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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Akiyoshi Tochigi, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Morooka, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Hankawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A zoom lens system comprises, in order from an object side, positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive refractive power lens groups, and while changing the magnification, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, the distance between the third lens group and the fifth lens group increases, and the second lens group moves more towards the object side at the telephoto end than the wide-angle end.