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20080247056 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis in such a manner that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases while an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes so that variable magnification is achieved, the first lens unit comprises one object side negative lens element and one image side positive lens element with a convex surface facing the object side, which have an aspheric surface, and the conditions: n | 10-09-2008 |
20080247057 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis in such a manner that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases while an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes so that variable magnification is achieved, the first lens unit comprises one object side negative lens element and one image side positive lens element with a convex surface facing the object side, which have an aspheric surface, and the conditions: n12>1.88 and ν12<26 (n12 and ν12 are refractive index and Abbe number, respectively, of the image side positive lens element of the first lens unit) are satisfied. | 10-09-2008 |
20080273250 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus, configured to form an image on an image pickup element, includes, in an order from an object side toward an image side, a first optical unit having a negative refractive power, a second optical unit having a positive refractive power, and a third optical unit including the image pickup element. The first optical unit does not move during zooming. The second optical unit moves toward the object side and the third optical unit moves. | 11-06-2008 |
20080285147 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis in such a manner that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases while an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes so that variable magnification is achieved, the first lens unit comprises one object side negative lens element and one image side positive lens element with a convex surface facing the object side, which have an aspheric surface, and the conditions: n12>1.88 and ν12<26 (n12 and ν12 are refractive index and Abbe number, respectively, of the image side positive lens element of the first lens unit) are satisfied. | 11-20-2008 |
20080285148 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis in such a manner that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases while an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes so that variable magnification is achieved, the first lens unit comprises one object side negative lens element and one image side positive lens element with a convex surface facing the object side, which have an aspheric surface, and the conditions: n 12>1. 88 and ν 12<26 (n12 and ν12 are refractive index and Abbe number, respectively, of the image side positive lens element of the first lens unit) are satisfied. | 11-20-2008 |
20080285149 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis in such a manner that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases while an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes so that variable magnification is achieved, the first lens unit comprises one object side negative lens element and one image side positive lens element with a convex surface facing the object side, which have an aspheric surface, and the conditions: n12>1.88 and ν12<26 (n12 and ν12 are refractive index and Abbe number, respectively, of the image side positive lens element of the first lens unit) are satisfied. | 11-20-2008 |
20080297914 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group. | 12-04-2008 |
20080297915 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein: the first lens unit comprises a first lens element having a concave surface at least on the image side and negative power and a second lens element having a convex surface at least on the object side and positive power; the second lens unit comprises a single third lens element, a cemented lens element of two lens elements having power of mutually different signs and a single sixth lens element; in zooming, all of the lens units move along an optical axis; and conditions (1): 5.0<αi | 12-04-2008 |
20080297916 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein: the first lens unit comprises a first lens element having a concave surface at least on the image side and negative power and a second lens element having a convex surface at least on the object side and positive power; the second lens unit comprises a cemented lens element fabricated by two lens elements having optical power of mutually different signs and one single lens element; in zooming, all of the lens units move along an optical axis; and conditions (1): 5.0<αi | 12-04-2008 |
20080297917 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein: the first lens unit comprises a first lens element having a concave surface at least on the image side and negative power and a second lens element having a convex surface at least on the object side and positive power; the second lens unit comprises a first cemented lens element of two lens elements having power of mutually different signs and a second cemented lens element of two lens elements having power of mutually different signs; in zooming, all of the lens units move along an optical axis; and conditions (1): 5.0<αi | 12-04-2008 |
20080316617 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND DIGITAL DEVICE - A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having a negative optical power, a second lens group having a negative optical power, and, a third lens group having a positive optical power. The position of the first lens group is fixed during zooming, and the third lens group includes three single lenses including, in order from the object side, a third-first lens being a single lens having a positive optical power, a third-second lens being a single lens having a negative optical power and a third-third lens being a single lens having a positive optical power. The zoom lens system satisfies the following conditional expression: 0.3512-25-2008 | |
20090009883 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. An interval between respective adjacent lens units varies during zooming. The first lens unit includes a composite optical element. The composite optical element includes a lens element and a resin layer having an optical characteristic different from that of the lens element and laid on the lens element. The zoom lens satisfies at least one of predetermined conditions. | 01-08-2009 |
