Patents by Inventor Takakazu Bito
Takakazu Bito 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: 8675100Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, a fourth lens unit having negative optical power, and a fifth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the third lens unit includes at least one lens element having positive optical power and at least one lens element having negative optical power, at least the first to third lens units are moved along an optical axis in zooming so that air spaces between the respective lens units vary, thereby performing magnification change, a lens unit positioned on the image side relative to an aperture diaphragm is moved along the optical axis in focusing, and the conditions: 8.1<fG1/Ir<10.4 and Z=fT/fW?9.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yasunori Touchi, Takakazu Bito, Shinji Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 8610798Abstract: A zoom lens system comprises: a negative first lens unit being composed of two lens elements; a positive second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, wherein the lens units are moved such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases in zooming, so that magnification change is achieved, wherein the first lens unit is composed of a negative first lens element and a positive second lens element, and wherein the condition is satisfied: 0.50<fL2/fT<1.00 where, Z=fT/fW>4.0, ?W>35, fL2: a focal length of the second lens element, fT, fW: focal lengths of the entire system at a telephoto limit, a wide-angle limit, ?W: a half view angle at a wide-angle limit.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 8576492Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; and one or more subsequent lens units, wherein in zooming, the first to third lens units are moved along an optical axis to perform magnification change, a lens unit ? which is one of the subsequent lens units does not move during zooming, but moves during transition from an imaging state to an accommodated state, and the conditions: 0.8<LT/fT<1.2, 0.12<D?/fG?<0.30 and fT/fW>9.0 (LT: overall length of lens system at a telephoto limit, D?: axial air-equivalent length between a most image side surface of the lens unit ? and an image surface, fG?: focal length of the lens unit ?, fW and fT: focal lengths of the entire system at a wide-angle limit and a telephoto limit) are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 8559116Abstract: A zoom lens system of the present invention has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power and composed of two lens elements; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming, the lens units are moved such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit should decrease and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit should increase, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein the condition is satisfied: 2.50<tan(?W)×Z<6.00 where, Z=fT/fW>4.0, ?W>35, fT, fW: focal lengths of the entire system at a telephoto limit, a wide-angle limit, ?W: a half value of maximum view angle at a wide-angle limit.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takakazu Bito, Keiki Yoshitsugu
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Patent number: 8542446Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; a fourth lens unit; and an aperture diaphragm provided between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit, wherein in zooming, the first to third lens units are moved along an optical axis to perform magnification change, the third lens unit includes two or more lens elements and one or more inter-lens-element air spaces, and the conditions: ?7.0<f1/f2<?4.0 and fT/fW>9.0 (f1 and f2: composite focal lengths of the first and second lens units, fW and fT: focal lengths of the entire system at a wide-angle limit and a telephoto limit) are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 8432616Abstract: A zoom lens system has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a negative first lens unit being composed of two lens elements; a positive second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, the individual lens units are moved along an optical axis such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 8427756Abstract: A zoom lens system has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a negative first lens unit being composed of two lens elements; a positive second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, the individual lens units are moved along an optical axis such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 8395848Abstract: A zoom lens system of the present invention has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power and composed of two lens elements; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming, at least the first lens unit and the second lens unit move along an optical axis, on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming, the second lens unit is, in order from the object side to the image side, composed of a first cemented lens element by cementing two lens elements and a second cemented lens element by cementing two lens elements, and the condition is satisfied: 2.00<fG2a/fG2b<3.00 where, fG2a, fG2b: focal lengths of the first and second cemented lens elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 8379114Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, a fourth lens unit having negative optical power, and a fifth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the third lens unit includes at least one lens element having positive optical power and at least one lens element having negative optical power, at least the first to third lens units are moved along an optical axis in zooming so that air spaces between the respective lens units vary, thereby performing magnification change, a lens unit positioned on the image side relative to an aperture diaphragm is moved along the optical axis in focusing, and the conditions: 4.0<D/Ir<5.3 and Z=fT/fW?9.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yasunori Touchi, Takakazu Bito, Shinji Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20130027586Abstract: A zoom lens system has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a negative first lens unit being composed of two lens elements; a positive second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, the individual lens units are moved along an optical axis such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito
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Publication number: 20130027605Abstract: A zoom lens system has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a negative first lens unit being composed of two lens elements; a positive second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, the individual lens units are moved along an optical axis such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito
