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20100237989 | GOODS MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND GOODS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, the goods management device includes a carried out goods detecting portion that receives a reading result from a first wireless tag reader arranged in a depository storing goods attached with a wireless tag, and detects, based on the result, that the goods attached with tag data have been taken away from the depository; a user data receiving portion that receives, as a reading result, both of tag data, unique to a user, carried by the user who is taking away the goods and tag data attached to the goods being taken away from a second wireless tag reader arranged near a door, which is usually locked, of a building or a room in which the depository is installed; and an unlock direction portion that instructs unlocking of the door, only in a case where the tag data of the goods determined by the carried out goods detecting portion to have been taken away matches with the tag data attached to the goods being taken away and received by the user data receiving portion and where the tag data unique to the user belongs to the user who has a proper permission. | 09-23-2010 |
20110063078 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPERATION CONFIRMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND OPERATION CONFIRMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention provides a technique that makes it possible to surely detect an abnormality in normal operation of an antenna of a communication system for wireless communication with an RF tag attached to a management target article. The antenna is provided with an operation confirmation RF tag with which the antenna can always establish wireless communications when normally transmitting to the attached RF tag. The communication system transmits, from the antenna, radio waves for wireless communication with the RF tag attached to the management target article, and thus can determine an abnormality of the antenna on the basis of the presence or absence of a response from the operation confirmation RF tag. | 03-17-2011 |
20110208624 | PARKING FEE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND PARKING FEE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a parking fee management supporting system supports parking fee management concerning a car park in which a free parking available period is granted according to a purchase amount in a predetermined store. The parking fee management supporting system calculates a free parking available remaining time in the car park in association with a user, who inquires about a remaining time of the free parking available period, on the basis of a parking start time and purchase information of the user. | 08-25-2011 |
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20090206388 | SEPERATION METHODS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR CHARGE ACCUMULATION LAYERS AND STRUCTURES THEREOF - Devices and methods for isolating adjacent charge accumulation layers in a semiconductor device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a bit line formed in a semiconductor substrate, a charge accumulation layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a word line formed on the charge accumulation layer across the bit line, and a channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the word line and between the bit line and its adjacent bit line. For the semiconductor device, the charge accumulation layer is formed above the channel region in a widthwise direction of the word line, and a width of the word line is set to be narrower than a distance between an end of the channel region and a central part of the channel region in a lengthwise direction of the word line. | 08-20-2009 |
20110233651 | METHOD TO SEPERATE STORAGE REGIONS IN THE MIRROR BIT DEVICE - Devices and methods for isolating adjacent charge accumulation layers in a semiconductor device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a bit line formed in a semiconductor substrate, a charge accumulation layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a word line formed on the charge accumulation layer across the bit line, and a channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the word line and between the bit line and its adjacent bit line. For the semiconductor device, the charge accumulation layer is formed above the channel region in a widthwise direction of the word line, and a width of the word line is set to be narrower than a distance between an end of the channel region and a central part of the channel region in a lengthwise direction of the word line. | 09-29-2011 |
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20110163821 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR AND OSCILLATION CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - In a circuit including a CMOS inverter (inverting amplifier) (IV | 07-07-2011 |
20120194284 | OSCILLATION CIRCUIT HAVING SHIELD WIRE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an oscillation circuit including a crystal vibrator that is connected between input and output terminals of a CMOS inverter making up the oscillation circuit; an input wiring line that includes a crystal vibrator-side input terminal connected to an input terminal pad of the CMOS inverter; an output wiring line that includes a crystal vibrator-side output terminal connected to an output terminal pad of the CMOS inverter; a ground power source wiring line that includes a crystal vibrator-side ground power source terminal; and a capacitative element that is connected between the input wiring line and the ground power source wiring line, and between the output wiring line and the ground power source wiring line, wherein the ground power source wiring line is disposed at least a part of between the input wiring line and the output wiring line. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197568 | METHOD OF DETERMINING LOAD CAPACITANCE OF CRYSTAL OSCILLATION CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - There is provided an oscillation circuit using a crystal vibrator including means A for obtaining an oscillation activation time Ts (Ts | 08-02-2012 |
