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20090207723 | OPTICAL DISC AND ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL DISC - An optical disc of the present invention includes at least a light reflection layer and a light transmission layer formed on a substrate, wherein recording and reading are performed by a laser beam through the light transmission layer, the light transmission layer is formed from a cured film of a ultraviolet-curable composition containing an epoxy acrylate resin obtained by reacting a half ester compound (A), which is obtained from a lactone-adduct of a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate (a1) and a dibasic acid anhydride (a2), and an epoxy resin (B), and the film thickness of the light transmission layer is from 50 to 150 μm. | 08-20-2009 |
20090324870 | Utraviolet-curable composition for optical disk and optical disk - By using an ultraviolet-curable composition, which contains a specific ultraviolet-curable compound obtained by modifying a bisphenol epoxy compound with a polyester having a flexible structure, as a light transmission layer. Accordingly, the present invention achieves an optical disk having excellent characteristics such as excellent durability, excellent light resistance and excellently reduced warp, while suppressing deterioration of the light reflection film due to environment of high temperature and high humidity or light exposure. Consequently the ultraviolet-curable composition of the present invention is most suitable for optical disks having a thick light-transmitting layer on which recording/reproduction is performed by using a blue laser. | 12-31-2009 |
20100067347 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR LIGHT TRANSMISSION LAYER AND OPTICAL DISK USING SAME - An ultraviolet-curable composition of the present invention, which is used for a light transmission layer of an optical disk, includes a urethane (meth)acrylate having an isocyanate structure; and at least one of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate and a difunctional (meth)acrylate, wherein the combined amount of the urethane (meth)acrylate, the monofunctional (meth)acrylate and the difunctional (meth)acrylate is at least 90% by mass of the ultraviolet-curable composition. This ultraviolet-curable composition for a light transmission layer is able to realize an optical disk that exhibits excellent durability even under conditions of high temperature and high humidity, minimal decrease in light reflectance, and excellent adhesion between layers. | 03-18-2010 |
20100075100 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL DISK, AND OPTICAL DISK - An ultraviolet-curable composition for an optical disk which is used in producing the optical disk which includes a substrate and, formed thereover, at least both a light reflection layer and a light transmission layer and in which data is read using a laser beam striking from the light transmission layer side. The composition is used to form the light transmission layer. The ultraviolet-curable composition for an optical disk contains an epoxy(meth)acrylate, a (metha)acrylate having two radical-polymerizable unsaturated bonds, and a free-radical photopolymerization initiator, in which the (meth)acrylate having two radical-polymerizable unsaturated bonds contains a (meth)acrylate of a neopentyl glycol hydroxypivalate compound, the content of the (meth)acrylate of the neopentyl glycol hydroxypivalate compound is 10 to 40% by mass, and the content of the free-radical photopolymerization initiator is 1 to 4% by mass. | 03-25-2010 |
20100086725 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL DISK INTERMEDIATE LAYER AND OPTICAL DISK - An ultraviolet-curable composition for an optical disk intermediate layer includes a urethane(meth)acrylate (a) having three or more radical-polymerizable unsaturated bonds, a (meth)acrylate (b) having four or more radical-polymerizable unsaturated bonds which is other than the urethane(meth)acrylate (a), and a monofunctional alicyclic(meth)acrylate (c), wherein a B-type viscosity of the composition at 25° C. is not more than 1,000 mPa·s. The ultraviolet-curable composition may be used for producing the intermediate layers of optical disks by using a general-purpose resin such as a polycarbonate used as a stamper. | 04-08-2010 |
20100278031 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL DISK AND OPTICAL DISK - With branched epoxy(meth)acrylate which comprises a phenyl skeleton serving as a stiff molecular skeleton, and which comprises in the molecular skeleton a number of branched structures capable of forming a coating structure at a high crosslinking density after ultraviolet curing, it becomes possible to design the coating hardness to be high even if the content of an acryloyl group is designed to be low to effect less crosslinking reaction induced by ultraviolet curing, and it becomes possible to relax distortions inside a cured film due to cure shrinkage which occurs at the time of ultraviolet curing. As a result, there can be realized an ultraviolet-curable composition for an optical disk which has a high elastic modulus and is less tilted at the time of curing even if the coating hardness is designed to be high. | 11-04-2010 |
20110033650 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR LIGHT-TRANSMISSION LAYER AND OPTICAL DISK - An ultraviolet-curable composition of the present invention includes epoxy(meth)acrylate, urethane(meth)acrylate, and a silicone compound represented by formula (1): | 02-10-2011 |
