Patents by Inventor Satoshi Miwa

Satoshi Miwa 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: 11971540
    Abstract: An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ndLZ+(0.01425×?dLZ)<2.12, and ?dLZ<35.0, where ndLZ: a refractive index of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?dLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Yamashita, Tomoki Ito, Hiroshi Yabumoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Satoshi Miwa, Keisuke Tsubonoya, Ayumu Makida, Takeru Uehara
  • Patent number: 11828611
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a package to a delivery destination using a moving body, including a person information acquiring unit that acquires person information that is information concerning a person located in a space in a vicinity of a storage portion included at the delivery destination; and a judging unit that judges whether delivery of the package to the delivery destination by the moving body is possible, based on the person information acquired by the person information acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Miwa, Satoshi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20230244066
    Abstract: An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ?dLZ<35.0, and 0.702<?gFLZ+(0.00316×?dLZ), where ?dLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?gFLZ: a partial dispersion ratio of the lens, wherein ?gFLZ is defined by the following expression, ?gFLZ=(ngLZ?nFLZ)/(nFLZ?nCLZ). wherein a refractive index of the lens with reference to g-line is ngLZ, a refractive index of the lens with reference to F-line is nFLZ, and a refractive index of the lens with reference to C-line is nCLZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Masashi YAMASHITA, Tomoki ITO, Hiroshi YABUMOTO, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Satoshi MIWA, Keisuke TSUBONOYA, Ayumu MAKIDA, Takeru UEHARA
  • Patent number: 11714292
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] There are provided an optical system having good imaging performance, an optical apparatus, and a method for manufacturing the optical system. [Solution] An optical system OL used in an optical apparatus, such as a camera 1, includes a diffractive optical element GD and at least one specific lens Lp, which is a lens made of crystalline glass. The specific lens Lp satisfies the condition expressed by the following expression: ?gFp+0.0017×?dp<0.730, where ?gFp represents partial dispersion ratio of a medium of the specific lens Lp, and ?dp represents the Abbe number of the medium of the specific lens Lp at a d line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Miwa, Hiroshi Yabumoto
  • Patent number: 11686926
    Abstract: An optical system (LS) Includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ?dLZ<35.0, and 0.702<?gFLZ+(0.00316×?dLZ), where ?dLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?gFLZ: a partial dispersion ratio of the lens, wherein ?gFLZ is defined by the following expression, ?gFLZ?(ngLZ?nFLZ)/(nFLZ?nCLZ). wherein a refractive index of the lens with reference to g-line is ngLZ, a refractive index of the lens with reference to F-line is nFLZ, and a refractive index of the lens with reference to C-line is nCLZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Yamashita, Tomoki Ito, Hiroshi Yabumoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Satoshi Miwa, Keisuke Tsubonoya, Ayumu Makida, Takeru Uehara
  • Publication number: 20230152556
    Abstract: An optical system used in an optical apparatus is configured to include a first lens group having positive refractive power, a focusing group that moves along an optical axis at focusing, and a rear group, in order from an object side, so that the first lens group includes a first-A lens group disposed on the object side of the largest air space A in the first lens group, and that all of the following conditional expressions are satisfied: 1.00<FNo×(TL/f)2<2.50 and 0.30<dA/dG1<0.85 where FNo is the f-number of the optical system focusing on infinity, TL is the total optical length of the optical system focusing on infinity, f is the focal length of the optical system focusing on infinity, dA is the length on the optical axis of the air space A, and dG1 is the length on the optical axis of the first lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Fumiaki OHTAKE, Satoshi MIWA, Atsuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20230143770
    Abstract: An optical system used in an optical apparatus, such as a camera 1, is configured to include a plurality of lens groups such that at focusing the distances between the lens groups are varied, that a final lens group disposed closest to an image side of the lens groups includes at least one lens surface having a pole, and that all of the following conditional expressions are satisfied: 0.020<Y/f<0.120??(1) 0.010<Bf/TL<0.150??(2) where Y is image height, f is the focal length of the optical system, TL is the total optical length of the optical system, and Bf is the back focus of the optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Mami MURATANI, Taku MATSUO, Satoshi MIWA, Yoko KOMATSUBARA, Akino KONDO
  • Patent number: 11526837
