Two Groups Patents (Class 359/691)
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Patent number: 12158634Abstract: This application provides an optical lens, a camera module, and a terminal. The optical lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element in sequence from an object side to an image side; and each lens element of the optical lens satisfies the following relations: 0.2?BFL/TTL?0.6, and 0.2?TTL1/MIC?0.5. Therefore, the optical lens has an improved back focal length BFL and a small total on-axis thickness TTL1 of the plurality of lens elements while achieving high imaging performance. Further, a thickness of the terminal can also be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yita Chiang, Yuanlin Jia, Rongkai Feng, Yasuhide Nihei
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Patent number: 12108135Abstract: A camera module includes a first lens module having a first lens barrel accommodating a first lens group, and a second lens module spaced apart from the first lens module in an optical axis direction, configured to be moveable in the optical axis direction, and having a second lens barrel accommodating a second lens group, the first lens barrel includes a first through-hole on one side and a first opening on the other side, the second lens barrel includes a second opening opposing the first opening on one side and a second through-hole on the other side, a diameter of the first opening is greater than a diameter of the first through-hole, and a diameter of the second opening is greater than a diameter of the second through-hole, and a light shielding member is disposed at one or more of the first opening and the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2024Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Sot Eum Seo, Ju Sung Park
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Patent number: 12053153Abstract: An endoscope having an elongate shaft, an objective arranged in a distal end region of the shaft for generating an image of an object field in an image plane. The objective having a beam splitter, and an image recorder for recording the image of the object field and an optical waveguide for forwarding illumination radiation from a proximal region to the distal end region of the shaft. The endoscope being embodied as a contact endoscope, a sensor area of the image recorder arranged in the image plane and an emergence portion of the optical waveguide adapted to forward at least some of the illumination radiation to the beam splitter to illuminate the object field.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignees: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, GRINTECH GmbHInventors: Werner Goebel, Bernhard Messerschmidt
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Patent number: 12025779Abstract: An optical system comprises, in order from an object side, a front group having positive refractive power and a rear group. Upon carrying out focusing, the front group is moved along the optical axis. A predetermined conditional expression is satisfied. Thus, an optical system having a superb optical performance being able to correct superbly various aberrations and being suitable to be used with an imaging device having highly increased number of pixels, an optical equipment equipped therewith and a manufacturing method for the optical system are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Keisuke Tsubonoya, Hiroki Harada, Toshinori Take
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Patent number: 12019358Abstract: An adjustment member fixing device includes an adjustment member fixing unit having a first state in which the adjustment member fixing unit has a width smaller than a gap on a lens barrel side so as to be inserted into the gap and a second state in which the adjustment member fixing unit has a width substantially identical to the gap so as to fix a movable adjustment member provided on the lens barrel side.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro Tsuyuki
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Patent number: 12007543Abstract: This relates to an optical system for detecting radiation from a measuring area, comprising at least one radiation source for generating radiation along an excitation beam path which guides radiation from the radiation source to the measuring area, and comprising a detection beam path which guides radiation from the measuring area to at least a first and a second detector, wherein along the detection beam path, exactly one tube lens having a first end and an opposite second end, a first beam splitter, a first detector in the reflection direction of the first beam splitter, and a second detector in the transmission direction of the first beam splitter are arranged in succession, wherein the first detector has a first detection surface and the second detector has a second detection surface which is spaced from the first detection surface, and the first and second detection surfaces are arranged along the detection beam path at the same distance from the second end of the tube lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: HOCHSCHULE EMDEN/LEERInventors: James Napier, Walter Neu
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Patent number: 11910078Abstract: A camera module includes a first lens module having a first lens barrel accommodating a first lens group, and a second lens module spaced apart from the first lens module in an optical axis direction, configured to be moveable in the optical axis direction, and having a second lens barrel accommodating a second lens group, the first lens barrel includes a first through-hole on one side and a first opening on the other side, the second lens barrel includes a second opening opposing the first opening on one side and a second through-hole on the other side, a diameter of the first opening is greater than a diameter of the first through-hole, and a diameter of the second opening is greater than a diameter of the second through-hole, and a light shielding member is disposed at one or more of the first opening and the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Sot Eum Seo, Ju Sung Park
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Patent number: 11885942Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side. The third lens and the seventh lens are formed of plastic, and the first lens, the second lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens are formed of glass.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Hyuk Joo Kim, Kyu Min Chae