20120212299 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DESIGN VALUES FOR CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to the invention, two of three design values, i.e., the negative resistance RL, load capacitance CL and drive current Ios of a crystal oscillator circuit including a crystal resonator are determined to determine the remaining one design value from a relation equation or relation graph. As a result, reducing the CL of the crystal oscillator circuit allows the drive current Ios to be reduced, achieving reduced power consumption of the crystal oscillator circuit. | 08-23-2012 |
20120223783 | OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An amplifier circuit for amplifying output signal from the crystal oscillator circuit is connected to the output side of the crystal oscillator circuit. The amplifier circuit amplifies the difference between the output voltage of the crystal oscillator circuit and the input voltage of a CMOS inverter of the crystal oscillator circuit. For example, a differential amplifier is connected to the output side of the crystal oscillator circuit, then the output voltage of the crystal oscillator circuit and the input voltage of the CMOS inverter are connected to the inputs of the differential amplifier. | 09-06-2012 |
20120229149 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOAD CAPACITANCE OF AN OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT, OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for determining the load capacitance CL of an oscillator circuit having a low load capacitance. To attain the object, we provide a method for determining the load capacitance CL of an oscillator circuit, wherein, when a drive current and a load capacitance of the oscillator circuit with a negative resistance RL | 09-13-2012 |
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20090139470 | ENGINE SYSTEM - An engine system in which either hydrogen produced from a hydrogen containing medium in terms of reaction using a catalyst or a mixture of the hydrogen and the hydrogen containing medium is employed as a fuel, in order to restrict heat deformation of a reactor, the engine system including a reactor configured to cause a reaction using a catalyst, in which the reactor is constituted by alternately disposing plural exhaust passages and plural fuel passageways of the engine system with a wall interposed therebetween; at least one carrier configured to carry the catalyst and to be formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape is fitted in at least one of fuel passageways; and the carrier is provided with a plate portion which has a surface disposed in a fuel flowing direction and is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape and at least one slit portion which divides the surface of the plate portion in the fuel flowing direction. | 06-04-2009 |
20090165890 | Supply and collection system for an organic hydride or liquid fuel containing an organic hydride - A fuel supply and collection system comprising: a delivery vehicle having a supply-fuel tank, a collection-fuel tank, a remaining supply-fuel quantity sensor for detecting a remaining fuel quantity of the supply-fuel tank, a remaining collection-fuel quantity sensor for detecting a remaining fuel quantity of the collection-fuel tank, and a display unit; a plurality of fuel stations having a supply-fuel tank, a collection-fuel tank, a remaining supply-fuel quantity sensor for detecting a remaining fuel quantity of the supply-fuel tank, and a remaining collection-fuel quantity sensor for detecting a remaining fuel quantity of the collection-fuel tank; and a central information processing center having an information processing apparatus;
| 07-02-2009 |
20090246088 | DEHYDROGENATION FUEL THEFT PREVENTION SYSTEM - A dehydrogenation fuel theft prevention system for preventing the theft of dehydrogenation organic fuel containing hydrogen is provided. The dehydrogenation fuel theft prevention system is for systems including a reformer for dehydrogenating organic fuel containing at least hydrogen and a dehydrogenation fuel recovery tank for storing dehydrogenation fuel produced when organic fuel is dehydrogenated in the reformer. The theft prevention system is provided with a means for mixing an odorant as a component with a pungent odor other than the fuel components or a agent for coagulating the fuel components. The odorant or the coagulating agent is mixed when fuel is manufactured, distributed, utilized, recovered, or stored or fuel is about to be stolen. | 10-01-2009 |
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20100259860 | Overvoltage protection circuit - An overvoltage protection circuit includes an output transistor coupled between a power supply and an output terminal, the output terminal including a terminal for being coupled to a load and a dynamic clamping circuit and a clamp selection transistor coupled in series between the power supply terminal and a control terminal of the output transistor. The clamp selection transistor is coupled between the dynamic clamping circuit and a control terminal of the output transistor. In addition, the clamp selector transistor includes an N-channel type transistor, a control terminal of the N-channel type transistor being coupled to a ground potential. | 10-14-2010 |
20130222048 | POWER DEVICE - A power device possesses a built-in fuse function and can continue to normally operate after a short circuit failure. The power device includes a plurality of output cells, a plurality of bonding wires provided corresponding to the output cells, and a control terminal driving circuit. Each of the output cells includes an output transistor. First side electrodes of the output transistors are commonly coupled to a first power source. Each of second side electrodes of the output transistors is coupled to an output terminal through the corresponding bonding wire. The control terminal driving circuit supplies a drive signal to the control terminals of the individual output transistors to control the output transistors. Each of the bonding wires is designed to be fused and cut if the output transistor included in the corresponding output cell fails and is shorted. | 08-29-2013 |
