Patents by Inventor Takeharu Okuno
Takeharu Okuno 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: 11553120Abstract: An optical element includes a plurality of substrates, an adhesive configured to adhere the plurality of substrates to each other, and an antireflection film provided to at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface of the optical element. The antireflection film includes a first layer including alcohol having at least one of an ether bond and an ester bond in a branched structure with 4 to 7 carbon atoms. A content of the alcohol in the first layer is 0.5 mg/cm3 to 5.0 mg/cm3. The first layer has a refractive index of 1.1 to 1.3 for light with a wavelength of 550 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takeharu Okuno
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Patent number: 10411048Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to instruct an image pickup apparatus that includes an image pickup element configured to capture an image formed by an optical system to capture a plurality of images in different polarization directions, and to obtain polarization information based on the plurality of images. The controller instructs the image pickup apparatus to capture the plurality of images on exposure conditions different from one another while setting constant an F-number of the optical system.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takeharu Okuno
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Publication number: 20190116300Abstract: An optical element includes a plurality of substrates, an adhesive configured to adhere the plurality of substrates to each other, and an antireflection film provided to at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface of the optical element. The antireflection film includes a first layer including alcohol having at least one of an ether bond and an ester bond in a branched structure with 4 to 7 carbon atoms. A content of the alcohol in the first layer is 0.5 mg/cm3 to 5.0 mg/cm3. The first layer has a refractive index of 1.1 to 1.3 for light with a wavelength of 550 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventor: Takeharu Okuno
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Publication number: 20180006066Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to instruct an image pickup apparatus that includes an image pickup element configured to capture an image formed by an optical system to capture a plurality of images in different polarization directions, and to obtain polarization information based on the plurality of images. The controller instructs the image pickup apparatus to capture the plurality of images on exposure conditions different from one another while setting constant an F-number of the optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventor: Takeharu Okuno
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Patent number: 9423530Abstract: The optical element of the present invention has an anti-reflection film formed on a substrate. Here, the anti-reflection film comprises a first layer formed on the substrate; a second layer formed on the first layer and consisting of a material different from that of the first layer; and a third layer formed on the second layer and consisting of a concave-convex structure. Also, the third layer has three regions of which a refractive index for each thickness changes at a constant rate by continuously changing the space filling factor of the concave-convex structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeharu Okuno, Rie Ishimatsu
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Patent number: 9405044Abstract: An antireflection coating film formed on an optical base member includes: a first layer having a refractive index of N1 and a film thickness of D1; a second layer having a refractive index of N2 and a film thickness of D2; and a third layer formed of a fine concavo-convex structure, having a refractive index changing from N3 to 1.0, and a film thickness of D3, wherein the first, second, and third layer are formed in order from the optical base member side having a refractive index of Nsub, and wherein when the refractive indexes Nsub, N1, N2, and N3 are those taken when a wavelength is 550 nm, conditions for Nsub, N1, D1, N2, D2, N3 and D3 are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takeharu Okuno
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Patent number: 9250362Abstract: Provided is an optical system having at least two or more lenses, wherein at least one of the lenses comprises an anti-reflection film formed by a wetting method on a part of or the entirety of the light beam effective surface thereof, and wherein at least one of the lenses other than the lens comprising the anti-reflection film is fixed to the space between the lens and a barrel for holding the lens via an energy-curable resin to be filled therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takeharu Okuno
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Publication number: 20150369967Abstract: The optical element of the present invention has an anti-reflection film formed on a substrate. Here, the anti-reflection film comprises a first layer formed on the substrate; a second layer formed on the first layer and consisting of a material different from that of the first layer; and a third layer formed on the second layer and consisting of a concave-convex structure. Also, the third layer has three regions of which a refractive index for each thickness changes at a constant rate by continuously changing the space filling factor of the concave-convex structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Takeharu OKUNO, Rie ISHIMATSU
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Patent number: 9158039Abstract: The optical element of the present invention has an anti-reflection film formed on a substrate. Here, the anti-reflection film comprises a first layer formed on the substrate; a second layer formed on the first layer and consisting of a material different from that of the first layer; and a third layer formed on the second layer and consisting of a concave-convex structure. Also, the third layer has three regions of which a refractive index for each thickness changes at a constant rate by continuously changing the space filling factor of the concave-convex structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeharu Okuno, Rie Ishimatsu
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Patent number: 9069126Abstract: An optical element includes a transparent substrate and an antireflection coating on the substrate. The antireflection coating includes an intermediate layer on the substrate, and an undulation layer that is formed on the intermediate layer and has a plurality of convexes arrayed with spacing shorter than a shortest wavelength. The undulation layer has a portion where refractive index increases from a light incident side to the substrate. The intermediate layer has a first layer closest to the substrate, and a second layer formed on the first layer. A refractive index n1 of the first layer, a refractive index n2 of the second layer, and a refractive index ns of the substrate satisfy the following conditional equations: 1.75?ns?2.20; n1<n2; and n1<ns.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Rie Ishimatsu, Takeharu Okuno
