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: 20130314590
    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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinori TAKE, Masanori HASUDA, Noriyasu KOTANI, Hideaki HOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8503099
    Abstract: Providing a zoom lens system being compact and simple having excellent optical performance suitable for an optical apparatus with a limited space for a zoom lens, and capable of shifting an image, and an optical apparatus equipped therewith. The system includes, in order from an object: a first group having positive power and an optical path bending element; a second group having negative power; a third group having positive power; and a fourth group having positive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first and third groups are fixed relative to an image plane, the second group and the fourth group are moved along the optical axis, an image on the image plane can be shifted by shifting the third group or a portion thereof substantially perpendicularly to the optical axis. The first group includes at least one negative lens, and satisfies a given condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8503097
    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: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8437088
    Abstract: In a zoom lens having a plurality of lens groups which are disposed in that order from an object, a first lens group that is disposed to closest to the object among the plurality of lens groups has positive refractive power and comprises a light path bending element which bends the path of light and a plurality of lens components which are disposed closer to the object than the light path bending element; and, where the distance on the optical axis from the surface closest to the object in the first lens group to the surface closest to the object in the light path bending element is L1 and the distance on the optical axis of the light path bending element is Lp, the conditional expression L1/Lp<1.0 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8411361
    Abstract: A zoom lens has a plurality of lens groups which are disposed in order from an object along an optical axis, wherein among the plurality of lens groups, a first lens group, which is disposed closest to the object, has a positive refractive power, and includes an optical axis bending element for bending the optical axis, and a plurality of lens components, which are disposed closer to the object than the optical axis bending element, and the plurality of lens components include at least one positive lens that satisfies a condition of ?d>50, where ?d is an Abbe number, with respect to the d-line, and at least one of the lens groups disposed closer to the image than the first lens group can move in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis as a shift lens group or a partial lens component(s) constituting this lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8385010
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from an object. The first lens group has a first lens component having a negative refractive power and a second lens component having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from the object, and conditions expressed by the expressions 0.12<f/f1<0.47 and 0.016<D12/f<0.079 are satisfied, when f1 is a focal length of the first lens group, f is a focal length of the imaging lens, and D12 is an air distance between the first lens component and the second lens component of the first lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 8199415
    Abstract: A zoom lens system comprises, in order from an object, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group has a first-a partial lens group and a first-b partial lens group arranged on an image side of the first-a partial lens group with an air space and is constructed such that the first-b partial lens group moves along an optical axis direction upon focusing from infinity to a close-range object. The third lens group is constituted by a third-a partial lens group having a positive refractive power and a third-b partial lens group having a negative refractive power arranged on the image side of the third-a partial lens group with an air space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Publication number: 20120114325
    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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Toshinori Take, Masanori Hasuda, Noriyasu Kotani, Hideaki Hoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20110317281
    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: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Toshinori TAKE
  • Publication number: 20110286108
    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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Publication number: 20110267707
    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: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: Toshinori TAKE
  • Patent number: 8027100
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from an object. The first lens group has a first lens component having a negative refractive power and a second lens component having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from the object, and conditions expressed by the expressions 0.12<f/f1<0.47 and 0.016<D12/f<0.079 are satisfied, when f1 is a focal length of the first lens group, f is a focal length of the imaging lens, and D12 is an air distance between the first lens component and the second lens component of the first lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 7982966
    Abstract: In a zoom lens ZL having a plurality of lens groups which are disposed in order from an object, a first lens group that is disposed to closest to the object among the plurality of lens groups has positive refractive power and comprises a light path bending element which bends the path of light and a plurality of lens components which are disposed closer to the object than the light path bending element, and the plurality of lens components comprise at least one negative lens whose refractive index with respect to d-line exceeds 1.90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Publication number: 20110169974
    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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Toshinori Take, Takayuki Sensui
  • Publication number: 20110141583
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from an object. The first lens group has a first lens component having a negative refractive power and a second lens component having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from the object, and conditions expressed by the expressions 0.12<f/f1<0.47 and 0.016<D12/f<0.079 are satisfied, when f1 is a focal length of the first lens group, f is a focal length of the imaging lens, and D12 is an air distance between the first lens component and the second lens component of the first lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: TOSHINORI TAKE
  • Publication number: 20110134529
    Abstract: In a zoom lens having a plurality of lens groups which are disposed in that order from an object, a first lens group that is disposed to closest to the object among the plurality of lens groups has positive refractive power and comprises a light path bending element which bends the path of light and a plurality of lens components which are disposed closer to the object than the light path bending element; and, where the distance on the optical axis from the surface closest to the object in the first lens group to the surface closest to the object in the light path bending element is L1 and the distance on the optical axis of the light path bending element is Lp, the conditional expression L1/Lp<1.0 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: TOSHINORI TAKE
  • Publication number: 20110134546
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from an object. The first lens group has a first lens component having a negative refractive power and a second lens component having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from the object, and conditions expressed by the expressions 0.12<f/f1<0.47 and 0.016<D12/f<0.079 are satisfied, when f1 is a focal length of the first lens group, f is a focal length of the imaging lens, and D12 is an air distance between the first lens component and the second lens component of the first lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Toshinori TAKE
  • Publication number: 20110116172
    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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Akira YAMAGAMI, Toshinori Take
  • Patent number: 7940478
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from an object. The first lens group has a first lens component having a negative refractive power and a second lens component having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from the object, and conditions expressed by the expressions 0.12<f/f1<0.47 and 0.016<D12/f<0.079 are satisfied, when f1 is a focal length of the first lens group, f is a focal length of the imaging lens, and D12 is an air distance between the first lens component and the second lens component of the first lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinori Take
  • Publication number: 20110096409
    Abstract: A zoom lens system comprises, in order from an object, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group has a first-a partial lens group and a first-b partial lens group arranged on an image side of the first-a partial lens group with an air space and is constructed such that the first-b partial lens group moves along an optical axis direction upon focusing from infinity to a close-range object. The third lens group is constituted by a third-a partial lens group having a positive refractive power and a third-b partial lens group having a negative refractive power arranged on the image side of the third-a partial lens group with an air space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: TOSHINORI TAKE