Olympus Corporation

Olympus Imaging Corporation

Sdp Global Co., Ltd.

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Toru Miyajima

Masahito Watanabe

Shinichi Mihara

Yuji Miyauchi

Kazuya Nishimura

Hisashi Goto

Masashi Hankawa

Toshihide Nozawa

Kouki Hozumi

Sumio Kawai

Hiroshi Kodama

Osamu Nonaka

Takahiro Amanai

Yoshinori Matsuzawa

Yusuke Matsubara

Takayoshi Togino

Toshio Takahashi

Masaru Morooka

Tomoyuki Satori

Yasuharu Yamada

Masahiro Imamura

Ayami Imamura

Azusa Noguchi

Kento Kokubu

Taichi Matsuyama

Shoichi Hirooka

Provided is a method for producing water-absorbent resin particles, which is capable of improving the gel strength for the purpose of achieving a good balance between the absorption under load and the rate of liquid permeation through gel. The present invention is a method for producing water-absorbent resin particles, which is characterized by comprising a step wherein a monomer composition containing a water-soluble vinyl monomer (a1) and/or a vinyl monomer (a2) that turns into a water-soluble vinyl monomer (a1) by means of hydrolysis and a crosslinking agent (b) is polymerized in the presence of at least one organic main group element compound selected from the group consisting of organic iodine compounds, organic tellurium compounds, organic antimony compounds, and organic bismuth compounds.

Water-absorbent resin particles and method for producing same

Provided is an absorbent resin composition which has both improved absorbency under load and improved liquid permeability between swollen gels, which is free from blocking or discoloration during storage, and which does not generate any odors. The present invention is an absorbent resin composition containing: a crosslinked polymer (A) including, as an essential structural units, a crosslinking agent (b) and a water-soluble vinyl monomer (a1) and/or a vinyl monomer (a2) which produces the water-soluble vinyl monomer (a1) through hydrolysis; and a cationic organic polymer (c) having a number average molecular weight of 1,000,000 or higher, or a cationic organic polymer (B) that has a cationic group and that is obtained through polymerization of a monomer composition including, as essential components, a cationic monomer having an amino group (am) and/or a cationic monomer having a salt of an amino group (am).

Absorbent resin composition and method for producing same

An imaging apparatus comprises an optical system that includes a plurality of lens groups, each lens group including one or more lenses, at least one of the lens groups being independently movable with respect to the other lens groups and including a focus lens group for focusing the subject and a lens control unit that controls movement of the plurality of lens groups to bring into focus based on a feeding position of the focus lens group.

Optical system and lens control system having focus adjustment used for imaging apparatus

An operation apparatus includes a touch detection section, a vibration section, a setting section and a control section. The touch detection section is provided on an exterior part, and outputs a signal when touched by an user. The vibration section is provided on the touch detection section in an overlapping manner, and vibrates when the touch of the user is detected by the touch detection section. The setting section is configured to set a function to be carried out when the touch detection section is touched. The control section is configured to determine a touch position of the touch detection section, provided on the touch detection section of the determined touch position, and configured to cause the vibration section to vibrate, and output a signal used to cause the function.

Operation apparatus, display device, and imaging apparatus

There is provided a zoom lens in which the load on the driving system for wobbling operation can easily made low and an image pickup apparatus equipped with the same. A zoom lens in which each of distances between a plurality of lens units changes during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, includes a focus lens unit that shifts along an optical axis to effect focusing from infinity to a close distance and a plurality of wobbling lens units that wobble after a shift of the focus lens unit at an amplitude smaller than the shift of the focus lens unit in focusing operation, wherein a combination of the wobbling lens units caused to operate changes in the middle of the zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same

Imaging apparatus having optical system and lens control unit for focus adjustment

A zoom lens according to the present invention includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refracting power, a second lens unit having a negative refracting power, a third lens unit having a negative refracting power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refracting power, wherein during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit move in such a way that they are located closer the object side at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit is smaller at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. The zoom lens satisfies a predetermined condition.

