Patents by Inventor Miwako Yoshida

Miwako Yoshida 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: 20210093194
    Abstract: The ophthalmic optical system is configured to apply an angular scanning light ray to an eye. M=|?out/?in| is defined, where ?in represents an angle between an incident light ray to the ophthalmic optical system and an optical axis of the ophthalmic optical system, and ?out represents an angle between an exiting light ray exiting from the ophthalmic optical system toward the eye and the optical axis. The ophthalmic optical system satisfies a conditional expression Mpar<Mmax, where Mpar represents M in a case that the incident light ray is a paraxial ray, Mmax represents M in a case that the incident light ray is a ray of a maximum angle of win.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: NIKON CORPORATION, OPTOS PLC
    Inventors: Gonzalo MUYO, Alistair GORMAN, David M. WILLIAMSON, Makoto FUJIMOTO, Yasufumi NISHI, Azuna NONAKA, Katsuya WATANABE, Miwako YOSHIDA, Kyoya TOKUNAGA, Masahiro MIZUTA
  • Patent number: 10890746
    Abstract: A microscope objective lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, and is configured such that the first lens group includes, on the most object side, a positive meniscus lens whose concave surface is directed to the object side, such that the second lens group includes a diffractive optical element having positive refractive power, and such that the diffractive optical element is arranged at a position closer to the image than a portion at which the diameter of a light flux passing through the first lens group and the second lens group is the larges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miwako Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180239122
    Abstract: A microscope objective lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, and is configured such that the first lens group includes, on the most object side, a positive meniscus lens whose concave surface is directed to the object side, such that the second lens group includes a diffractive optical element having positive refractive power, and such that the diffractive optical element is arranged at a position closer to the image than a portion at which the diameter of a light flux passing through the first lens group and the second lens group is the largest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miwako YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9958659
    Abstract: A microscope objective lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, and is configured such that the first lens group includes, on the most object side, a positive meniscus lens whose concave surface is directed to the object side, such that the second lens group includes a diffractive optical element having positive refractive power, and such that the diffractive optical element is arranged at a position closer to the image than a portion at which the diameter of a light flux passing through the first lens group and the second lens group is the largest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miwako Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180045921
    Abstract: An imaging lens (PL) has an image surface (I) curved to have a concave surface facing an object and consists of, in order from the object along an optical axis (Ax): a front group (Ga) including four lenses (L1 to L4); and a back group (Gb) including a single lens (L5). The following conditional expression is satisfied. 0.25<Dab/TL<0.50 0.30<La/TL<0.55 where, Dab denotes a distance between the front group (Ga) and the back group (Gb) on the optical axis, La denotes a length of the front group (Ga) on the optical axis, and TL denotes a total length of the imaging lens (PL) (a distance between a vertex of a lens surface closest to the object and an axial image point corresponding to an infinite distant object).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Masato KUMAZAWA, Katsuya WATANABE, Miwako YOSHIDA, Junya HAGIWARA, Takashi KUSAKA, Atsushi SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20170023783
    Abstract: A microscope objective lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, and is configured such that the first lens group includes, on the most object side, a positive meniscus lens whose concave surface is directed to the object side, such that the second lens group includes a diffractive optical element having positive refractive power, and such that the diffractive optical element is arranged at a position closer to the image than a portion at which the diameter of a light flux passing through the first lens group and the second lens group is the larges
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miwako YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9341832
    Abstract: A microscope objective lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having negative refractive power, and is configured such that the first lens group includes, on the most object side, a positive meniscus lens whose concave surface is directed to the object side, such that the second lens group includes a diffractive optical element having positive refractive power, and such that the diffractive optical element is arranged at a position closer to the image than a portion at which the diameter of a light flux passing through the first lens group and the second lens group is the largest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miwako Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9030750
