Patents by Inventor Ville Kettunen
Ville Kettunen 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).
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Patent number: 10373996Abstract: Fabricating optical devices can include mounting a plurality of singulated lens systems over a substrate, adjusting a thickness of the substrate below at least some of the lens systems to provide respective focal length corrections for the lens systems, and subsequently separating the substrate into a plurality of optical modules, each of which includes one of the lens systems mounted over a portion of the substrate. Adjusting a thickness of the substrate can include, for example, micro-machining the substrate to form respective holes below at least some of the lens systems or adding one or more layers below at least some of the lens systems so as to correct for variations in the focal lengths of the lens systems.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. LtdInventors: Stephan Heimgartner, Ville Kettunen, Nicola Spring, Alexander Bietsch, Mario Cesana, Hartmut Rudmann, Jukka Alasirnio, Robert Lenart
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Patent number: 10345611Abstract: An illumination system including at least one light source such as an electroluminescent element, e.g. a light emitting diode (LED), and at least one optical element whose surface is structured by diffraction and/or refraction type optical microstructures. In order to shape the beam, the optical element includes at least two sections whose optical microstructures and therefore optical properties are different from one another. The pattern of the microstructures in each of the at least two sections is, at least over a predetermined angular range, rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis or another symmetry axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Dias, Ville Kettunen, Markus Rossi
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Publication number: 20170317126Abstract: Fabricating optical devices can include mounting a plurality of singulated lens systems over a substrate, adjusting a thickness of the substrate below at least some of the lens systems to provide respective focal length corrections for the lens systems, and subsequently separating the substrate into a plurality of optical modules, each of which includes one of the lens systems mounted over a portion of the substrate. Adjusting a thickness of the substrate can include, for example, micro-machining the substrate to form respective holes below at least some of the lens systems or adding one or more layers below at least some of the lens systems so as to correct for variations in the focal lengths of the lens systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Stephan Heimgartner, Ville Kettunen, Nicola Spring, Alexander Bietsch, Mario Cesana, Hartmut Rudmann, Jukka Alasirnio, Robert Lenart
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Patent number: 9748297Abstract: Fabricating optical devices can include mounting a plurality of singulated lens systems over a substrate, adjusting a thickness of the substrate below at least some of the lens systems to provide respective focal length corrections for the lens systems, and subsequently separating the substrate into a plurality of optical modules, each of which includes one of the lens systems mounted over a portion of the substrate. Adjusting a thickness of the substrate can include, for example, micro-machining the substrate to form respective holes below at least some of the lens systems or adding one or more layers below at least some of the lens systems so as to correct for variations in the focal lengths of the lens systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Stephan Heimgartner, Ville Kettunen, Nicola Spring, Alexander Bietsch, Mario Cesana, Hartmut Rudmann, Jukka Alasirnio, Robert Lenart
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Patent number: 9621773Abstract: The optical apparatus comprises a semiconductor substrate and at least one optics substrate. The semiconductor substrate comprises a first active region establishing a first image sensor, said semiconductor substrate further comprising an additional active region, different from said first active region. The additional active region establishes or is part of an additional sensor which is not an image sensor. And the at least one optics substrate comprises for said first image sensor at least one lens element for imaging light impinging on the optical apparatus from a front side onto the first image sensor. Preferably, at least two or rather at least three image sensors are provided, such that a computational camera can be realized. The additional sensor may comprise, e.g., an ambient light sensor and/or a proximity sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Ville Kettunen, Markus Rossi
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Patent number: 9595553Abstract: Fabricating optical devices can include mounting a plurality of singulated lens systems over a substrate, adjusting a thickness of the substrate below at least some of the lens systems to provide respective focal length corrections for the lens systems, and subsequently separating the substrate into a plurality of optical modules, each of which includes one of the lens systems mounted over a portion of the substrate. Adjusting a thickness of the substrate can include, for example, micro-machining the substrate to form respective holes below at least some of the lens systems or adding one or more layers below at least some of the lens systems so as to correct for variations in the focal lengths of the lens systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Stephan Heimgartner, Ville Kettunen, Nicola Spring, Alexander Bietsch, Mario Cesana, Hartmut Rudmann, Jukka Alasirnio, Robert Lenart
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Patent number: 9400394Abstract: An illumination system including at least one light source such as an electroluminescent element, e.g. a light emitting diode (LED), and at least one optical element whose surface is structured by diffraction and/or refraction type optical microstructures. In order to shape the beam, the optical element includes at least two sections whose optical microstructures and therefore optical properties are different from one another. The pattern of the microstructures in each of the at least two sections is, at least over a predetermined angular range, rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis or another symmetry axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: HEPTAGON MICRO OPTICS PTE. LTD.Inventors: Daniel Dias, Ville Kettunen, Markus Rossi
