Patents Assigned to KOLEN CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 9939616
    Abstract: A wide angle lens system, from an object side to an image plane side, includes: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power and an exit surface that is convex toward the image plane side; a third lens having a negative refractive power and an exit surface that is concave toward the image plane side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and an exit surface that is convex toward the image plane side; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and an exit surface that is concave toward the image plane side; and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power. The wide angle lens system satisfies the following formulas: 75<FOV<85 2.0<Fno<2.3 where FOV is a field of view of the wide angle lens system in degrees (°) and Fno is an F-number of the wide angle lens system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Goo Kang, Jong Jin Lee, Seong Hee Bae
  • Patent number: 9927597
    Abstract: A photographic lens includes, in a sequence from an object to an image plane, a first lens having positive or negative refractive power; a second lens having positive or negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power. The photographic lens satisfies the following condition: 90°<FOV<160° 0.5<D1/D6<1.0 where FOV is a field of view of the photographic lens, D1 is an effective aperture of the first lens, and D2 is an effective aperture of the sixth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Jin Lee, Chan Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 9841581
    Abstract: A photographic lens optical system includes first to fifth lenses sequentially arranged in a direction away from an object. The first lens may have a negative refractive power, the second lens may have a positive or negative refractive power, the third lens may have a positive refractive power, the fifth lens may have a negative refractive power, and the fifth lens may have a positive refractive power. The first and fifth lenses may be spherical lenses. The fifth lens may be a biconvex lens. The second to fourth lenses may be aspherical lenses. An aperture stop may be between the second and third lenses. The photographic lens optical system may satisfy the inequality ?2.3<f1G/f<?1.3, wherein f1G is the focal length of the first lens group including the first and second lenses, and f is the focal length of the photographic lens optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Gyu Yoon, Jong Jin Lee, Chan Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 9798110
    Abstract: A photographic lens includes, in a sequence from an object to an image plane, a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, where the photographic lens satisfies the following condition: 75°<FOV<85° where FOV is a field of view of the photographic lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Jin Lee, Chan Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 9715084
    Abstract: Provided are lens optical systems. A lens optical system includes first to third lenses sequentially arranged in a direction from an object to an image sensor. The first lens may have a positive refractive power and an entrance surface convex toward the object. The second lens may have a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape convex toward the image sensor. The third lens may have a positive refractive power, and at least one of entrance and exit surfaces of the third lens may have an inflection point in a direction from a center region toward an edge thereof. The outer diameter D3 (in millimeters) of the exit surface of the third lens and the diagonal length ImgHMAX of a maximum pixel region of the image sensor may satisfy 2.6<D3<3.0 and 1.3<ImgHMAX/D3<1.5. The system may have a field of view (FOV) of about 75° to about 85°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Kolen Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jong Jin Lee, Chan Goo Kang, Seong Hee Bae
  • Patent number: 9658434
    Abstract: Provided is a photographic lens optical system having low manufacturing costs and high performance. A lens optical system includes: first through fifth lenses, which are sequentially arranged along a light proceeding path between an object and an image sensor where an image of the object is formed; and an aperture provided between the object and the image sensor, wherein the first lens has positive refractive power, the second lens has negative refractive power and a flat incident surface, the third lens has positive refractive power and is convex towards the image sensor, the fourth lens has negative refractive power and is a meniscus lens convex towards the image sensor, the fifth lens has negative refractive power, wherein at least one of an incident surface and an emitting surface of the fifth lens is aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Jin Lee, Chan Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 9612422
    Abstract: Provided is a photographing lens system that is cheap and has a small size. The photographing lens system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power, and including an object side surface that is convex toward the object side and an image side surface that is planar; a second lens having a negative refractive power, and including an object side surface that is convex toward the object side, and an image side surface that is plane; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and including an image side surface that includes at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Jin Lee, Chan Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 9549108
    Abstract: A photographic lens optical system which includes five lenses sequentially arranged in a direction from an object to an image sensor is disclosed. A first lens may have a positive refractive power and an entrance surface convex toward the object. A second lens may have a negative refractive power and an exit surface concave toward the image sensor. A third lens may have a positive refractive power and a meniscus shape convex toward the image sensor. A fourth lens may have a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape convex toward the image sensor. A fifth lens may have a negative refractive power, and at least one of an entrance surface and an exit surface of the fifth lens may be aspheric. The system may satisfy the formula: | tan ?|/f<1.0, ? denoting an angle of view of the system, and f denoting a focal length of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Cho, Chi Ho Ahn, Ji Eun Kim, Se Jin Kim, Seong Hee Bae
  • Patent number: 9488806
    Abstract: A photographic lens optical system includes: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a meniscus shape convex toward an object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape convex toward the object side; a doublet lens having a positive refractive power and formed by combining a third lens and a fourth lens; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and a double convex shape; and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power and a double convex shape. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially arranged in a direction from the object side to an image side, and the photographic lens optical system satisfies the following condition: 1.5<Nd2<1.7 where Nd2 denotes a refractive index of the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Cho, Chi Ho Ahn, Ji Eun Kim, Se Jin Kim, Seong Hee Bae
  • Patent number: 9405103
