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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072695 | Imaging lens An imaging lens includes plastic-made first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements arranged in the given order from an object side to an imaging side, each having object-side and imaging-side surfaces facing toward the object and imaging sides, respectively... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7911711 | Photographing optical lens assembly This invention provides a photographing optical lens assembly including, in order from an object side toward an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7864454 | Imaging lens system The present invention provides an imaging lens system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third le... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7826151 | Optical lens system for taking image An optical lens system for taking image comprises, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third lens element wi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7609460 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens configured by arranging a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group in order from the object side to the image side, and further having an aperture diaphragm on the object side of the third len... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7502181 | Imaging lens An imaging lens is provided and includes: a positive first lens with a convex surface directed to the object side; a second lens having a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface directed to the image side; a third lens having a positive meniscus shape with a ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7433131 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus Provided is a zoom lens allows size reduction in the depth direction and compactness. The zoom lens includes a plurality of lens groups (GR1 to GR5) and performs zooming by changing an inter-group distance. Of the plurality of lens groups (GR1 t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7342865 | Objective lens for optical recording/reproducing device There is provided an objective lens which has positive refractive power and has a single lens element having an incident surface from which the collimated beam enters and an exit surface from which the collimated beam emerges. Further, the incident surface and the e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327953 | Zoom lens and imaging device A zoom lens with a reduced thickness and size in the depthwise direction consists of a plurality of lens groups (GR1 to GR5), so that it varies in power in response to variation in intervals between the lens groups. The zoom lens also has a prism G2... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312934 | 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... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7277629 | Zoom lens, camera apparatus and portable information terminal apparatus A zoom lens having five lens groups arranged in succession. The zoom lens is configured such that when zooming from a short focal length end toward a long focal length end, the second lens group lens moves toward the third lens group and the fourth lens group moves ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7256945 | Zoom lens and image pick-up apparatus A zoom lens is proposed, which includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, and a fifth ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7177088 | Compact objective optical system and examination apparatus By reducing the outer diameter, increasing the overall length, and correcting chromatic aberration well, the invention realizes an objective optical system and examination apparatus that are suitable for in-vivo examination with a sufficiently increased length and w... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7116489 | Zoom lens and imaging device Disclosed are a zoom lens and an imaging device. The zoom lens has a first lens group with positive refractive power, a second lens group with negative refractive power, a third lens group with positive refractive power, a fourth lens group with positive refractive ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7092169 | Zoom lens system A zoom lens system, in sequence from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens group having positive refractive power and fixed for gathering incoming light; a second lens group having negative refractive power for changing a focal length of the zoom le... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7075736 | Compact and lightweight digital camera lens A compact, lightweight, and high-performance lens and method of using the same are provided. In one embodiment, the lens includes a crown glass having a first aspheric surface, a flint glass optically coupled to the crown glass, the first flint glass having a second... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072119 | Afocal zoom lens for microscopes An afocal zoom lens for microscopes includes five lens units having, in order from the object side, positive, negative, negative, positive, and negative refracting powers. When the magnification of the afocal zoom lens is changed in the range from a low-magnificatio... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7023627 | Lithographic objective having a first lens group including only lenses having a positive refractive power A projection objective includes a first lens group (G1) of positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) of negative refractive power and at least one further lens group of positive refractive power in which a diaphragm is mounted. The first lens... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012764 | Projection lens A projection lens, for enlarging and projecting a picture formed on a flat fluorescent plate of a CRT projection tube, includes: a first lens unit of a plus lens, having aspheric surfaces on both surfaces, being convex to the screen side at a central portion includi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6985184 | Electronic camera An improved electronic camera is disclosed which enables higher light-detecting efficiency of the electronic image pick-up device and reduces focusing errors in the periphery of the image field. The present invention arranges the detectors of an optical pick-up devi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6754446 | Imaging device and digital camera using the imaging device An imaging device has a zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units and forming an optical image of an object so as to be continuously and optically zoomable by varying a distance between the lens units; and an image sensing element converting the optical ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6718132 | Zoom lens, camera apparatus and portable information terminal apparatus A zoom lens having five lens groups arranged in succession. The zoom lens is configured such that when zooming from a short focal length end toward a long focal length end, the second lens group lens moves toward the third lens group and the fourth lens group moves ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6396640 | Collimator lens and optical scanning apparatus using the same A collimator lens comprises, successively from a parallel luminous flux side, a first lens having a positive refracting power, second and third lenses having a negative composite refracting power, a fourth lens having a positive refracting power, and a fi... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6339509 | Variable focal length optical system A variable focal length optical system of reducing size and increased zoom ratio is provided. According to one aspect. at least three lens groups, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens group ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6310734 | Imaging lens and image readout apparatus using the same An imaging lens comprises, successively from an object side, a positive first lens L1 having a convex surface directed onto the object side, a negative second lens L2 having a concave surface directed onto an image side, a third lens... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6301063 | Color image readout lens A color image readout lens usable within a magnification range from -0.6X to -1.7X comprises, successively from the object side, a first lens group G1 comprising by a lens having a positive refracting power with a convex surface directed onto t... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6285502 | Zoom lens system having an image blur compensation function A zoom lens system has the first to fifth lens units from the object side. Refractive powers of the first to fifth lens units are positive, negative, negative, positive, negative, respectively. During zooming, the distances between the lens units are vari... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6025962 | Zoom lens with an anti-vibration function A zoom lens system with an anti-vibration function, which is provided with, in order from the object end: a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive r... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6023375 | Projection lenses for use with large pixelized panels A projection lens for use with LCD panels is provided. The lens has a first lens unit which has a positive power and a second lens unit which has a negative power. The first lens unit contains at least four lens elements, namely, a positive first lens ele... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5841590 | Aberration controllable optical system An aberration-controllable optical system has a large angle of view and is capable of continuously varying spherical aberrations from negative values to positive values, including a point at which a sharp image can be produced. A master lens group include... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5822129 | Projection lens system A projection lens system has a wide angle with small value for back focus, superior telecentric characteristics, and small distortion. The projection lens system includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5757553 | Eyepiece lens of wide visual field Eyepiece lenses of wide visual field, one of which has a field angle of 75° or wider, and another one of which has a field angle of 60° with a smaller number of constituent lenses than the former has. One of these eyepiece lenses comprises, in the order... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5748383 | Variable focal length optical system In a variable focal length optical system which has, in succession from an object side, a first lens unit G1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit G2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit G3 having a positive refractive po... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5636067 | Taking lens system A high-performance taking lens system suitable for a lens shutter type camera, which is capable of displaying superior optical performance as far as the edges of film image field with minimal deterioration of the performance despite a simple arrangement. ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5585969 | Zoom lens A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having a negative refracting power, and a fifth ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5502594 | Zoom lens incorporating vibration-proofing function A zoom lens incorporating a vibration-proofing function comprises, sequentially from an object side, a first lens group G1 having a positive refracting power; a second lens group G2 having a negative refracting power; a third lens gr... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5392431 | TV projection lens including a graded index element A projection TV lens (60) includes first (64), second (66), third (70), and fourth (72) element-groups counted in numerical order and arranged on a common optical axis (62). The first, third, and fourth groups each include at least one lens element. The f... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5357373 | Image projection lens A projection lens has a five-group structure, in which a first-group lens is a positive lens, a second-group lens is a negative lens, third- and fourth-group lenses are respectively positive lenses, and a fifth-group lens is a negative lens. The projectio... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5325233 | Zoom lens utilizing inner focus system A zoom lens of five group construction utilizing an inner focus system. The zoom lens includes a first lens group G1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having a negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having a negative ref... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5272540 | Temperature compensating lens system for projection television In a projection lens device having at least two plastic lenses for magnification-projecting an original image displayed on a display screen onto a screen, one of the two plastic lens is convex at a center thereof toward the screen and concave at a periphe... | 12/21/1993 |
