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).

  • Patent number: 11860342
    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 from an object side, wherein TTL/(2*Img HT)<0.7, where a distance on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor is TTL, and half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane of the image sensor is Img HT, and Fno<1.9, where an F-number of the optical imaging system is Fno.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Yong Park, Hyo Jin Hwang, Yong Joo Jo, Min Hyuk Im
  • Publication number: 20230418032
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens includes a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The second lens includes a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens includes a concave object-side surface. The fourth lens includes a concave object-side surface. The fifth lens includes a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Joo JO
  • Publication number: 20230418031
    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 from an object side. The first lens has negative refractive power, an image side surface thereof is concave, and an angle of view of the optical system including the first lens to the sixth lens is 100° or more. When a focal length of the first lens is f1_1, and a total focal length of the optical system including the first lens to the sixth lens is F1, 1.0<|f1_1/F1|<2.0 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Phil Ho JUNG, Yong Joo JO, Jae Hyun BAIK
  • Patent number: 11852896
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, Jin Se Kim, Yong Joo Jo, Hyo Jin Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230408793
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a refractive power, a third lens having a refractive power, a fourth lens having a refractive power, a fifth lens having a refractive power, and a sixth lens having a convex object-side surface is convex in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the imaging lens system from an object side of the imaging lens system toward an image plane of the imaging lens system, and one or more of the first to fifth lenses is configured to be movable in a direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Kumoh National Institute of Technology Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Tae Yeon LIM, Yong Joo JO, Phil Ho JUNG, Jae Myung RYU
  • Patent number: 11846761
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Joo Jo, Hag Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 11828917
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Phil Ho Jung, Yong Joo Jo, Hyo Jin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11822060
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens module including a plurality of lenses having refractive power, a first optical path folding unit disposed on the object side of the lens module and configured to refract or reflect incident light in an optical axis direction of the lens module. Among the lenses constituting the lens module, an effective radius of a lens closest to the first optical path folding unit may have substantially the same size as an effective radius of an exit surface of the first optical path folding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Hyun Kim, So Mi Yang, Jae Hyuk Huh, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11822051
    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 disposed sequentially from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies ?2.0<L3R2/f<?0.5 and 3.0<f/IMG_HT<4.0, where L3R2 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the third lens, f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is half a diagonal length of an imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Yong Joo Jo, Hyo Jin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11815741
    Abstract: An image capturing lens system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having refractive power, a sixth lens having refractive power, a seventh lens having positive refractive power, and an eighth lens having refractive power. The first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side. The first lens and the fourth lens are formed of a glass material. The second lens, the third lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, the seventh lens, and the eighth lens are formed of a plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuk Joo Kim, Hwan Soo Park, Yong Joo Jo
  • Publication number: 20230359000
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens which has refractive power, a second lens which has refractive power, a third lens which has a convex object-side surface, and an inflection point is formed on an image-side surface thereof, a fourth lens which has refractive power, a fifth lens which has a convex object-side surface, and a sixth lens which has refractive power and an inflection point is formed on an image-side surface thereof, and wherein the first to sixth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hui KO, Ju Hwa SON, Ju Sung PARK, Yong Joo JO
  • Patent number: 11808920
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens includes a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The second lens includes a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens includes a concave object-side surface. The fourth lens includes a concave object-side surface. The fifth lens includes a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11808919
    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 disposed in order from an object side, wherein TTL/(2*IMG HT)?0.6 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and IMG HT is half a diagonal length of the imaging plane of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Yong Park, Yong Joo Jo
  • Publication number: 20230350161
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens disposed from an object side. In the optical imaging system, 0.2<(D23+D34+D45)/BFL<0.95 and 0.8<TTL/f<0.95, where D23 is a distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, D34 is a distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens, D45 is a distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to an imaging plane, TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and f is a focal length of the optical imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk HUH, Byung Hyun KIM, So Mi YANG, Yong Joo JO
  • Publication number: 20230350166
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having negative refractive power, a fifth lens having positive refractive power, a sixth lens having a convex image-side surface, and a seventh lens, disposed sequentially from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies ?5.0<f2/f<?2.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system and f2 is a focal length of the second lens. An F No. of the optical imaging system is less than 1.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Yong PARK, In Do SEO, Yong Joo JO
  • Patent number: 11803034
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group including a first lens and a second lens, a second lens group including a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, and a third lens group including a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are arranged in order from an object side, at least one of the first lens group to the third lens group is moved on an optical axis to change a distance between the first lens group to the third lens group, and the following conditional expression is satisfied: 0.2<BFL/(2*IMG HT)<2.0 where BFL is a distance on the optical axis from an image-side surface of the seventh lens to an imaging surface of an image sensor, and IMG HT is half a diagonal length of the imaging surface of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa Son, Hyo Jin Hwang, Yong Joo Jo, Sang Hyun Jang, Jong Gi Lee
  • Publication number: 20230341656
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group having a first group of lenses. A foremost lens of the first group of lenses is a lens closest to an object side and has a positive refractive power. The optical imaging system also includes a second lens group having a second group of lenses. A rearmost lens of the second group of lenses is a lens closest to an imaging plane and has convex surfaces. The first and second lens groups are sequentially disposed from the object side to an imaging plane. An expression TL/f1<2.0 is satisfied, where TL represents a distance from an object-side surface of the foremost lens to the imaging plane and f1 represents a focal length of the foremost lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Youn LEE, Yong Joo JO
  • Patent number: 11796762
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface; a second lens having a negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a concave image-side surface; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and are the only lenses having a refractive power in the optical imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11796764
    Abstract: A camera module includes a first optical path conversion unit configured to reflect or refract light incident along a first optical axis in a direction of a second optical axis that intersects the first optical axis, a second optical path conversion unit configured to reflect or refract light incident on the second optical axis in a direction of a third optical axis that respectively intersects the first optical axis and the second optical axis, and an optical imaging system disposed between the first optical path conversion unit and the second optical path conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, Jin Se Kim, Yong Joo Jo, So Mi Yang
  • Patent number: 11796760
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens disposed from an object side. In the optical imaging system, 0.2<(D23+D34+D45)/BFL<0.95 and 0.8<TTL/f<0.95, where D23 is a distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, D34 is a distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens, D45 is a distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to an imaging plane, TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and f is a focal length of the optical imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, Byung Hyun Kim, So Mi Yang, Yong Joo Jo