20090009884 | Zoom Lens and image pickup apparatus - A zoom lens includes first to third lens groups having negative, positive, and positive refractive powers, respectively. When a lens position state changes from a wide-angle to a telephoto, all lens groups are moved in an optical axis direction so that a distance between the first and second lens groups decreases and a distance between the second and third lens groups increases. A close-distance focusing is accomplished by moving the third lens group. The first lens group is composed of negative and positive lens components. The second lens group is composed of a positive lens component, and a cemented lens composed of a positive lens of biconvex shape, and a negative lens of biconcave shape. The third lens group is composed of a positive lens component in which at least one of object-side and image-side lens surfaces is aspheric. The zoom lens is satisfied a predetermined condition. | 01-08-2009 |
20090015940 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING THE SAME - Providing a zoom lens system being compact with high optical performance, an optical apparatus using the same, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The system includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, a first lens group G | 01-15-2009 |
20090015941 | Three-unit zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus using the same - A three-unit zoom lens system includes in order from an object side thereof a first lens unit G | 01-15-2009 |
20090015942 | Electronic image pickup system - The invention relates to an electronic image pickup system whose depth dimension is extremely reduced, taking advantage of an optical system type that can overcome conditions imposed on the movement of a zooming movable lens group while high specifications and performance are kept. The electronic image pickup system comprises an optical path-bending zoom optical system comprising, in order from its object side, a 1-1st lens group G | 01-15-2009 |
20090034092 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in this order from the object. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034093 | Two-unit zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus using the same - A two-unit zoom lens system includes in order from an object side thereof, a first lens unit G | 02-05-2009 |
20090073575 | OPTICAL ZOOM LENS - An optical zoom lens includes, in this order from the object side to the image side thereof, a first lens group of negative refraction power, a second lens group of positive refraction power, and a third lens group of positive refraction power. The optical zoom lens satisfies the formulas of: −0.4503-19-2009 | |
20090091843 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having a negative power, a second lens group having a positive power, and a third lens group having a positive power. At least the first and second lens groups are movable during a change from a wide-angle end state in which a focal length becomes shortest to a telephoto end state in which the focal length becomes longest. The first lens group is constructed of a glass lens and a plastic lens, the glass lens being positioned on the object side and having a negative power, the plastic lens being positioned on an image side and having a positive power. The second lens group includes a single plastic lens having a negative power. The third lens group includes at least one plastic lens having a positive power. The lenses are satisfied predetermined conditions. | 04-09-2009 |
20090091844 | LIQUID OPTICS ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A high performance zoom lens system suitable for use with a camera is disclosed. The zoom lens systems employs liquid optics and a movable lens group to provide optical performance over the zoom focal length range at focus distances from close to infinity. The system also provides compensation for undesirable thermally induced effects by adjustments of the zoom group and the variably shaped optical surface in the liquid lens cell. | 04-09-2009 |
20090103189 | Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera - An object of the present invention is to provide: a zoom lens system that has a high resolution, high capability of compensating curvature of field, a high zoom ratio of, for example, 3 or greater, a reduced weight, and a reduced overall optical length at the time of non-use; and an imaging device and a camera that employ this zoom lens system so as to have a reduced thickness and excellent portability as well as high performance. The zoom lens system forms an optical image of an object with variable magnification and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit that has positive optical power and that contains a bi-convex lens element composed of a resin material and serving as the most image side lens element; and a third lens unit having positive optical power. Then, the lens units move respectively along the optical axis in such a manner that intervals between the individual lens units should vary so that the variable magnification is achieved. Further, the condition |(R | 04-23-2009 |
20090161229 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE WITH ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object along an optical axis: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power; the following conditional expression being satisfied: | 06-25-2009 |
20090161230 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, the second lens unit including a positive lens, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the zoom lens, intervals between adjacent ones of the first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are variable during zooming. In the zoom lens, a refractive power of a material of the positive lens included in the second lens unit (Nd | 06-25-2009 |
20090168197 | ZOOM LENS - An exemplary zoom lens comprises, in order from an object side of the zoom lens, a first lens module having a negative refractive power, a second lens module having a positive refractive power and a third lens module having a positive refractive power. When the zoom lens is adjusted from wide-angle to telephoto, the first lens module remain fixed in place, the second group is moved toward the object side thereof along an optical axis so as to perform the zooming, while the third group is moved along the optical axis so as to compensate for any fluctuation of in position of an image on the image plane caused by the movement of the second lens module. | 07-02-2009 |
20090185283 | ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, which are arranged in order from the object side to the image side. The zoom lens performs zooming by changing a distance between the lens units. The first lens unit includes a compound optical element including a lens element and a resin layer having optical characteristics different from optical characteristics of the lens element, the resin layer being laminated on the lens element. An Abbe number νdg of a material of the lens element, an Abbe number νdj of a material of the resin layer, and an anomalous partial dispersion ratio ΔθgFj of the material of the resin layer are adequately set. | 07-23-2009 |
