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).
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Publication number: 20140204479Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO
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Publication number: 20140204477Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO, Masato KONDO, Ryoko OTOMO
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Publication number: 20140204478Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Taro ASAMI, Toshiaki KATSUMA, Toru ITO, Masato KONDO, Ryoko OTOMO
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Publication number: 20140078604Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Taro Asami
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Patent number: 8670192Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Taro Asami
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Publication number: 20140055871Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Taro ASAMI
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Publication number: 20140049842Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Taro ASAMI
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Publication number: 20140043699Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Taro ASAMI
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Publication number: 20140043700Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Taro ASAMI
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Publication number: 20130279026Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Taro ASAMI, Masato KONDO
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Publication number: 20130265656Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventor: Taro ASAMI, I
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Publication number: 20130258492Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventor: Taro ASAMI
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Patent number: 8416511Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Taro Asami
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Patent number: 8355215Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Taro Asami
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Patent number: 8314998Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Taro Asami
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Patent number: 8289628Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Taro Asami
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Patent number: 8248715Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Taro Asami, Ryoko Otomo
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Publication number: 20120147484Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventor: Taro ASAMI
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Patent number: 8184384Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Taro Asami
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Patent number: 8144405Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Taro Asami