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Publication number: 20160006913Abstract: The optical apparatus comprises a semiconductor substrate and at least one optics substrate. The semiconductor substrate comprises a first active region establishing a first image sensor, said semiconductor substrate further comprising an additional active region, different from said first active region. The additional active region establishes or is part of an additional sensor which is not an image sensor. And the at least one optics substrate comprises for said first image sensor at least one lens element for imaging light impinging on the optical apparatus from a front side onto the first image sensor. Preferably, at least two or rather at least three image sensors are provided, such that a computational camera can be realized. The additional sensor may comprise, e.g., an ambient light sensor and/or a proximity sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Ville Kettunen, Markus Rossi
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Patent number: 9000377Abstract: An opto-electronic module includes a detecting channel comprising a detecting member for detecting light and an emission channel comprising an emission member for emitting light generally detectable by said detecting member. Therein, a radiation distribution characteristic for an emission of light from said emission channel is non rotationally symmetric; and/or a sensitivity distribution characteristic for a detection in said detecting channel of light incident on said detection channel is non rotationally symmetric; and/or a central or main emission direction for an emission of light from said emission channel and a central or main detection direction for a detection of light incident on said detection channel are aligned not parallel to each other; and/or at least a first one of the channels comprises one or more passive optical components.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Markus Rossi, Ville Kettunen
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Publication number: 20150070870Abstract: An illumination system including at least one light source such as an electroluminescent element, e.g. a light emitting diode (LED), and at least one optical element whose surface is structured by diffraction and/or refraction type optical microstructures. In order to shape the beam, the optical element includes at least two sections whose optical microstructures and therefore optical properties are different from one another. The pattern of the microstructures in each of the at least two sections is, at least over a predetermined angular range, rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis or another symmetry axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Daniel Dias, Ville Kettunen, Markus Rossi
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Publication number: 20140167196Abstract: Fabricating optical devices can include mounting a plurality of singulated lens systems over a substrate, adjusting a thickness of the substrate below at least some of the lens systems to provide respective focal length corrections for the lens systems, and subsequently separating the substrate into a plurality of optical modules, each of which includes one of the lens systems mounted over a portion of the substrate. Adjusting a thickness of the substrate can include, for example, micro-machining the substrate to form respective holes below at least some of the lens systems or adding one or more layers below at least some of the lens systems so as to correct for variations in the focal lengths of the lens systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Stephan Heimgartner, Ville Kettunen, Nicola Spring, Alexander Bietsch, Mario Cesana, Hartmut Rudmann, Jukka Alasirnio, Robert Lenart
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Publication number: 20140125849Abstract: Fabricating optical devices can include mounting a plurality of singulated lens systems over a substrate, adjusting a thickness of the substrate below at least some of the lens systems to provide respective focal length corrections for the lens systems, and subsequently separating the substrate into a plurality of optical modules, each of which includes one of the lens systems mounted over a portion of the substrate. Adjusting a thickness of the substrate can include, for example, micro-machining the substrate to form respective holes below at least some of the lens systems or adding one or more layers below at least some of the lens systems so as to correct for variations in the focal lengths of the lens systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Stephan Heimgartner, Ville Kettunen, Nicola Spring, Alexander Bietsch, Mario Cesana, Hartmut Rudmann, Jukka Alasirnio, Robert Lenart
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Patent number: 8674305Abstract: An opto-electronic module includes a detecting channel comprising a detecting member for detecting light and an emission channel comprising an emission member for emitting light generally detectable by said detecting member. Therein, a radiation distribution characteristic for an emission of light from said emission channel is non rotationally symmetric; and/or a sensitivity distribution characteristic for a detection in said detecting channel of light incident on said detection channel is non rotationally symmetric; and/or a central or main emission direction for an emission of light from said emission channel and a central or main detection direction for a detection of light incident on said detection channel are aligned not parallel to each other; and/or at least a first one of the channels comprises one or more passive optical components.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Markus Rossi, Ville Kettunen
