Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Yonezawa

Tomohiro Yonezawa 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).

  • Patent number: 10473891
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group; a second lens group; and a third lens group, arranged in this order from an object side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens, and a third lens with a space in between. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having negative refractive power and a fifth lens with a space in between. The third lens group includes a sixth lens having negative refractive power and a seventh lens with a space in between. A surface of the second lens on the object side has a positive curvature radius. A surface of each of the third lens and the sixth lens on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. A surface of the fourth lens on the object side has a negative curvature radius. The first lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10466441
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens having negative refractive power and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. Each of the first lens and the second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius, and has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10466448
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side and a surface thereof on the object side are aspheric. The imaging lens has a specific angle of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10437011
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group; a second lens group; and a third lens group, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a positive first lens, a negative second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are arranged on an optical axis with a space in between respectively. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side have positive curvature radii. The surface of the seventh lens on the image plane side is formed in an aspheric shape having at least one inflexion point. The first and third lenses have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20190302407
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have a specific composite focal length. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190302405
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; a sixth lens having negative refractive power; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20190302406
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190302408
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The sixth lens has a specific focal length. The seventh lens has a specific focal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Patent number: 10371925
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group; a second lens group; and a third lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens having negative refractive power, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are arranged on an optical axis with a space in between respectively. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape. The third lens has a surface on an image plane side having a positive curvature radius. The fourth lens has a surface on the image plane side having a negative curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape. The seventh lens has a surface on the image plane side having a positive curvature radius and formed in an aspheric shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20190196154
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side and a surface thereof on the object side are aspheric. The imaging lens has a specific angle of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190196155
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, and the seventh lens are arranged respectively with a space in between. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side and a surface thereof on the object side are aspheric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Patent number: 10302913
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group; a second lens group; and a third lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The third lens group includes a sixth lens having negative refractive power and a seventh lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20190041612
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having at least one aspheric surface and positive refractive power; a second lens having at least one aspheric surface; a third lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fifth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces; and a seventh lens having two aspheric surfaces and negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side respectively with a space in between. The imaging lens has a total of seven lenses. The fifth lens is disposed away from the sixth lens by a specific distance on an optical axis. The second lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190033560
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having at least one aspheric surface and positive refractive power; a second lens having at least one aspheric surface and negative refractive power; a third lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fifth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces; and a seventh lens having two aspheric surfaces, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side respectively with a space in between. The imaging lens has a total of seven lenses. The fifth lens is disposed away from the sixth lens by a specific distance on an optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190018223
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having one aspheric surface and positive refractive power; a second lens having one aspheric surface and negative refractive power; a third lens having one aspheric surface; a fourth lens having one aspheric surface; a fifth lens having one aspheric surface; a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces; and a seventh lens having two aspheric surfaces, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side respectively with a space in between. The imaging lens has a total of seven lenses. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape so that a surface on the object side is convex near an optical axis. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the image plane side is concave near an optical axis. The fifth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190011676
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having at least one aspheric surface and positive refractive power; a second lens having at least one aspheric surface; a third lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fifth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces; and a seventh lens having two aspheric surfaces and negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side respectively with a space in between. The imaging lens has a total of seven lenses. The fourth lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190011675
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having at least one aspheric surface; a second lens having at least one aspheric surface; a third lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fifth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces; and a seventh lens having two aspheric surfaces, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side respectively with a space in between. The imaging lens has a total of seven lenses. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the object side is convex near an optical axis. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the image plane side is concave near the optical axis. The fifth lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190004287
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The imaging lens has a total of seven lenses. The first to seventh lenses are arranged respectively with a space in between. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex near an optical axis. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave near an optical axis. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has at least one inflexion point and is concave near an optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190004288
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The imaging lens has a total of seven lenses. The first to seventh lenses are arranged respectively with a space in between. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the object side is convex near an optical axis. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the image plane side is concave near an optical axis. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the image plane side is concave near an optical axis. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the image plane side has one inflexion point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
  • Patent number: RE47270
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive and the second lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are positive. The third lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive, and the fifth lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are both positive. An Abbe's number from the first and the third to the fifth lens is greater than 45, and an Abbe's number of the second lens is less than 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa