Patents by Inventor Michio Cho

Michio Cho 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: 9170401
    Abstract: A wide angle lens includes: a positive first lens group, a second lens group, constituted by two or fewer lenses, that moves during focusing operations, and a third lens group that includes at least one positive lens, provided in this order from the object side. The first lens group includes at least a positive meniscus lens with a convex surface toward the object side, a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface toward the object side, a lens having a concave surface with a radius of curvature having a smaller absolute value toward the image side, a negative lens, a cemented lens formed by a positive lens and a negative lens, and an aperture stop provided adjacent to the cemented lens toward the image side thereof, provided in this order from the object side. The wide angle lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 9170403
    Abstract: An imaging lens is constituted by: a first lens having a positive refractive power and is of a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a concave surface toward the image side on the surface thereof toward the image side in the vicinity of the optical axis, and an inflection point on the surface thereof toward the image side, provided in this order from the object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shinohara, Kazuya Yoneyama, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 9170409
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, provided in this order from an object side. Magnification is changed by moving the first lens group and the second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, provided in this order from the object side. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional formulae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Saito, Michio Cho, Toru Ito
  • Publication number: 20150301319
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a negative third lens group, a negative fourth lens group, a positive fifth lens group, and a positive sixth lens group. The first lens group and the sixth lens group are fixed with respect to an image plane, and a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group changes, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group changes, and a distance between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group changes, and a distance between the fifth lens group and the sixth lens group changes during magnification change from a wide angle end to a telephoto end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Daiki KOMATSU, Michio CHO
  • Publication number: 20150293332
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of five lenses, including: a first lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface toward the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power and a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the image side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface toward the image side, the image-side surface thereof having at least one inflection point, and the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens being disposed in this order from the object side; wherein, the imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Masato KONDO, Michio CHO
  • Publication number: 20150286036
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of five lenses, including: a fist lens having a biconvex shape with the surface having the radius of curvature with the smaller absolute value toward the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side, a third lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the image side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape with a concave surface toward the image side, the image-side surface thereof having at least one inflection point, disposed in this order from the object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Masato KONDO, Takayuki NODA, Michio CHO
  • Patent number: 9128267
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of, in order from an object side, five lenses of a first lens that has a positive refractive power and has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the object side, a second lens that has a biconcave shape, a third lens that has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the object side, a fourth lens that has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the image side; and a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power and has at least one inflection point on an image side surface. Further, the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied. 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATON
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Ogino, Michio Cho, Yoshiaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 9128271
    Abstract: A super wide angle lens substantially consists of a positive first lens group in which a positive first lens, a negative second lens, a negative third lens, a negative fourth lens, a positive fifth lens, a sixth lens unit that is a cemented lens, a seventh lens, an aperture stop, and an eighth lens unit that is a cemented lens are arranged in this order from an object side, a second lens group in which a first lens unit that is a positive single lens or a cemented lens and a second lens unit that is a cemented lens are arranged in this order from the object side, and a third lens group including a positive lens. The super wide angle lens is structured in such a manner to satisfy conditional formula (1): 0.8<(T16+T17)/f<2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Shimada, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 9116334
    Abstract: A variable magnification optical system consists of a positive first lens-group, a negative second lens-group, a positive third lens-group and a positive fourth lens-group in this order from an object side. The first lens-group and the third lens-group are fixed when magnification is changed from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and the magnification is changed from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end by moving the second lens-group toward an image side, and correction of an image plane and focusing, which have been necessitated by magnification change, are performed by moving the fourth lens-group. The first lens-group consists of two positive lenses and a negative lens in this order from the object side. The second lens-group consists of a negative 21st lens, a positive 22nd lens, a negative 23rd lens and a negative 24th lens in this order from the object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ukyo Tomioka, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 9116333
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, which are in this order from an object side, and a stop located between a most image-side surface of the second lens group and a most image-side surface of the third lens group. Distances between the lens groups change when magnification is changed from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. The third lens group consists of a positive lens, a cemented lens of a positive lens and a negative lens, a negative meniscus lens with its concave surface facing the object side, and a biconvex lens, which are in this order from the object side. Further, a predetermined conditional formula is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiga Noda, Michio Cho
