Patents by Inventor Takahiro Hatada
Takahiro Hatada 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).
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Patent number: 8988785Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear group including at least two lens units and having a positive refractive power as a whole, in order from an object side to an image side. An interval of each of the lens units changes in a zoom operation, the rear group includes a lens unit R having a positive refractive power at the most image side, the lens unit R includes a lens having a concave surface at the image side and having an aspherical surface shape where a negative refractive power becomes stronger with increasing distance from an optical axis, and focal lengths f1, fR, and fw of the first lens unit, the lens unit R, and a whole system at a wide-angle end, respectively, are appropriately set.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Publication number: 20140177339Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first string including a first number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner; and a second string including a second number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Elpida Memory, Inc.Inventors: Naoharu SHINOZAKI, Masao TAGUCHI, Takahiro HATADA, Satoru SUGIMOTO, Satoshi SAKURAKAWA
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Patent number: 8736971Abstract: 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, and a rear lens group including lens units and as a whole having a positive refractive power. Distances between the lens units change during zooming. The second lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens component and a cemented lens including a negative lens component and a positive lens component. The second lens unit includes at least five lens components. A focal length f1 of the first lens unit, a focal length f2 of the second lens unit, a refractive index Ndp of the positive lens component of the cemented lens, and a refractive index Ndn of the negative lens component of the cemented lens are set appropriately.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Publication number: 20130308041Abstract: An optical system (OL) includes a magnification conversion optical unit (EXT) configured to be insertable and removable at a position between an aperture stop (SP) and an image plane (IP) of the optical system in order to change a focal length of the optical system, a total lens length of the optical system is constant before and after insertion of the magnification conversion optical unit, and a length Lp on an optical axis from the aperture stop to the image plane of the optical system, and a length Le on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to an object side of the magnification conversion optical unit to the image plane when the magnification conversion optical unit is inserted are appropriately set.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Patent number: 8553459Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first string including a first number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner; and a second string including a second number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.Inventors: Naoharu Shinozaki, Masao Taguchi, Takahiro Hatada, Satoru Sugimoto, Satoshi Sakurakawa
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Patent number: 8467135Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear group including at least two lens units and having a positive refractive power as a whole, in order from an object side to an image side. An interval of each of the lens units changes in a zoom operation, the rear group includes a lens unit R having a positive refractive power at the most image side, the lens unit R includes a lens having a concave surface at the image side and having an aspherical surface shape where a negative refractive power becomes stronger with increasing distance from an optical axis, and focal lengths f1, fR, and fw of the first lens unit, the lens unit R, and a whole system at a wide-angle end, respectively, are appropriately set.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Publication number: 20110261622Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first string including a first number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner; and a second string including a second number of memory cells connected in series each storing therein information in a nonvolatile manner, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: Elpida Memory, Inc.Inventors: Naoharu Shinozaki, Masao Taguchi, Takahiro Hatada, Satoru Sugimoto, Satoshi Sakurakawa
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Patent number: 7944625Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the optical system, the first lens unit includes at least one positive lens made of a material whose Abbe number (?dGP) and relative partial dispersion (?gFGP) satisfy a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Publication number: 20100302648Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear group including at least two lens units and having a positive refractive power as a whole, in order from an object side to an image side. An interval of each of the lens units changes in a zoom operation, the rear group includes a lens unit R having a positive refractive power at the most image side, the lens unit R includes a lens having a concave surface at the image side and having an aspherical surface shape where a negative refractive power becomes stronger with increasing distance from an optical axis, and focal lengths f1, fR, and fw of the first lens unit, the lens unit R, and a whole system at a wide-angle end, respectively, are appropriately set.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Patent number: 7715117Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit includes a front lens unit, a stop, and a rear lens unit. The front lens unit includes a biconvex positive lens located closest to the image side. A back focus during focusing on an infinitely-distant object point (BF), a focal length of the entire optical system (f), a focal length of the positive lens of the front lens unit located closest to the image side (fp), a focal length of the front lens unit (f2a), a refractive power of a surface of the rear lens unit located closest to the object side (?f), and a refractive power of the entire optical system (?) satisfy the following conditions: 1.0<BF/f<3.0 0.1<fp/f2a<0.5 0.7<|?f/?|<1.5.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Publication number: 20100033848Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the optical system, the first lens unit includes at least one positive lens made of a material whose Abbe number (?dGP) and relative partial dispersion (?gFGP) satisfy a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Patent number: 7532412Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from object to image sides, first and second lens units having positive and negative refractive power, respectively, and a rear lens group including at least one lens unit having positive refractive power. The rear lens group includes a lens unit IS having negative refractive power and movable in a direction having a component perpendicular to an optical axis so as to displace an imaging position, and a lens unit R_IS having positive refractive power and arranged on the image side of the lens unit IS. The distance between the lens units IS and R_IS is varied during zooming. The following conditions are satisfied: 0.05<|fIS/fT|<0.18 2.0<f1/fR—IS<4.5 where fIS, fT, f1, and fR_IS are focal lengths of the lens unit IS, entire zoom lens at a telephoto end, first lens unit, and lens unit R_IS, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Publication number: 20090109551Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit includes a front lens unit, a stop, and a rear lens unit. The front lens unit includes a biconvex positive lens located closest to the image side. A back focus during focusing on an infinitely-distant object point (BF), a focal length of the entire optical system (f), a focal length of the positive lens of the front lens unit located closest to the image side (fp), a focal length of the front lens unit (f2a), a refractive power of a surface of the rear lens unit located closest to the object side (?f), and a refractive power of the entire optical system (?) satisfy the following conditions: 1.0<BF/f<3.0 0.1<fp/f2a<0.5 0.7<|?f/?|<1.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Patent number: 7471462Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit and the third lens unit move in the optical axis direction during zooming. The following conditions are satisfied: 0.60<m3/m1<0.90, and 0.080<|f2/ft|<0.120, where m1 and m3 are maximum moving distances in the optical axis direction of the first lens unit and the third lens unit, respectively, during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, ft is a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Publication number: 20080212206Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from object to image sides, first and second lens units having positive and negative refractive power, respectively, and a rear lens group including at least one lens unit having positive refractive power. The rear lens group includes a lens unit IS having negative refractive power and movable in a direction having a component perpendicular to an optical axis so as to displace an imaging position, and a lens unit R_IS having positive refractive power and arranged on the image side of the lens unit IS. The distance between the lens units IS and R_IS is varied during zooming. The following conditions are satisfied: 0.05<|fIS/fT|<0.18 2.0<f1/fR_IS<4.5 where fIS, fT, f1, and fR_IS are focal lengths of the lens unit IS, entire zoom lens at a telephoto end, first lens unit, and lens unit R_IS, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Hatada
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Publication number: 20080112063Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit and the third lens unit move in the optical axis direction during zooming. The following conditions are satisfied: 0.60<m3/m1<0.90, and 0.080<|f2/ft|<0.120, where m1 and m3 are maximum moving distances in the optical axis direction of the first lens unit and the third lens unit, respectively, during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, ft is a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Hatada