20090195887 | Compact Zoom Lens - A compact zoom lens including in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group includes two lens, the second lens group includes three lens, and the third lens group includes a single lens, wherein, during zooming from wide angle to telephoto, the distance between the first and second lens groups decreases, the distance between the second and third lens groups increases, and the third lens group moves toward the image side, and wherein the following mathematical inequalities are satisfied: | 08-06-2009 |
20090207502 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS - A zoom lens having a variable image magnification, for introducing object light from an object side toward a light receiving surface on an optical axis, is provided. An objective lens system has a positive refractive power, and includes a prism for reflecting the object light being incident to guide the object light on the optical axis, and an aperture stop control device for passing the object light, the objective lens system forming an intermediate image by focusing the object light nearer to the object side than the light receiving surface. A relay lens system has a positive refractive power, includes plural lens groups movable on the optical axis, is disposed behind the objective lens system as viewed from the object side, for zooming and refocusing the intermediate image. Also, a distance between the plural lens groups is shortest in zoom setting in the telephoto end position. | 08-20-2009 |
20090219626 | VARIABLE POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING DEVICE - A variable power optical system is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power and including a negative lens group and a positive lens group; a stop; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power and includes a sub-lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole and arranged on the most object side, the sub-lens group including a first lens having a positive refractive power having at least one aspherical surface, a second lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens having a positive refractive power. The second lens group is moved to the object side along an optical axis to perform a variable power operation from the wide angle end to the telephoto end with moving the first lens group to make a correction of an image plane position. | 09-03-2009 |
20090237806 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND AN IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens system is provided that can be used as an optical system for an image pick-up device, which can have improved shading characteristics using multiple lens units, for example three lens units. | 09-24-2009 |
20090257132 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS THAT USES THE SAME - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in this order from the object. | 10-15-2009 |
20090268308 | LENS SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THIS LENS SYSTEM - A lens system includes, in order from an object: a first lens group having negative refractive power; and a second lens group having positive refractive power, the first lens group including, in order from the object, a lens having a negative refractive power, a plastic aspherical lens, and a lens having a positive refractive power, and the following conditional expression |fp/f | 10-29-2009 |
20090284843 | Three unit zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same - A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a negative lens unit, a positive lens unit and a positive lens unit. During zooming from the object side, the second lens unit moves, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases. The second lens unit has two lens components including, in order from the object side, a positive front lens component and a rear lens component. The third lens unit is composes of two lens components including, in order from the object side, a front lens component and a positive rear lens component. An aperture stop is disposed closer to the image side than the first lens unit and closer to the object side than the rear lens component in the second lens unit, and the aperture stop moves integrally with the second lens unit along the optical axis direction during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. | 11-19-2009 |
20090290231 | Zoom lens and image pickup appartus - A zoom lens includes first to third negative, positive, positive lens groups. The second lens group includes first to fourth positive, negative, negative, positive lenses. The third and fourth lenses of the second lens group are bonded to each other to serve as a cemented lens. The zoom lens is configured to satisfy Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) as follows: | 11-26-2009 |
20090296232 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, and a rear unit including at least one lens unit. During zooming, at least two lens units move so that intervals between the lens units adjacent to each other change. In such a zoom lens system, the second lens unit consists of a negative lens component formed of at least one material and a positive lens element, which are arranged in the stated order from the object side to the image side. A refractive index and an Abbe number of the at least one material forming the negative lens component and a refractive index of a material forming the positive lens element are appropriately set, whereby high optical performance is obtained. | 12-03-2009 |
20090303611 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, and a third lens unit of positive refractive power. The zoom lens changes the distances between the lens units during zooming. The following condition is satisfied: | 12-10-2009 |
20090303612 | VARIABLE-POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - A variable-power optical system includes, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group with a negative optical power; a second lens group with a positive optical power, moving when the power of the variable-power optical system varies; and a third lens group with a positive or negative optical power. The first lens group includes two or more lenses including one positive lens and one negative lens which include at least two or more lenses made of a plastic material. The variable-power optical system satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions relating to is a focal length of the first lens, a focal length of the second lens, a composite focal length of the total optical system, and an image-forming magnification of the second lens group at a telephoto end. | 12-10-2009 |