20130332750 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first overcurrent detection unit detects whether a drain-source voltage of an output transistor is greater than or equal to a first reference value and outputs a first detection signal. A second overcurrent detection unit detects whether an output current passing through the output transistor is greater than or equal to a second reference value and outputs a second detection signal. When receiving the first detection signal indicating that the drain-source voltage is greater than or equal to the first reference value, a latch circuit latches the second detection signal; when receiving the first detection signal indicating that the drain-source voltage is smaller than the first reference value, the latch circuit outputs the second detection signal without latching it. Based on the output of the latch circuit, the drive circuit controls the output transistor to either turn it off or turn it on and off alternately. | 12-12-2013 |
20150138680 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first overcurrent detection unit detects whether a drain-source voltage of an output transistor is greater than or equal to a first reference value and outputs a first detection signal. A second overcurrent detection unit detects whether an output current passing through the output transistor is greater than or equal to a second reference value and outputs a second detection signal. When receiving the first detection signal indicating that the drain-source voltage is greater than or equal to the first reference value, a latch circuit latches the second detection signal; when receiving the first detection signal indicating that the drain-source voltage is smaller than the first reference value, the latch circuit outputs the second detection signal without latching it. Based on the output of the latch circuit, the drive circuit controls the output transistor to either turn it off or turn it on and off alternately. | 05-21-2015 |
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20080250967 | DYE DISCHARGING INK FOR INKJET PRINTING - A dye discharging ink for inkjet printing including at least a reducing agent and an amine compound. Embodiments of the dye discharging ink include, as the reducing agent, a sulphur reducing agent such as Rongalite, and, as the amine compound, an alcohol amine compound such as triethanolamine. Embodiments of the dye discharging ink also include a surface active surfactant and/or an antirust agent, and a pH in a range from 9.5 to 11.0. The dye discharging ink for inkjet printing can prevent corrosion of head nozzles due to acidic substances produced by decomposition of a reducing agent, so as to decrease inhibition of linear advancing property of ejected ink, and can prevent decrease in discharging capability due to hydrolysis of the reducing agent. | 10-16-2008 |
20080297563 | NOZZLE PLATE FOR INKJET HEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND TREATMENT LIQUID FOR INKJET HEAD - A nozzle plate for an inkjet head including a substrate and ink ejecting holes formed in the substrate. An ink-repellent layer is formed on an ink ejecting side surface of the nozzle plate, and portions of the ink-repellant layer around the ink ejecting holes are selectively removed so that portions of the nozzle plate around the ink ejecting holes are exposed. Also, a method of producing a nozzle plate for an inkjet head is provided that includes preparing a nozzle plate which includes a substrate and ink ejecting holes formed in the substrate and has an ink-repellent layer formed on an ink ejecting side surface of the nozzle plate, and selectively removing portions of the ink-repellant layer around the ink ejecting holes to expose portions of the nozzle plate around the ink ejecting holes. | 12-04-2008 |
20090011200 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTED MATTER, AND PRINTER - A printing method for printing on a washable fabric medium by an inkjet system, where the method includes printing on the medium by the inkjet system using a water-based pigment ink containing an anionic resin. The method further includes applying a water-based coating agent containing water-soluble cationic resin particles to the medium before and/or after the printing on the medium. | 01-08-2009 |
20110104460 | PRINTED MATERIAL AND WATER-BASED COATING AGENT - A printed material includes a cloth medium, a printed layer, and a coating layer. The cloth medium is washable. The printed layer is printed on the cloth medium with a water-based pigment ink including an anionic resin by using an inkjet printing method. The coating layer is provided on at least one of an upper side and a lower side of the printed layer by applying a water-based coating agent including non-ionic water-based resin particles. | 05-05-2011 |
20110111187 | PRINTED MATERIAL AND WATER-BASED COATING AGENT - A printed material includes a cloth medium, a printed layer, and a coating layer. The cloth medium is washable. The printed layer is printed on the cloth medium with a water-based pigment ink including an anionic resin by using an inkjet printing method. The coating layer is provided on at least one of an upper side and a lower side of the printed layer by applying a water-based coating agent including anionic water-based resin particles. | 05-12-2011 |
