Patents by Inventor Yasuji Ogata

Yasuji Ogata 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: 10409032
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a converter lens device that includes a first mount to which a master lens device is capable of being attached, a second mount to which a camera body is capable of being attached and a converter lens having a negative refractive power, wherein, an optical system comprising the converter lens device and the master lens device has a focal length longer than a focal length of an optical system of the master lens device, the converter lens comprises sequentially from an object side, a first lens unit of a positive refractive power, a second lens unit of a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuji Ogata
  • Patent number: 10107992
    Abstract: A telephoto lens includes in order from an object side, a first unit having a positive refractive power, a second unit having a negative refractive power, and a third unit having a positive refractive power, and a focusing from an infinite object point to an object point at a short distance is carried out by moving the second unit toward an image side, and the following conditional expression (17) is satisfied: 0.2<Y2/Y1a<0.32??(17) where, Y2 denotes a maximum height of an axial light ray on a surface of incidence of the second lens unit, and Y1a denotes a maximum height of an axial light ray on a surface of incidence of the first lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Akiko Naito, Kento Hara
  • Publication number: 20180136439
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a converter lens device that includes a first mount to which a master lens device is capable of being attached, a second mount to which a camera body is capable of being attached and a converter lens having a negative refractive power, wherein, an optical system comprising the converter lens device and the master lens device has a focal length longer than a focal length of an optical system of the master lens device, the converter lens comprises sequentially from an object side, a first lens unit of a positive refractive power, a second lens unit of a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuji OGATA
  • Patent number: 9904030
    Abstract: A teleconverter, comprising: a master lens apparatus-side mount on which a master lens apparatus is mounted, a camera body-side mount on which a camera body is mounted, and a converter lens unit that has a generally negative refracting power for mounting the master lens apparatus thereon to obtain a lens system having a focal length longer than that of the master lens apparatus, wherein: the converter lens unit comprises a first lens group on the master lens apparatus side and a second lens group on the camera body side with an on-axis longest air separation interposed there-between, and does not include any lens group other than the first lens group and the second lens group, the first lens group has positive refracting power, the second lens group has negative refracting power, the first lens group consists of a first lens element having positive refracting power, and the second lens group comprises, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a second lens element having negativ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuji Ogata
  • Patent number: 9885852
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a converter lens device that includes a first mount to which a master lens device is capable of being attached, a second mount to which a camera body is capable of being attached and a converter lens having a negative refractive power, wherein, an optical system comprising the converter lens device and the master lens device has a focal length longer than a focal length of an optical system of the master lens device, the converter lens comprises sequentially from an object side, a first lens unit of a positive refractive power, a second lens unit of a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuji Ogata
  • Publication number: 20170102513
    Abstract: A teleconverter, comprising: a master lens apparatus-side mount on which a master lens apparatus is mounted, a camera body-side mount on which a camera body is mounted, and a converter lens unit that has a generally negative refracting power for mounting the master lens apparatus thereon to obtain a lens system having a focal length longer than that of the master lens apparatus, wherein: the converter lens unit comprises a first lens group on the master lens apparatus side and a second lens group on the camera body side with an on-axis longest air separation interposed there-between, and does not include any lens group other than the first lens group and the second lens group, the first lens group has positive refracting power, the second lens group has negative refracting power, the first lens group consists of a first lens element having positive refracting power, and the second lens group comprises, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a second lens element having negativ
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Yasuji OGATA
  • Patent number: 9563106
    Abstract: A teleconverter includes a master lens apparatus-side mount on which a master lens apparatus is mounted, a camera body-side mount on which a camera body is mounted, and a converter lens unit that has a negative refracting power for mounting the master lens apparatus thereon to obtain a lens system having a focal length longer than that of the master lens apparatus, the converter lens unit including a first lens group on the master lens apparatus side and a second lens group on the camera body side with an on longest air separation interposed between them, the first lens group has positive refracting power, and the second lens group has negative refracting power, with satisfaction of the following condition (1): ?1.53<f1/f<?0.66??(1) where f is the focal length of a whole system of the converter lens unit, and f1 is the focal length of the first lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuji Ogata
  • Patent number: 9507131
    Abstract: A teleconverter according to the present invention includes a master lens apparatus side mount portion, an image pickup apparatus side mount portion, and a converter lens section having a negative refractive power as a whole. The converter lens section includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit is a lens unit in which, three lenses are cemented, and which includes in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, and a third lens having a negative refractive power. The teleconverter satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Yasuharu Yamada
  • Patent number: 9507133
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit G1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit G2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit G3 having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit G4 having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens unit G5, and a sixth lens unit G6 having a positive refractive power. Zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end is carried out by changing a distance between the lens units, and a distance between the first lens unit G1 and the third lens unit G3 narrows at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first lens unit G1 is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and lens units from the second lens unit G2 to the fifth lens unit G5 move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Hirohiko Kimata
  • Patent number: 9459433
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit. At a telephoto end, with respect to a wide angle end, a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit widens, and a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit narrows. At the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) and (2). 1.1<f2/f3<1.8??(1) ?0.5<?G1/?G2<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuji Ogata
