Patents by Inventor Youtarou Sanjou

Youtarou Sanjou 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: 8477429
    Abstract: A zoom lens system includes, in order from object-side to image-side a positive first lens unit, a second negative lens unit, a third lens unit, and a fourth positive lens unit. The fourth unit includes a front subunit having positive power and a rear subunit having positive power. The following conditions are satisfied: ?2.100×10?3×?d+0.693<?gF; 0.555<?gF<0.900; 0.8<(?fp/?fn)/(?rp/?rn)<4.0; 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Hori, Youtarou Sanjou
  • Patent number: 8149516
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises, 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, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The fourth lens unit includes a forty-first lens unit having a negative refractive power and arranged at the object side with reference to the longest air gap and a forty-second lens unit having a positive refractive power and arranged at the image side with reference to the air gap. The forty-first lens unit includes a negative 411st lens, and the forty-second lens unit includes a positive 421st lens. Abbe numbers and partial dispersion ratios of materials of the 411st lens and the 421st lens ?d411, ?gF411, ?d421 and ?gF421 are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshimi, Youtarou Sanjou
  • Publication number: 20100302649
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises, 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, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The fourth lens unit includes a forty-first lens unit having a negative refractive power and arranged at the object side with reference to the longest air gap and a forty-second lens unit having a positive refractive power and arranged at the image side with reference to the air gap. The forty-first lens unit includes a negative 411st lens, and the forty-second lens unit includes a positive 421st lens. Abbe numbers and partial dispersion ratios of materials of the 411st lens and the 421st lens ?d411, ?gF411, ?d421 and ?gF421 are appropriately set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshimi, Youtarou Sanjou
  • Publication number: 20100182705
    Abstract: A zoom lens system including, in order from object-side to image-side: a positive first lens unit, a second negative lens unit, a third lens unit and a fourth positive lens units, in which: the fourth unit includes a front subunit having positive power and a rear subunit having positive power; the following conditions are satisfied: ?2.100×10?3×?d+0.693<?gF, 0.555<?gF<0.900, where ?d and ?gF indicate Abbe number and partial dispersion ratio of a lens included in the rear subunit, respectively; 0.8<(?fp/?fn)/(?rp/?rn)<4.0, 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Hori, Youtarou Sanjou