A zoom lens includes, from an object side in the following order: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power; a third lens group that has a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group that has a positive refractive power, wherein: when magnification is changed from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the lens groups each move so as to increase the distance between the first and second lens groups and to decrease the distance between the second and third lens groups and the distance between the third and fourth lens groups; and the following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied:5.5&#x3c;1/&#x3c;8.0&#x2003;&#x2003;(1); and0.5&#x3c;&#x3a3;3/&#x3a3;4&#x3c;0.9&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)where

Zoom lens

A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power, a second lens unit Ghaving a negative refracting power, a third lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power, and at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a space between the lens units changes, and the second lens unit includes not more than three lenses, and a biconcave negative lens which satisfies the following conditional expression (1) is disposed nearest to the object side, in the second lens unit, and (the zoom lens system) is characterized by satisfying the following conditional expression (2)&#x2212;0.1&#x3c;&#x3c;0.5&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)3.0&#x3c;&#x3c;12.0&#x2003;&#x2003;(2).

Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same

A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object 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. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a space between the first lens unit and the second lens unit narrows, at least the second lens unit moves only toward the object side, and the third lens unit is constituted of one positive lens.

In a zoom lens system, at a time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, when focused on an object at a longest distance, at the telephoto end, a first lens unit moves to be positioned more toward an object side, than at a wide angle end, at the telephoto end, a second lens unit moves to be positioned more toward an image side, than at the wide angle end, at the telephoto end, an aperture stop and a third lens unit moves to be positioned more toward the object side, than at the wide angle end, and a combined system of the first lens unit and the second lens unit at the wide angle end has a negative refracting power, and at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the second lens unit is positioned more toward the object side than a position of the second lens unit at the wide angle end, and the first lens unit moves to be positioned more toward the object side, than at the wide angle end, at the intermediate zoom state, and in the intermediate zoom state, the aperture stop, the third lens unit, and an object point of the third lens unit move to be positioned more toward the object side, than at the wide angle end, and the zoom lens system satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power, a second lens unit Ghaving a negative refracting power, a third lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power, and at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a space between the lens units changes, and the first lens unit includes two lenses namely, a negative lens and a positive lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression&#x2212;0.75&#x3c;SF&#x3c;&#x2212;0.1&#x2003;&#x2003;(1) where, SFis defined as SF=(R+R)/(R&#x2212;R), when Ris a paraxial radius of curvature of a surface on the object side, of the positive lens in the first lens unit, and Ris a paraxial radius of curvature of a surface on an image side, of the positive lens in the first lens unit.

Zooms lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same

A three-unit zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object 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 or negative refractive power, wherein during magnification change from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a space between the first lens unit and the second lens unit narrows, the second lens unit and the third lens unit move toward the only object side, and a space between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes during a focusing operation.

Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus using the same

An electronic imaging apparatus includes a zoom optical system having, in order from the object side, a first lens unit with positive power, a second lens unit with negative power, and an aperture stop, in which the first lens unit is composed of a single positive power unit and the second lens unit has a single negative lens element located at the most object-side position, both surfaces of which are concave, and a positive lens component located at the most image-side position; an electronic image sensor located on the image side of the zoom optical system; and an image processing section electrically processing image data obtained by the electronic image sensor to change the form thereof.

Zoom optical system and electronic imaging apparatus having the same

A four-unit zoom lens system includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refracting power, a second lens unit having a negative refracting power, a third lens unit having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refracting power, in which at a time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, at least the first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit move, and a space between the lens units changes, and a total number of lenses in the second lens unit is not more than three, and the zoom lens system satisfies the following conditional expressions.1.2&#x3c;(&#x3b2;/&#x3b2;)/(&#x3b2;/&#x3b2;)&#x3c;6.0 and &#x2003;&#x2003;(1A)3.0&#x3c;&#x3c;20.0 &#x2003;&#x2003;(2A)

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