Patents by Inventor Minoru Taniyama
Minoru Taniyama 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).
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Publication number: 20220244492Abstract: An imaging lens according to the present disclosure includes, in order from side of an object toward side of an image plane on which an imaging element is disposed: a front-group lens system having positive refractive power; and a rear-group lens system having, on side closest to the image plane, a lens surface that is concave to the image plane side in a vicinity of an optical axis and is convex to the image plane side in a peripheral part, and satisfies the following conditional expressions. 1.0<Gun2R2(sag6-sag10)/(TTL/2Y)<2.8??(1) 5.0(%)<ODMAX<20.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: YOSHIO HOSONO, KENTA KAMEBUCHI, MINORU TANIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220019059Abstract: To achieve high performance. A first lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface facing an object side, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing an image side, and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power in the vicinity of an optical axis, a surface on the image side of which is formed into an aspherical shape having an inflection point are provided in order from the object side to the image side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: KENTA KAMEBUCHI, MINORU TANIYAMA, YASUHIDE NIHEI
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Patent number: 10447001Abstract: A laser unit may include a laser chamber including a pair of discharge electrodes that are opposed to each other in a first direction with an electrode gap interposed in between and are configured to provide a discharge width in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, smaller than the electrode gap; and an optical resonator including a first optical member and a second optical member that are opposed to each other in a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction with the discharge electrodes interposed in between, and configured to amplify laser light generated between the discharge electrodes and output amplified laser light, the optical resonator satisfying the following expression to configure a stable resonator in the second direction: 0<G1·G2<1 where G1 is a G parameter of the first optical member, and G2 is a G parameter of the second optical member.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Minoru Taniyama, Hakaru Mizoguchi, Osamu Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 10092979Abstract: A laser irradiation apparatus may include: an irradiation head section including first and second irradiation heads each configured to perform laser light irradiation on a workpiece; a laser unit section including first and second laser units configured to respectively output first laser light and second laser light; a beam delivery section provided in an optical path between the laser unit section and the irradiation head section, and configured to perform switching of optical paths between optical paths of the first laser light and the second laser light to cause the first or second laser light to enter the first or second irradiation head; a first beam property varying section provided in an optical path between the first laser unit and the irradiation head section; and a second beam property varying section provided in an optical path between the second laser unit and the irradiation head section.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Akiyoshi Suzuki, Minoru Taniyama, Osamu Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20180236602Abstract: A laser irradiation apparatus may include: an irradiation head section including first and second irradiation heads each configured to perform laser light irradiation on a workpiece; a laser unit section including first and second laser units configured to respectively output first laser light and second laser light; a beam delivery section provided in an optical path between the laser unit section and the irradiation head section, and configured to perform switching of optical paths between optical paths of the first laser light and the second laser light to cause the first or second laser light to enter the first or second irradiation head; a first beam property varying section provided in an optical path between the first laser unit and the irradiation head section; and a second beam property varying section provided in an optical path between the second laser unit and the irradiation head section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Akiyoshi Suzuki, Minoru Taniyama, Osamu Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20180123308Abstract: A laser unit may include a laser chamber including a pair of discharge electrodes that are opposed to each other in a first direction with an electrode gap interposed in between and are configured to provide a discharge width in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, smaller than the electrode gap; and an optical resonator including a first optical member and a second optical member that are opposed to each other in a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction with the discharge electrodes interposed in between, and configured to amplify laser light generated between the discharge electrodes and output amplified laser light, the optical resonator satisfying the following expression to configure a stable resonator in the second direction: 0<G1·G2<1 where G1 is a G parameter of the first optical member, and G2 is a G parameter of the second optical member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Minoru TANIYAMA, Hakaru MIZOGUCHI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
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Patent number: 8514503Abstract: When an optical image is formed through an imaging lens on an imaging surface that is convex toward a light incident side, the imaging lens is constructed in such a manner that a defocus MTF peak position at an arbitrary image height in a range of from 70% to 100% of a maximum image height of the optical image is located further in a light-traveling direction than a same kind of defocus MTF peak position on an optical axis of the imaging lens.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Minoru Taniyama
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Publication number: 20120069449Abstract: When an optical image is formed through an imaging lens on an imaging surface that is convex toward a light incident side, the imaging lens is constructed in such a manner that a defocus MTF peak position at an arbitrary image height in a range of from 70% to 100% of a maximum image height of the optical image is located further in a light-traveling direction than a same kind of defocus MTF peak position on an optical axis of the imaging lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Minoru TANIYAMA
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Patent number: 8116014Abstract: Disclosed are an imaging lens having a small size and high imaging performance, a camera module that is provided with the imaging lens and can obtain a high-resolution image signal, and an imaging apparatus. An imaging lens includes a first lens having a positive power, a second lens having a negative power, a third lens that has a positive power and includes a convex image-side surface, and a fourth lens that has a negative power and includes an object-side surface which is concave or flat near an optical axis. The first to fourth lenses are arranged in this order from an object side, and the imaging lens satisfies Conditional expression.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventor: Minoru Taniyama
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Patent number: 8111318Abstract: An imaging system is provided and includes an imaging lens and an imaging device such that the maximum diameter of an effective region of a point image covers three or more pixels of light receiving pixels, the point image being projected onto a light receiving surface through the imaging lens from an intended position. A signal processing unit executes restoration processing on first image data output from the imaging device, and the restoration processing is executed to generate second image data equivalent to the first image data output from the imaging device when the resolving power of the imaging lens is higher. The imaging lens has a first lens group having a positive power, and a second lens group having a positive power, in order from the object side.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventors: Minoru Taniyama, Kazuya Yoneyama