20090323199 | VARIABLE-POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The variable-power optical system is provided and includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, in order from an object side. The first lens group includes a first sub lens group having three negative meniscus lenses and a second sub lens group having a biconcave lens and a positive lens, in order from the object side. The second lens group includes a first positive lens arranged closest to the object side and having at least one aspheric surface and a second positive lens arranged immediately after the image side of the first positive lens. When the absolute value of the focal length of the first lens group is |f | 12-31-2009 |
20100007968 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein: the first lens unit comprises a first lens element having a concave surface at least on the image side and negative power and a second lens element having a convex surface at least on the object side and positive power; the second lens unit comprises a first cemented lens element of two lens elements having power of mutually different signs and a second cemented lens element of two lens elements having power of mutually different signs; in zooming, all of the lens units move along an optical axis; and conditions (1): 5.0<αi | 01-14-2010 |
20100027134 | ZOOM LENS AND CAMERA WITH ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens of variable power ratio of the order of 3 in which the whole of the zoom lens is made up of three lens elements groups and the power configuration of each of the groups has an arrangement of negative, positive, and negative. The zoom lens includes, sequentially from an object side thereof, a first lens elements group which has a negative refraction power as a whole, a second lens elements group which has a positive refraction power as a whole, and a third lens element group, which has a negative refraction power as a whole. A variable power is realized by shifting the positions of the first and second lens elements group in the direction of an optical axis thereof. | 02-04-2010 |
20100033842 | COMPACT ZOOM LENS - A three-lens group zoom lens in an N-P-P configuration; the first, second, and third lens groups are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side; during zooming from a wide-angle to a telephoto position the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group is reduced and the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group is changed, and the zoom lens satisfies the following inequalities | 02-11-2010 |
20100046086 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same - A zoom lens includes, in order from its object side, a first lens unit having a negative refracting power, a second lens unit having a positive refracting power, and a third lens unit having a refracting power. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side, a first lens element, which is a negative lens element, and a second lens element, which is a positive lens element. The negative lens element and the positive lens element satisfy specific conditions. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046087 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND A PROJECTOR WITH THE ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system comprising, arranged sequentially from the enlarging side to the reducing side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power as a whole, a second lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole and a third lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole. The third group is fixed during the zooming. The first lens group moves along an optical axis from the enlarging side to the reducing side during zooming from the wide angle end to the intermediate area. The first lens group also moves along the optical axis from the reducing side to the enlarging side during zooming from the intermediate area to the telephoto end. The second lens group moves along the optical axis from the reducing side to the enlarging side during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. Thus, the zooming operation of the whole lens system is achieved. | 02-25-2010 |
20100060993 | Zoom lens and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is a zoom lens formed by arranging a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side, wherein at a time of varying power from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved, and the second lens group is moved to the object side such that an air interval between the first lens group and the second lens group is decreased and such that an air interval between the second lens group and the third lens group is increased. | 03-11-2010 |
20100085648 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A zoom lens comprises, in order from an object, a first lens group G | 04-08-2010 |
20100097708 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - An object of the present invention is to provide: a zoom lens system that has a high resolution, high capability of compensating curvature of field, a high zoom ratio of, for example, 3 or greater, a reduced weight, and a reduced overall optical length at the time of non-use; and an imaging device and a camera that employ this zoom lens system so as to have a reduced thickness and excellent portability as well as high performance. The zoom lens system forms an optical image of an object with variable magnification and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit that has positive optical power and that contains a bi-convex lens element composed of a resin material and serving as the most image side lens element; and a third lens unit having positive optical power. Then, the lens units move respectively along the optical axis in such a manner that intervals between the individual lens units should vary so that the variable magnification is achieved. Further, the condition |(R | 04-22-2010 |
20100123958 | Zoom lens and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is a zoom lens formed by arranging a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side, wherein at a time of varying power from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved, the second lens group is moved to the object side, and the third lens group is moved to the image side such that an air interval between the first lens group and the second lens group is decreased and such that an air interval between the second lens group and the third lens group is increased. | 05-20-2010 |