    Abstract: An objective lens OL comprises: a first lens group G1 disposed on an object side, having positive refractive power as a whole and having a positive lens (plano-convex lens L1) which is disposed closest to the object and of which lens surface closest to the object is a plane or a surface having a low curvature, and at least one cemented lens (cemented lens CL12 or the like); a second lens group G2 disposed on an image side, having negative refractive power as a whole, and having a concave surface facing the image and a concave surface facing the object, which face each other; and a diffractive optical element GD in which two diffractive element constituents made from different optical materials are cemented, which has a diffractive optical surface D formed with diffraction grating grooves on the cemented surface, and which is disposed closer to the object than a position where a principal ray crosses the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Miwako Yoshida, Akiko Miyakawa
  • Patent number: 9001420
    Abstract: Provided is a microscope optical system in which the occurrence of flare due to unnecessary-order diffracted light exited from a diffractive optical element is suppressed. A microscope objective lens MS is configured by including an objective lens OL which has a diffractive optical element GD and converts light from an object into a substantially parallel light flux, and a second objective lens IL which forms an image of the object by focusing the substantially parallel light flux from the objective lens OL, and is configured such that, in case where an m-th order of diffracted light from the diffractive optical element GD is used for the image formation, the following expression is satisfied: |?|>tan?1(0.06/D) when the light of a maximum NA emitted from the object located on an optical axis enters the diffractive optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori Mukai, Miwako Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20110090565
    Abstract: An objective lens OL comprises: a first lens group G1 disposed on an object side, having positive refractive power as a whole and having a positive lens (plano-convex lens L1) which is disposed closest to the object and of which lens surface closest to the object is a plane or a surface having a low curvature, and at least one cemented lens (cemented lens CL12 or the like); a second lens group G2 disposed on an image side, having negative refractive power as a whole, and having a concave surface facing the image and a concave surface facing the object, which face each other; and a diffractive optical element GD in which two diffractive element constituents made from different optical materials are cemented, which has a diffractive optical surface D formed with diffraction grating grooves on the cemented surface, and which is disposed closer to the object than a position where a principal ray crosses the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miwako YOSHIDA, Akiko Miyakawa
  • Patent number: 7889433
    Abstract: An immersion type microscope objective lens OL includes, in order from a cover plate C side, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, and a third lens group G3 having negative refractive power. The first lens group G1 includes at least one cemented lens. The second lens group G2 includes at least two achromatic lenses. The third lens group G3 includes, in order from the object side, an achromatic lens CL31 having a strong concave surface facing an image side, and an achromatic lens CL32 having a strong concave surface facing the object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Miwako Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7848027
    Abstract: An objective lens OL includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, a diffractive optical element GD forming a diffractive optical surface D thereon, and a third lens group G3 having negative refractive power. The first lens group G1 includes at least one cemented lens and the most object side surface thereof forms a concave surface facing the object. The second lens group G2 includes at least one cemented lens. The third lens group G3 includes at least one cemented negative lens. In the objective lens OL, a principal ray crosses an optical axis between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3, and in the diffractive optical element GD, the diffractive optical surface D is disposed in the vicinity of the position where the principal ray crosses the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Miwako Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100202062
    Abstract: An immersion type microscope objective lens OL includes, in order from a cover plate C side, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, and a third lens group G3 having negative refractive power. The first lens group G1 includes at least one cemented lens. The second lens group G2 includes at least two achromatic lenses. The third lens group G3 includes, in order from the object side, an achromatic lens CL31 having a strong concave surface facing an image side, and an achromatic lens CL32 having a strong concave surface facing the object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: Miwako YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20100172034
    Abstract: An objective lens OL includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, a diffractive optical element GD forming a diffractive optical surface D thereon, and a third lens group G3 having negative refractive power. The first lens group G1 includes at least one cemented lens and the most object side surface thereof forms a concave surface facing the object. The second lens group G2 includes at least one cemented lens. The third lens group G3 includes at least one cemented negative lens. In the objective lens OL, a principal ray crosses an optical axis between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3, and in the diffractive optical element GD, the diffractive optical surface D is disposed in the vicinity of the position where the principal ray crosses the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Miwako YOSHIDA