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20100098883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE - A method and apparatus for producing one-dimensional nanostructures are disclosed. The production of the nanostructures is carried out by disposing a vanadium containing target facing a substrate; irradiating the target with laser light; and depositing target sublimation materials to the substrate under pressure conditions so that a plasma, which is generated by the laser light irradiation including target sublimation materials and gas atmosphere, does not substantially reach the substrate. | 04-22-2010 |
20100233874 | METHOD FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT USING METAL-TO-INSULATOR TRANSITION MATERIAL, FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT FORMED BY METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL DEVICE, AND FUNCTIONAL DEVICE PRODUCED BY METHOD - A method for forming a functional element includes a first step of forming an insulating layer composed of an insulator phase of a transition metal oxide serving as a metal-to-insulator transition material, the transition metal oxide being mainly composed of vanadium dioxide, and a second step of causing part of the insulating layer to transition to a metallic phase, in which the insulator phase differs from the metallic phase in terms of electrical resistivity and/or light transmittance. | 09-16-2010 |
20100264409 | MOLECULAR DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, PHOTOSENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A molecular device includes a gold electrode, cytochrome c552 or a derivative or variant thereof immobilized on the gold electrode, and an electron transfer protein coupled to the cytochrome c552 or the derivative or variant thereof. Electrons or holes, or both, are transferred through the electron transfer protein by transition of electrons between molecular orbitals of the electron transfer protein. | 10-21-2010 |
20100314617 | VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOWIRE, FABRICATION PROCESS THEREOF, AND NANOWIRE DEVICE USING VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOWIRE - A vanadium dioxide nanowire grown long and thin along a [110] direction is disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
20110003320 | IMMUNOASSAY METHOD AND KIT AND DEVELOPING SOLVENT THEREFOR - An immunoassay method and a kit which comprises a combination of a test piece for immunochromatography and a developing solvent, by which a target substance is detected accurately in a short period of time while a preventing a nonspecific reaction. | 01-06-2011 |
20110152443 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYMER MATERIAL - A method of manufacturing a polymer material which is allowed to manufacture β-phase PVDF easily and stably in a short time is provided. The method of manufacturing a polymer material includes a step of mixing an ionic liquid and a polymer compound including α-phase polyvinylidene difluoride to form a mixture, and then heating the mixture. | 06-23-2011 |
20120012823 | COLOR IMAGING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOSENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A color imaging element, a photosensor and a photoelectric transducer which use a protein and are capable of being stably used for a long time, and methods of manufacturing them are provided. A zinc-substituted cytochrome c552 is immobilized on a gold electrode with a self-assembled monolayer in between to form a blue-light photoelectric transducer. Alternatively, a cytochrome c552 is immobilized on a gold electrode with a self-assembled monolayer in between, and a fluorescent protein absorbing blue light is bonded to the cytochrome c552, thereby forming a blue-light photoelectric transducer. These photoelectric transducers each are used as a color imaging element or a blue-light photoelectric transducer of a photosensor. | 01-19-2012 |
20120021280 | COMPOSITE ELECTRODE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A composite electrode includes a plate-shaped conductor; a plurality of auxiliary electrodes disposed such that ends of the plurality of auxiliary electrodes are connected to a surface of the plate-shaped conductor and the plurality of auxiliary electrodes extend from the surface of the plate-shaped conductor; and an active material layer formed between the plurality of auxiliary electrodes so as to be in contact with the plate-shaped conductor. When the height of the plurality of auxiliary electrodes is defined as h, the center-to-center spacing of auxiliary electrodes facing each other in the plurality of auxiliary electrodes or the spacing of auxiliary electrodes facing each other in the plurality of auxiliary electrodes is h or more and 2h or less. | 01-26-2012 |
20120063015 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a lens frame, a guide shaft, a lead screw, a nut, and a biasing spring. The guide shaft is inserted into the lens frame. The nut is threaded onto the lead screw. The biasing member biases the lens frame toward the nut. The lens frame includes a first bearing component having a first insertion hole and a second bearing component having a second insertion hole. The guide shaft hits an inner peripheral face of the first insertion hole at a first and second contact point, and hits an inner peripheral face of the second insertion hole at a third and fourth contact point. The first and second contact points are disposed on opposing side of the third and fourth contact points using as a reference a parallel plane which extends along the direction of an optical axis and passes through a guide axis. | 03-15-2012 |