20100123959 | Zoom lens and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is a zoom lens formed by arranging a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side, wherein at a time of varying power from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved and the second lens group is moved to the object side integrally with a diaphragm such that an air interval between the first lens group and the second lens group is decreased and such that an air interval between the second lens group and the third lens group is increased. | 05-20-2010 |
20100128362 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - An object of the present invention is to provide: a zoom lens system that has a high resolution, high capability of compensating curvature of field, a high zoom ratio of, for example, 3 or greater, a reduced weight, and a reduced overall optical length at the time of non-use; and an imaging device and a camera that employ this zoom lens system so as to have a reduced thickness and excellent portability as well as high performance. The zoom lens system forms an optical image of an object with variable magnification and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit that has positive optical power and that contains a bi-convex lens element composed of a resin material and serving as the most image side lens element; and a third lens unit having positive optical power. Then, the lens units move respectively along the optical axis in such a manner that intervals between the individual lens units should vary so that the variable magnification is achieved. Further, the condition |(R | 05-27-2010 |
20100128363 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus - A zoom lens includes: first, second and third lens groups having negative refracting power, positive refracting power and positive refracting power, respectively, disposed in the order listed from an object side to an image side, wherein during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved and the second lens group is moved toward the object such that an air space between the first and second lens groups decreases and an air space between the second and third lens groups increases; and the first lens group is formed by first and second lenses, the first and second lenses being disposed in the order listed from the object side to the image side, and the zoom lens satisfying the following Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) | 05-27-2010 |
20100128364 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group and a positive third lens group, in this order from the object. | 05-27-2010 |
20100149657 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus - A zoom lens includes: first, second and third lens groups having negative refracting power, positive refracting power and positive refracting power, respectively, disposed in the order from an object side. During zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved and the second lens group is moved together with a stop toward the object such that an air space between the first and second lens groups decreases and an air space between the second and third lens groups increases. The second lens group includes positive and negative lenses aspherically shaped on at least a side thereof facing the object and having a convex or concave surface facing the object, the negative lens being positioned on the image side of the positive lens. The zoom lens is configured to satisfy the following Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) | 06-17-2010 |
20100157439 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes, in order from the object side, a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group; and a positive third lens group. The first lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative first lens and a positive second lens. The second lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive third lens, a negative fourth lens, and a negative fifth lens. The zoom lens system satisfies certain conditions related to the configuration of the lens and lens groups of the zoom lens system in order to provide a compact zoom lens having excellent correction of aberrations. | 06-24-2010 |
20100195219 | WIDE-ANGLE ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A wide-angle zoom lens system includes a negative fist lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in this order from the object. | 08-05-2010 |
20100238567 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, the second lens unit including a positive lens, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the zoom lens, intervals between adjacent ones of the first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are variable during zooming. In the zoom lens, a refractive power of a material of the positive lens included in the second lens unit (Nd | 09-23-2010 |
20100246027 | 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 substantially perpendicular to the optical axis; a zoom lens group among the three or more lens groups, the zoom lens group being movable in the optical axis direction; and a correction mechanism that corrects a position of the optical axis based on the three or more lens groups by moving the vertically movable lens group in a wide-angle end state to a predetermined position in the substantially perpendicular direction. When the vertically movable lens group is moved for the purpose of anti-vibration at each zoom position in the substantially perpendicular direction, the apparatus is configured to satisfy the following Conditional Expression (1). | 09-30-2010 |
20100277812 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, and a third lens unit of positive refractive power. The zoom lens changes the distances between the lens units during zooming. The following condition is satisfied: | 11-04-2010 |
20110007404 | ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens and an imaging optical device including the same, the zoom lens including, sequentially from an object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group includes a spherical negative lens and an aspherical positive lens and the second lens group includes a positive lens and a negative lens, the positive lens and the negative lens including three or more aspherical surfaces. | 01-13-2011 |
20110007405 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are arranged in order from an object side to an image side. Distances between the lens units change during zooming. The first lens unit consists of two lenses. Radii of curvature of a lens surface closest to the object side and a lens surface closest to the image side in the first lens unit, a focal length of the first lens unit, and a focal length of the entire zoom lens at a telephoto end are set appropriately. | 01-13-2011 |
