Canon Patent for 24-85mm and 24-70mm Lenses (with Macro)

Lots of Canon patents surfaced in the last weeks. Here is another one spotted by Egami (translated). If I got the (machine-) translated text right, both lenses should also feature macro capabilities.

• Patent Publication No. 2014-16464,2014-16465
  • Publication date 2014.1.30
  • Filing date 2012.7.9
• Example 3
  • Macro when in parentheses
  • Zoom ratio 2.84 (2.87)
  • Focal length f = 24.30-35.10-69.00mm (67.23-60.62)
  • Fno. 4.10 (5.28-5.56)
  • Half angle ω = 41.68-31.65-17.41 ° (17.84-19.64)
  • Image height Y = 21.64mm
  • 134.65-141.04-164.94mm overall length of the lens (162.09-152.75)
  • BF 39.15-46.02-59.68mm (64.95-67.73)
  • β = -0.17 (-0.7)
• Example 4
  • Macro when in parentheses
  • Zoom ratio 3.42 (2.84)
  • Focal length f = 24.30-35.10-82.99mm (68.22-64.03)
  • Fno. 3.58-4.42-5.89 (5.92-5.87)
  • Half angle ω = 41.68-31.65-14.61 ° (17.60-18.67)
  • Image height Y = 21.64mm
  • 126.64-128.32-155.92mm overall length of the lens (149.57-148.58)
  • BF 39.39-49.31-64.14mm (65.59-65.96)
  • β = -0.17 (-0.6)
• Canon patents
  • (4, etc. as in Example 3) seven-group zoom of positive and negative positive and negative positive positive and negative
  • (4, etc. the second group, as in Example 3) inner focus
  • implement the macro function by the first group fed out to the object side