20120069459 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel is provided that includes an image optical system with an optical axis. The lens barrel has a first lens, a second lens, a guide shaft, and a driving unit, an adjusting mechanism, and a base frame. The adjusting mechanism is coupled to the guide shaft and has a first and a second portion. The first portion is deflectable and supports one end of the guide shaft. The second portion is configured to press against the first portion to deflect the first portion at an angle relative to the optical axis. The adjusting mechanism is configured to adjust the position of the guide shaft. The guide shaft is arranged to at least partially overlap the driving unit in the circumferential direction around the optical axis, and the first lens is arranged to at least partially overlap the adjusting mechanism in the radial direction relative to the optical axis. | 03-22-2012 |
20120288299 | TONER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A set of toners including yellow, cyan, magenta, and black toner, each of which containing a binder resin containing a crystalline resin and a non-crystalline resin, a releasing agent, and a corresponding coloring agent, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: 0.811-15-2012 | |
20130224885 | BLUE-COLORED GOLD NANOPARTICLES FOR IMMUNOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME - Gold nanoparticles which comprises organic buffer containing a piperazine ring, gold, and an organic acid having reducing properties and which shows a blue color by visually view when it is dispersed as a colloidal solution, can be produced easily by conducting a nucleus formation step by reacting organic acid containing a piperazine ring with a solution of a first gold salt to form nucleus gold nanoparticles and a growth step by simultaneously adding and reacting a solution of a second gold salt and an organic acid having reducing properties with a solution of the nucleus gold nanoparticle to grow the nucleus gold nanoparticles. The produced gold nanoparticles can be used as labeling particles in an immunological measurement method. | 08-29-2013 |
20130235289 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: pixels corresponding to respective plural colors arranged in matrix, wherein each pixel has a pixel circuit portion in which a circuit for display driving of the pixel is arranged and a pixel opening to be an area obtaining effective display light, the pixel openings of the pixels corresponding to at least one color have an area different from areas of the pixel openings of pixels corresponding to other colors, and the pixel circuit portions in respective pixels are arranged at equal pitches. | 09-12-2013 |
20130243488 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including: toner base particles; and external additive, the toner base particles each comprising binder resin and colorant, wherein the external additive comprises coalesced particles, the coalesced particles are each a non-spherical secondary particle in which primary particles are coalesced together, and an index of a particle size distribution of the coalesced particles is expressed by Formula (1): | 09-19-2013 |
20130244155 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including: toner base particles; and an external additive, the toner base particles each comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the external additive comprises non-spherical particles and spherical particles, wherein the non-spherical particles are each a secondary particle in which spherical primary particles are coalesced together, and wherein the non-spherical particles and the spherical particles in the external additive satisfy a relationship expressed by the following formula (1): | 09-19-2013 |
20130244156 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image, including: toner base particles each including a binder resin and a releasing agent; and inorganic fine particles, wherein the toner includes the inorganic fine particles as an external additive on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the toner base particles have a BET specific surface area of 2.5 m | 09-19-2013 |
20130244158 | TONER SET, DEVELOPER SET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner set, including: a transparent toner including a binder resin a, a releasing agent a and no colorant; and one or more color toners, each including a binder resin b, a colorant b and a releasing agent b, wherein the binder resin a includes a non-crystalline resin α and a crystalline resin α, the binder resin b includes a non-crystalline resin β and a crystalline resin β, the releasing agent a has an average particle diameter as a long diameter of 0.2 μm to 2.0 μm, and there is a relationship of 1 | 09-19-2013 |
20140086605 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer unit, and a control unit. The image carrier has a surface to bear a toner image thereon. The transfer unit has a transfer member to transfer the toner image onto a recording sheet conveyed in a conveyance direction for trailing-end borderless image formation and duplex image formation. The transfer unit is configured to form the toner image on the recording sheet without forming a margin at a trailing end of the recording sheet in the conveyance sheet in the trailing-end borderless image formation. The transfer unit is configured to form the toner image on front and back faces of the recording sheet in the duplex image formation. When a width of the toner image formed in a borderless image area of the recording sheet in the trailing-end borderless image formation is smaller in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction than a threshold value, the control unit permits the duplex image formation. When the width is the threshold value or greater, the control unit prohibits the duplex image formation. | 03-27-2014 |
