Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090213472 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image pickup optical system includes a first-lens unit having negative refractive power; a second-lens unit having positive refractive power and being disposed closer to an image side than the first-lens unit; an aperture; and a diffraction optical part provided on the joint surface of a first-cemented lens closer to the image side than the aperture. The focal length of the whole system, the Abbe number of the negative lens of a second-cemented lens closer to the image side than the aperture, the focal length within the air, the Abbe number of a negative lens closer to an object side than the aperture, the average value between the curvature radius closest to the object side and the curvature radius closest to the image side of the first-cemented lens including the diffraction optical part, the curvature radius of the diffraction optical part, and so forth, are set appropriately. | 08-27-2009 |
20090295982 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a zoom lens system including a first lens unit having a positive optical power, a second lens unit having a negative optical power, and a rear unit including at least one lens unit, which are disposed in the stated order from an object side to an image side. At least two lens units move for zooming so that a distance between adjacent lens units is changed. In this zoom lens system, the first lens unit includes a composite optical element in which a first optical element having a positive optical power and a second optical element having a negative optical power are cemented to each other. Refractive indexes and Abbe numbers of materials of the first optical element and the second optical element are set appropriately so that high optical performance is realized. | 12-03-2009 |
20100053765 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical system includes, in order from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the optical system, an aperture stop is located closer to the reduction conjugate side than the first lens unit, one or more positive lenses are located closer to the reduction conjugate side than the aperture stop, and the one or more positive lenses include a P-th positive lens located closest to the reduction conjugate side. In the optical system, a relative partial dispersion of a material of the P-th positive lens (θ | 03-04-2010 |
20100165476 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING OPTICAL SYSTEM - Provided are an imaging optical system in which chromatic aberrations are excellently corrected across the entire screen to realize high optical performance, and an optical apparatus including the imaging optical system. In an imaging optical system of which a back focus is longer than a focal length, a lens unit located in a reduction-conjugate side of an aperture stop includes at least one positive lens. A partial dispersion ratio and an Abbe number of the positive lens are set such that a refractive index, a position, and a power satisfy a suitable relationship. | 07-01-2010 |
20110080647 | REAR ATTACHMENT LENS AND IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A rear attachment lens detachably attached to a main lens system at an image side thereof to lengthen a focal length includes a negative lens disposed such that, when L is a distance between a lens surface closest to an object side and a lens surface closest to an image side in the rear attachment lens, the negative lens is within an area in which a distance from the lens surface closest to the object side to the negative lens is in the range of 0.5L to 1.0L. When νdn1 is an Abbe number of a material of the negative lens with respect to the d-line and θgFn1 is a partial dispersion ratio of the material of the negative lens with respect to the g-line and the F-line, the following conditions are satisfied: | 04-07-2011 |
20110141573 | REAR ATTACHMENT LENS AND IMAGE-FORMING OPTICAL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A rear attachment lens detachably attached to an image side of a main lens system to change a focal length of an entire system so as to become longer than a focal length of the main lens system includes one or more positive lenses GMp. One among the one or more positive lenses GMp is a positive lens P | 06-16-2011 |
20110310486 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM - A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit, a second lens unit for focusing, and a third lens unit. The first lens unit includes a first lens sub-unit having a positive refractive power and a second lens sub-unit. The first lens unit includes a diffractive optical element and an aspheric surface. A length on an optical axis from a lens surface furthest on the object side of the first lens sub-unit to an image plane, an air space between the first lens sub-unit and the second lens sub-unit, a focal length of the first lens sub-unit, a focal length of the second lens sub-unit, a focal length of the diffractive optical element by only a diffractive component, a focal length and an F-number of the entire photographic optical system are appropriately set to satisfy predetermined conditions for optimal focusing. | 12-22-2011 |
20120134031 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive or negative refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units, an aperture stop is provided on the image side of the second lens unit. A sum of relative anomalous partial dispersion ΔθgF of materials of negative lenses included in the second lens unit, a sum of power of a negative lens formed of a material having relative anomalous partial dispersion that is equal to or more than an average value of relative anomalous partial dispersion of the materials of the negative lenses included in the second lens unit, and a refractive power of the second lens unit are appropriately set. | 05-31-2012 |
20120229921 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, focusing being performed by moving the second lens unit, wherein at least one diffractive optical element and at least one optical element made of solid material are provided closer to the object side than a position where a paraxial chief ray intersects an optical axis, and wherein a focal length obtained by only a diffraction component of the diffractive optical element, a focal length of the optical element made of solid material, a focal length of the first lens unit, and a relative anomalous partial dispersion of a material forming the optical element made of solid material are appropriately set. | 09-13-2012 |
20120250168 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical system includes at least one lens unit having a negative refractive power disposed closer to an object side than an aperture portion. The lens unit having a negative refractive power includes at least one positive lens and one negative lens. The ratio between the numbers of positive lenses and negative lenses included in the lens unit having a negative refractive power is appropriately set. The lens unit having a negative refractive power includes a plurality of negative lenses each having an appropriate Abbe number and relative partial dispersion and a positive lens having an appropriate Abbe number. A negative lens having the highest dispersion among the negative lenses is located in an appropriate position. | 10-04-2012 |
20130021513 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power configured to move in an optical axis direction to perform focusing, and a third lens unit having positive or negative refractive power, wherein the position of an optical element (A) satisfies a predetermined condition. | 01-24-2013 |
20130100337 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical system includes a first lens unit fixed during a focusing operation and having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit moving in an optical axis direction during the focusing operation and having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit positioned at the image side relative to the second lens unit and having a positive or negative refractive power, the first lens unit is configured by first, second, and third partial lens units, the first partial lens unit is configured by two positive lens components, the second partial lens unit is configured by one cemented lens having a negative combined refractive power, the third partial lens unit is positioned between the second partial lens unit and the second lens unit and has a positive refractive power as a whole, and each lens unit is configured so as to meet an appropriate condition. | 04-25-2013 |
20130194487 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image pickup optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit that does not move for focusing and has a positive optical power, a second lens unit that moves during focusing, an aperture diaphragm, and a third lens unit that does not move for focusing. The image pickup optical system includes a diffractive optical element, and an optical element NLF made of a solid material on the object side of an intersection between a paraxial chief ray and an optical axis. The predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied. | 08-01-2013 |
20140002714 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140071305 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus ( | 03-13-2014 |
20150055010 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an imaging optical system, an image pickup element including a plurality of pixels, a lens array configured such that rays from the same position on an object plane are incident on pixels of the image pickup element different from each other depending on a pupil region of the imaging optical system through which the ray passes, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing for the input image acquired by the image pickup element to generate the output images, and a control unit configured to drive the imaging optical system to perform focus control, the image processing unit is configured to acquire information on a refocus control range, and the control unit is configured to perform the focus control based on the information on the refocus control range. | 02-26-2015 |