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a package to a delivery destination using a moving body, including a weather information acquiring unit that acquires weather information including information concerning weather at the delivery destination; and a judging unit that judges whether delivery of the package to the delivery destination by the moving body is possible, based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Miwa, Satoshi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20220334365
    Abstract: An optical system (LS) has an aperture stop (S), and a positive lens (L4) disposed closer to the object side than the aperture stop (S). The positive lens (L4) satisfies the following conditional expressions. ?0.010<ndP1?(2.015?0.0068×?dP1) 50.00<?dP1<65.00 0.545<?gFP1 ?0.010<?gFP1?(0.6418?0.00168×?dP1) where ndP1 is the refractive index to the d line of the positive lens, ?dP1 is the Abbe number with respect to the d line of the positive lens, and ?gFP1 is the partial dispersion ratio of the positive lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi YAMASHITA, Tomoki ITO, Tomonori KURIBAYASHI, Keigo KOIDA, Satoshi MIWA, Yoko KOMATSUBARA, Katsuya WATANABE, Azuna NONAKA, Ayumu MAKIDA
  • Publication number: 20220291489
    Abstract: An optical system (LS) has an aperture stop (S), and a negative lens (L73) disposed closer to the image side than the aperture stop (S) and satisfying the following conditional expressions. ?0.010<ndN2?(2.015?0.0068×?dN2), 50.00<?dN2<65.00, 0.545<?gFN2, ?0.010<?gFN2?(0.6418?0.00168×?dN2) where ndN2 is the refractive index to the d line of the negative lens, ?dN2 is the Abbe number with respect to the d line of the negative lens, and ?gFN2 is the partial dispersion ratio of the negative lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi YAMASHITA, Tomoki ITO, Tomonori KURIBAYASHI, Keigo KOIDA, Satoshi MIWA, Yoko KOMATSUBARA, Katsuya WATANABE, Azuna NONAKA, Ayumu MAKIDA
  • Publication number: 20220269056
    Abstract: This optical system (LS) has an aperture diaphragm (S) and a negative lens (L4) disposed closer to an object side than the aperture diaphragm (S) and satisfies the following conditional expression. ?0.010<ndN1?(2.015?0.0068×?dN1), 50.00<?dN1<65.00, 0.545<?gFN1, ?0.010<?gFN1?(0.6418?0.00168×?dN1). Where, ndN1 is a refractive index of the negative lens with respect to a d-line, vdN1 is an Abbe number of the negative lens based on the d-line, and ?gFN1 is a partial dispersion ratio of the negative lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi YAMASHITA, Tomoki ITO, Tomonori KURIBAYASHI, Keigo KOIDA, Satoshi MIWA, Yoko KOMATSUBARA, Katsuya WATANABE, Azuna NONAKA, Ayumu MAKIDA
  • Publication number: 20220269055
    Abstract: An optical system (LS) has a lens (L11) that satisfies the following conditional expressions. ?0.010<ndLZ?(2.015?0.0068×?dLZ) 50.00<?dLZ<65.00 0.545<?gFLZ ?0.010<?gFLZ?(0.6418?0.00168×?dLZ) where ndLZ is the refractive index to the d line of the lens, ?dLZ is the Abbe number with respect to the d line of the lens, and ?gFLZ is the partial dispersion ratio of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi YAMASHITA, Tomoki ITO, Tomonori KURIBAYASHI, Keigo KOIDA, Satoshi MIWA, Yoko KOMATSUBARA, Katsuya WATANABE, Azuna NONAKA, Ayumu MAKIDA
  • Publication number: 20220244502
    Abstract: An optical system and an optical apparatus that have favorable imaging performance and a method for manufacturing the optical system are provided. An optical system OL includes, sequentially from an object side, a front group G1 having positive refractive power and a focusing group G2 that performs focusing by moving in an optical axis direction, the front group G1 includes, sequentially from the object side, a first lens L11, a second lens L12, and a third lens L13, and the optical system OL satisfies a condition expressed by an expression below, 0.10<D23/f1<0.75 in the expression, f1: focal length of the front group G1, and D23: distance on an optical axis between the second lens L12 and the third lens L13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Yoko KOMATSUBARA, Toshinori TAKE, Masashi YAMASHITA, Satoshi MIWA
  • Publication number: 20220121020
    Abstract: A zoom optical system (ZL) comprises, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having a positive refractive power; and a second lens group (G2) having a negative refractive power, wherein upon zooming, a distance between the adjacent lens groups changes. The zoom optical system further comprises an aperture stop (S) disposed closer to an image than the second lens group (G2, and satisfies the following conditional expression: 0.10<Df/Dr<0.90 where Df: a distance to the aperture stop from a lens surface of the zoom optical system closest to an object in a wide angle end state, and Dr: a distance from the aperture stop to a lens surface of the zoom optical system closest to the image in the wide angle end state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Ayumu MAKIDA, Tomoki ITO, Satoshi MIWA
  • Publication number: 20220121021