20140140731 | TONER, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner including: a binder resin; a releasing agent; and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and a non-crystalline polyester resin, wherein the releasing agent has an endothermic peak temperature of 60° C. to 80° C. at the second temperature rising in differential scanning calorimetry, and wherein the releasing agent is an ester wax which satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2): 1.1 Pa·s≦η*a≦2.0 Pa·s . . . Expression (1) 0.001≦η*b/η*a≦1.00 . . . Expression (2) where in Expressions (1) and (2), η*a denotes a complex viscosity (Pa·s) determined by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the releasing agent at a measurement frequency of 6.28 rad/s, and η*b denotes a complex viscosity (Pa·s) determined by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the releasing agent at a measurement frequency of 62.8 rad/s. | 05-22-2014 |
20150192879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes at least one image bearer; multiple developing devices to develop the latent images with developers including toner and carrier into a toner image; multiple developer supply devices to supply the developers to the multiple developing devices, respectively; and a fixing device to fix the toner image on a sheet of recording media. When one of the multiple developing devices positioned at a shortest distance from an outline of the fixing device is referred to as a first developing device, and one of the multiple developer supply devices that supplies developer to the first developing device is referred to as a first developer supply device, the first developer supply device is greater in percentage by weight of carrier in developer supplied to the first developing device than rest of the multiple developer supply devices. | 07-09-2015 |
20150243972 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, ELECTRICAL STORAGE APPARATUS AND ELECTRICITY SYSTEM - There is provided a negative electrode active material including a core particle comprising silicon; and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of: Ge, Sn, Ni, Mo, W, Ag, Pd, Cu, Bi, Fe, Co, Mn, Cr, V, Ga, B, Sb, In, Te, Cd, Rh, Ru, Nb, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Pb and P. The negative electrode active material has an elemental composition that varies continuously from a center of the core particle to a surface of the core particle. There are also provided a negative electrode, a battery, an electric vehicle, an electric storage apparatus, an electronic apparatus and a power storage system each including the negative electrode active material. | 08-27-2015 |
20150258779 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of liquid jet heads each including a plurality of nozzles, a designating unit, and a spitting control unit. The designating unit is configured to designate, among the plurality of nozzles of each of the plurality of liquid jet heads, nozzles involved in printing from data representing an image to be printed as nozzles to be fired for a spitting operation. The spitting control unit is configured to carry out control of, if the number of the nozzles designated by the designating unit exceeds a threshold, performing the spitting operation in a time-divided manner that prevents the number of nozzles fired at a same time for the spitting operation from exceeding the threshold. | 09-17-2015 |
20150259217 | LOW-TEMPERATURE ROUTE FOR PRECISION SYNTHESIS OF METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES - Methods for making metal oxide nanoparticles, including mixed metal oxides and core-shell metal oxide nanoparticles, are disclosed. A solution comprising a metal carboxylate and a carboxylic acid is combined with a solvent comprising an alcohol heated to a temperature ≦250° C. for an effective period of time to form metal oxide nanoparticles. The metal may be a group IIIA metal, a group IVA metal, a transition metal, or a combination thereof. A metal oxide shell may be deposited onto metal oxide nanoparticles by dispersing the metal oxide nanoparticles in an alcohol, adding a metal carboxylate, and maintaining the reaction at a temperature ≦200° C. for an effective period of time to form core-shell nanoparticles. The nanoparticles may have a relative size dispersity of ≦20%, and may further comprise a plurality of carboxylic acid, carboxylate, and/or alcohol ligands coordinated to the nanoparticles' outer surfaces. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090066999 | DEVICE SYSTEM, SOURCE DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A system includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit an application and data related to the application from a source device to a destination device and a notifying unit configured to notify the source device of the number of times the application has been used in the destination device. | 03-12-2009 |