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Patent number: 8905559Abstract: An optical element includes an optically effective area and an optically ineffective area partly or entirely coated with a coating opaque at wavelengths used. The opaque coating contains a cured product prepared from an epoxy resin and a curing agent containing an alicyclic acid anhydride. The alicyclic acid anhydride is preferably methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride or hexahydrophthalic anhydride.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kawauchi, Masayuki Yamada, Takeharu Okuno, Ryo Ogawa, Tomonari Nakayama
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Publication number: 20140177059Abstract: An optical element includes a transparent substrate and an antireflection coating on the substrate. The antireflection coating includes an intermediate layer on the substrate, and an undulation layer that is formed on the intermediate layer and has a plurality of convexes arrayed with spacing shorter than a shortest wavelength. The undulation layer has a portion where refractive index increases from a light incident side to the substrate. The intermediate layer has a first layer closest to the substrate, and a second layer formed on the first layer. A refractive index n1 of the first layer, a refractive index n2 of the second layer, and a refractive index ns of the substrate satisfy the following conditional equations: 1.75?ns?2.20; n1<n2; and n1<ns.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Rie Ishimatsu, Takeharu Okuno
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Patent number: 8717684Abstract: Provided is an optical system with an excellent anti-reflection effect and ghost suppression effect including an aspherical lens having at least one of an incident surface and an exiting surface of an optical glass formed of an aspherical surface, in which: the aspherical surface includes an anti-reflection structure formed thereon, the anti-reflection structure having an anti-reflection function and including multiple inorganic structural parts finer than a used wavelength; and the aspherical surface has a point that satisfies the following expression: |(1/Rm?1/Rs)/Rm|>5.0×10?5, where Rm denotes a radius of curvature in a meridional direction at an arbitrary point, and Rs denotes a radius of curvature in a sagittal direction at the arbitrary point.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Sano, Kazuhiko Momoki, Takeharu Okuno
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Publication number: 20130329295Abstract: An antireflection coating film formed on an optical base member includes: a first layer having a refractive index of N1 and a film thickness of D1; a second layer having a refractive index of N2 and a film thickness of D2; and a third layer formed of a fine concavo-convex structure, having a refractive index changing from N3 to 1.0, and a film thickness of D3, wherein the first, second, and third layer are formed in order from the optical base member side having a refractive index of Nsub, and wherein when the refractive indexes Nsub, N1, N2, and N3 are those taken when a wavelength is 550 nm, conditions for Nsub, N1, D1, N2, D2, N3 and D3 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventor: Takeharu Okuno
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Patent number: 8559112Abstract: An optical element includes an optical surface formed by a press molding method, wherein a ray effective portion of the optical surface has formed thereon an antireflection structure including a minute uneven structure, which contains a component different from that of a base of the optical element and has an average pitch of 400 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takeharu Okuno
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Patent number: 8501270Abstract: It is an object to provide an optical transparent member capable of maintaining a high-performance antireflection effect for a base over a long period of time, and an optical system using the same, specifically an optical transparent member including on a base a layer containing SiO2 as a main component, a layer containing Al2O3 as a main component, and a plate crystal layer formed from plate crystals containing Al2O3 as a main component, wherein the surface of the plate crystal layer has a shape of irregularities, and an optical system using the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka Prefecture UniversityInventors: Masayuki Yamada, Yoshinori Kotani, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Takeharu Okuno, Tsutomu Minami, Masahiro Tatsumisago, Kiyoharu Tadanaga
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Publication number: 20130027779Abstract: The optical element of the present invention has an anti-reflection film formed on a substrate. Here, the anti-reflection film comprises a first layer formed on the substrate; a second layer formed on the first layer and consisting of a material different from that of the first layer; and a third layer formed on the second layer and consisting of a concave-convex structure. Also, the third layer has three regions of which a refractive index for each thickness changes at a constant rate by continuously changing the space filling factor of the concave-convex structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeharu OKUNO, Rie ISHIMATSU
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Publication number: 20120275027Abstract: Provided is an optical system having at least two or more lenses, wherein at least one of the lenses comprises an anti-reflection film formed by a wetting method on a part of or the entirety of the light beam effective surface thereof, and wherein at least one of the lenses other than the lens comprising the anti-reflection film is fixed to the space between the lens and a barrel for holding the lens via an energy-curable resin to be filled therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takeharu OKUNO
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Publication number: 20120262794Abstract: The optical element includes a base member configured to have an optical surface, a concave-convex structure configured to have an average pitch smaller than a shortest wavelength of a use wavelength range, and an intermediate layer formed between the optical surface and the concave-convex structure, made of a material different from that of the concave-convex structure, and having a refractive index between those of the base member and the material of the concave-convex structure. The optical surface is formed into a shape having a rotational symmetry axis. A thickness of the intermediate layer or each of thicknesses of the intermediate layer and the concave-convex structure varies so as to increase as a distance from the rotational symmetry axis increases. The optical element has good anti-reflection performance not only at a central part of the optical surface having a small curvature radius but also at a peripheral part thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazue Uchida, Takeharu Okuno, Daisuke Sano
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Patent number: 8279526Abstract: An optical system includes an optical element formed of resin. On at least one of optical surfaces on the light incidence side of the optical element formed of resin, a plurality of depressions or protrusions of a size not larger than the wavelengths of visible light is formed without a periodic structure or in a random arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiko Momoki, Sayoko Amano, Takehiko Nakai, Reona Ushigome, Takeharu Okuno, Daisuke Sano