Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Shinohara

Yoshikazu Shinohara 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: 9383553
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially includes seven lenses, constituted by: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward an image side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power, a concave surface toward an image side, and at least one inflection point in the surface toward the image side; provided in this order from an object side. All of the first lens through the seventh lens are single lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shinohara, Yoshiaki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20160011405
    Abstract: An imaging lens is constituted by six lenses, including, in order from the object side to the image side: a positive first lens having a convex surface toward the object side; a negative second lens; a positive third lens, which is a meniscus lens having a convex surface toward the object side; a positive fourth lens; a negative fifth lens having a concave surface toward the object side; and a negative sixth lens, of which the image toward the image side is of an aspherical shape which is concave in the vicinity of the optical axis and convex at the peripheral portion thereof. Conditional formulae related to the focal length f of the entire lens system, the focal length f1 of the first lens, and the focal length f4 of the fourth lens is satisfied. 1.54<f/f4<3 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: YOSHIKAZU SHINOHARA, KAZUYA YONEYAMA, MICHIO CHO, YOSHIAKI ISHII
  • Patent number: 9235200
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially includes six lenses, constituted by: a first lens having a negative refractive power, which is of a meniscus shape having a concave surface toward an image side; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, a concave surface toward the image side, and at least one inflection point in the surface toward the image side; provided in this order from an object side. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shinohara, Michio Cho
  • Publication number: 20160004048
    Abstract: An imaging lens is constituted essentially by six lenses, including, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power and is of a biconvex shape; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the object side; and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, of which the surface toward the image side is of an aspherical shape which is concave in the vicinity of the optical axis and convex at the peripheral portion thereof. Predetermined conditional formulae are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI NODA, YOSHIKAZU SHINOHARA, YOSHIAKI ISHII
  • Patent number: 9170403
    Abstract: An imaging lens is constituted by: a first lens having a positive refractive power and is of a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a concave surface toward the image side on the surface thereof toward the image side in the vicinity of the optical axis, and an inflection point on the surface thereof toward the image side, provided in this order from the object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shinohara, Kazuya Yoneyama, Michio Cho
  • Publication number: 20150212298
    Abstract: An imaging lens is essentially constituted by seven lenses, including: a positive first lens having a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens, of which at least one surface is of an aspherical shape; a third lens, of which at least one surface is of an aspherical shape; a fourth lens, of which at least one surface is of an aspherical shape; a positive fifth lens of a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the image side; a sixth lens, of which at least one surface is of an aspherical shape; and a negative seventh lens having a concave surface toward the image side, provided in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SHINOHARA, Michio CHO
  • Publication number: 20150109685
    Abstract: An imaging lens is substantially constituted by six lenses, including: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens, which is cemented to the first lens, having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens. The imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional formulae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: YOSHIKAZU SHINOHARA, MICHIO CHO
  • Patent number: 9013809
    Abstract: An image capturing lens which substantially consists of five lenses, composed of a first aspherical lens having a convex surface on the object side and a positive refractive power; a second aspherical lens having a concave surface on the image side and a negative refractive power; a third aspherical lens having a positive refractive power near the optical axis; a fourth aspherical lens having a negative refractive power; and a fifth aspherical lens which is a meniscus lens having a concave surface on the image side and a negative refractive power, arranged in this order from the object side, and satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20150077863
    Abstract: An imaging lens is constituted by: a first lens having a positive refractive power and is of a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a concave surface toward the image side on the surface thereof toward the image side in the vicinity of the optical axis, and an inflection point on the surface thereof toward the image side, provided in this order from the object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SHINOHARA, Kazuya YONEYAMA, Michio CHO
  • Patent number: 8941928
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially includes six lenses, constituted by: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface that faces an object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface that faces the object side; and an aspherical sixth lens having a negative refractive power, the surface of which is concave toward an image side in the vicinity of an optical axis and convex toward the image side at the peripheral portion thereof. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shinohara, Michio Cho, Sumihiro Nishihata
  • Publication number: 20150022905