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Patent number: 8610823Abstract: An optical module for a camera device, the camera device including an image capturing element arranged on a base substrate portion, and has a top lens element and optionally further lens elements for imaging an object on the image capturing element, and further a baffle defining a predetermined field of view of the image capturing element. The baffle includes a generally transparent baffle substrate portion having a front surface and a rear surface, a generally non-transparent first layer with a plurality of first openings on the front surface and a generally non-transparent second layer with a plurality of second openings on the rear surface. The top lens element is arranged on the front and/or the rear surface of the baffle substrate, which leads to a reduced number layers/substrates in the module and to a reduced number of reflections on material-air interfaces, for example.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Markus Rossi, Hartmut Rudmann, Ville Kettunen
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Publication number: 20130286686Abstract: The invention relates to an optical light guide element (1) having a first end section (8) with a light entrance area (6) designed for facing a light-transparent opening (50) and having a second end section (9) with a light exit area (7) designed for facing a light sensor (52), wherein the light entrance area (6) is defined by a surface area on the optical light guide element (1) which faces the light-transparent opening (50) and the first end section (8) forms an inclined surface area (2) which has an acute angle with the surface area of the light entrance area (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Ville Kettunen, Peter Riel, Hartmut Rudmann, Markus Rossi
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Publication number: 20130284908Abstract: An opto-electronic module includes a detecting channel comprising a detecting member for detecting light and an emission channel comprising an emission member for emitting light generally detectable by said detecting member. Therein, a radiation distribution characteristic for an emission of light from said emission channel is non rotationally symmetric; and/or a sensitivity distribution characteristic for a detection in said detecting channel of light incident on said detection channel is non rotationally symmetric; and/or a central or main emission direction for an emission of light from said emission channel and a central or main detection direction for a detection of light incident on said detection channel are aligned not parallel to each other; and/or at least a first one of the channels comprises one or more passive optical components.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Markus Rossi, Ville Kettunen
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Patent number: 8487519Abstract: A light emitting device includes an electroluminescent element (1), a housing (2) and current supply device for the electroluminescent element. A micro-optical element (12) is coupled to the housing (2) and arranged such that it influences light emitted by the electroluminescent element (1). The micro-optical element may be made up of micro-optical structures on a surface of an at least partially transparent layer (11) coupled to the housing (2). The micro-optical structures may, for example, be manufactured by directly imprinting them on the at least partially transparent layer (11) coupled to the housing or by casting an at least partially transparent layer (11) including the electroluminescent element to a body of the light emitting device. The diffractive optical features of the micro-optical element (12) are designed according to the position, size and shape of the one or more electroluminescent elements (1), and output light distribution of the one or more electroluminescent elements (1).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Ville Kettunen, Hartmut Rudmann, Markus Rossi
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Publication number: 20110031510Abstract: A wafer scale package includes two or more substrates (wafers) that are stacked in an axial direction and a plurality of replicated optical elements. An optical device includes one or more optical elements. The wafer scale package and the device include one or more cavities that house the optical elements, while the end faces of the package or the device are planar and do not have replicated optical elements thereon. The number of double sided substrates is reduced, and design and manufacture of the optical device is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: HEPTAGON OYInventors: Markus Rossi, Hartmut Rudmann, Ville Kettunen
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Publication number: 20110032712Abstract: An illumination system including at least one light source such as an electroluminescent element, e.g. a light emitting diode (LED), and at least one optical element whose surface is structured by diffraction and/or refraction type optical microstructures. In order to shape the beam, the optical element includes at least two sections whose optical microstructures and therefore optical properties are different from one another. The pattern of the microstructures in each of the at least two sections is, at least over a predetermined angular range, rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis or another symmetry axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: HEPTAGON OYInventors: Daniel Dias, Ville Kettunen, Markus Rossi
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Publication number: 20110032409Abstract: An optical module for a camera device, the camera device including an image capturing element arranged on a base substrate portion, and has a top lens element and optionally further lens elements for imaging an object on the image capturing element, and further a baffle defining a predetermined field of view of the image capturing element. The baffle includes a generally transparent baffle substrate portion having a front surface and a rear surface, a generally non-transparent first layer with a plurality of first openings on the front surface and a generally non-transparent second layer with a plurality of second openings on the rear surface. The top lens element is arranged on the front and/or the rear surface of the baffle substrate, which leads to a reduced number layers/substrates in the module and to a reduced number of reflections on material-air interfaces, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: HEPTAGON OYInventors: Markus Rossi, Hartmut Rudmann, Ville Kettunen