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20110121597 | Lower Structure of Vehicle Body Rear Part - A lower structure of a vehicle body rear part includes a spare tire housing formed on a rear floor, a rear cross member disposed in front of the spare tire housing to connect side frames, and a hook reinforcing member extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The side frame at the vehicle rear of the rear cross member is divided into a frame front part and a frame rear part in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and the hook reinforcing member is divided into a reinforcing member front part and a reinforcing member rear part in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The lower structure is configured so that when a load F is applied from the vehicle rear to a vehicle body rear part, the side frame is deformed so as to be bent in an upward convex shape at a division position of the frame front part and the frame rear part, and also the rear floor and the hook reinforcing member are deformed so as to be bent in a downward convex shape at a division position of the reinforcing member front part and the reinforcing member rear part. | 05-26-2011 |
20110121613 | Lower Structure of Vehicle Body Rear Part - A lower structure of a vehicle body rear part includes a spare tire housing formed on a rear floor, a rear cross member disposed in front of the spare tire housing to connect side frames, and a hook reinforcing member disposed in the center in the vehicle width direction on the lower surface of the spare tire housing and extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The front end portion of the hook reinforcing member is connected to the rear cross member, and the rear end portion thereof extends to the rear end portion of the rear floor. The side frame at the vehicle rear of the rear cross member is divided into a frame front part and a frame rear part in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and the hook reinforcing member is divided into a reinforcing member front part and a reinforcing member rear part in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The frame front part has a rigidity higher than that of the frame rear part, and the reinforcing member rear part has a rigidity higher than that of the reinforcing member front part, and the two division positions coincide with each other in the longitudinal direction. | 05-26-2011 |
20110155772 | LOWER STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE BODY REAR PART - A lower structure of a vehicle body rear part, when receiving a load from a rear side of the vehicle, prevents deformation of a spare tire housing toward a front side of the vehicle and displacement of the front end of a spare tire toward the front side of the vehicle, and also facilitates the tipping up of a rear portion of the spare tire. In particular, a lower structure of a vehicle body rear part | 06-30-2011 |
20110156431 | LOWER STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE BODY REAR PORTION - A lower structure of a vehicle body rear portion, includes: a spare tire housing formed in a rear floor; a cross member joining paired side frames, and being provided at a location frontward of the housing; a reinforcement for a hook, being arranged at a center of the housing; and a bumper member provided at a rear end of the vehicle body, in which a front side of the reinforcement is attached to the cross member, the reinforcement forms a closed cross section so that the closed cross section is larger at a rear side than at a front side, the reinforcement includes front and rear portions obtained by dividing the reinforcement at a location corresponding to a center of a spare tire, and an upper side of a rear end of the rear portion is arranged below the bumper member and overlaps with the bumper member (FIG. | 06-30-2011 |
20110254319 | BRACKET STRUCTURE IN VEHICLE BODY REAR PORTION - A bracket structure is in a vehicle body rear portion. In the bracket structure, an upper bracket | 10-20-2011 |
20110290838 | STRUCTURE FOR LOWER PART OF REAR VEHICLE BODY - A structure is in a lower part of a rear vehicle body | 12-01-2011 |
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20080231968 | ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE SENSING DEVICE, AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - A zoom optical system includes first through fourth lens groups having negative-positive-negative-positive optical powers. Assuming that a curvature radius of an object-side lens surface of a negative lens element in the first lens group is r1, a curvature radius of an image-side lens surface of the negative lens element in the first lens group is r2, a focal length of the third lens group is f3, a focal length of the entirety of the optical system at the wide angle end is fw, a focal length of the entirety of the optical system at the telephoto end is ft, and an average refractive index of positive lens elements in the second lens group is nd2p, the zoom optical system satisfies the conditional expressions: | 09-25-2008 |
20080285150 | ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - A zoom optical system at least includes in the order from an object side: a first lens group having a positive optical power; a second lens group having a negative optical power; and a third lens group having a positive optical power. In zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group is increased, and a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group is decreased. The first lens group includes at least one negative lens element, and the second lens group includes a negative lens element closest to the object side, with a lens surface of the negative lens element being concave toward an image side. The zoom optical system satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) and (2): | 11-20-2008 |
20080304161 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - A zoom lens for forming an optical image of an object on a sensing surface of an image sensor at a variable magnification has first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens groups with positive-negative-positive-negative-positive zoom arrangement. Between the second lens group and the fourth lens group, an optical aperture stop is located. The fourth lens group is composed of one negative lens element having at least one aspherical surface and having a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface smaller than a paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface, and satisfies conditional formula −1.1512-11-2008 | |
