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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2015
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takeyoshi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiko Kajiyama, Utsunomiya, JP;

Masatsugu Nakano, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 13/14 (2006.01); G02B 15/173 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/146 (2013.01); G02B 15/173 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit and the third lens unit are configured to move along loci different from each other during zooming. At least one lens unit of the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, or the fourth lens unit includes a positive lens and a negative lens that are arranged adjacent to each other, and materials for the positive lens and the negative lens are appropriately set, respectively.


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