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Patent number: 11867966Abstract: A lens system for forming an image of light incident from an object side on an imaging element arranged on an image surface side includes: a plurality of lens elements including free-curved surface lenses; and a diaphragm arranged between the plurality of lens elements. The lens elements form a front group arranged on the object side of the diaphragm, and a rear group arranged on the image surface side of the diaphragm. A first lens element closest to the object side in the plurality of lens elements has an aspherical surface that is rotationally symmetrical. The free-curved surface lenses each has a free-curved surface that is asymmetrical with respect to a first direction and a second direction crossing with each other. A free-curved surface lens satisfying a conditional expression “D×(SV?SH)/IH>0.08” is arranged on the rear group in the plurality of lens elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Shobayashi
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Patent number: 11841549Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wide-angle lens, including a first lens group having a negative focal power, a second lens group having a positive focal power, and an aperture stop disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. The first lens group, from the object side to the imaging surface, sequentially includes a meniscus-shaped first lens having a negative focal power, a second lens having a negative focal power, and a third lens having a positive focal power. A concave surface of the first lens faces the imaging surface, and a concave surface of the second lens faces the imaging surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: JIANGXI LIANCHUANG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yumin Bao, Weijian Chen, Xuming Liu, Jiyong Zeng
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Patent number: 11653443Abstract: A flexible polymeric film includes a reinforcement layer and a base layer. The reinforcement layer includes a lamella and a plurality of columns. The columns are on a surface of the lamella. Each of the columns extends in a direction and is separated from a neighboring column by a gap. The base layer is coupled to the columns and portions of the surface of the lamella in the gaps between the columns. The base layer is less rigid than the reinforcement layer. The flexible polymeric film can be produced by spraying a precursor onto a substrate. A layer of the precursor is formed on the substrate and exposed to an energy beam to form a preliminary film on the substrate. The columns can be formed from a plurality of portions of the preliminary film. The lamella is formed on top of the preliminary film that is formed with the columns.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Nova Engineering Films, Inc.Inventor: Sang In Lee
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Patent number: 11644654Abstract: A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens unit having one or more lens units and having a positive refractive power as a whole. Intervals between adjacent lens units change during zooming. The first lens unit has at least three meniscus lenses each having a negative refractive power and a convex shape toward the object side. At least one of the at least three meniscus lenses includes an aspherical surface having a positive aspherical amount. A predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kohei Kimura
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Patent number: 11415786Abstract: A variable magnification optical system includes: a first lens group having a positive refractive power and arranged closest to an object; a negative lens group having a negative refractive power and arranged closer to an image than the first lens group; a positive lens group which has a positive refractive power, which includes at least one lens that moves integrally with an aperture stop, and which is arranged closer to the image than the negative lens group; and a focusing group arranged between the negative lens group and the positive lens group, wherein when varying magnification, the first lens group moves with respect to an image plane, the distance between the first lens group and the negative lens group is changed, and the distance between the negative lens group and the positive lens group is changed, wherein when focusing, the distance between the focusing group and a lens arranged at a position to face an object-side of the focusing group is changed, and the distance between the focusing group andType: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Kosuke Machida
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Patent number: 11372219Abstract: A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens unit having one or more lens units and having a positive refractive power as a whole. Intervals between adjacent lens units change during zooming. The first lens unit has at least three meniscus lenses each having a negative refractive power and a convex shape toward the object side. At least one of the at least three meniscus lenses includes an aspherical surface having a positive aspherical amount. A predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kohei Kimura
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Patent number: 11287608Abstract: The present disclosure provides a camera lens including six lenses, having good optical characteristics under near-infrared light and having a bright F number. The camera lens includes, from an object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; 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 sixth lens having a positive refractive power. The camera lens satisfies prescribed conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Teraoka
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Patent number: 11262551Abstract: The present disclosure provides a camera lens including six lenses, having good optical characteristics under near-infrared light and having a bright F number. The camera lens includes, from an object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; 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 sixth lens having a positive refractive power. The camera lens satisfies prescribed conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Teraoka
