Patents by Inventor Te-Sheng Tseng

Te-Sheng Tseng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200341350
    Abstract: A camera driving module includes: a base including a central opening; a casing disposed on the base and including an opening hole corresponding to the central opening; a lens unit movably disposed on the casing; and a focus driving part. The focus driving part includes a carrier, an AF coil element, at least two permanent magnets and a Hall element. The carrier is disposed on the lens unit and movable in a direction parallel to an optical axis. The AF coil element is fixed to the base and faces toward the carrier. The permanent magnets are fixed on one side of the carrier facing toward the base and disposed opposite to each other about the optical axis. The Hall element faces toward a corresponding surface of one of the permanent magnets. The AF coil element and the corresponding surfaces are arranged in the direction parallel to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: LARGAN DIGITAL CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Patent number: 10805510
    Abstract: A camera driving module includes a base, a casing, a lens unit, a magnetic element, a coil, a spring and a damper agent. The base includes an opening. The casing is disposed on the base and includes a through hole and a broadwise notch structure. The broadwise notch structure is located nearby a periphery of the through hole. The lens unit is movably disposed on the casing and includes a protruding structure. The protruding structure is located at a periphery of the lens unit. The magnetic element is fixed to the casing and located at an inside the casing. The coil is fixed to the lens unit and located at an outside of the lens unit. The coil faces toward the magnetic element. The spring is disposed on the lens unit. The damper agent is disposed between the broadwise notch structure and the protruding structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng Tseng, Ming-Ta Chou, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10802243
    Abstract: A lens assembly driving module includes a holder, a metal yoke, a lens unit, a magnet set, a coil, at least one elastic element and at least one damper agent. The metal yoke is coupled with the holder and includes a through hole and at least one extending structure. The extending structure is disposed around the through hole and extends along a direction from the through hole to the holder. The lens unit is movably disposed in the metal yoke. The lens unit includes an optical axis and at least one notch structure. The notch structure is disposed in an outer peripheral area of the lens unit and is corresponding to the extending structure. The damper agent is disposed between the extending structure of the metal yoke and the notch structure of the lens unit. The damper agent is applied to damp a movement of the lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Lu, Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 10788646
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus is for driving a lens assembly and includes a base, a metal cover, a carrier, a first coil, at least one first magnet, at least one second magnet, a frame and a spring set. At least one lower leaf spring of the spring set includes a frame connecting section, a carrier connecting section and a resilient section. The carrier connecting section and the second magnet are arranged along the first direction. The carrier connecting section includes an opening portion and a shielding portion, and the opening portion and the shielding portion both corresponding to the second magnet along the first direction are respectively for a part of the second magnet to be exposed through the opening portion and another part of the second magnet to be shielded by the shielding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu, Yung-Chun Kang
  • Publication number: 20200271945
    Abstract: A lens driving module includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, at least one first magnet, a first coil, at least two second magnets, at least one first sensor and at least one second sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is movably disposed in the cover. The first coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier. The first sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of the second magnets. The second sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of the first magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Chun-Yi LU, Te-Sheng TSENG, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Publication number: 20200209711
    Abstract: A lens assembly driving module includes a base, a cover, a lens carrier and a damping agent. The cover is coupled to the base. The lens carrier is integrally formed with a plastic barrel into a coaxial unitary element which has an internal space for receiving at least one optical lens element and includes at least two protrusion portions located on one end of the coaxial unitary element close to the base. The damping agent is filled between the base and each of the protrusion portions. The protrusion portions are a part of the coaxial unitary element, and a distance in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis between the part of the coaxial unitary element and the internal space is a maximum distance among distances in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis between other parts of the coaxial unitary element and the internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Patent number: 10690935
    Abstract: A lens driving module includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, at least one first magnet, a first coil, at least two second magnets, at least one first sensor and at least one second sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is movably disposed in the cover. The first coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier. The first sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of the second magnets. The second sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of the first magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Lu, Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200145564
