Patents by Inventor Taro Asami

Taro Asami 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: 20140204479
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. An object-side surface of the second lens has a shape having negative refractive power at a center, and including a part having positive refractive power in an area between the center and an effective diameter edge, and having negative refractive power at the effective diameter edge (concave shape facing the object side), and the refractive power at the effective diameter edge being weaker than the refractive power at the center. Further, an object-side surface of the third lens is convex toward the object side. Further, a predetermined conditional formula about a combined focal length of the first lens, the second lens and the third lens is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO
  • Publication number: 20140204477
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. An object-side surface of the second lens is concave, and an object-side surface of the third lens is concave. A predetermined conditional formula about a combined focal length of the fourth lens and the fifth lens is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO, Masato KONDO, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20140204478
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side. When a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens is R8, and a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens is R9, and an Abbe number of the material of the third lens for d-line is ?d3, and an Abbe number of the material of the fifth lens for d-line is ?d5, the following conditional formulas (1) and (6) are satisfied: ?0.61<(R8+R9)/(R8?R9)<0.44??(1); and 38.1<?d3+?d5<45.1??(6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO, Masato KONDO, Ryoko OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20140078604
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a third lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an object side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a fourth lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an image side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the image side, which are arranged in this order from the object side. Further, the following conditional formula (1) is satisfied: 2.25<?d2/?d3??(1), where ?d2: an Abbe number of a material of the second lens for d-line, and ?d3: an Abbe number of a material of the third lens for d-line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taro Asami
  • Patent number: 8670192
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a negative first lens having a concave object-side surface, a positive second lens, a negative third lens, a positive fourth lens having a convex object-side surface, and a positive fifth lens, which are in this order from an object side. A stop is arranged between an image-side surface of the first lens and an object-side surface of the third lens. When the focal length of an entire system is f, and the focal length of the first lens is f1, and the focal length of the second lens is f2, the following formula is satisfied: ?1.30<f1/f2>?0.65??(7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Asami
  • Publication number: 20140055871
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes negative first lens, negative second lens, third lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an object side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a fourth lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an image side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the image side, which are arranged in this order from the object side. Further, the following conditional formula (6) is satisfied: 0.75?(R8?R9)/(R8+R9)?1.0??(6), where R8: a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and R9: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taro ASAMI
  • Publication number: 20140049842
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a third lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an object side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a fourth lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an image side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the image side, which are arranged in this order from the object side. Further, the following conditional formula (3) is satisfied: 1.0<|f2/f|<2.6??(3), where f: a focal length of an entire system, and f2: a focal length of the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taro ASAMI
  • Publication number: 20140043699
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of negative first lens, negative second lens of a biconcave shape, third lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an object side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a fourth lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an image side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the image side, which are arranged in this order from the object side. Further, the following conditional formula (11) is satisfied: 3.1<R4/f??(11), where R4: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens, and f: a focal length of an entire system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taro ASAMI
  • Publication number: 20140043700
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a third lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an object side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a fourth lens of a plano-convex shape having a convex surface directed toward an image side or of a positive meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward the image side, which are arranged in this order from the object side. Further, the following conditional formula (4) is satisfied: 1.0<D2/f<2.5??(4), where f: a focal length of an entire system, and D2: a distance on an optical axis between the first lens and the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taro ASAMI
  • Publication number: 20130279026
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes negative first lens having a concave image-side surface, positive second lens having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, an aperture stop, and positive third lens having a convex image-side surface in the paraxial region, which are arranged in this order from an object side. The Abbe numbers of materials constituting the first lens and the third lens for d-line are greater than or equal to 40. The Abbe number of a material constituting the second lens for d-line is less than or equal to 40. When the focal length of an entire system is f, and the center thickness of the second lens is D3, and the focal length of the first lens is f1, the following formulas (1?) and (2) are satisfied: 1.7<D3/f<2.9; and??(1?) ?5.0<f1/f<?1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Masato KONDO
  • Publication number: 20130265656
