Patents by Inventor Ryoko Otomo

Ryoko Otomo 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: 10139590
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging lens, which has a small F number and in which various aberrations are satisfactorily corrected, and an imaging apparatus including the imaging lens. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens that has a biconcave shape; a second lens that is convex toward an image side and has a positive refractive power; a third lens that has a biconvex shape; a fourth lens that has a negative refractive power; a fifth lens that has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power. Assuming that L1f and L1r are paraxial radii of curvature of an object side surface and an image side surface of the first lens, Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied. 0.1<(L1f+L1r)/(L1f?L1r)<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoko Otomo, Michio Cho
  • Publication number: 20180088301
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging lens, which has a small F number and in which various aberrations are satisfactorily corrected, and an imaging apparatus including the imaging lens. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens that has a biconcave shape; a second lens that is convex toward an image side and has a positive refractive power; a third lens that has a biconvex shape; a fourth lens that has a negative refractive power; a fifth lens that has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power. Assuming that L1f and L1r are paraxial radii of curvature of an object side surface and an image side surface of the first lens, Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied. 0.1<(L1f+L1r)/(L1f?L1r)<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoko OTOMO, Michio CHO
  • Patent number: 9274313
    Abstract: An imaging lens is composed of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, an aperture stop, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens disposed in order from the object side. The fourth and the fifth lens are cemented with an interface which is convex on the object side and has an aspherical shape. If the radius of curvature is taken as R9 and the focal length of the entire system is taken as f, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 1.0<R9/f??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Mori, Ryoko Otomo
  • Patent number: 9261674
    Abstract: An imaging lens is composed of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, an aperture stop, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens disposed in order from the object side. The fourth and the fifth lens are cemented with an interface which is convex on the object side and has an aspherical shape. If the radius of curvature is taken as R9 and the focal length of the entire system is taken as f, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 1.0<R9/f??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Mori, Ryoko Otomo
  • Patent number: 9182571
    Abstract: An imaging lens is composed of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, an aperture stop, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens disposed in order from the object side. The fourth and the fifth lens are cemented with an interface which is convex on the object side and has an aspherical shape. If the radius of curvature is taken as R9 and the focal length of the entire system is taken as f, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 1.0<R9/f??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Mori, Ryoko Otomo
  • Publication number: 20150316746
    Abstract: An imaging lens is composed of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, an aperture stop, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens disposed in order from the object side. The fourth and the fifth lens are cemented with an interface which is convex on the object side and has an aspherical shape. If the radius of curvature is taken as R9 and the focal length of the entire system is taken as f, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Masao MORI, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20150316747
    Abstract: An imaging lens is composed of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, an aperture stop, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens disposed in order from the object side. The fourth and the fifth lens are cemented with an interface which is convex on the object side and has an aspherical shape. If the radius of curvature is taken as R9 and the focal length of the entire system is taken as f, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Masao MORI, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Patent number: 9176304
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. When a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens is R8, and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens is R9, and an Abbe number of the material of the third lens for d-line is ?d3, and an Abbe number of the material of the fifth lens for d-line is ?d5, the following conditional formulas (1) and (6) are satisfied: ?0.61<(R8+R9)/(R8?R9)<0.44 ??(1); and 38.1<?d3+?d5<45.1 ??(6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro Asami, Toshiaki Katsuma, Toru Ito, Masato Kondo, Ryoko Otomo
  • Patent number: 9170404
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. When a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens is R8, and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens is R9, and an Abbe number of the material of the third lens for d-line is ?d3, and an Abbe number of the material of the fifth lens for d-line is ?d5, the following conditional formulas (1) and (6) are satisfied: ?0.61<(R8+R9)/(R8?R9)<0.44??(1); and 38.1<?d3+?d5<45.1??(6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro Asami, Toshiaki Katsuma, Toru Ito, Masato Kondo, Ryoko Otomo
  • Publication number: 20150205074
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. When a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens is R8, and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens is R9, and an Abbe number of the material of the third lens for d-line is ?d3, and an Abbe number of the material of the fifth lens for d-line is ?d5, the following conditional formulas (1) and (6) are satisfied: ?0.61<(R8+R9)/(R8?R9)<0.44??(1); and 38.1<?d3+?d5<45.1??(6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO, Masato KONDO, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20150205075