    Abstract: A photographing module includes a metal cover, a base, a lens portion and a leaf spring. The lens portion is displaceably disposed in an inner space. The leaf spring is assembled with the lens portion and includes an inner fixing portion, an outer fixing portion and an elastic portion. The inner fixing portion is assembled with the lens portion. The outer fixing portion contacts and is fixedly disposed with the metal cover. The elastic portion connects the inner fixing portion and the outer fixing portion. The leaf spring further includes a plurality of contact portions and a plurality of auxiliary elastic portions. Each of the auxiliary elastic portions connects the outer fixing portion and one of the contact portions. For the leaf spring, only the contact portions thereof contact side plates of the metal cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Wen-Hung HSU, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Publication number: 20200124821
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, a first magnet, a coil, a spring, two second magnets and a hall sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover, and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is connected to an inner side of the cover. The coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier, and adjacent to the first magnet. The spring is coupled to the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier which is toward the holder. The hall sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of any one of the second magnets, wherein the magnetic field is varied according to a relative displacement between the hall sensor and the second magnet which is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Chun-Yi LU, Te-Sheng TSENG, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Publication number: 20200089083
    Abstract: A camera module includes a metal yoke, a holding base, a plastic barrel, a plurality of plastic lens elements, a leaf spring pair and a coil element. The holding base is connected to the metal yoke and defines an inner space. The holding base has a through hole which is corresponding to an opening of the metal yoke. The plastic barrel is movably disposed in the inner space. The plastic lens elements are disposed in the plastic barrel. The leaf spring pair includes two leaf springs which are located on a same plane and connected to the plastic barrel. The coil element surrounds an outer surface of the plastic barrel and electrically connected to the leaf spring pair, wherein two ends of the coil element is connected to the leaf springs by a thermal pressing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Publication number: 20200081321
    Abstract: A camera module includes a plastic carrier, an imaging lens assembly, a reflective element and a plurality of auto-focusing elements. The plastic carrier includes an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein an inner space is defined by the inner portion, and the outer portion includes at least one mounting structure. The imaging lens assembly is disposed in the inner space of the plastic carrier. The reflective element is for folding an image light by a reflective surface of the reflective element into the imaging lens assembly. The auto-focusing elements include at least two magnets and at least one wiring element, wherein the auto-focusing elements are for moving the plastic carrier along a second optical axis of the imaging lens assembly, and the magnets or the wiring element can be disposed on the mounting structure of the outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Publication number: 20200049938
    Abstract: A camera module includes a metal yoke, a holder, a plastic barrel, a plurality of plastic lens elements and a plurality of metal conducting elements. The holder is connected to the metal yoke for forming an inner space. The plastic barrel is movably disposed in the inner space and includes at least one buffering part. The plastic lens elements are disposed in the plastic barrel. The metal conducting elements are at least one leaf spring and a wire element, wherein the metal conducting elements are connected to the plastic barrel. Before the at least one buffering part contacts a contacting part of the at least one leaf spring, there is a gap distance between the at least one buffering part and the contacting part of the at least one leaf spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Patent number: 10545310
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, a first magnet, a coil, a spring, two second magnets and a hall sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover, and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is connected to an inner side of the cover. The coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier, and adjacent to the first magnet. The spring is coupled to the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier which is toward the holder. The hall sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of any one of the second magnets, wherein the magnetic field is varied according to a relative displacement between the hall sensor and the second magnet which is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Lu, Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10495945
    Abstract: A dual lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a metal yoke, a carrier, a first coil, at least one magnet and at least one first sensing component. The carrier is movably disposed in the metal yoke, wherein the carrier includes a first receiving space and a second receiving space, the first receiving space and the second receiving space are for receiving a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly respectively, a central axis of the first receiving space and a central axis of the second receiving space are parallel, the carrier can be moved at least along a first direction, and the first direction is parallel to the two central axes. The magnet is movably disposed in the metal yoke, wherein the magnet can be moved at least along a second direction, and the second direction is vertical to the two central axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu, Yung-Chun Kang
