Patents by Inventor Yong-Joo Jo

Yong-Joo Jo 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: 20240103251
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging surface of an image sensor, wherein a conditional expression f/f2+f/f3<?0.4 is satisfied, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, f2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens, and a conditional expression TTL/(2*IMG HT)<0.69 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface of the image sensor, and IMG HT is one-half of a diagonal length of the imaging surface of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk HUH, Jae Hyun BAIK, Yong Joo JO
  • Publication number: 20240103247
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens barrel, a plurality of lenses arranged inside the lens barrel along an optical axis, and a cover member fixed to an end of the lens barrel on a subject side and fixing a last lens of the plurality of lenses on the subject side, wherein outer diameters of the plurality of lenses decrease from the subject side to an image side, and an outer diameter of the lens barrel is constant or smaller from the subject side to the image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Jin CHOI, Young Suk KANG, Yong Joo JO
  • Patent number: 11940666
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and an F No. of the optical imaging system is equal to or less than 1.0. The optical imaging system is capable of achieving miniaturization while capturing an image at low illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11940599
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a convex image-side surface, a second lens having a concave object-side surface, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens disposed sequentially from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies 4.8<f/IMG_HT<9.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is half a diagonal length of an imaging surface of an image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa Son, Jong Gi Lee, Hyo Jin Hwang, Sang Hyun Jang, Yong Joo Jo
  • Publication number: 20240094504
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially disposed along an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens toward an imaging plane of an image sensor, wherein 3.5?TTL/IMG HT, f1+f2|<2.0 mm, and 0.7?L1S1es/L1S1el<1.0 are satisfied, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor, IMG HT is one-half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane of the image sensor, f1 is a focal length of the first lens, f2 is a focal length of the second lens, L1S1el is a maximum effective radius of the object-side surface of the first lens, and L1S1es is a minimum effective radius of the object-side surface of the first lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk HUH, Jin Se KIM, Yong Joo JO, Hyo Jin HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240094508
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging surface of an image sensor, wherein a conditional expression f/f2+f/f3<?0.4 is satisfied, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, f2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens, and a conditional expression TTL/(2*IMG HT)<0.69 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface of the image sensor, and IMG HT is one-half of a diagonal length of the imaging surface of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk HUH, Jae Hyun BAIK, Yong Joo JO
  • Publication number: 20240094512
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side toward an image side. The fifth lens has a positive refractive power, a focal length of the fifth lens is smaller than an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and ?0.38?R10/f??0.32, where R10 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fifth lens and f is the overall focal length of the optical imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa SON, In Gun KIM, Yong Joo JO, Ju Sung PARK
  • Publication number: 20240094513
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially disposed on an optical axis from an object side toward an image side. A distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor is TTL, an overall focal length of an optical system including the first to sixth lenses is F, and TTL/F?0.83. An optical axis distance between the second lens and the third lens is D23, an optical axis distance between the third lens and the fourth lens is D34, and 2.2<D23/D34<5.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa SON, Young Su JIN, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO
  • Patent number: 11927731
    Abstract: A lens, wherein a first profile in a first direction intersecting an optical axis and a second profile in a second direction intersecting the optical axis are different from each other, and a length of the first profile in the first direction is different from a length of the second profile in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, Yong Joo Jo, Young Suk Kang, Phil Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 11927730
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side. The third lens, the fourth lens, the sixth lens, and the seventh lens are formed of plastic, and the first lens, the second lens, and the fifth lens are formed of glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Yong Joo Jo, Hwan Soo Park
  • Patent number: 11927724
    Abstract: An optical imaging system is provided. The optical imaging system has a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens disposed in order from an object-side to an image-side. The optical imaging system satisfies the following conditional expressions: F No.?1.5, 0.5<EPD/TTL<0.7, where EPD is an entrance pupil diameter, and TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Joo Jo, Young Suk Kang
  • Publication number: 20240077705
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a reflective member having a reflective surface for changing an optical path of light, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens to the fifth lens are sequentially disposed along an optical axis from an object side and are each disposed closer to an image sensor than the reflective member. The optical imaging system satisfies 0.2 mm<C1.0<0.3 mm, where C1.0 is a distance by which the image sensor moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis with respect to a shake amount of 1.0° measured by a shake detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Joo JO, Hag Chul KIM
  • Patent number: 11921269
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, disposed in order from an object side, and a first reflection member and a second reflection member, disposed on an object side of the first lens, each having a freeform surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil Soo Shin, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11921266
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes: a first lens group including a plurality of lenses; a second lens group including a plurality of lenses; a first reflecting member disposed on an object side of the first lens group; and a plurality of second reflecting members arranged between the second lens group and an image sensor. One or both of the first lens group and the second lens group is movable along an optical axis, an interval along the optical axis between the first lens group and the second lens group is varied between a first interval and a second interval smaller than the first interval, and as at least one of the first lens group and the second lens group is moved, one or more of the second reflecting members are moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Phil Ho Jung, Yong Joo Jo, Hag Chul Kim, Tae Yeon Lim
  • Patent number: 11921353
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes an optical system including at least six lenses, sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side, an image sensor configured to convert light incident through the optical system into an electronic signal, and a variable stop configured to change an incident hole diameter and disposed toward the object side of a lens of the optical system closest to the object side, wherein TTL is a distance to an imaging plane of the image sensor from an object-side surface of the lens closest to the object side and 4.7 mm<TTL<6.00 mm, and wherein Ri is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of a lens of the optical system second closest to the image sensor, Rj is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens that is second closest to the image sensor, and ?0.5<(|Ri|?|Rj|)/(|Ri|+|Rj|)<0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, Jae Hyun Baik, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11914224
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of an image sensor, wherein TTL/(2*IMG HT)?0.67 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor, and IMG HT is one half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane of the image sensor, and 15<v1-v3<45 is satisfied, where v1 is an Abbe number of the first lens, and v3 is an Abbe number of the third lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil Soo Shin, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11914118
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, sequentially arranged from an object side, wherein the first lens group includes two lenses having negative and positive refractive power, the second lens group includes a plurality of lenses, and the third lens group includes two lenses having negative and positive refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Phil Ho Jung, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11914114
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially arranged from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies 0.35<R1/f<0.40; N2+N3+N4>4.8; and TTL/(2*IMG HT) <0.70, where R1 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system including the first to sixth lenses, N2 is a refractive index of the second lens, N3 is a refractive index of the third lens, N4 is a refractive index of the fourth lens, TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an image capturing surface of an image sensor, and IMG HT is half of a diagonal length of the image capturing surface of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11914126
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group that can move in an optical direction and has negative refractive power; a second lens group that can move in the optical direction and has positive refractive power; and a third lens group that can move in the optical direction and has negative refractive power. The first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group include seven lenses in total, and at least one of the seven lenses includes an aspherical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Yong Joo Jo
  • Publication number: 20240061218
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a first lens, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens having a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region, disposed in order from an object side in a direction of an imaging plane. The imaging lens system satisfies TTL/2IMGHT<1.5, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and IMGHT is one-half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Phil Ho JUNG, Yong Joo JO, Hyo Jin HWANG