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Patent number: 11231567Abstract: A variable magnification optical system comprises: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; at least one positive lens disposed closer to an image side than the first lens group; an aperture, the at least one positive lens being disposed between the first lens group and the aperture; an intermediate group having a plurality of lenses disposed closer to the image side than the aperture; and a vibration-reduction lens group disposed closer to the image side than the intermediate group. The plurality of lenses of the intermediate group integrally move upon varying magnification, and the system satisfies the conditional expression 1.500<f(1˜Gn)t/ft<100.000, where f(1˜Gn)t denotes a composite focal length from the first lens group to the intermediate group in a telephoto end state, and ft denotes a focal length of the entire system in the telephoto end state.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventor: Hiroki Harada
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Patent number: 11194138Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit changing during zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Maki Yokoya
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Patent number: 11131838Abstract: An optical system 10 includes, in order from an enlargement side, a front group 1, an aperture diaphragm 3, and a rear group 2, the front group 1 including a refractive surface 11a convex toward the enlargement side, the rear group 2 including a concave reflective surface 12b, and Conditional Expressions of 0.7?|Rl|/Ll?1.5 and 2?|Rm|/Lm?7 are satisfied, where a curvature radius of the refractive surface 11a is Rl (mm), a distance between the refractive surface 11a and the aperture diaphragm 3 is Ll (mm), a curvature radius of the reflective surface 12b is Rm (mm), and a distance between the aperture diaphragm 3 and the reflective surface 12b is Lm (mm).Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiichiro Ishihara, Masatsugu Nakano
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Patent number: 11125987Abstract: An imaging optical system consists of, in order from a magnification side: a first optical system that forms an intermediate image on a position conjugate to a magnification side imaging surface; and a second optical system that re-forms the intermediate image on a reduction side imaging surface. The first optical system includes at least two focusing lens groups that move with different loci during focusing. The imaging optical system satisfies predetermined conditional expressions relating to the focusing lens groups.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukiko Nagatoshi, Masaru Amano
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Patent number: 11016274Abstract: A fixed focal length lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, the second lens unit and the third lens unit moving for focusing differently from each other to change a distance between each pair of adjacent lens units changes. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a negative refractive power. A focal length of the fixed focal length lens in a case of focusing on an object at infinity, a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the second lens unit and a focal length of the third lens unit are appropriately set.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihiko Yuki, Shohei Kikuchi
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Patent number: 10830994Abstract: An imaging lens according to the present invention includes a negative first lens, a meniscus-shaped negative second lens having a concave surface facing to an object side, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens having a convex surface on the object side, a positive fifth lens, a negative sixth lens, and a positive seventh lens arranged in order from the object side. Furthermore, an imaging device according to the present invention includes the imaging lens.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: TAMRON CO., LTD.Inventors: Seigo Nakai, Yasuhiko Obikane
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Patent number: 10656411Abstract: An optical system for field imaging and/or pupil imaging has an optical axis, a stop plane and an image plane. The optical system includes a lens element system that has three lens element groups, each including at least one lens element. The lens element groups are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis between the stop plane and the image plane. The three lens element groups have a first lens element material and/or a second lens element material that differs from the first lens element material.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbHInventor: Holger Muenz
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Patent number: 10656397Abstract: An optical lens system includes, in order from a magnified side to a minified side, a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group of negative refractive power has at least one aspheric surface, and the second lens group of positive refractive power has at least one aspheric surface. Each of the lenses in the optical lens system is a singlet lens, and the condition: TE(?=365)>70% is satisfied, where TE(?=365) denotes an overall transmittance of all of the lenses in the optical lens system measured at a wavelength of 365 nm.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: YOUNG OPTICS INC.Inventors: Hung-You Cheng, Yu-Hung Chou, Ching-Lung Lai, Yi-Hua Lin, Wei-Hao Huang
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Patent number: 10634882Abstract: A wide angle lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens having a positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, and a seventh lens having a positive refractive power. The wide angle lens satisfies the following relationship: H2/G2R2<1.8, wherein H2 is a diameter of the image side surface of the first lens, and G2R2 is a curvature radius of the image side surface of the first lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuan Chen
