Patents by Inventor Toshinori Take

Toshinori Take 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: 20220244502
    Abstract: An optical system and an optical apparatus that have favorable imaging performance and a method for manufacturing the optical system are provided. An optical system OL includes, sequentially from an object side, a front group G1 having positive refractive power and a focusing group G2 that performs focusing by moving in an optical axis direction, the front group G1 includes, sequentially from the object side, a first lens L11, a second lens L12, and a third lens L13, and the optical system OL satisfies a condition expressed by an expression below, 0.10<D23/f1<0.75 in the expression, f1: focal length of the front group G1, and D23: distance on an optical axis between the second lens L12 and the third lens L13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Yoko KOMATSUBARA, Toshinori TAKE, Masashi YAMASHITA, Satoshi MIWA
  • Publication number: 20210208373
    Abstract: An optical system comprises, in order from an object side, a front group having positive refractive power end a rear group. Upon carrying out focusing, the front group is moved along the optical axis. A predetermined conditional expression is satisfied. Thus, an optical system having a superb optical performance being able to correct superbly various aberrations and being suitable to be used with an imaging device having highly increased number of pixels, an optical equipment equipped therewith and a manufacturing method for the optical system are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke TSUBONOYA, Hiroki HARADA, Toshinori TAKE
  • Publication number: 20190205624
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of images in which a first subject is imaged, and a plurality of images in which a second subject which is different from the first subject is imaged, and stores therein supplementary information about the first subject and the second subject including information about dates and times of imaging, and sites of imaging; and an extracting unit that extracts images whose dates and times of imaging are different from each other, and images imaged at a common site of imaging based on the supplementary information when extracting an image in which the first subject is imaged and an image in which the second subject is imaged. In the electronic device, when the first subject and the second subject are humans, the storage unit stores therein, as the supplementary information, birth dates of the first and second people.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Nakada, Toshinori Take, Hiroki Uwai, Maki Suzuki, Kazuma Hosoi, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10275643
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of images in which a first subject is imaged, and a plurality of images in which a second subject which is different from the first subject is imaged, and stores therein supplementary information about the first subject and the second subject including information about dates and times of imaging, and sites of imaging; and an extracting unit that extracts images whose dates and times of imaging are different from each other, and images imaged at a common site of imaging based on the supplementary information when extracting an image in which the first subject is imaged and an image in which the second subject is imaged. In the electronic device, when the first subject and the second subject are humans, the storage unit stores therein, as the supplementary information, birth dates of the first and second people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Nakada, Toshinori Take, Hiroki Uwai, Maki Suzuki, Kazuma Hosoi, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10191257
    Abstract: A lens system having, in order from an object, at least a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, and second to fourth lens groups G2 to G4, wherein the first lens group G1 includes a front portion lens group G1a, and a rear portion lens group G1b which is disposed to an image side of the front portion lens group G1a with an air distance therebetween, and performs focusing by shifting the rear portion lens group G1b in the optical axis direction, and the fourth lens group G4 includes, in order from the object, a negative lens and a positive lens (cemented negative lens L41), a negative lens L42, and an aperture stop S, and is fixed in the optical axis direction with respect to an image plane I upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 9715127
    Abstract: A compact imaging lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power and consisting of a single lens element; and a second lens group having positive refractive power and consisting of a plurality of lens components. A position of the first lens group is fixed with respect to an image plane. At least a portion of the second lens group is moved as a shift lens group in a direction including a component perpendicular to an optical axis. Specified conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Publication number: 20150339518
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of images in which a first subject is imaged, and a plurality of images in which a second subject which is different from the first subject is imaged, and stores therein supplementary information about the first subject and the second subject including information about dates and times of imaging, and sites of imaging; and an extracting unit that extracts images whose dates and times of imaging are different from each other, and images imaged at a common site of imaging based on the supplementary information when extracting an image in which the first subject is imaged and an image in which the second subject is imaged. In the electronic device, when the first subject and the second subject are humans, the storage unit stores therein, as the supplementary information, birth dates of the first and second people.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yuko Nakada, Toshinori Take, Hiroki Uwai, Maki Suzuki, Kazuma Hosoi, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20150185496
    Abstract: An imaging lens including, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power; and a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, a position of the first lens group G1 being fixed with respect to an image plane, the second lens group G2 consisting of a plurality of lens components, and given conditional expression being satisfied, thereby providing a compact imaging lens imaging lens having a large aperture and a wide angle of view and excellent optical performance over entire image frame with excellently correcting various aberrations upon focusing on an infinity object to a close object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 9001441
    Abstract: An imaging lens including, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power; and a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, a position of the first lens group G1 being fixed with respect to an image plane, the second lens group G2 consisting of a plurality of lens components, and given conditional expression being satisfied, thereby providing a compact imaging lens imaging lens having a large aperture and a wide angle of view and excellent optical performance over entire image frame with excellently correcting various aberrations upon focusing on an infinity object to a close object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Publication number: 20150089793
    Abstract: A lens system having, in order from an object, at least a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, and second to fourth lens groups G2 to G4, wherein the first lens group G1 includes a front portion lens group G1a, and a rear portion lens group G1b which is disposed to an image side of the front portion lens group G1a with an air distance therebetween, and performs focusing by shifting the rear portion lens group G1b in the optical axis direction, and the fourth lens group G4 includes, in order from the object, a negative lens and a positive lens (cemented negative lens L41), a negative lens L42, and an aperture stop S, and is fixed in the optical axis direction with respect to an image plane I upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8934176
