Patents by Inventor Nobumasa Kambayashi

Nobumasa Kambayashi 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: 7274516
    Abstract: To obtain a high imaging performance even for a relatively long focal length in a zoom lens provided with an optical-path bending member for bending an optical path. The following are included: a first group of lenses G1 having a positive refracting power, a second group of lenses G2 having a negative refracting power, a third group of lenses G3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth group of lenses G4 having a positive refracting power arranged in that order from the object side to the image surface side. Zooming is performed by moving the second group of lenses G2 and fourth group of lenses G4 along an optical axis. The first group of lenses G1 is constituted of a group of positive lenses L1 having a positive refracting power and an optical-path bending member L2 for bending an optical path arranged in that order from the object side to the image face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Taro Kushida, Nobumasa Kambayashi, Shinji Miyahara
  • Patent number: 7239457
    Abstract: There is provided a wide angle lens system configured to obtain excellent image forming performance even in a half field angle region of 40 degrees to 50 degrees. A wide angle lens system is constituted of a first lens having a negative refractive power, a light path bending member having no refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, an aperture which adjusts a light amount, a first cemented lens formed by cementing a third lens having a positive refractive power and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and an optically equivalent member which functions as a faceplate of an optical low-pass filter and a solid state imaging element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Taro Kushida, Nobumasa Kambayashi
  • Publication number: 20070115560
    Abstract: To obtain a high imaging performance even for a relatively long focal length in a zoom lens provided with an optical-path bending member for bending an optical path. The following are included: a first group of lenses G1 having a positive refracting power, a second group of lenses G2 having a negative refracting power, a third group of lenses G3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth group of lenses G4 having a positive refracting power arranged in that order from the object side to the image surface side. Zooming is performed by moving the second group of lenses G2 and fourth group of lenses G4 along an optical axis. The first group of lenses G1 is constituted of a group of positive lenses L1 having a positive refracting power and an optical-path bending member L2 for bending an optical path arranged in that order from the object side to the image face side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Taro Kushida, Nobumasa Kambayashi, Shinji Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20070024992
    Abstract: There is provided a wide angle lens system configured to obtain excellent image forming performance even in a half field angle region of 40 degrees to 50 degrees. A wide angle lens system is constituted of a first lens having a negative refractive power, a light path bending member having no refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, an aperture which adjusts a light amount, a first cemented lens formed by cementing a third lens having a positive refractive power and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and an optically equivalent member which functions as a faceplate of an optical low-pass filter and a solid state imaging element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Taro Kushida, Nobumasa Kambayashi