Patents by Inventor Yoshitomo Onoda

Yoshitomo Onoda 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: 10877251
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided in which a total angle of view is 150 degrees or more, and which exhibits a high-image quality, is compact, is inexpensive, and keeps a stable quality under a harsh environment in an on-board camera or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakamura, Yoshitomo Onoda
  • Patent number: 10838178
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape; a second lens having a negative refracting power and having a meniscus shape; a third lens having a positive refracting power and having a meniscus shape; an aperture stop; a fourth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape; a fifth lens having a negative refracting power and having a bi-concave shape; and a sixth lens having a positive refracting power and having a bi-convex shape The imaging lens has a total angle of view of 150 degrees or more, and fulfills predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakamura, Yoshitomo Onoda, Atsuo Minato
  • Publication number: 20180341089
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided in which a total angle of view is 150 degrees or more, and which exhibits a high-image quality, is compact, is inexpensive, and keeps a stable quality under a harsh environment in an on-board camera or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakamura, Yoshitomo Onoda, Atsuo Minato
  • Publication number: 20180335613
    Abstract: An imaging lens is provided in which a total angle of view is 150 degrees or more, and which exhibits a high-image quality, is compact, is inexpensive, and keeps a stable quality under a harsh environment in an on-board camera or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakamura, Yoshitomo Onoda
  • Patent number: 7995292
    Abstract: An image pickup lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens element having a positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side, an aperture stop adjusting the amount of light, a second lens element having a negative refractive power, a third lens element having a positive refractive power and a concave surface facing the object side, and a fourth lens element having a negative refractive power. In the image pickup lens, the following conditional expressions are satisfied, 0.6<|f2/f|<1.8 0?f2/R4<1.7 where f denotes a focal length of an entire lens system, f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens element, and R4 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Onoda
  • Patent number: 7907353
    Abstract: An image pickup lens includes: a first lens having a positive refracting power; an aperture stop for adjusting the amount of light; a second lens having a concave face directed to the object side and having a negative refracting power; a third lens having a concave face directed to the object side and having a positive refracting power; and a fourth lens having a negative refracting power; the first lens, aperture stop, second lens, third lens, and fourth lens being disposed in order from the object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Onoda
  • Publication number: 20100020418
    Abstract: An image pickup lens includes: a first lens having a positive refracting power; an aperture stop for adjusting the amount of light; a second lens having a concave face directed to the object side and having a negative refracting power; a third lens having a concave face directed to the object side and having a positive refracting power; and a fourth lens having a negative refracting power; the first lens, aperture stop, second lens, third lens, and fourth lens being disposed in order from the object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Onoda
  • Publication number: 20090268312
    Abstract: An image pickup lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens element having a positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side, an aperture stop adjusting the amount of light, a second lens element having a negative refractive power, a third lens element having a positive refractive power and a concave surface facing the object side, and a fourth lens element having a negative refractive power. In the image pickup lens, the following conditional expressions are satisfied, 0.6<|f2/f|<1.8 0?f2/R4<1.7 where f denotes a focal length of an entire lens system, f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens element, and R4 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Onoda
  • Patent number: 7508601
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens with a positive refractive power having a biconvex shape; an aperture stop having a predetermined aperture diameter; a second lens with a positive refractive power having a concave surface on the object side, at least one of the object-side surface and an image-plane-side surface of the second lens being aspherical; and a third lens with a negative refractive power having a concave surface on the object side and an aspherical surface with an inflection point in an effective-diameter area on the image-plane side, whereby aberrations can be effectively corrected, the total length of the lens system can be reduced to reduce the overall size, in particular the thickness, and a shutter can be readily accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Nidec Copal Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Murakami, Yoshitomo Onoda, Hotaka Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20070279767
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens with a positive refractive power having a biconvex shape; an aperture stop having a predetermined aperture diameter; a second lens with a positive refractive power having a concave surface on the object side, at least one of the object-side surface and an image-plane-side surface of the second lens being aspherical; and a third lens with a negative refractive power having a concave surface on the object side and an aspherical surface with an inflection point in an effective-diameter area on the image-plane side, whereby aberrations can be effectively corrected, the total length of the lens system can be reduced to reduce the overall size, in particular the thickness, and a shutter can be readily accommodated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Nidec Coopal Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Murakami, Yoshitomo Onoda, Hotaka Takeuchi