20100182643 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention is to provide an image forming device, an image forming system, and an image forming method that provide greater convenience for users and minimize the capacity of print data to be stored in a server. The image forming device notifies a document information management server of “a deletion permitting instruction” of a document only when two conditions, i.e., “a record that a print job has been successfully completed” and “log out of a user”, are acquired. After inputting a print job into the image forming device, a print server notifies the document information management server of “information that a print job has been input to a printer”. The document information management server has a unit that performs a document deleting process only when two pieces of information, i.e., “the deletion permitting instruction” and “the information that a print job has been input to the printer”, are acquired. | 07-22-2010 |
20100332878 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus which is connected to a Web server and equipped with a Web browser for displaying an operation screen provided by the Web server and a processing unit for processing image data, an access from the Web browser to the Web server is detected, and, in a case where the Web browser accesses to the Web server, the processing unit is activated according to a content of the detected access. | 12-30-2010 |
20110199645 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is a problem that operability is not considered for an image forming apparatus in which multiple web applications are installed. An information processing apparatus determines, upon occurrence of an error during execution of a job instructed through a first web application among the web applications, whether or not a first screen corresponding to the first web application is displayed in the frontmost side on the display screen of the display unit and controls a display unit so that when it is determined in the determining step that the first screen is displayed in the frontmost side, the display unit displays a first error screen for notification of the error in the frontmost side, and when it is determined in the determining step that that the first screen is not displayed in the frontmost side, the display unit does not display the first error screen in the foreground. | 08-18-2011 |
20120127500 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANAGING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - When an application is installed in an image forming apparatus, a counter used for the application is identified by using identification information indicating counters used in relation to a function of the application from among a plurality of counter types specified according to a type of the image forming apparatus, and an area for the identified counter is reserved in a storage area in the image forming apparatus. | 05-24-2012 |
20120144222 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system including a Web server and an information processing apparatus with a Web browser stores information indicative of a power consumed in execution of a function with respect to each of functions, wherein the information processing apparatus sets an upper limit of a power consumed by executing at least any one of the functions, determines whether or not the power consumed by the execution of the function exceeds the power set by a setting unit with respect to each of functions, and performs control such that a function determined as consuming the power beyond the set power is not executed. | 06-07-2012 |
20130044346 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus that executes a job in accordance with an instruction from a web application of a web server and a method of controlling the information processing apparatus are provided. Error screen information and the web application and/or the job that is received from the web application are associated and stored in a memory. Information in the memory is updated for association of error screen information that indicates an error during job execution with another application other than the web application, and the error screen information that indicates the error is displayed in front of a screen for the other associated application based on the information. | 02-21-2013 |
20140253966 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of collectively managing counter information for storing a count value obtained by counting events that have occurred with operation of an application of an external apparatus. The image forming apparatus has a display unit and a storage unit. A registration unit registers an identifier of an application of a server so as to utilize the application. A generation unit generates, when the identifier of the application is registered by the registration unit, in the storage unit, counter information used for storing a count value obtained by counting at least one of the number of printed sheets and the number and read originals that has occurred with operation of the application. | 09-11-2014 |
20150146252 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that uses a Web application and is capable of performing image processing without delay and reducing power consumption. The image forming apparatus communicates with a Web server. A scanner unit reads an image, and a printing unit prints the image. Power is supplied to at least one of the scanner unit and the printing unit. A user interface unit displays an operating screen based on data transmitted from the Web server, and based on the data, power is supplied selectively to the scanner unit or the printing unit. | 05-28-2015 |
