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Patent No.:

US 9170407 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kenji Shinohara, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side thereof, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. A distance between adjacent ones of the lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side thereof, one negative lens element and one positive lens element. Lengths of travel M1 and M2 of the first lens unit and the second lens unit, respectively, during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, focal lengths f1 and f2 of the first lens unit and the second lens unit, respectively, and a zoom ratio Z of the zoom lens are set appropriately.


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Shinohara, Kenji. (2015). Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same (U.S. Patent No. 9170407). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9170407

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