20110013288 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: first, second and third lens groups having a negative refractive power, a positive refractive power and a positive refractive power, respectively. The first lens group includes a single compound aspheric lens formed of a spherical glass lens having a negative refractive power and a resin lens having a positive refractive power and an image side surface thereof is aspheric, and the conditional expressions (1) to (4) are satisfied | 01-20-2011 |
20110019289 | ZOOM LENS AND CAMERA WITH ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens of variable power ratio of the order of 3 in which the whole of the zoom lens is made up of three lens elements groups and the power configuration of each of the groups has an arrangement of negative, positive, and negative. The zoom lens includes, sequentially from an object side thereof, a first lens elements group which has a negative refraction power as a whole, a second lens elements group which has a positive refraction power as a whole, and a third lens element group, which has a negative refraction power as a whole. A variable power is realized by shifting the positions of the first and second lens elements group in the direction of an optical axis thereof. | 01-27-2011 |
20110063737 | COMPACT ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM - A zoom optical system including a first lens group including a plastic aspherical lens and having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group, the second lens group and the third lens group are arrange sequentially from an object side to an image side, and wherein the plastic aspherical lens satisfies the following Inequality: | 03-17-2011 |
20110134542 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system including at least one lens group that is positioned to be movable along an optical axis of image light for photographing; and a movable frame including a plurality of selection lens groups, the movable frame being movable between a photographing position and a storage position, wherein the photographing position is a position in which one of the selection lens groups is selectively positioned on the optical axis, and the storage position is a position in which all of the selection lens groups are outside the optical axis, and the movable frame including a storage portion that houses at least a portion of the at least one lens group when the movable frame is moved to the storage position. | 06-09-2011 |
20110141579 | Miniature zoom lens system - A miniature zoom lens system comprises three lens groups having four lenses in total. The first lens group has negative power and is fixed. The second lens group has positive power and includes two lenses. An aperture is furnished in front of and movable with the second lens group. The third lens group has positive power. The second and third lens groups are movable along an optical axis between a wide-angle position and a telephoto position. The system fulfills the following conditions: 11.506-16-2011 | |
20110176226 | LENS MODULE - A lens module has a magnified side and a reduced side having an imaging surface. The lens module includes a first, a second, and a third lens groups having positive refractive powers respectively. The first lens group includes a first and a second lenses. A value calculated by dividing a distance between a center of a surface of the first lens facing the magnified side and the imaging surface by the effective focal length of the lens module is greater than or equal to 1 and smaller than or equal to 3. The second lens group located between the first lens group and the reduced side includes a third and a fourth lenses. The third lens group located between the second lens group and the reduced side includes a fifth lens. Refractive powers of the first to the fifth lenses are negative, positive, positive, negative and positive, respectively. | 07-21-2011 |
20120044577 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus - The present disclosure provides a zoom lens, wherein a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having the positive refractive power are disposed from an object side to an image side in order; and when a zooming state is changed from a wide angle end state to a telescopic end state, at least the first lens group and the second lens group are movable. | 02-23-2012 |
20120057248 | COMPACT ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in a sequence from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power and comprising two lenses; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; a stop disposed on the image side of the second lens group; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein: during zooming from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, and an interval between the second lens group and the third lens group increases. | 03-08-2012 |
20120063004 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in that order from the object side. Upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, the first through third lens groups move along an optical axis direction so that the distance between the first and second lens groups decreases, and the distance between the second and third lens groups increases. The second lens group includes a positive glass lens element and at least two plastic lens elements, in that order from the object side, and wherein the following condition (1) is satisfied: | 03-15-2012 |
20120069452 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel is provided that includes a zoom optical system, a zooming unit, and a light adjusting mechanism. The zoom optical system includes a first, a second, and a third lens group. The second lens group is movable in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis and configured to move the optical image in the same direction. The zooming unit causes the zoom optical system to perform a zooming operation. The lens barrel is configured to change between an imaging state and a retracted state. In the imaging state, the zooming operation is performed and all the lens groups are aligned with one another. During the zooming operation, the first and third lens groups move independently of each other, and the light adjusting mechanism moves integrally with the second lens group. In the retracted state, the third lens group is disposed off center from the optical axis. | 03-22-2012 |
20120081797 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device is provided with an imaging sensor having a rectangular imaging surface, an image-forming optical system for forming an image onto the imaging surface, and a prism disposed between the image-forming optical system and the imaging sensor for bending an optical path. A mask, having a rectangular opening, limits light that is to be incident on the imaging sensor. The aspect ratio (long side/short side) of the mask rectangular opening of the mask is larger than that of the rectangular imaging surface, and the peripheral light quantity difference between the short and long sides on the rectangular imaging surface is smaller than in the case of these two aspect ratios being equal to each other. | 04-05-2012 |