20150365550 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are an information processing apparatus including a plurality of different software platforms and a method of controlling the same, in which service information provided by first software for operating on a first software platform of the plurality of software platforms is transformed into information that is able to be used by a second software platform of the plurality of software platforms and is registered, and second software for operating on the second software platform calls the registered information, the information is transformed into service information provided by the first software so that the first software is able to provide a service corresponding to the service information. | 12-17-2015 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
20100254023 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The zoom lens which is compact and has high optical performance over the entire zoom range 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, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. Distances between the first to third lens units are varied during zooming. The second lens unit includes a lens element whose image side surface has a concave shape, a most object side positive lens element and a most image side positive lens element. Conditions of | 10-07-2010 |
20110157715 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens having high optical performance over the entire zoom range. The zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, which are provided in order from an object side to an image side. During zooming, intervals between the respective lens units change. A focal length (fW) of the entire zoom lens at a wide angle end, a focal length (f | 06-30-2011 |
20120044388 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The lens apparatus includes an aperture stop (SP) forming an aperture, a first lens (A or B) disposed on a first side further than the aperture stop, the first side being one of an object side and an image side, and a second lens (B or A) disposed on a second side further than the aperture stop, the second side being the other of the object side and the image side. In zooming or focusing, the aperture stop is moved independently of the first and second lenses. The first lens and the aperture stop are brought into a first state where an aperture stop side lens surface of the first lens is located away from the aperture stop on the first side and a second state where at least part of the aperture stop side lens surface (RA or RB) of the first lens protrudes through the aperture to the second side further than the aperture stop. | 02-23-2012 |
20120087016 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens 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 negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the zoom lens, during zooming, each lens unit is configured to move such that distances among the lens units vary. The first lens unit consists of three lenses. A relative partial dispersion θgF and an Abbe number νd of a material of the positive lens included in the first lens unit are appropriately set by satisfying predetermined mathematical conditions. | 04-12-2012 |
20130208364 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative reflective power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units in this order from an object side to an image side, wherein distances between the respective lens units vary during the zooming operation, wherein the first lens unit consists of three lenses including one negative lens, and a partial dispersion ratio of a material for the negative lens of the first lens unit, an Abbe number of the same, a focal length of the entire system at a wide angle end and a focal length of the first lens unit are set individually and adequately. | 08-15-2013 |
20130308043 | 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 positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including at least one lens unit, the first lens unit is positioned closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at a wide-angle end, the third lens unit includes at least one positive lens, and a partial dispersion ratio θgF3P of a material of one positive lens in the third lens unit, Abbe's number νd3P, focal lengths fW and fT of a total system at the wide-angle end and the telephoto end respectively, a focal length f1 of the first lens unit, and a focal length f3 of the third lens unit are appropriately set. | 11-21-2013 |
20140313592 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative reflective power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units in this order from an object side to an image side, wherein distances between the respective lens units vary during the zooming operation, wherein the first lens unit consists of three lenses including one negative lens, and a partial dispersion ratio of a material for the negative lens of the first lens unit, an Abbe number of the same, a focal length of the entire system at a wide angle end and a focal length of the first lens unit are set individually and adequately. | 10-23-2014 |
20150138400 | 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 refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units. The distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit is closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at the wide-angle end. The second lens unit includes a first negative lens, a second negative lens, and a third negative lens in this order from the object side. The focal lengths of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end and at the telephoto end, the focal length of the first lens unit, and the focal length of the second lens unit are appropriately set based on predetermined mathematical conditions. | 05-21-2015 |
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