20080304167 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE-SENSING APPARATUS HAVING IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTING CAPABILITY - A zoom lens system having an image shake correcting capability has, from the object side to the image side: a first lens group having a positive optical power, a second lens group having a negative optical power, a third lens group having a positive optical power, a fourth lens group having a negative optical power, and a fifth lens group having a positive optical power. The third lens group includes a positive lens component and a cemented lens element having a positive optical power. The cemented lens element is moved in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to correct image shake, and the conditional formula 1.712-11-2008 | |
20090002842 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND DIGITAL EQUIPMENT - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group having a negative optical power and comprising a reflection optical element; a second lens group having a positive optical power; a third lens group having a negative optical power; a fourth lens group having a positive optical power; and, a fifth lens group. The first lens group and the fourth lens group are positioned at a fixed distance and at least the second lens group, the third lens group and the fifth lens group move along an optical axis, for varying a power of the zoom lens from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens satisfies a predetermined expression relating to a focal length of the first lens group, and a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002846 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND DIGITAL EQUIPMENT - A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a negative optical power and including a reflection optical element; a second lens group having a positive optical power; a third lens group having a negative optical power; a fourth lens group having a positive optical power; and, a fifth lens group. At least the second lens group and the fourth lens group move to the object side of the zoom lens for varying a power of the zoom lens from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens further includes a diaphragm and the diaphragm moves to the object side for varying the power of the zoom lens from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. | 01-01-2009 |
20130027585 | Zoom Lens, Imaging Optical Device, and Digital Apparatus - A first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power, a third lens unit having negative power, and a fourth lens unit having positive power are disposed in this order from an object side. At least the first lens unit to the third lens unit move to change intervals between lens units so that magnification is varied. The second lens unit has at least one air interval inside and is split into two lens units with a boundary of an air interval closest to an image side in the second lens unit, which includes a second-a lens unit on the object side and a second-b lens unit on the image side, and the second-b lens unit is moved in a plane substantially perpendicular to an optical axis for damping vibrations. | 01-31-2013 |
20130271851 | Macro Lens and Imaging Apparatus - A macro lens and an imaging apparatus include, in the order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. Focusing is performed by fixing the first lens group and the third lens group, and by moving the second lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole on the optical axis in focusing from an infinite object to a close distance object. The first lens group has a plane S1 and a plane S2 of curvature radii of a same sign and satisfying a specified condition. | 10-17-2013 |
20140055558 | Wide-Angle Lens System, Image Sensing Optical Device and Digital Apparatus - A wide-angle lens system is formed, sequentially from an object side, with a first group having a positive power, a second group having a negative power and a third group having a positive power, and at the time of focusing, only the second group is moved on an optical axis. The lens system satisfies conditional formulas of 0.302-27-2014 | |
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20110282138 | GUIDE TUBE SYSTEM FOR FORMING PNEUMOPERITONEUM AND PROVIDING ROUTE FOR ACCESSING BODY CAVITY - The guide tube for forming a pneumoperitoneum of the present invention comprising a flexible tube having an inner cavity, has an outer diameter that allows the guide tube to be inserted into a puncture needle, a distal end of the guide tube is closed, the distal end is provided with a tip portion that can be held by holding forceps provided in an endoscope, a proximal end of the guide tube is provided with a connecting portion to an insufflation apparatus, and the guide tube is provided with a side hole region having at least one side hole that can establish communication between the inner cavity of the flexible tube and the outside in a case where the inner cavity is pressurized through insufflation. According to the guide tube for forming a pneumoperitoneum of the present invention, only with single puncture from the body surface into the lumen of a lumen organ, a preliminary pneumoperitoneum can be safely and reliably created without damaging other organs, and, at the same time, the part of the lumen organ wall pierced during formation of the pneumoperitoneum can be used as a route for accessing the peritoneal cavity from the lumen of the lumen organ. | 11-17-2011 |
20130215320 | Zoom Lens System, Imaging Optical Device, and Digital Appliance - A zoom lens system is composed of negative, positive, negative, and positive lens groups, of which at least the first to third move during zooming. During zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the distance between the first and second lens groups decreases, the distance between the second and third lens groups varies, and the distance between the third and fourth lens groups increases. The conditional formulae 1.0≦|f2/f1|≦1.5 and 2.0≦|f4/f1|≦5.0 are fulfilled (f1, f2, and f4 representing the focal lengths of the first, second, and fourth lens groups). | 08-22-2013 |