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Publication number: 20130021501Abstract: A zoom lens system comprises: a negative first lens unit being composed of two lens elements; a positive second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, wherein the lens units are moved such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases in zooming, so that magnification change is achieved, wherein the first lens unit is composed of a negative first lens element and a positive second lens element, and wherein the condition is satisfied: 0.50<fL2/fT<1.00 where, Z=fT/fW>4.0, ?w>35, fL2: a focal length of the second lens element, fT, fW: focal lengths of the entire system at a telephoto limit, a wide-angle limit, ?w: a half view angle at a wide-angle limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito
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Publication number: 20130002934Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; and one or more subsequent lens units, wherein in zooming, the first to third lens units are moved along an optical axis to perform magnification change, a lens unit ? which is one of the subsequent lens units does not move during zooming, but moves during transition from an imaging state to an accommodated state, and the conditions: 0.8<LT/fT<1.2, 0.12<D?/fG?<0.30 and fT/fW>9.0 (LT: overall length of lens system at a telephoto limit, D?: axial air-equivalent length between a most image side surface of the lens unit ? and an image surface, fG?: focal length of the lens unit ?, fW and fT: focal lengths of the entire system at a wide-angle limit and a telephoto limit) are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Takakazu Bito
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Publication number: 20120327272Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; a fourth lens unit; and an aperture diaphragm provided between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit, wherein in zooming, the first to third lens units are moved along an optical axis to perform magnification change, the third lens unit includes two or more lens elements and one or more inter-lens-element air spaces, and the conditions: ?7.0<f1/f2<?4.0 and fT/fW>9.0 (f1 and f2: composite focal lengths of the first and second lens units, fW and fT: focal lengths of the entire system at a wide-angle limit and a telephoto limit) are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 8339501Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein the zoom lens system, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having positive optical power and comprising four lens elements; a second lens unit having negative optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power; wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, at least the first lens unit is moved along an optical axis direction so as to achieve variable magnification, and wherein the conditions are satisfied: 0.30<f1/fT<0.70 and Z=fT/fW>20.5 (f1 is a composite focal length of the first lens unit, fW is a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle limit, and fT is a focal length of the entire system at a telephoto limit), an imaging device and a camera are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takakazu Bito, Yoshito Miyatake, Mamoru Honjo
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Publication number: 20120307366Abstract: A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; and a subsequent lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are moved along an optical axis to perform magnification change, and wherein the third lens unit, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a third-a lens unit that, at the time of retracting, escapes along an axis different from that at the time of image taking; and a third-b lens unit that moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to optically compensate image blur.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takakazu BITO, Shinji YAMAGUCHI, Yasunori TOCHI
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Publication number: 20120307367Abstract: A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; and a subsequent lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are moved along an optical axis to perform magnification change, wherein the third lens unit has at least two air spaces, and the conditions: ?4.9<f1/f2<?3.0 and Z=fT/fW>6.5 (f1 and f2: composite focal lengths of the first and second lens units, fT and fW: focal lengths of the entire system at a telephoto limit and a wide-angle limit) are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takakazu BITO, Shinji YAMAGUCHI, Yasunori TOCHI
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Publication number: 20120307087Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; and a subsequent lens unit, wherein the first to third lens units move along an optical axis in zooming, a part of the third lens unit is a third-b lens unit moving in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and the conditions: 1.5<(D2+D3b+DB)/Ir<2.4, BF/Ir<1.45 and Z=fT/fW>9.0 (D2, D3b: optical axial thicknesses of the second and third-b lens units, DB: an optical axial total thickness of the subsequent lens units, BF: a shortest optical axial distance between an apex of a most image side lens surface and an image surface, Ir=fT×tan(?T), fT, fW: focal lengths of the entire system at a telephoto limit and a wide-angle limit, ?T: a half view angle at a telephoto limit) are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takakazu BITO, Shinji YAMAGUCHI, Yasunori TOCHI
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Patent number: 8325250Abstract: A zoom lens system of the present invention has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power and composed of two lens elements; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming, the lens units are moved such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit should decrease and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit should increase, so that magnification change is achieved, wherein the first lens unit is, in order from the object side to the image side, composed of a first lens element having negative optical power and a second lens element having positive optical power, and wherein the condition is satisfied: 0.50<fL2/fT<1.00 where, Z=fT/fW>4.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito
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Patent number: 8300318Abstract: A zoom lens system of the present invention has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power and composed of two lens elements; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, the individual lens units are moved along an optical axis such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit should decrease and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit should increase, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiki Yoshitsugu, Takakazu Bito