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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179602 | Optical apparatus with image stabilizing system An optical apparatus 101 includes shake detecting means 102a, 102b, 103a, 103b, and 105 that detect a shake, an image stabilizing means 108a that operates so as to suppress an image ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159746 | Optical apparatus with image stabilizing and movable lenses and actuators for shifting and/or moving the lenses The optical apparatus includes an image stabilizing lens shiftable with respect to an optical axis, a movable lens movable in an optical axis direction, first and second actuators shifting the image stabilizing lens, and a third actuator moving the movable lens. The... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154801 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power and remains stationary in a direction of an optical axis; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power and is movable on the opti... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139291 | Image blur prevention actuator and lens unit and camera equipped therewith An actuator for moving an imaging lens to prevent blurring of an image includes a fixed portion; a movable portion attached to the imaging lens; a plurality of spherical bodies sandwiched between the movable portion and the fixed portion, supporting the movable port... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125712 | Zoom lens system and optical apparatus using the same Providing a zoom lens system with a vibration reduction function excellently correcting aberrations with accomplishing compact, lightweight, and slim upon being accommodated, and to provide an optical apparatus using the zoom lens system. The system consists of, in ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120850 | Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system of the present invention, in order from an object side to an image sid... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8068281 | Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system according to the present invention, in order fro... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068280 | Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system according to the present invention, in order fro... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8054549 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a positive refractive, fixed first lens unit; a negative refractive second lens unit movable mainly for zooming; a positive refractive, fixed third lens unit; a positive refractive fourth lens unit... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7986458 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus A zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus are disclosed. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974009 | Image fluctuation correcting apparatus An image fluctuation correcting apparatus rotates a first rotary apex angle prism held in a first prism holding member around a first shaft in a direction for canceling an amount of horizontal fluctuation by electromagnetic force generated between a first drive coil... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7920327 | Image capturing apparatus and optical adjustment method An image capturing apparatus includes: at least one or more vertically movable lens groups among at least three or more lens groups, which constitute a zoom lens, movable in an optical axis direction, the vertically movable lens group being movable in a direction su... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7911697 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A lens includes a front group including a plurality of lens groups; and a rear group that is provided on an image side of the front group and that includes a negative lens and a positive lens. The positive lens has a flat lens surface on its image side, and is tilta... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894135 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the lens A zoom lens easily performs image stabilization with a compact and light image-stabilizing lens unit, properly corrects an aberration change during image stabilization, and achieves high optical performance. The zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a secon... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7830604 | Projection lens, image projection apparatus and optical apparatus The projection lens that projects a light flux from an object onto a projection surface. The projection lens includes a negative lens unit having a negative optical power, and a correction mechanism that tilts the negative lens unit with respect to an optical axis o... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7791801 | Zoom lens system, lens barrel, imaging device and camera A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units is changed so that an optical image is formed with a continuously variable magnification, the zoom lens system... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7782533 | Image stabilizing apparatus An image stabilizing apparatus of the present invention includes a laminated substrate 19 that has a coil pattern, a hall element 21 fixed to the laminated substrate 19, a magnet 20, a back yoke 22, an opposing yoke 23, and ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7742231 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes: a front group including a plurality of movable lens groups; and a rear group that is provided on an image side of the front group and that includes a negative lens and a positive lens. The positive lens has a flat lens surface on its image side... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7692863 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units among the lens units is changed so that an optical image of an object is formed with a continuously variable m... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7692862 | Zoom lens capable of image stabilization and imaging apparatus A zoom lens capable of image stabilization is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a positive first group fixed in variable magnification, a negative second group having a variable magnification function, a positive third group fixed in variable mag... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7684117 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units among the lens units is changed so that an optical image of an object is formed with a continuously variable m... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7663802 | Zoom lens system with vibration reduction function A compact zoom lens system has a zoom ratio of about 3.5 or more, an angle of view of 29° or more in a wide-angle end, and a vibration reduction function. The system includes, in order from an object, a first group having positive power, a second group having negat... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7609446 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the lens A zoom lens easily performs image stabilization with a compact and light image-stabilizing lens unit, properly corrects an aberration change during image stabilization, and achieves high optical performance. The zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a secon... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7586683 | Zoom lens, still image camera comprising the zoom lens, and video camera comprising the zoom lens Provided from the object side are a first lens group (11) having a positive refracting power and fixed to the image plane, a second lens group (12) having a negative refracting power and a magnification varying action exhibited when moving along the op... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7586682 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens including a varifocal lens unit having a plurality of movable lens groups, and a prism disposed on an image side of the varifocal lens unit. The prism has an incident plane on which a light flux from the varifocal lens unit enters, and an exit plane from... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583441 | Photographic lens system and image pickup apparatus A photographic lens system including multiple lens units where at least a part of one of the multiple lens units is movable in a direction, which includes a vector component orthogonal to an optical axis, and where the photographic lens system can have a normal and ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7551355 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus Disclosed is a zoom lens which is composed of a plurality of groups of lenses and which varies the power thereof by changing inter-group spacings. The zoom lens is configured such that: the last group of lenses that is located at the end of an image space and is neg... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7525729 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus There is provided a zoom lens having, in an order of an object-to-image direction, a first lens group having a positive refractive power and fixed with respect to an image plane; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a pos... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7471453 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units among the lens units is changed so that an optical image of an object is formed with a continuously variable m... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7468841 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power, and second and third lens groups each having a positive refractive power, sequentially aligned from an object side. The first lens group is moved along an optical axis and the second lens gr... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7453642 | Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus having the same Disclosed is a compact zoom lens system having a image stabilizing function. This zoom lens system is provided with a plurality of lens units of which the interval between adjacent ones is changed during zooming. Shake correction is effected by a part of a lens unit... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443602 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus using zoom lens To provide a zoom lens which attains high zoom ratio and high optical performance over the entire zoom range, enables vibration control and miniaturization, and is compatible with a solid-state imaging device with a large size and a large number of pixels, the zoom ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440147 | Optical scanning apparatus having self-propelled light bar assembly The present invention provides for an optical scanning apparatus having a scanner body and a self-propelled light bar assembly supported within the scanner body. In one example the scanning apparatus further includes a drive track supported within the scanner body, ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436600 | Zoom lens system A zoom lens system comprises: a first lens group with a negative refractive power, a second lens group with a negative refractive power, a third lens group with a positive refractive power and a fourth lens group with a positive refractive power. When zooming betwee... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426340 | Stage apparatus and camera shake correction apparatus using the stage apparatus A stage apparatus in which a movable stage is guided in first and second directions orthogonal to each other on a stationary member, includes a pair of first elongated holes formed on one of the movable stage and the stationary member and are elongated in the first ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423810 | Zoom lens system, lens barrel, imaging device and camera A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units is changed so that an optical image is formed with a continuously variable magnification, any one of the lens ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417800 | Zoom lens system A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, a positive third lens group and positive fourth lens group, in this order from the object. The negative first lens group includes a reflection member, and the first lens gr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411731 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes a varifocal lens unit including a plurality of movable lens groups, and a prism disposed on an image side of the varifocal lens unit. The prism has an incident plane into which a light flux from the varifocal lens unit enters, and an exit plane ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7379250 | Variable magnification optical system and image-taking apparatus A variable magnification optical system including at least: a first lens group having a negative optical power, a second lens group having a positive optical power, a third lens group having a negative optical power, and a fourth lens group having a positive optical... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372641 | Contrast reinforcement for displays The invention relates to a method and a device for contrast enhancement for display devices. A high-contrast representation of optical signals and/or symbols is achieved by providing a light-absorbing and/or light-deflecting background which is dark in comparison to... | 05/13/2008 |
