Patents Examined by Ephrem Z Mebrahtu
  • Patent number: 11435551
    Abstract: An imaging device capable of a rotation in a predetermined direction includes a first lens unit having a first optical axis and a first focal length, a first imaging unit to image light passing through the first lens unit; a second lens unit having a second optical axis and a second focal length shorter than the first focal length, a second imaging unit to image light passing through the second lens unit, a dome shaped protection cover disposed on a subject side of the first and the second lens unit and protect the first and the second lens unit, and a support unit for supporting the first and the second lens unit so that an angle at which the first optical axis intersects an inner surface of the protection cover is closer to a vertical angle than an angle at which the second optical axis intersects the inner surface of the protection cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasunori Kimura
  • Patent number: 11429011
    Abstract: An optical system is provided. The optical system includes a first optical module, a second optical module and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to connect at least one first optical member. The second optical module is configured to connect at least one second optical member. The third optical module is configured to connect a third optical member, wherein the third optical module is located between the first optical module and the second optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Weng, Liang-Ting Ho, Chao-Chang Hu, Chien-Yu Kao, Sin-Jhong Song
  • Patent number: 11428907
    Abstract: Provided is an optical lens module including a lens barrel, a lens assembly and a press ring, the lens barrel has an object side end surface, the lens assembly includes a first lens and a second lens, the first lens is a plastic lens including an imaging portion and a fixing portion around the imaging portion, the imaging portion extends towards and beyond an object side, the second lens is located in the lens barrel. The press ring includes an inner side surface and an outer side surface, the inner side surface is fixed with the fixing portion, the outer side surface is connected with the lens barrel, the press ring abuts against an object side surface of the second lens. In this optical lens module, head size of the optical lens module is no longer limited by wall thickness of the lens barrel, thereby greatly reducing head size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jie Ma
  • Patent number: 11415777
    Abstract: A four-piece optical image capturing system is disclosed. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lenses are aspheric. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11399714
    Abstract: A device for determining biometric variables of the eye, as are incorporated in the calculation of intraocular lenses including a multi-point keratometer and an OCT arrangement. The keratometer measurement points are illuminated telecentrically and detected telecentrically and the OCT arrangement is designed as a laterally scanning swept-source system with a detection region detecting the whole eye over the whole axial length thereof. The multi-point keratometer ensures that a sufficient number of keratometer points are available for measuring the corneal surface. By contrast, telecentricity ensures that the positioning inadequacies of the measuring instrument in relation to the eye to be measured do not lead to a local mismatch of the reflection points. The swept-source OCT scan detects the whole eye over the length thereof so that both anterior chamber structures and retina structures can be detected and a consistent whole eye image can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Ralf Ebersbach, Martin Hacker, Gerard Antkowiak, Peter Klopfleisch, Ferid Bajramovic, Tobias Bühren, Matthias Reich
  • Patent number: 11402624
    Abstract: Electrowetting-actuated optical shutters based on total internal reflection or beam steering. An electrowetting cell contains a conducting liquid and a non-conducting liquid configured to form a liquid-liquid interface extending to the inner walls of the cell. A beam of light is directed to the liquid-liquid interface at an angle near the total internal reflection angle of the interface. Voltage changes the shape of the liquid-liquid interface, without separating it from the inner walls of the cell. Thus, when depending on the voltage applied, the beam is either transmitted in part or substantially totally internal reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Juliet T. Gopinath, Victor M. Bright, Andrew M. Jones
  • Patent number: 11397305
    Abstract: An assembly and a locking member for locking and centering a threaded lens assembly with relation to a lens base is disclosed. The locking member includes a threaded through hole configured to thread onto one of a threaded lens base or the threaded lens assembly. The locking member further includes an interlocking portion configured to engage with a receiving portion of the other of the threaded lens base or a threaded lens assembly, wherein the engagement between the interlocking portion and the receiving portion prevents the threaded lens assembly from moving with relation to the lens base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHOPPERTRAK RCT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Rendlen
  • Patent number: 11397310
    Abstract: A four-piece optical image capturing system is disclosed. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lenses are aspheric. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11381147
    Abstract: A driving mechanism for driving an optical element is provided, including a holder unit, a base unit, and a magnetic element. The holder unit is used to hold the optical element, and the base unit includes a metal substrate and a circuit structure formed on the metal substrate, wherein the circuit structure includes a driving coil. The magnetic element is disposed on the holder unit and corresponds to the driving coil for driving the optical element to move relative to the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Ichitai Moto, Shih-Ting Huang, Haruo Taguchi, Sin-Jhong Song
  • Patent number: 11379001
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a display panel, which includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a panel driver connected to the display panel in the non-display area of the display panel. The display panel includes an outer substrate configured to include a gate line and a data line that intersect with each other, an inner substrate coupled to a bottom of the outer substrate, and a reflection reduction member formed on the outer substrate to overlap at least one selected from the gate line and the data line, and configured to reduce a reflectivity of external light by a line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sahng Ik Jun, Hong Man Moon
  • Patent number: 11378813
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a camera includes a lens assembly in a lens carrier, an image sensor for capturing a digital representation of light transiting the lens, and a voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the voice coil motor includes a spring suspension assembly for moveably mounting the lens carrier to an actuator base, a plurality of permanent magnets mounted to the actuator base through a magnet holder assembly and a focusing coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier and mounted to the actuator base through the suspension assembly. In some embodiments, the permanent magnets each generate a magnetic field of a respective permanent magnet field strength, and the magnet holder assembly generates a holder magnetic field of a holder magnetic field strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Miller, Steven Webster, Shashank Sharma