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power; and a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power; upon zooming from a wide-angle end state W to a telephoto end state T, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 varying, and the second lens group G2 moving, and the second lens group G2 including a focusing lens group Gf that carries out focusing from an infinity object to a close object, and a decentering lens group Gs that is movable in a direction having a component perpendicular to an optical axis, thereby providing an optical system capable of establishing both of internal focusing and a decentering lens group with obtaining compactness and excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus equipped with the optical system, and a method for manufacturing the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yamagami, Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8896941
    Abstract: An image-capturing lens has, in order from an object, an object side lens group G1 and an image side lens group G2 which is disposed next to the object side lens group G1 with an air space, and focusing is performed from a distant object to a close object by moving at least a part of the image side lens group G2 along an optical axis as a focusing lens group, and image stabilization is performed by moving at least a part of the image side lens group G2 as a shift lens group so as to have components roughly orthogonal to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinori Take, Takayuki Sensui
  • Patent number: 8867146
    Abstract: The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; and a second lens group having the positive refractive power, the first lens group being fixed with respect to an image plane, the second lens group being moved toward the object side to adjust a focus on a close object, and a given conditional expression being satisfied, thereby disclosing a downsized imaging lens having a wide angle of view, capable of preferably correcting various aberrations upon focusing on a close object from an infinitely distant object and having high optical performance over an entire picture, an optical apparatus including the imaging lens and an imaging lens manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8807854
    Abstract: A camera system having a predetermined image circle, comprises: an interchangeable lens having a lens mount portion; and a camera body having an image sensor that is disposed within that image circle, and a body mount portion, wherein, when a radius of circular portion at a maximum internal diameter part of an opening portion of the lens mount portion is termed rM, a flange back that is a distance from the lens mount portion to a light reception surface of an image sensor in a state that the interchangeable lens and the camera body are mutually engaged is termed da, and the diameter of the image circle is termed D, the following equations are satisfied: 14.0 mm?2rM?40.0 mm??Conditional Expression #1 16.0 mm?da?20.0 mm??Conditional Expression #2 14.0 mm?D?20.0 mm??Conditional Expression #3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinori Take, Masanori Hasuda, Noriyasu Kotani, Hideaki Hoshikawa
  • Patent number: 8773779
    Abstract: A lens system comprises, on a side closest to an object, a first lens component having a positive refractive power and a second lens component having a positive refractive power in order from the object; and on a side closest to an image, a cemented lens constructed by cementing together a positive lens and a negative lens in order from the object; wherein the lens system satisfies the following conditional expressions: (n1+n2)/2>1.49 (?1+?2)/2>60 where n1 and ?1 denote a refractive index and an Abbe number of the first lens component at d-line, respectively, and n2 and ?2 denote a refractive index and an Abbe number of the second lens component at d-line, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Publication number: 20140092490
    Abstract: A lens system comprises, on a side closest to an object, a first lens component having a positive refractive power and a second lens component having a positive refractive power in order from the object; and on a side closest to an image, a cemented lens constructed by cementing together a positive lens and a negative lens in order from the object; wherein the lens system satisfies the following conditional expressions: (n1+n2)/2>1.49 (v1+v2)/2>60 where n1 and v1 denote a refractive index and an Abbe number of the first lens component at d-line, respectively, and n2 and v2 denote a refractive index and an Abbe number of the second lens component at d-line, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshinori TAKE
  • Patent number: 8630046
    Abstract: A lens system comprises, on a side closest to an object, a first lens component having a positive refractive power and a second lens component having a positive refractive power in order from the object; and on a side closest to an image, a cemented lens constructed by cementing together a positive lens and a negative lens in order from the object; wherein the lens system satisfies the following conditional expressions: (n1+n2)/2>1.49 (?1+?2)/2>60 where n1 and ?1 denote a refractive index and an Abbe number of the first lens component at d-line, respectively, and n2 and ?2 denote a refractive index and an Abbe number of the second lens component at d-line, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8619373
    Abstract: A zoom lens ZL installed in an electronic still camera 1 and the like includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power, a given conditional expressions are satisfied, where r3F denotes a radius of curvature of an image side lens surface of the cemented lens in the third lens group, and r3R denotes a radius of curvature of an object side lens surface of the negative meniscus lens in the third lens group, thereby providing a zoom lens having excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the zoom lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Publication number: 20130343659
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of images in which a first subject is imaged, and a plurality of images in which a second subject which is different from the first subject is imaged, and stores therein supplementary information about the first subject and the second subject including information about dates and times of imaging, and sites of imaging; and an extracting unit that extracts images whose dates and times of imaging are different from each other, and images imaged at a common site of imaging based on the supplementary information when extracting an image in which the first subject is imaged and an image in which the second subject is imaged. In the electronic device, when the first subject and the second subject are humans, the storage unit stores therein, as the supplementary information, birth dates of the first and second people.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuko Nakada, Toshinori Take, Hiroki Uwai, Maki Suzuki, Kazuma Hosoi, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20130346016
    Abstract: A conventional portable terminal has trouble associating gathered activity information with other information to create useful information to be supplied to the user. Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, provided is an information terminal comprising an activity identifying section that gathers activity information of a user; a first detecting section that detects change in the gathered activity information; and an information providing section that, based on frequency of an activity corresponding to the detected change, provides information relating to the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: MAKI SUZUKI, Toshinori Take, Yuko Nakada, Kazuma Hosoi, Hiroki Uwai, Masakazu Sekiguchi