  • Publication number: 20150234181
    Abstract: An imaging lens, consisting of a first lens group, a top, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, in order from the object side, in which the first lens group is composed of a first front lens group having a negative refractive power and a first rear lens group having a positive refractive power in order from the object side, the first rear lens group is composed of a cemented lens formed of a negative lens and a positive lens, the first front lens group at least includes four negative lenses, and at least two of the negative lenses included in the first front lens group satisfy a conditional expression given below: 70<?d1n??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMADA, Michio CHO
  • Patent number: 9097879
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein, during magnification change from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, at least the first lens group and the second lens group are moved along the optical axis such that the interval between the first lens group and the second lens group is decreased and the interval between the second lens group and the third lens group is increased. The second lens group includes, in order from the object side, a positive lens, a cemented lens formed by a positive lens and a negative lens, a positive lens and a negative lens. The zoom lens satisfies given conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiga Noda, Michio Cho
  • Publication number: 20150212298
    Abstract: An imaging lens is essentially constituted by seven lenses, including: a positive first lens having a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens, of which at least one surface is of an aspherical shape; a third lens, of which at least one surface is of an aspherical shape; a fourth lens, of which at least one surface is of an aspherical shape; a positive fifth lens of a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the image side; a sixth lens, of which at least one surface is of an aspherical shape; and a negative seventh lens having a concave surface toward the image side, provided in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SHINOHARA, Michio CHO
  • Publication number: 20150198790
    Abstract: An imaging lens, substantially consisting of five lenses, composed of a positive first lens with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens with a concave surface on the object side, a third lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a fourth lens having a positive meniscus shape with a concave surface on the object side, and a negative fifth lens with a concave surface on the image side, the image side surface having an aspherical shape with at least one inflection point located inward in a radial direction from the intersection between the image side surface and a principal ray of the maximum angle of view toward the optical axis, disposed in order from the object side, and satisfies given conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: TAKUYA TANAKA, MICHIO CHO, TAKAYUKI NODA
  • Patent number: 9069158
    Abstract: A variable-magnification optical-system substantially consists of a first-lens-group having positive-refractive-power, a second-lens-group having negative-refractive-power, a third-lens-group having negative-refractive-power, a fourth-lens-group having negative-refractive-power, an aperture-stop, and a fifth-lens-group having positive-refractive-power in this order from an object-side along an optical-axis. The second-lens-group, third-lens-group and fourth-lens-group move when magnification is changed from a wide-angle-end to a telephoto-end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinkichi Ikeda, Michio Cho
  • Publication number: 20150177500
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power in this order from an object side. The third lens group consists of a 3-1st lens group having positive refractive power and a 3-2nd lens group having negative refractive power in this order from the object side. A hand shake blur is corrected by moving the 3-2nd lens group in a direction perpendicular to optical axis. Magnification is changed by changing distances between the lens groups while the fifth lens group is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuya ORI, Michio CHO
  • Patent number: 9063322
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive power; a second lens group having a negative power; a third lens group having a positive power; and a fourth lens group having a negative power, in this order from an object side. All of the groups move along an optical axis such that the distance between the first group and the second group gradually becomes greater, the distance between the second group and the third group gradually becomes smaller, and the distance between the third group and the fourth group gradually becomes greater, when changing magnification from a wide angle to a telephoto end. The zoom lens satisfies the conditional formulae: ?2.0<fw/f2<?0.8; and ?1.0<fw/f4<?0.2, wherein fw is the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end, f2 is the focal length of the second group, and f4 is the focal length of the fourth group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michio Cho
  • Publication number: 20150168687
    Abstract: An imaging lens is essentially constituted by five lenses, including: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens having a concave surface toward the image side; a third lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side; a fourth lens having a convex surface toward the image side; and a fifth lens of a biconcave shape, provided in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Masato KONDO, Michio CHO
  • Publication number: 20150168678
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a first lens-group consisting of a positive lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing an object-side, a positive lens in meniscus-shape with its convex-surface facing the object-side, a positive lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing the object-side, and a negative lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing an image-side, an aperture stop, a second lens-group consisting of a negative lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing the object-side, a positive lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing the image-side, and a positive lens, and a third lens-group consisting of a positive lens and a negative lens in this order from the object-side. A predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki BABA, Michio CHO
  • Publication number: 20150168693
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a front group and a rear group. The front group is composed of a lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens in order from the object side. The rear group is composed of a positive lens, a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens in order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies given conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: PING SUN, KATSUHISA TSUTSUMI, MICHIO CHO