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. When a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens is R8, and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens is R9, and an Abbe number of the material of the third lens for d-line is ?d3, and an Abbe number of the material of the fifth lens for d-line is ?d5, the following conditional formulas (1) and (6) are satisfied: ?0.61<(R8+R9)/(R8?R9)<0.44 ??(1); and 38.1<?d3+?d5<45.1 ??(6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO, Masato KONDO, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Patent number: 9030764
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. When a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens is R8, and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens is R9, and an Abbe number of the material of the third lens for d-line is ?d3, and an Abbe number of the material of the fifth lens for d-line is ?d5, the following conditional formulas (1) and (6) are satisfied: ?0.61<(R8+R9)/(R8?R9)<0.44??(1); and 38.1<?d3+?d5<45.1??(6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Asami, Toshiaki Katsuma, Toru Ito, Masato Kondo, Ryoko Otomo
  • Patent number: 9019634
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. An object-side surface of the second lens is concave, and an object-side surface of the third lens is concave. A predetermined conditional formula about a combined focal length of the fourth lens and the fifth lens is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Asami, Toshiaki Katsuma, Toru Ito, Masato Kondo, Ryoko Otomo
  • Publication number: 20140340767
    Abstract: An imaging lens is composed of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, an aperture stop, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens disposed in order from the object side. The fourth and the fifth lens are cemented with an interface which is convex on the object side and has an aspherical shape. If the radius of curvature is taken as R9 and the focal length of the entire system is taken as f, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masao MORI, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20140204477
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. An object-side surface of the second lens is concave, and an object-side surface of the third lens is concave. A predetermined conditional formula about a combined focal length of the fourth lens and the fifth lens is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO, Masato KONDO, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20140204478
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. When a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens is R8, and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens is R9, and an Abbe number of the material of the third lens for d-line is ?d3, and an Abbe number of the material of the fifth lens for d-line is ?d5, the following conditional formulas (1) and (6) are satisfied: ?0.61<(R8+R9)/(R8?R9)<0.44??(1); and 38.1<?d3+?d5<45.1??(6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO, Masato KONDO, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Patent number: 8345323
    Abstract: Provided is a fast image reading lens system capable of achieving compactness and satisfactorily correcting various aberrations. The image reading lens system includes, in order from an object side: a positive first lens of which a convex surface faces toward the object side; a second lens formed as a biconcave lens; a third lens formed as a biconvex lens; a positive fourth lens of which a convex surface faces toward an image side; and a negative fifth lens of which a convex surface faces toward the image side. Assuming that a focal length of the whole lens system is f, a focal length of the fourth lens is f4, and a space between an image side surface of the fourth lens and an object side surface of the fifth lens on an optical axis is D8, the lens system satisfies the following conditional expressions: 0.06<D8/f<0.16, and 0.77<f4/f<1.81.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoko Otomo
  • Patent number: 8248715
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes, in order from the object side, a front group having a negative power, a stop, and a rear group having a positive power. The front group includes, in order from the object side, a first negative lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface on an image side, a second negative lens, and a third positive lens. The rear group includes, in order from the object side, a fourth positive lens, a fifth negative lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface on the object side, and a sixth positive lens. An Abbe number of each of the first lens, the second lens, the fourth lens, and the sixth lens at the d-line is equal to or larger than 40, and an Abbe number of each of the third lens and the fifth lens at the d-line is equal to or smaller than 40. Each lens constituting the front group and the rear group is a single lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Asami, Ryoko Otomo
  • Publication number: 20100328730
    Abstract: Provided is a fast image reading lens system capable of achieving compactness and satisfactorily correcting various aberrations. The image reading lens system includes, in order from an object side: a positive first lens of which a convex surface faces toward the object side; a second lens formed as a biconcave lens; a third lens formed as a biconvex lens; a positive fourth lens of which a convex surface faces toward an image side; and a negative fifth lens of which a convex surface faces toward the image side. Assuming that a focal length of the whole lens system is f, a focal length of the fourth lens is f4, and a space between an image side surface of the fourth lens and an object side surface of the fifth lens on an optical axis is D8, the lens system satisfies the following conditional expressions: 0.06<D8/f<0.16, and 0.77<f4/f<1.81.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Ryoko OTOMO
  • Patent number: 7843652
    Abstract: A wide-angle imaging lens is provided and includes: a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens in this order from the object side. The first lens is a negative meniscus and has a convex surface on the object side; the second lens, at least one surface of which is an aspherical surface; and the third lens is a positive lens and has a convex surface on the image side and at least one surface of the third lens is an aspherical surface. The first len is made of a material having an Abbe number of 40 or more and the third lens is made of a material having an Abbe number of 50 or more. An aperture stop is disposed between the second lens and the third lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Fujinon Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Asami, Ryoko Otomo