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially includes six lenses, constituted by: a first lens having a negative refractive power, which is of a meniscus shape having a concave surface toward an image side; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, a concave surface toward the image side, and at least one inflection point in the surface toward the image side; provided in this order from an object side. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: YOSHIKAZU SHINOHARA, MICHIO CHO
  • Publication number: 20150009578
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially includes seven lenses, constituted by: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward an image side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power, a concave surface toward an image side, and at least one inflection point in the surface toward the image side; provided in this order from an object side. All of the first lens through the seventh lens are single lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SHINOHARA, Yoshiaki ISHII
  • Patent number: 8908082
    Abstract: An imaging device with a short length and small aberration is provided. A total length D of an image-forming optical system is less than 3.6 mm. A maximum incidence angle of a principle ray on an image forming plane exceeds 33°. Conditions f/fL<?1.50 or f/fL<?0.9, and D/f<1.10 are satisfied where f denotes a focal length of the entire image-forming optical system and fL denotes a focal length of a last lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoneyama, Yoshikazu Shinohara, Takayuki Noda, Tatsuyuki Ogino, Ryoko Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20140347745
    Abstract: The distance along the optical axis from the surface of a first lens toward the object side to an image formation plane is 10 mm or less in an imaging lens. The imaging lens is constituted by: the first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward an object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having a surface toward an image side which is concave in the vicinity of an optical axis and convex at the peripheral portions thereof. An aperture stop is provided more toward the object side than the surface of the third lens toward the image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Yoshikazu SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 8885269
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of five lenses of a first lens having positive-power and a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing an object side, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical, a second lens having negative-power and a concave surface facing an image side, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical, a third lens having negative-power and a convex surface facing the object side, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical, a fourth lens having positive-power and a convex surface facing the object side, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical, and a fifth lens having negative-power and a concave surface facing the image side, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical, which are in this order from the object side. A predetermined formula is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20140313597
    Abstract: An image capturing lens which substantially consists of five lenses, composed of a first aspherical lens having a convex surface on the object side and a positive refractive power; a second aspherical lens having a concave surface on the image side and a negative refractive power; a third aspherical lens having a positive refractive power near the optical axis; a fourth aspherical lens having a negative refractive power; and a fifth aspherical lens which is a meniscus lens having a concave surface on the image side and a negative refractive power, arranged in this order from the object side, and satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Yoshikazu SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 8810923
    Abstract: An image capturing lens which substantially consists of five lenses, composed of a first aspherical lens having a convex surface on the object side and a positive refractive power; a second aspherical lens having a concave surface on the image side and a negative refractive power; a third aspherical lens having a positive refractive power near the optical axis; a fourth aspherical lens having a negative refractive power; and a fifth aspherical lens which is a meniscus lens having a concave surface on the image side and a negative refractive power, arranged in this order from the object side, and satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20140185150
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially includes six lenses, constituted by: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface that faces an object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface that faces the object side; and an aspherical sixth lens having a negative refractive power, the surface of which is concave toward an image side in the vicinity of an optical axis and convex toward the image side at the peripheral portion thereof. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SHINOHARA, Michio CHO, Sumihiro NISHIHATA
  • Patent number: 8760775
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of five lenses of an aspheric first lens having a convex surface facing an object side and positive refractive power, an aspheric second lens having a concave surface facing the object side and negative refractive power, an aspheric third lens having a meniscus shape in which its object-side surface is convex toward the object side, and positive refractive power, an aspheric fourth lens having negative refractive power and a fifth lens having a convex surface facing the object side and positive refractive power, which are in this order from the object side. Further, the imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional formulas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 8749896
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consisting of six lenses, composed of a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface on the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface on the image side, a third lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface on the object side, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface on the image side, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power with the image side surface having an aspherical shape which is concave on the image side near the optical axis and convex in a peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Shinohara