  • Publication number: 20160274443
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a converter lens device that includes a first mount to which a master lens device is capable of being attached, a second mount to which a camera body is capable of being attached and a converter lens having a negative refractive power, wherein, an optical system comprising the converter lens device and the master lens device has a focal length longer than a focal length of an optical system of the master lens device, the converter lens comprises sequentially from an object side, a first lens unit of a positive refractive power, a second lens unit of a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuji Ogata
  • Publication number: 20160116721
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit G1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit G2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit G3 having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit G4 having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens unit G5, and a sixth lens unit G6 having a positive refractive power. Zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end is carried out by changing a distance between the lens units, and a distance between the first lens unit G1 and the third lens unit G3 narrows at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first lens unit G1 is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and lens units from the second lens unit G2 to the fifth lens unit G5 move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Hirohiko Kimata
  • Publication number: 20160109690
    Abstract: A telephoto lens includes in order from an object side, a first unit having a positive refractive power, a second unit having a negative refractive power, and a third unit having a positive refractive power, and a focusing from an infinite object point to an object point at a short distance is carried out by moving the second unit toward an image side, and the following conditional expression (17) is satisfied: 0.2<Y2/Y1a<0.32??(17) where, Y2 denotes a maximum height of an axial light ray on a surface of incidence of the second lens unit, and Y1a denotes a maximum height of an axial light ray on a surface of incidence of the first lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Akiko Naito, Kento Hara
  • Patent number: 9261682
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit G1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit G2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit G3 having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit G4 having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens unit G5, and a sixth lens unit G6 having a positive refractive power. Zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end is carried out by changing a distance between the lens units, and a distance between the first lens unit G1 and the third lens unit G3 narrows at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first lens unit G1 is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and lens units from the second lens unit G2 to the fifth lens unit G5 move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Hirohiko Kimata
  • Publication number: 20150226943
    Abstract: A teleconverter according to the present invention includes a master lens apparatus side mount portion, an image pickup apparatus side mount portion, and a converter lens section having a negative refractive power as a whole. The converter lens section includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit is a lens unit in which, three lenses are cemented, and which includes in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, and a third lens having a negative refractive power. The teleconverter satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Yasuharu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150205188
    Abstract: A teleconverter includes a master lens apparatus-side mount on which a master lens apparatus is mounted, a camera body-side mount on which a camera body is mounted, and a converter lens unit that has a negative refracting power for mounting the master lens apparatus thereon to obtain a lens system having a focal length longer than that of the master lens apparatus, the converter lens unit including a first lens group on the master lens apparatus side and a second lens group on the camera body side with an on longest air separation interposed between them, the first lens group has positive refracting power, and the second lens group has negative refracting power, with satisfaction of the following condition (1): ?1.53<f1/f<?0.66??(1) where f is the focal length of a whole system of the converter lens unit, and f1 is the focal length of the first lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: Yasuji OGATA
  • Patent number: 9075291
    Abstract: A teleconverter includes a master lens apparatus-side mount on which a master lens apparatus is mounted, a camera body-side mount on which a camera body is mounted, and a converter lens unit that has a negative refracting power for mounting the master lens apparatus thereon to obtain a lens system having a focal length longer than that of the master lens apparatus, the converter lens unit including a first lens group on the master lens apparatus side and a second lens group on the camera body side with an on longest air separation interposed between them, the first lens group has positive refracting power, and the second lens group has negative refracting power, with satisfaction of the following condition (1): ?1.53<f1/f<?0.66??(1) where f is the focal length of a whole system of the converter lens unit, and f1 is the focal length of the first lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventor: Yasuji Ogata
  • Publication number: 20150168697
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit. At a telephoto end, with respect to a wide angle end, a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit widens, and a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit narrows. At the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) and (2). 1.1<f2/f3<1.8??(1) ?0.5<?G1/?G2<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Yasuji Ogata
  • Patent number: 8988783
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprising, in order from the object side to the image side a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens unit is located closest to the object side, the fifth lens unit is located closest to the image side, during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit move, the fifth lens unit is stationary, and the distances between the lens units vary, the third lens includes a positive lens, and the zoom lens satisfies the following condition (1): 72<?3p<110??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Yasuharu Yamada, Akiyoshi Tochigi, Keitaro Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20140218808
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit G1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit G2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit G3 having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit G4 having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens unit G5, and a sixth lens unit G6 having a positive refractive power. Zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end is carried out by changing a distance between the lens units, and a distance between the first lens unit G1 and the third lens unit G3 narrows at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first lens unit G1 is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and lens units from the second lens unit G2 to the fifth lens unit G5 move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventors: Yasuji Ogata, Hirohiko Kimata