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Patent number: 10634917Abstract: The application discloses a smart user experience apparatus and a smart helmet, and the smart user experience apparatus includes a display device and a watching device, and further includes: a detecting device, located on the side of the watching device facing the experiencing user, configured to detect diopters of eyes of an experiencing user; and a vision correction device, located on the side of the watching device facing the experiencing user, connected with the detecting device, and configured to compensate for the vision of the experiencing user according to the diopters detected by the detecting device, so visions of experiencing users with the different visions can be compensated differently for, so that a nearsighted or farsighted experiencing user can see a clear image during watching even without wearing his or her glasses, thus eliminating his or her feeling of a pressure on his or her eyes while the experiencing user is wearing his or her glasses as in the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ning Wang, Lei Ding, Pan Guo, Wei Li, Yanqing Chen
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Patent number: 10578853Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image forming optical system having lens components and an image pickup unit, and the lens component is a lens having an object-side surface and an image-side surface that are in contact with air in an effective optical path, and the image forming optical system includes in order from an object side to an image side, an object-side lens component and an image-side lens component, and the image pickup unit has an image pickup surface curved to be concave toward the object side, and a surface nearest to the object of the object-side lens component has a concave shape portion which is concave shape toward the object side in a meridional direction, in at least an off-axis effective surface, and a surface nearest to the image of the image-side lens component is a curved surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Uemura, Takahiro Amanai, Kyoko Iijima
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Patent number: 10539759Abstract: An optical system includes a base, a first lens driving module, and a second lens driving module. The first lens driving module includes a first lens holder, a first magnet, and a first coil. The first lens holder is configured to hold a first optical element. The first coil corresponding to the first magnet is configured to drive the first lens holder to move relative to the base. The second lens driving module includes a second lens holder, a second magnet, and a second coil. The second lens holder is configured to hold a second optical element. The second coil corresponding to the second magnet is configured to drive the second lens holder to move relative to the base. The first magnet is disposed between the first and second lens holders, and no other magnet is disposed between the first and second lens holders except the first magnet.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Fu-Yuan Wu, Kuo-Chun Kao, Nai-Wen Hsu, Shih-Ting Huang, Shao-Chung Chang, Sin-Jhong Song
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Patent number: 10459191Abstract: The technology provides two or more spectrometers having uniform focal lengths that facilitate comparing spectral results obtained therefrom. The spectrometers include a collimating lens that receives light rays therethrough, a grating that is optically coupled to the collimating lens, and a focus lens that is optically coupled to the grating. The focus lens includes an outer body having a first lens set, an inner body having a second lens set, and an air gap defined between the first lens set and the second lens set. The inner body is moveable relative to the outer body to adjust a size of the air gap in order to modify a focal length of the focus lens. The inner body moves relative to the outer body to change an image size in the x-dimension. A fastener is provided to fixedly secure the inner body and the outer body.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Inventors: Eric Todd Marple, Kirk David Urmey, John Meckert
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Patent number: 10422982Abstract: A super-wide angle lens and a photographing apparatus including the super-wide angle lens are provided. The super-wide angle lens includes a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens and the second lens are disposed in sequential order from an object side to an image side, and wherein the super-wide angle lens has a half view angle of 80 degrees or greater.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong-jae Lee
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Patent number: 10310241Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, and a rear lens group behind the first lens group, in that order from the object side. The first lens group includes at least one positive single lens element, a negative meniscus lens element having a convex surface on the object side, and at least one positive lens element, in that order from the object side. A distance between the first lens group and the rear lens group increases upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities. The following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied: fG1/fn<?1.50??(1), and 65<?pave??(2), wherein fG1 designates the focal length of the first lens group, fn designates the focal length of the negative meniscus lens element, and ?pave designates the average value of the Abbe numbers with respect to the d-line of the positive lens elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Tomoya Koga
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Patent number: 10288857Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens (ZL) which includes, in order from an object, a first lens group (G1) having negative refractive power, and a second lens group (G2) having positive refractive power, and which satisfies the following conditional expression (1): 1.90<ft/Gf2<3.50??(1), where ft denotes a focal length of the zoom lens (ZL) in the telephoto end state, and Gf2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group (G2).Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventor: Daisaku Arai
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Patent number: 10191247Abstract: An imaging lens includes first, second, third, and fourth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in the vicinity of its periphery. The second lens element has an image-side surface with a convex portion in the vicinity of the optical axis. The third lens element has a positive refractive power. The imaging lens does not have any lens element with refractive power other than the first, second, third, and fourth lens elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Poche Lee, Wei-Yu Lo