20120113528 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS - An image taking apparatus including a zoom lens; and a solid-state image pickup element, wherein the zoom lens includes, a first lens unit; a second lens unit; and a third lens unit, the first lens unit, the second lens unit and the third lens unit moving during zooming, wherein the first lens unit includes a lens | 05-10-2012 |
20120120502 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a negative third lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, wherein the following condition (1) is satisfied: | 05-17-2012 |
20120120503 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS USING - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a negative third lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases. The third lens group includes a negative lens element having a concave surface on the image side, a positive lens element having a convex surface on the image side, and a negative lens element having convex surface on the image side, in that order from the object side. An electronic imaging apparatus using this zoom lens system is also disclosed. | 05-17-2012 |
20120127588 | MINIATURE ZOOM LENS - A miniature zoom lens includes a first, a second and a third lens groups arranged along an optical axis and from an object side to an image side in sequence. The refractive powers of the three lens groups are negative, positive and positive, respectively. The first lens group is fixed at a predetermined position. The second lens group is movable along the optical axis in accordance with a change of magnification. The third lens group is movable along the optical axis for keeping an image plane fixed at an image sensor. The first lens group is in resting state and the second and the third lens groups are movable during zoom-in or zoom-out operation of the miniature zoom lens. In addition, the miniature zoom lens can be composed of at least seven pieces of lens, thus the cost is reduced, the manufacture is easy and the assembly is simple. | 05-24-2012 |
20120127589 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens primarily includes, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power and at least consisting of a first lens and a second lens; and a third lens group having positive refractive power. The refractive index of the first lens (Nd21), the refractive index of the second lens (Nd22), the total length of the first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group (TTL), and the shortest focal length of the zoom lens (fw) satisfy the following conditions: Nd21−Nd22>0.1 and TTL/fw≧1.3. | 05-24-2012 |
20120127590 | IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH IMAGING LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens SL mounted in a single lens reflex digital camera | 05-24-2012 |
20120147479 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group is decreased, and the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group is decreased. A reflection prism having a negative refractive power is provided between the third lens group and the imaging plane, and wherein the following condition (1) is satisfied: | 06-14-2012 |
20120188653 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens ZL having, in order from an object: a first lens group G | 07-26-2012 |
20120229914 | DUAL FIELD OF VIEW REFRACTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR GEO SYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBIT - Various embodiments provide an optical system including a first lens group having a plurality of lenses; a second lens group having a plurality of lenses, the second lens group being disposed adjacent the first lens group; a third lens group having a plurality of lenses, the third lens group being disposed adjacent the second lens group; and a detector disposed behind the third lens group. A pupil of the optical system is located external to the first lens group, the second lens group and the third lens group. The second lens group is movable respective to the first lens group and the third lens group so as to convert a configuration of the optical system between a narrow field of view (NFOV) configuration and a wide field of view (WFOV) configuration. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229915 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - 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 varies during zooming. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens and a positive lens of which an object-side lens surface has a convex shape. An Abbe number of a material of the positive lens of the first lens unit, a focal length of the first lens unit, a distance between an image-side lens surface of the first lens unit and an object-side lens surface of the second lens unit at a telephoto end, and focal lengths of the entire zoom lens at a wide-angle end and the telephoto end are appropriately set. | 09-13-2012 |
20120262802 | ZOOM LENS - An embodiment of this invention provides a zoom lens, which comprises, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having positive refractive power. Further, the zoom lens satisfies the following conditions: (1) DG | 10-18-2012 |
20120307378 | ZOOM LENS - An embodiment of this invention provides a zoom lens, which primarily comprises, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a plurality lenses in which the refractive index of the lens nearest to the object side is NDo, the refractive index of the lens nearest to the image-forming side is NDi, and NDo and NDi satisfy: NDi-NDo>0.1. | 12-06-2012 |
20130010372 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens is provided. The zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group and a third lens group. The first lens group includes at least one lens. The second lens group includes at least one lens. The first lens group, the second lens group and the third lens group are arranged in order from an object side to an image side. The zoom lens satisfies following conditions: Nd | 01-10-2013 |
20130077179 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in the order from the object-side to the image-side thereof, a first lens group of a negative refractive power, a second lens group of a positive refractive power, and a third lens group of a positive refractive power. The first lens group includes, in the order from the object-side to the image-side thereof, a first lens of negative refractive power, and a second lens of positive refractive power. The second lens group includes, in the order from the object-side to the image-side thereof, a third lens of positive refractive power, a fourth lens of negative refractive power, and a fifth lens of negative refractive power. | 03-28-2013 |