    Abstract: A zoom optical system (ZL), comprises, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having a positive refractive power; a second lens group (G2) having a negative refractive power; a third lens group (G3) having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens group (G4) having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens group (G5); and a sixth lens group (G6). In the zoom optical system, upon zooming, a distance between the adjacent lens groups changes. The zoom optical system satisfies the following conditional expression. 1.00<Mv4/Mv3<3.00 where Mv3: an amount of movement of the third lens group upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state (a sign of the amount of movement toward an object is shown as +), and Mv4: an amount of movement of the fourth lens group upon zooming from the wide angle end state to the telephoto end state (the sign of the amount of movement toward an object is shown as +).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Ayumu MAKIDA, Tomoki ITO, Satoshi MIWA
  • Patent number: 11288717
    Abstract: In a vehicle utilization supporting system, a total charge calculation part calculates a total charge including a travel charge calculated by a travel charge calculation part and a predicted excess charge calculated by a predicted excess charge calculation part. In a case where a plurality of moving routes are extracted by a moving route extraction part, a moving route selection information provision part provides selection information of the moving routes based on the total charge for each moving route calculated by the total charge calculation part and predicted moving time for each moving route calculated by a predicted moving time calculation par.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Tanaka, Satoshi Miwa, Miyuki Shimota, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11143849
    Abstract: An optical system (OL) used for an optical apparatus such as a camera (1) includes a focusing group (Gf) that moves upon focusing, a diffractive optical element (GD) disposed on an object side of the focusing group (Gf) and a negative lens element (L1n) disposed on the object side of the diffractive optical element (GD). The optical system (OL) satisfies the following expressions 0.030<f/fpf<0.050 nd1n+0.006×?d1n<1.910 35<?d1n where, f: focal length of whole system in infinity focusing state fpf: focal length of diffractive optical element (GD) nd1n: refractive index of medium of negative lens element (L1n) on d-line ?d1n: Abbe number of medium of negative lens element (L1n) on d-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Miwa, Hiroshi Yabumoto
  • Publication number: 20210191112
    Abstract: An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ndLZ+(0.01425×?dLZ)<2.12, and 0.702<?gFLZ+(0.00316×?dL=), where ndL: a refractive index of the lens with reference to d-line, ?dLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?gFLZ: a partial dispersion ratio of the lens, wherein ?gFLZ is defined by the following expression, ?gFLZ=(ngLZ?nFLZ)/(nFLZ?nCLZ). wherein a refractive index of the lens with reference to g-line is ngLZ, a refractive index of the lens with reference to F-line is nFLZ, and a refractive index of the lens with reference to C-line is nCLZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi YAMASHITA, Tomoki ITO, Hiroshi YABUMOTO, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Satoshi MIWA, Keisuke TSUBONOYA, Ayumu MAKIDA, Takeru UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20210072520
    Abstract: An optical system (LS) Includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, vdLZ<35.0, and 0.702<?gFLZ+(0.00316×?dLZ), where vdLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?gFLZ: a partial dispersion ratio of the lens, wherein ?gFLZ is defined by the following expression, ?gFLZ?(ngLZ?nFLZ)/(nFLZ?nCLZ). wherein a refractive index of the lens with reference to g-line is ngLZ, a refractive index of the lens with reference to F-line is nFLZ, and a refractive index of the lens with reference to C-line is nCLZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi YAMASHITA, Tomoki ITO, Hiroshi YABUMOTO, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Satoshi MIWA, Keisuke TSUBONOYA, Ayumu MAKIDA, Takeru UEHARA
  • Patent number: 10939453
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a telematics control unit configured to communicate with a telematics server via a base station, a communication interface for communication with a wireless communication terminal connected to a cellular network, a first obtainment circuit configured to obtain a communication quality of a first communication path for connecting to the telematics server via the telematics control unit and the base station, a second obtainment circuit configured to obtain a communication quality of a second communication path for connecting to the telematics server via the communication interface, the wireless communication terminal, and the cellular network, and a selection circuit configured to select a communication path with a superior communication quality from among the first communication path and the second communication path based on the communication quality of the first communication path and the communication quality of the second communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Maeda, Satoshi Miwa, Naoko Imai, Yuto Ayami, Man chun Wu, Satoshi Onodera, Hiroyuki Hayashi