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Patent number: 10126534Abstract: An imaging lens is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens group; a stop; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a 1-1 negative meniscus lens having a concave surface toward the image side; a 1-2 negative meniscus lens having a concave surface toward the image side; a 1-3 biconcave lens; and a 1-4 positive lens. The second lens group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a 2A lens group having a positive refractive power; and a 2B lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole, constituted by a 2B-1 positive lens, a 2B-2 negative lens, and a 2B-3 positive lens. Predetermined conditional formulae are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Taiga Noda, Michio Cho
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Patent number: 10120166Abstract: Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Though controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Poche Lee, Wei-Yu Lo
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Patent number: 10082642Abstract: An imaging lens is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a front group; an aperture stop; and a rear group having a positive refractive power. The front group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: at least two negative lenses, and a cemented lens formed by cementing a negative lens and a positive lens having a smaller Abbe's number with respect to the d line than the negative lens, provided in this order from the object side to the image side, together. The rear group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: at least one positive lens, and a cemented lens having a positive refractive power as a whole, formed by cementing a positive lens and a negative lens, provided in this order form the object side to the image side, together.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Kazuki Inoue
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Patent number: 10067321Abstract: An optical system, which may include a fish-eye lens including a whole view angle larger than 180 degrees, includes in order from an object-side to an imaging-side, a first lens group including a negative focal distance, an aperture, and a second lens group including a positive focal distance. An infrared cutting coat is coated on a lens surface that includes curvature of a lens among lenses included in the second lens group.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Seiya Amano, Hiroyuki Satoh
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Patent number: 10001630Abstract: A wide-angle lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power and an aperture. The first lens group, the aperture and the second lens group are arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens group includes five lens, and the second lens group includes four lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chun-Cheng Ko, Ming-Lin Lee, Tsung-Heng Chang, Chia-Wen Lin
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Patent number: 9971132Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from a magnified side to a minified side, a first lens group, an aperture stop, and a second lens group. The second lens group has at least one aspheric surface. The zoom lens satisfies the conditions: 0.1<Ic/TTLw<0.15 and TTLw/EFLw?10, where Ic denotes a radius of an image circle, TTLw denotes a total track length of the zoom lens in the wide configuration, and EFLw denotes an effective focal length of the zoom lens in the wide configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: YOUNG OPTICS INC.Inventors: Ying-Hsiu Lin, Kuo-Chuan Wang
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Patent number: 9939613Abstract: A single focal length lens system which, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first unit, an aperture diaphragm, and a second unit is provided. The second unit includes a cemented lens having positive optical power, and a joint surface of the cemented lens is an aspheric surface. The cemented lens satisfies a condition: |dn/dt1|MAX?2.67×10?5 (|dn/dt1|MAX: a maximum value of absolute values of relative refractive index temperature coefficients in an atmosphere at 0 to 20° C. with respect to light having a wavelength range of 580 to 640 nm, which is calculated for each of lens elements constituting the cemented lens).Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Emi
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Patent number: 9874718Abstract: Provided is a wide angle lens system including: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are provided in that order from an object to an image, and the lens system satisfies a first conditional expression: 16<|L/f|<17.5 where L denotes a distance from a lens surface of the first lens group provided closest to the object to a lens surface of the second lens group provided closest to the image, and f denotes a focal length of the wide angle lens system.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.Inventor: Won Sin Lee
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Patent number: 9872611Abstract: An image pickup unit, includes: a front group lens frame holding a front group lens; a rear group lens frame fitted to the front group lens frame and holding a rear group lens; a movable frame disposed to be movable forward and backward in a direction along a photographing optical axis within the rear group lens frame, and holding a movable lens; an adhesive bonding the front group lens frame to the rear group lens frame; and an adhesive outflow preventing portion preventing the adhesive from flowing out toward the movable frame side when the front group lens frame is bonded and fitted to the rear group lens frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Wataya, Akira Muramatsu, Yukiharu Makino
