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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
May. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Takeshi Hatakeyama, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Hatakeyama, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/02 (2006.01); G02B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 17/0808 (2013.01); G02B 17/0804 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catadioptric lens system includes, in order of light travel: a first lens group that includes a concave mirror and a convex mirror and has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that is positioned on the image side of the concave mirror and has a negative refractive power; and a third lens group that has a positive refractive power, wherein a close-range object is brought into focus by moving the second lens group in a direction parallel with the optical axis, and wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied0<12  (0)