US4662723A
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Flare stop for a large aperture ratio zoom lens system
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1984-12-31
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Granted: 1987-05-05
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Expires: 2004-12-31
Abstract
Abstract A flare stop for a large aperture ratio zoom lens system comprising a diverging lens group and a converging lens group and arranged to be zoomed by moving the diverging lens group and converging lens group along the optical axis so that the airspace between those lens groups becomes smaller in the teleposition, the flare stop being arranged in the converging lens group so as to be moved integrally with the converging lens group and arranged that the inner diameter thereof is varied in co-operation with zooming.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshihiro Imai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 06:43
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B5/00; G02B5/005; G02B15/00; G02B15/14; G02B15/142; G02B15/1425; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1343; G02F1/134309
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
A large aperture ratio zoom lens system comprising a diverging lens group, a converging lens group in the order from the object side, an aperture stop disposed between said diverging lens group and the rearmost position of said converging lens group and a flare stop arranged in said converging lens group and arranged to be zoomed by moving said diverging lens group and said converging lens group along the optical axis so that the airspace between said diverging lens group and said converging lens group becomes smaller in the teleposition, said flare stop being arranged so as to be moved integrally with said converging lens group and arranged that the inner diameter of said flare stop is varied in co-operation with the movements of said respective lens groups so that said inner diameter becomes small in the wide position and large in the teleposition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
144 words
A large aperture ratio zoom lens system comprising a diverging lens group, a converging lens group in the order from the object side, an aperture stop disposed between said diverging lens group and the rearmost position of said converging lens group and a flare stop arranged in said converging lens group and arranged to be zoomed by moving said diverging lens group and said converging lens group along the optical axis so that the airspace between said diverging lens group and said converging lens group becomes smaller in the teleposition, said flare stop being arranged so as to be moved integrally with said converging lens group and arranged that the inner diameter of said flare stop is varied in co-operation with the movements of said respective lens groups so that said inner diameter becomes small in the wide position and large in the teleposition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A large aperture ratio zoom lens system according to claim 1 wherein said flare stop comprises a liquid crystal cell.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A large aperture ratio zoom lens system according to claim 1 further arranged to vary the inner diameter thereof so that said inner diameter becomes substantially equal to the maximum height to paraxial rays.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A large aperture ratio zoom lens system according to claim 2 wherein said zoom lens system consists of a front diverging lens group and a rear converging lens group and said flare stop is arranged in said rear converging lens group.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A large aperture ratio zoom lens system according to claim 3 wherein said flare stop comprises a liquid crystal cell.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A large aperture ratio zoom lens system according to claim 1 wherein said zoom lens system consists of a front diverging lens group and a rear converging lens group and said flare stop is arranged in said rear converging lens group.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A large aperture ratio zoom lens system according to claim 6 wherein said flare stop comprises a liquid crystal cell.
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