  • Publication number: 20190364181
    Abstract: A camera driving module includes a base, a casing, a lens unit, a magnetic element, a coil, a spring and a damper agent. The base includes an opening. The casing is disposed on the base and includes a through hole and a broadwise notch structure. The broadwise notch structure is located nearby a periphery of the through hole. The lens unit is movably disposed on the casing and includes a protruding structure. The protruding structure is located at a periphery of the lens unit. The magnetic element is fixed to the casing and located at an inside the casing. The coil is fixed to the lens unit and located at an outside of the lens unit. The coil faces toward the magnetic element. The spring is disposed on the lens unit. The damper agent is disposed between the broadwise notch structure and the protruding structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: LARGAN DIGITAL CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Publication number: 20190339482
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a metal cover, a carrier, a sensing magnet, a printed circuit board, a position sensor, a coil and at least one driving magnet. The metal cover is coupled with the holder and has an opening. The carrier is assembled to a lens assembly having an optical axis, wherein the carrier is disposed in the metal cover and is movable along a direction parallel to the optical axis. The sensing magnet is coupled with the carrier. The printed circuit board is disposed near to one of the four lateral sides of the holder. The position sensor is disposed on the printed circuit board and corresponds to the sensing magnet. The coil is disposed on an outer surface of the carrier. One of the driving magnet is disposed in the metal cover and corresponds to the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Wen-Hung HSU, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Publication number: 20190339480
    Abstract: A lens assembly actuating module includes a holder, a metal yoke, a lens actuator and a Hall sensor. The holder includes a central opening, at least three metal connectors insert-molded with the holder, at least two metal terminals insert-molded with the holder, and a plurality of plated metal layers disposed on a surface of the holder. The metal yoke is coupled with the holder. The lens actuator is for carrying a lens unit including an optical axis. The lens actuator is movably disposed in the metal yoke. The lens actuator includes at least one elastic element and at least three metal hanging wires. The Hall sensor is disposed on one of the plated metal layers of the holder. The Hall sensor is for detecting a movement of the lens unit along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Wen-Hung HSU, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Patent number: 10466435
    Abstract: A dual lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a metal yoke, a carrier, a coil, a first magnet, a first elastic element and a second elastic element. The metal yoke is corresponding to the holder and includes a front end which includes a plate surface and a plurality of step portions, and a level difference is between each of the step portions and the plate surface. The carrier is movably disposed in the metal yoke. The coil is disposed around the carrier. The first magnet is disposed in the metal yoke. The first elastic element is assembled on a side of the carrier facing the front end of the metal yoke. The second elastic element is assembled on another side of the carrier facing the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu, Yung-Chun Kang
  • Publication number: 20190327397
    Abstract: A camera driving module includes a base, a casing, a lens unit, a magnetic element, a coil, a spring and a damper agent. The base includes an opening. The casing is disposed on the base and includes a through hole and a broadwise notch structure. The broadwise notch structure is located nearby a periphery of the through hole. The lens unit is movably disposed on the casing and includes a protruding structure. The protruding structure is located at a periphery of the lens unit. The magnetic element is fixed to the casing and located at an inside the casing. The coil is fixed to the lens unit and located at an outside of the lens unit. The coil faces toward the magnetic element. The spring is disposed on the lens unit. The damper agent is disposed between the broadwise notch structure and the protruding structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: LARGAN DIGITAL CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Hung HSU
  • Patent number: 10432836
    Abstract: A camera driving module includes a base, a casing, a lens unit, a magnetic element, a coil, a spring and a damper agent. The base includes an opening. The casing is disposed on the base and includes a through hole and a broadwise notch structure. The broadwise notch structure is located nearby a periphery of the through hole. The lens unit is movably disposed on the casing and includes a protruding structure. The protruding structure is located at a periphery of the lens unit. The magnetic element is fixed to the casing and located at an inside the casing. The coil is fixed to the lens unit and located at an outside of the lens unit. The coil faces toward the magnetic element. The spring is disposed on the lens unit. The damper agent is disposed between the broadwise notch structure and the protruding structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng Tseng, Ming-Ta Chou, Wen-Hung Hsu