Patents by Inventor Shunji Iwamoto

Shunji Iwamoto 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: 20240061224
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear unit having a plurality of lens units, and distances change between adjacent lens units during zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20240061225
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative power, and a rear unit having a positive refractive power as a whole and including one or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit includes a first subunit having a positive refractive power and a second subunit disposed on the image side of the first subunit. The first subunit includes a first positive lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among lenses included in the first subunit. The second subunit includes a second positive lens and a first negative lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among negative lenses included in the second subunit. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20240053591
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, and a rear group including at least four lens units that move during zooming. Distances between adjacent lens units change during zooming. The first lens unit is fixed relative to an image plane during zooming and during focusing. The first lens unit includes at least three lenses having positive refractive powers. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Shunji IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11860348
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative power, and a rear unit having a positive refractive power as a whole and including one or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit includes a first subunit having a positive refractive power and a second subunit disposed on the image side of the first subunit. The first subunit includes a first positive lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among lenses included in the first subunit. The second subunit includes a second positive lens and a first negative lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among negative lenses included in the second subunit. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11841489
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear unit having a plurality of lens units, and distances change between adjacent lens units during zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20230384570
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from an object side to an image side, a front lens unit, intermediate and rear groups. The front lens unit has positive refractive power. The intermediate group includes a plurality of lens units and has a negative combined focal length at a wide-angle end. The rear group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first rear lens unit having positive refractive power, a second rear lens unit having negative refractive power, and a third rear lens unit having positive refractive power, and a fourth rear lens unit having negative refractive power. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. During zooming, the front lens unit, the first rear lens unit, and the third rear lens unit are fixed relative to an image plane. During focusing, the second rear lens unit moves relative to the image plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Shunji IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230305277
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units. The zoom lens includes an aperture stop. The rear lens group includes a focus lens unit having negative refractive power that is moved to an image side in focusing from an infinite to a close distance and at least one lens unit arranged on the image side of the focus lens unit. The first lens unit includes three or more negative lenses. The focus lens unit includes a cemented lens or a single lens. The zoom lens satisfies a predetermined inequality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki Ebe, Shunji Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20230266583
    Abstract: An optical system includes a plurality of lens units. The lens units consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, a third lens unit, a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit. During focusing, the first lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fifth lens unit are fixed, and the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move. The second lens unit consists of one lens component. The third lens unit includes at least one positive lens and one negative lens. The fourth lens unit includes at least two positive lenses and one negative lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Shunji IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230213734
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive or negative refractive power, a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having negative refractive power. During focusing from infinity to the shortest distance, the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move, the first lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fifth lens unit do not move. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: SHUNJI IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230139677
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and two or more additional lens units. In zooming, the first lens unit moves, and an interval between adjacent lens units changes. The refractive index of a negative lens A disposed on a most object side of negative lenses included in the first lens unit is higher than or equal to 1.89, and the negative lens A and a lens B disposed adjacent to an image side of the negative lens A satisfy a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki Ebe, Shunji Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20230010047
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. During image stabilization, the second lens unit is moved in a direction including a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system, and the first lens unit and the third lens unit are fixed. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11513313
    Abstract: The lens apparatus includes an optical system, a voltage transformation unit, and an actuator. A first lens unit of the optical system is moved toward the object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The voltage transformation unit includes coils. The actuator is configured to be driven by a voltage output from the voltage transformation unit and to move a part of the lens units in the optical system during focusing. The coil is disposed at a position that is separated from a position of a most object-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end, toward the image side by a maximum or more moving amount of the first lens unit, and is closer to the object side than a most image-side surface of the optical system at the wide-angle end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Sakai, Tadanori Okada, Shunji Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11448862
    Abstract: A zoom lens L0 includes a first lens unit L1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit L2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit L3 having a positive refractive power, an intermediate lens group LM including a plurality of lens units, and a last lens unit LR having a negative refractive power. An interval between the adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The zoom lens L0 includes an aperture stop SP. The intermediate lens group LM includes a negative lens unit LN having a negative refractive power. Both the negative lens unit LN and the last lens unit LR move to an object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens L0 satisfies predetermined conditional inequalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Shunji Iwamoto, Masato Katayose
  • Patent number: 11307382
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, and a second lens unit having negative refractive power, wherein the first lens unit moves and the second lens unit does not move during focusing, wherein the first lens unit includes a positive lens arranged closest on the object side of the first lens unit, wherein the second lens unit includes three or more lenses including at least two negative lenses, wherein the first lens unit consists of a first subunit having positive refractive power, a second subunit having negative refractive power, and a third subunit having positive refractive power arranged in order from the object side to the image side, and wherein predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11300763
    Abstract: An optical system includes one or more positive lenses and one or more negative lenses. The first positive lens is a positive lens disposed closest to an object among the one or more positive lenses. The first negative lens is a negative lens that is disposed on an image side of the first positive lens and disposed closest to the object among the one or more negative lenses. At least one of an object side surface and an image side surface of the first positive lens is an aspherical surface. At this time, a relationship between a total lens length of the optical system L0, a focal length of the optical system L0, and a distance Dpn on an optical axis from the image side surface of the first positive lens to an object side surface of the first negative lens is defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20220043243
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear unit having a plurality of lens units, and distances change between adjacent lens units during zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20220035144
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative power, and a rear unit having a positive refractive power as a whole and including one or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit includes a first subunit having a positive refractive power and a second subunit disposed on the image side of the first subunit. The first subunit includes a first positive lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among lenses included in the first subunit. The second subunit includes a second positive lens and a first negative lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among negative lenses included in the second subunit. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11181717
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. The second lens unit moves during focusing and a distance between adjacent lens units changes. The second lens unit includes a cemented lens closest to an object. The cemented lens includes a positive lens and a negative lens disposed on the image side of the positive lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11131829
    Abstract: The zoom lens according to the present invention includes a plurality of lens units consisting of front and rear groups having negative and positive refractive powers at a wide angle end (WAE), respectively. An interval between front and rear groups on an optical axis is longest among all intervals between adjacent ones of plurality of lens units at WAE. The rear group is disposed at an image side of front group and includes a plurality of lens units including a negative lens unit LN (LULN) disposed closest to image side. The LULN includes negative and positive lenses disposed closest to object and image sides in LULN, respectively. A focal length of LULN, a focal length of zoom lens at WAE, a distance on optical axis between a lens surface closest to object side and that closest to image side in LULN, and a back focus at WAE are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20210096342
    Abstract: A zoom lens L0 includes a first lens unit L1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit L2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit L3 having a positive refractive power, an intermediate lens group LM including a plurality of lens units, and a last lens unit LR having a negative refractive power. An interval between the adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The zoom lens L0 includes an aperture stop SP. The intermediate lens group LM includes a negative lens unit LN having a negative refractive power. Both the negative lens unit LN and the last lens unit LR move to an object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens L0 satisfies predetermined conditional inequalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Shunji Iwamoto, Masato Katayose