20130135752 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a first lens group of negative refractive power, a second lens group of positive refractive power and a third lens group of positive refractive power. The zoom lens system satisfies the following condition formulas: 0.78<|f | 05-30-2013 |
20130194679 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having positive refractive power. A distance between every adjacent ones of the first to third lens units varies during zooming. The second lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens and a cemented lens in which a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented. A focal length (f2) of the second lens unit, a focal length (fT) of the entire zoom lens at a telephoto end, and an average refractive index (Npave) of materials of the positive lenses included in the entire zoom lens are appropriately set. | 08-01-2013 |
20130293968 | OCULAR ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - Provided are an ocular zoom optical system which has a wide apparent field of view even on a low power side and in which aberrations are favorably corrected while a sufficient eye relief is secured over the entire zoom range, and an optical instrument including the ocular zoom optical system. The ocular zoom optical system | 11-07-2013 |
20140139931 | IMAGING LENS, IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION DEVICE - An imaging lens including seven or fewer lenses which constitute an entire system of an optical system comprising, in order from an object side to an imaging side: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; and a third lens group having a negative refractive power, wherein the first lens group includes a lens having a negative refractive power and a lens having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop being disposed in the first lens group, the second lens group includes one lens having a negative refractive power and one lens having a positive refractive power, and the third lens group including one lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface on the object side. | 05-22-2014 |
20140285902 | Zoom Lens - A zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group and a third lens group, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens group is with negative refractive power and includes a first lens, a second lens and a third lens, wherein the first lens is with negative refractive power, the second lens is with positive refractive power and the third lens is with negative refractive power. The second lens group is with positive refractive power. The third lens group is with positive refractive power. The third lens satisfies |R | 09-25-2014 |
20140320978 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. Refractive powers of the first lens group and the second lens group are respectively negative and positive. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side, and includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The zoom lens satisfies −2.410-30-2014 | |
20150015970 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refractive power which is fixed while changing magnification; a second lens group constituted by two or more magnification changing groups; an aperture stop; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power which is fixed while changing magnification, provided in this order from an object side. The magnification changing groups respectively move along an optical axis while changing magnification from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional formula: | 01-15-2015 |
20150022902 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens substantially consists of a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group which moves from the object side to the image side while changing magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a negative third lens group, and a positive fourth lens group having an aperture stop St, wherein the first lens group includes a negative meniscus lens on the most-object side; the second lens group is composed of a negative second-a lens group having at least one aspheric surface and a positive second-b lens group, and the distance therebetween changes while changing magnification; a third lens group moves such that the distance between the third lens group and a fourth lens group at the telephoto end becomes narrower than at the wide angle end; and conditional expression (1) below is satisfied: | 01-22-2015 |
20150103412 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens substantially consists of a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group; wherein
| 04-16-2015 |
20150323769 | LENS MODULE AND IMAGE APZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group is provided. The first lens group is disposed between an object side and an image side and has at least one aspheric surface. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and is disposed between the first lens group and the image side. The third lens group has a positive refractive power and is disposed between the second lens group and the image side. The third lens group has at least one aspheric surface. The third lens group is suitable to move relative to the second lens group for focusing. | 11-12-2015 |
20150362712 | IMAGING OPTICS - To provide thin imaging optics that have magnification-adjustment functionality and can fit in a small-form-factor electronic device that has limited thickness or layout space. These imaging optics, which have magnification-adjustment functionality that allows magnification adjustment, are characterized in that a prism (P) with the ability to bend the optical axis by 90° is positioned on the object side. These imaging optics are also characterized in that at least the following are laid out, in this order, behind the optical-axis bending means: a positive-power first group (G | 12-17-2015 |
20160187629 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes sequentially from an object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; and a third lens group. The zoom lens performs zooming by varying intervals of the first, the second, and the third lens groups, on an optical axis. The second lens group is configured to include sequentially from the object side, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens. The third lens group is configured to include a negative lens farthest on the object side. The zoom lens satisfies a condition expression (1) 2.8≦|β2T/β2W|≦12.0, where β2T represents magnification of the second lens group at a telephoto edge, and β2W represents magnification of the second lens group at a wide angle edge. | 06-30-2016 |