive power, and a second lens component having a negative refractive power in which, a lens having a positive refractive power and a lens having a negative refractive power are cemented, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3). 1.4<|f3_2p/f3_2n|<2.6??(1) nd3_2p?nd3_2n?0??(2) nd3_2n?1.8??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Patent number: 9568706
    Abstract: A lens barrel of the present invention is a lens barrel holding a photographing optical system which is a zoom lens constituted by five groups and includes: a cylindrical cam barrel arranged to be rotatable around an optical axis; a first lens driving section driving the cam barrel around the optical axis; a plurality of first cam grooves carved on an outer circumferential surface of the cam barrel; and a plurality of second cam grooves carved on an inner circumferential surface of the cam barrel. A first lens group holding barrel has a plurality of cam followers that are recessed in the first cam grooves; and each of a second lens group holding barrel and a third lens group holding barrel has a plurality of cam followers that are recessed in the second cam grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Tsubasa Niiyama, Mayu Miki, Akinori Nishio, Masahito Watanabe, Masaya Ota
  • Publication number: 20160139381
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and the third unit having a positive refractive power comprises in order from the object side, a first lens component having a positive refractive power, and a second lens component having a negative refractive power in which, a lens having a positive refractive power and a lens having a negative refractive power are cemented, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) 1.4<|f3_2p/f3_2n|<2.6??(1) nd3_2p?nd3_2n?0??(2) nd3_2n?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Publication number: 20160139380
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and the third unit having a positive refractive power comprises in order from the object side, a first lens component having a positive refractive power, and a second lens component having a negative refractive power in which, a lens having a positive refractive power and a lens having a negative refractive power are cemented, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) 1.4<|f3_2p/f3_2n|<2.6??(1) nd3_2p?nd3_2n?0??(2) nd3_2n?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Publication number: 20160139379
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and the third unit having a positive refractive power comprises in order from the object side, a first lens component having a positive refractive power, and a second lens component having a negative refractive power in which, a lens having a positive refractive power and a lens having a negative refractive power are cemented, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) 1.4<|f3_2p/f3_2n|<2.6??(1) nd3_2p?nd3_2n?0??(2) nd3_2n?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Patent number: 9285570
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and the third unit having a positive refractive power comprises in order from the object side, a first lens component having a positive refractive power, and a second lens component having a negative refractive power in which, a lens having a positive refractive power and a lens having a negative refractive power are cemented, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) 1.4<|f3—2p/f3—2n|<2.6??(1) nd3—2p?nd3—2n?0??(2) nd3—2n?1.8??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Patent number: 9207441
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1): ?d13/ft<0.4??(1) where ?d13 is the total sum of the thickness of the lenses included in the first to third lens units of the zoom lens on the optical axis, and ft is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the telephoto end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Ueda, Masahito Watanabe, Masahiro Imamura, Mayu Miki
  • Patent number: 9188770
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit and the second lens unit move during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3): ft/fw>6.0??(1), Fno(T)<3.5??(2),and ?d/ft<0.6??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nishio, Mayu Miki, Masahito Watanabe, Tomoyuki Satori
  • Publication number: 20150092282
    Abstract: A lens barrel of the present invention is a lens barrel holding a photographing optical system which is a zoom lens constituted by five groups and includes: a cylindrical cam barrel arranged to be rotatable around an optical axis; a first lens driving section driving the cam barrel around the optical axis; a plurality of first cam grooves carved on an outer circumferential surface of the cam barrel; and a plurality of second cam grooves carved on an inner circumferential surface of the cam barrel. A first lens group holding barrel has a plurality of cam followers that are recessed in the first cam grooves; and each of a second lens group holding barrel and a third lens group holding barrel has a plurality of cam followers that are recessed in the second cam grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Tsubasa NIIYAMA, Mayu MIKI, Akinori NISHIO, Masahito WATANABE, Masaya OTA
  • Patent number: 8976459
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, and at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit moves, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1). FNO(W)<1.64??(1) where, FNO(W) denotes an F-number of the zoom lens at the wide angle end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Mayu Miki
  • Publication number: 20150009577
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1): ?d13/ft<0.4??(1) where ?d13 is the total sum of the thickness of the lenses included in the first to third lens units of the zoom lens on the optical axis, and ft is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the telephoto end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Minoru Ueda, Masahito Watanabe, Masahiro Imamura, Mayu Miki
  • Patent number: 8928993
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side a first lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit consist one positive lens. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) and (2). Fno(W)<2.7??(1) 3.1<ft/fw where, Fno(W) denotes an F-number of the zoom lens at a wide angle end, ft denotes a focal length at a telephoto end of the overall zoom lens system, and fw denotes a focal length at the wide angle end of the overall zoom lens system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Mayu Miki, Minoru Ueda, Koji Nakagawa, Toyoki Kon
  • Patent number: 8879162
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises, in order from its object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit comprises a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3): n1n?1.70??(1), n1p?1.70??(2), and |?1n??1p?31??(3), where n1n is the refractive index of the first lens having a negative refractive power in the first lens unit for the d-line, ?1n is the Abbe constant of the first lens having a negative refractive power in the first lens unit, n1p is the refractive index of the second lens having a positive refractive power in the first lens unit for the d-line, and ?1p is the Abbe constant of the second lens having a positive refractive power in the first lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Mayu Miki, Masahiro Imamura, Toshihide Nozawa
  • Patent number: 8872960
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1): ?d13/ft<0.4??(1) where ?d13 is the total sum of the thickness of the lenses included in the first to third lens units of the zoom lens on the optical axis, and ft is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the telephoto end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Minoru Ueda, Masahito Watanabe, Masahiro Imamura, Mayu Miki
  • Publication number: 20140268365
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit and the second lens unit move during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3): ft/fw>6.0??(1), Fno(T)<3.5??(2),and ?d/ft<0.6??(3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventors: Akinori Nishio, Mayu Miki, Masahito Watanabe, Tomoyuki Satori
  • Patent number: 8804249
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and at the time of zooming, the first lens unit moves, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1-1a), (1-2a), and (1-3a). 0.43<(?2T/?2W)/(?3T/?3W)<0.68??(1-1a) 0.4<(?1G/f1)/(?4G/f4)<2.3??(1-2a) 2.1<f3/fW<4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Publication number: 20130286277
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and at the time of zooming, the first lens unit moves, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1-1a), (1-2a), and (1-3a). 0.43<(?2T/?2W)/(?3T/?3W)<0.68??(1-1a) 0.4<(?1G/f1)/(?4G/f4)<2.3??(1-2a) 2.1<f3/fW<4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yanai, Minoru Ueda, Mayu Miki
  • Patent number: RE47204
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1): ?d13/ft<0.4??(1) where ?d13 is the total sum of the thickness of the lenses included in the first to third lens units of the zoom lens on the optical axis, and ft is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the telephoto end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Ueda, Masahito Watanabe, Masahiro Imamura, Mayu Miki