    Abstract: A photographic lens optical system having low manufacturing costs and high performance. A lens optical system includes first through fifth lenses, which are sequentially arranged along a light proceeding path between an object and an image sensor where an image of the object is formed, wherein the first lens has positive refractive power and an incident surface convex towards the object, the second lens has negative refractive power and an emitting surface concave with respect to the image sensor, a third lens has positive refractive power and is a meniscus lens convex towards the image sensor, the fourth lens has negative refractive power and is a meniscus lens convex towards the image sensor, and the fifth lens has negative refractive power, wherein at least one of an incident surface and an emitting surface of the fifth lens is aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Jin Lee, Chan Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 9372325
    Abstract: A photographic lens optical system. The photographic lens optical system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens that are sequentially arranged in a direction from an object toward an image sensor. The first lens has a negative (?) power, and the emission surface thereof may be convex toward the object. The second lens may have a positive (+) power, the third and fourth lenses have positive (+) powers, and the fifth lens has a negative (?) power. Furthermore, the sixth lens is an aspherical lens having a positive (+) power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Cho, Chi Ho Ahn, Ji Eun Kim, Se Jin Kim, Seong Hee Bae
  • Publication number: 20160161723
    Abstract: Provided is a photographing lens system that is cheap and has a small size. The photographing lens system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power, and including an object side surface that is plane, and an image side surface concave toward an image side; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and including an image side surface that includes at least one inflection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Jin Lee, Chan Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 9329364
    Abstract: An optical lens system includes sequentially from an object side to an image plane side: a first lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface that is convex toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface that is convex toward the object side; a third lens having a positive refractive power and an image side surface that is convex toward the image side; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface that is concave toward the object side; and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and an image side surface that is convex toward the image side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Ahn, Kyoung Soo Song, Ji Eun Kim, Chan Goo Kang, Seong Hee Bae
  • Patent number: 9323027
    Abstract: An optical lens system includes sequentially from an object side to an image plane side: a first lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface that is convex; a second lens having a positive refractive power and an image side surface that is convex toward the image side; a third lens having a positive refractive power and an image side surface that is convex toward the image side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and a biconvex shape; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface that is concave toward the object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chi Ho Ahn, Kyoung Soo Song, Ji Eun Kim, Chan Goo Kang, Seong Hee Bae
  • Patent number: 9256051
    Abstract: A photographic lens optical system includes: a first lens having a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape convex toward an object side; a second lens having a positive refractive power and a shape convex toward an image side; a third lens having a positive refractive power and a double convex shape; and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a shape convex toward the image side, wherein the first to fourth lenses are sequentially arranged in a direction from the object side to the image side, and the photographic lens optical system satisfies the following condition: 0.15<|(tan ?)/f|<0.25 where ? and f denote an angle of view and a focal length of the photographic lens optical system, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chi Ho Ahn, Kyoung Soo Song, Ji Eun Kim, Chan Goo Kang, Seong Hee Bae
  • Patent number: 9213165
    Abstract: In a lens optical system having first, second, and third lenses that are arranged between an object and an image sensor where an image of the object is formed, in order from an object side, the first lens has a positive (+) refractive power and is convex toward the object, the second lens has a negative (?) refractive power and is convex toward the image sensor, and the third lens has a positive (+) refractive power and at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface of the third lens has at least one inflection point between a center portion and an edge thereof. The lens optical system satisfies the following inequality that 0.5<f1/f<0.8, in which f1 is a focal length of the first lens and f is a total focal length of the lens optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pil Sun Jung, Hyong Bae Park, Chi Ho An, Jae Hoon Cho, Ji Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 9134508
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; and a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, wherein a viewing angle ? satisfies following condition, 0.7<|tan ?|<1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Ahn, Jae Hoon Cho, Ji Eun Kim, Chan Goo Kang, Se Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 9134514
    Abstract: First, second, third, and fourth lenses (in order from an object side) are arranged between the object and an image sensor where an image of the object is formed. The first lens may have a positive refractive power and both surfaces thereof may be convex. The second lens may have a negative refractive power and both surfaces thereof may be concave. The third lens may have a positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape that is convex toward the image sensor. The fourth lens may have a negative refractive power and at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface thereof may be an aspherical surface. A sagittal depth SAG1 of an incident surface of the second lens along an optical axis and a sagittal depth SAG2 of an exit surface of the second lens along the optical axis may satisfy Inequality |SAG1|>|SAG2|.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Ahn, Jae Hoon Cho, Ji Eun Kim, Chan Goo Kang, Se Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 9128265
    Abstract: Provided are a lens assembly and an optical system including the same. The lens assembly may include a first lens having a groove region, a second lens having an insertion region that is inserted into the groove region, and a light blocking member between the first lens and the second lens. The light blocking member may be disposed between a first surface portion of the first lens and a second surface portion of the second lens, and the light blocking member may be separated from at least one of the first surface portion and the second surface portion. The lens assembly may further include at least one additional lens. The lens assembly may be applied to various optical systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Kolen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Eun Kim, Pil Sun Jung, Chi Ho Ahn, Jae Hoon Cho, Yang Hee Han
  • Patent number: 9116327
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; and a third lens having a negative refractive power, wherein a viewing angle ? satisfies following condition, 0.3<|tan ?|<0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KOLEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Ahn, Jae Hoon Cho, Ji Eun Kim, Chan Goo Kang, Se Jin Kim