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of negative first lens having a concave image-side surface, positive second lens, negative third lens, positive fourth lens, positive fifth lens having a convex image-side surface, and negative sixth lens, which are in this order from an object side. In the imaging lens, all of the lenses constituting the lens system are single lenses, which are not cemented lenses, and a stop is arranged closer to the object side than an image-side surface of the fourth lens is arranged. When a refractive index of a material of the third lens for d-line is Nd3, the following formula (1-1) is satisfied: Nd3<1.65??(1-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Taro ASAMI, I
  • Publication number: 20130258492
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists of a negative first lens having a concave object-side surface, a positive second lens, a negative third lens, a positive fourth lens having a convex object-side surface, and a positive fifth lens, which are in this order from an object side. A stop is arranged between an image-side surface of the first lens and an object-side surface of the third lens. When the focal length of an entire system is f, and the focal length of the first lens is f1, and the focal length of the second lens is f2, the following formula is satisfied: ?1.30<f1/f2?0.65??(7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Taro ASAMI
  • Patent number: 8416511
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a stop, and a positive fourth lens. In the lens, each of the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface, and an Abbe number of a material of the third lens at the d-line is 35 or less. In addition, the imaging lens satisfies the following Conditional Expression (1): ?0.2<(R3+R4)/(R3?R4)<0.2??(1) where R3 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the second lens, and R4 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the image side surface of the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Asami
  • Patent number: 8355215
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image pickup lens having the following disposed from an object side in the order listed below: a first lens having a negative power and a meniscus shape with a concave surface on an image side; a second lens having a positive power; a third lens having a negative power; a fourth lens having a positive power; a fifth lens having a positive power; and a sixth lens having a negative power and a meniscus shape with a concave surface on the object side. The image pickup lens satisfies Conditional Expression (1) given below when a focal length of the first lens is taken as f1 and a focal length of the second lens is taken as f2 ?3.0<f1/f2<?1.6??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Asami
  • Patent number: 8314998
    Abstract: Disclosed is an imaging lens that has a wide angle of view, a small size in the diametric direction of a lens system, and a good optical performance. An imaging lens includes a first negative lens having a meniscus shape in which a concave surface faces an image side, a second negative lens having a meniscus shape in which a concave surface faces the image side and including at least one aspheric surface, a third positive lens including at least one aspheric surface, an aperture diaphragm, and a fourth positive lens including at least one aspheric surface, which are arranged in this order from an object side. The imaging lens satisfies the following Conditional expression 1: f2/f<?4.5, where f indicates the focal length of the entire system and f2 indicates the focal length of the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Asami
  • Patent number: 8289628
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes negative first lens, negative second lens having a concave surface facing the image side, positive third lens, aperture stop, positive fourth lens, and fifth lens having a concave surface facing the object side, which are arranged sequentially from the object side. At least one of second lens, fourth lens and fifth lens has at least an aspheric surface. The Abbe number of third lens and the Abbe number of fifth lens are less than or equal to 30, and the Abbe number of fourth lens is greater than or equal to 40. Further, the following formula (1) is satisfied: 1.0<(R3?R4)/(R3+R4)??(1), where R3: the paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of second lens, and R4: the paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Asami
  • Patent number: 8248715
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes, in order from the object side, a front group having a negative power, a stop, and a rear group having a positive power. The front group includes, in order from the object side, a first negative lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface on an image side, a second negative lens, and a third positive lens. The rear group includes, in order from the object side, a fourth positive lens, a fifth negative lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface on the object side, and a sixth positive lens. An Abbe number of each of the first lens, the second lens, the fourth lens, and the sixth lens at the d-line is equal to or larger than 40, and an Abbe number of each of the third lens and the fifth lens at the d-line is equal to or smaller than 40. Each lens constituting the front group and the rear group is a single lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Asami, Ryoko Otomo
  • Publication number: 20120147484
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a stop, and a positive fourth lens. In the lens, each of the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface, and an Abbe number of a material of the third lens at the d-line is 35 or less. In addition, the imaging lens satisfies the following Conditional Expression (1): ?0.2<(R3+R4)/(R3?R4)<0.2 ??(1) where R3 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the second lens, and R4 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the image side surface of the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Taro ASAMI
  • Patent number: 8184384
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a first lens having a concave surface on an image side thereof; a second lens of a negative lens having a concave surface on the image side and having at least one aspheric surface; a third lens having at least one aspheric surface; and a fourth lens of a positive lens having a convex surface on the image side and having at least one aspheric surface. A stop is disposed between the third lens and the fourth lens. In addition, assuming that a focal length of the whole system is f and a focal length of the first lens L1 is f1, the following Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied. 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Asami
  • Patent number: 8144405
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a stop, and a positive fourth lens. In the lens, each of the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface, and an Abbe number of a material of the third lens at the d-line is 35 or less. In addition, the imaging lens satisfies the following Conditional Expression (1): ?0.2<(R3+R4)/(R3?R4)<0.2??(1) where R3 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the second lens, and R4 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the image side surface of the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taro Asami