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Patent number: 8102608Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from an object side of the imaging lens, a first lens having a positive power; a second lens having a negative power; a third lens having a positive power and having a convex surface on an image side thereof; and a fourth lens having a negative power and having a concave surface or a flat surface on the object side and in a vicinity of an optical axis thereof, and the imaging lens satisfies conditional expression: 0.28<|f4/f|<0.60 ??(1) where f is a focal length of the imaging lens, and f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventor: Minoru Taniyama
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Publication number: 20110261471Abstract: An image pickup lens that includes the following disposed from an object side in the order listed below: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens having an object side surface which is concave or flat adjacent to an optical axis of the lens and a negative refractive power adjacent to the optical axis, and satisfies Conditional Expression (1) given below in order to realize total length reduction and high image forming performance. 0.3<|(R4+R3)/(R4?R3)|<1.5??(1) where, R3 is a paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface of the second lens, and R4 is a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface of the second lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Minoru TANIYAMA
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Patent number: 7755853Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from an object side of the imaging lens, a first lens having a positive refractive power and having a convex surface on the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and having a concave surface on the object side; a third lens having a positive refractive power in the vicinity of an optical axis thereof; and a fourth lens of a meniscus lens having a negative refractive power and having a convex surface on the object side, the imaging lens satisfying the specific conditional expressions.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventor: Minoru Taniyama
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Patent number: 7742238Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex surface directed to the object side thereof, a second lens having a concave object-side surface and a third lens having a negative refractive power in a vicinity of an optical axis. Each of the second and third lenses has at least one aspheric surface. The following conditional expressions are satisfied: 0.8<f1/f<1.2??(1) 11<|f2/f|??(2) 0.04<SA/Y<0.09??(3) TL/2Y<0.9??(4) where SA denotes the amount of sag of the object-side surface of the second lens in a position where a principal ray passes the maximum image height, Y denotes the maximum image height, and TL denotes a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image formation position.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventors: Kenichi Sato, Minoru Taniyama
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Patent number: 7715119Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from an object side of the imaging lens, a first lens having a convex surface on the object side and having a positive power; a second lens having a concave surface on the object side and having a negative power; a third lens having a positive power; and a fourth lens having a convex surface on the object side near a paraxial axis and having a meniscus shape. The imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions as specified.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventor: Minoru Taniyama
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Publication number: 20100103533Abstract: Disclosed are an imaging lens having a small size and high imaging performance, a camera module that is provided with the imaging lens and can obtain a high-resolution image signal, and an imaging apparatus. An imaging lens includes a first lens having a positive power, a second lens having a negative power, a third lens that has a positive power and includes a convex image-side surface, and a fourth lens that has a negative power and includes an object-side surface which is concave or flat near an optical axis. The first to fourth lenses are arranged in this order from an object side, and the imaging lens satisfies Conditional expression 1 given below: 0.5<(|R2|?R1)/(R1+|R2|)??[Conditional expression 1] (where R1 indicates the curvature radius of an object-side surface of the first lens and R2 indicates the curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventor: Minoru TANIYAMA
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Patent number: 7660050Abstract: An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a meniscus shape and having a convex surface directed to the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power in the vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens; and a third lens having a positive refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, wherein at least one surface of each of the second lens and the third lens is an aspheric surface; and the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression expressions: 0.7 <If1/fl <0.8 . . . (1) 0.3<1f2/fl <0.8 . . . (2) 7.5 <vd1<96 . . .(3) TL/2Y <0.9 . . . (4) where f: focal length of the imaging lens; f1: focal length of the first lens; f2: focal length of the second lens; vd1: Abbe number of the first lens for the d-line; TL: length between the object-side surface of the first lens to an image forming position of the imaging lens; and Y: maximum image height.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventors: Kenichi Sato, Minoru Taniyama
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Patent number: 7599131Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from an object side of the imaging lens, an aperture diaphragm; a first lens having a positive refractive power and having a convex surface on the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and having a concave surface on the object side; and a third lens having a meniscus shape having a convex surface on the object side in the vicinity of an optical axis thereof, each of the first lens, the second lens and the third lens having at least one aspherical surface, and the imaging lens satisfying the following conditional expressions. 0.9<|f2/f|<11??(1) 1.2<|f3/f|<100??(2) f represents a focal length of the imaging lens; f2 represents a focal length of the second lens; and f3 represents a focal length of the third lens.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventor: Minoru Taniyama
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Patent number: 7595939Abstract: An imaging lens includes first to third lenses G1 to G3 arranged in order from a object side. The first lens has a biconvex shape in a vicinity of an optical axis Z1. The second lens has a concave surface facing a object side. The second lens has a negative refractive power. The third lens has a positive or negative refractive power and has a meniscus shape containing, in a vicinity of the optical axis, a convex surface facing the object side. The following conditional expression is satisfied: 0.7<f1/f<1.3 0.2?D2/f<0.5 where f denotes a focal length of the entire system of the imaging lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens G1 and D2 denotes an interval on the optical axis Z1 between the first lens G1 and the second lens G2.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventors: Kenichi Sato, Minoru Taniyama
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Patent number: RE42642Abstract: An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power whose concave surface faces to the object; and a third lens having a positive refractive power and having a meniscus form that has a convex surface, facing to the object, in a portion at and around an optical axis of the imaging lens; wherein the first, second and third lenses have at least one aspheric surface, and wherein the imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions given below: 0.7<f1/f<1.3 ??(1) 0.3<D2/f<0.5 ??(2) 1.0<|f2/f|<3.0 ??(3) 1.2<f3/f<4.0 ??(4) where f: a focal length of an overall system, f1: a focal length of the first lens, f2: a focal length of the second lens, f3: a focal length of the third lens, and D2: a spacing, on the optical axis, between the first lens and the second lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventors: Kenichi Sato, Minoru Taniyama