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Patent number: 9739989Abstract: A projection zoom lens is essentially constituted by, in order from the magnification side: a negative first lens group, which is fixed when changing magnification; a positive second lens group, which moves when changing magnification; a plurality of other lens groups; and a final lens group, which is fixed when changing magnification. The distances among all adjacent lens groups change when changing magnification. The first through third lenses from the magnification side within the first lens group are a first single lens having an aspherical surface with a concave surface toward the magnification side and a negative refractive power in the paraxial region, a second single lens having an aspherical surface, and a third lens. A first lens group front group constituted by the first through third lenses has a negative refractive power. Predetermined conditional formulae are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Akiko Nagahara
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Patent number: 9703083Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a first lens group of negative refractive power and a second lens group of positive refractive power. The first lens group includes a first lens of negative refractive power, and the second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and a reduced side and includes in order from a magnified side to the reduced side a second lens of positive refractive power, a third lens of positive refractive power, a fourth lens of negative refractive power, and a fifth lens of positive refractive power. At least one of the first lens to the fifth lens is an aspherical lens having at least one aspherical surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Young Optics Inc.Inventors: Hung-You Cheng, Yu-Hung Chou, Yuan-Hung Su, Wei-Hao Huang
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Patent number: 9696520Abstract: A wide-angle lens, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens and a ninth lens. The first, second and third lens are with negative refractive power. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lens are with refractive power. The eighth lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. The ninth lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. The first lens, the second lens and the third lens satisfy: ?26<f1/f<f2/f<f3/f<?3 and ?1.64<f123/f<?1.6 wherein f1 and f2 are effective focal lengths of the first and second lenses, f3 and f are an effective focal lengths of the third lens and the wide-angle lens, and f123 is an effective focal length of the combination of the first lens, second lens and third lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., AO ETHER CORPORATIONInventors: Yuan-Fan Liang, Tsan-Haw Lee
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Patent number: 9612421Abstract: A wide-angle lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens is with negative refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side. The second lens includes a convex surface facing the object side. The third lens is a biconvex lens. The fourth lens is a biconvex lens. The fifth lens is a biconcave lens. The sixth lens is a biconvex lens. The fourth lens and the fifth lens are cemented together to form a cemented lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., ASIA OPTICAL INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventor: Zhe-Ming Wu
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Patent number: 9435988Abstract: A zoom lens system capable of satisfactorily compensating for aberration, including, in an order from an object to an image, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, an aperture, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens in the order from the object to the image, and wherein an Abbe number of the first lens is less than 30, an Abbe number of the second lens is greater than 45 and less than 65, and a ratio of an Abbe number of the third lens to an Abbe number of the fourth lens is greater than 3.8 and less than 4.3.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Ho Jang, Young Su Choi
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Patent number: 9435980Abstract: An optical element unit is provided comprising an optical element group for projecting light along an optical axis of the optical element group and a housing having an inner housing part partly defining a first space and a light passageway between the inner s housing part and a second space. The inner housing part receives the optical element group. The optical element group comprises an ultimate optical element located in the region of the light passageway. A load-relieving device is provided adjacent to the ultimate optical element, the load relieving device partly defining the first space and the second space and at least partly relieving the ultimate optical element from loads resulting from pressure differences between the first space.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbHInventor: Johannes Lippert
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Patent number: 9354431Abstract: A zoom lens includes a negative first lens group, an aperture, and a positive second lens group. The first lens group includes a negative first lens, a negative second lens, and a positive third lens. The second lens group includes a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, a negative sixth lens, and a positive seventh lens, wherein the fifth lens is formed by adhering a positive lens and a negative lens, and the sixth lens is a meniscus lens. The zoom lens can be switched toward a telephoto mode from a wide mode by moving the second lens group from the image side toward the object side.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: CALIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Ming-Lin Lee
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Patent number: 9285567Abstract: An imaging lens consisting of a front group, a stop, and a rear group. The first and the second lenses from the object side in the front group are a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface on the object side and a negative lens respectively. The first and the second lenses from the image side in the front group are both positive lenses. The rear group is composed of a positive lens, a negative lens, and one or more positive lenses disposed in order from the object side. If the maximum total angle of view when an object at infinity is in focus is taken as 2?, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression, 2?>130°.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masaru Yonezawa