  • Patent number: 11353676
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a plastic barrel and an optical element set. The optical element set includes an optical lens element, a light blocking sheet and a light-shielding layer. At least one surface of an object-side peripheral surface and an image-side peripheral surface of the optical lens element includes an annular side wall. An annular abutting surface of the light blocking sheet and the annular side wall of the optical lens element are disposed correspondingly to each other. The light-shielding layer surrounds a central opening of the light blocking sheet and includes an annular concave-curved portion. The annular concave-curved portion is for retaining the light blocking sheet, so that there is no relative displacement in a direction parallel to an optical axis between the annular abutting surface of the light blocking sheet and the annular side wall of the optical lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyun-Jia Cheng, Heng-Yi Su, Ming-Ta Chou, Ming-Shun Chang
  • Patent number: 11353776
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens barrel, a lens group, and a soma. The soma includes a first end surface facing an object side and a second end surface facing an image side. An end point of the lens group closest to the object side is defined as an origin. An angle formed by a line connecting the origin to a point on the first end surface closest to an optical axis and the optical axis is defined as a first angle ?. An angle formed by a line connecting the origin to a point on the second end surface closest to the optical axis and the optical axis is defined as a second angle ?. The first angle ? and the second angle ? satisfy the following relationship: ?>34.5° and ?-?<0.4°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Lan Feng, Chun-Cheng Ko
  • Patent number: 11353685
    Abstract: A lens module may include a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, a fifth lens having refractive power, a sixth lens having refractive power, and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. An inflection point may be formed on an image-side surface of the sixth lens. A turning point may be formed on an image-side surface of the seventh lens. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens and the seventh lens are disposed in a sequential order from the first lens to the seventh lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Hyun Baik
  • Patent number: 11353682
    Abstract: The imaging lens comprises, successively in order from the object side, a positive first lens group that does not move during focusing, a second lens group that moves during focusing, a stop, and a positive third lens group that consists of all lenses moving integrally with the second lens group during focusing. The composite focal length of the second lens group and the third lens group is positive. The first lens group includes four or more positive lenses and three or more negative lenses. The imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Kawamura, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 11353677
    Abstract: Provided is a lens module, including a lens barrel, a first lens and a spacing ring. The lens barrel includes a first barrel wall hole and a second barrel wall extending from the first barrel wall while being bent. The first lens includes a bearing portion. The spacing ring abuts against an inner wall of the second barrel wall. The bearing portion of the first lens is fixedly connected to an image side surface of the spacing ring and an image side surface of the second barrel wall. An adhesive groove is formed at a position where the first lens is connected to the spacing ring and the second barrel wall. The lens module according to the present invention is stable and reliable, and has a smaller contour dimension, a smaller overall length, and an increased mechanical back focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuchan Gao
  • Patent number: 11353635
    Abstract: There is provided a microlens array diffuser plate including: a microlens group positioned on a surface of a transparent substrate. The microlens group at least corresponding to a light ray entering part in the microlens array diffuser plate includes two or more unit cells that are continuous in an array sequence, and the unit cells include a plurality of microlenses positioned on the surface of the transparent substrate. The light ray entering part has at least two regions having different average diffusion angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shibuya, Hideto Sagawa, Takahiro Kimura, Naoki Hanashima
  • Patent number: 11353695
    Abstract: An actuator includes: a first drive beam provided to swing and drive a target object around a first axis and having a first drive source on a front surface; a second drive beam that has a zigzag shape, in which a plurality of beams extending in a direction vertical to a second axis orthogonal to the first axis are included and in which end portions of the beams adjacent with each other are connected at turn portions, and that is provided to swing and drive the object around the second axis, and having a second drive source on a front surface; a fixed frame connected to and support the second drive beam; and a rib formed on a back surface of the second drive beam and at a position away from a connection position of the beams with the turn portions toward the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsukasa Yamada
  • Patent number: 11353777
    Abstract: A plastic barrel, which surrounds a central axis, includes an object-side portion and a tubular portion. The object-side portion includes an object-side opening and a reverse inclined structure. The reverse inclined structure surrounds the object-side opening and includes a reverse inclined surface and at least one annular concave structure. The at least one annular concave structure is disposed on an object side of the reverse inclined surface and recessed from the object-side opening along a direction away from the central axis, wherein a sectional surface of the at least one annular concave structure passing through the central axis includes a valley point and two concave ends, and the two concave ends are disposed on an object side and an image side of the valley point, respectively. The tubular portion is connected to the object-side portion and extends to the image side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Feng Lin, Lin-An Chang, Hsiang-Chi Tang
  • Patent number: 11353765
    Abstract: A rear view assembly includes a housing with a mount extending therefrom, a circuit board disposed on the housing, and an air mover proximate a heatsink. The air mover is configured to draw ambient air from an inlet into the housing. A channel in fluid communication with the air mover is configured to direct the air drawn into the housing across a top portion of the heatsink. The rear view assembly also includes an outlet in fluid connection with the channel, adjacent to the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven J. Veenman, Eric S. Sloterbeek