By Movable Refractive Structure Patents (Class 359/557)
  • Patent number: 10761339
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin including a first coil disposed therearound, a first magnet disposed to face the first coil, a housing for supporting the first magnet, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, a base disposed to be spaced apart from the housing by a predetermined distance, a second coil disposed to face the first magnet, a printed circuit board on which the second coil is mounted, a plurality of support members, which support the housing such that the housing is movable in second and/or third directions and which connect at least one of the upper and lower elastic members to the printed circuit board, and a conductive member for conductively connecting the upper and lower elastic members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min
  • Patent number: 10750062
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An autofocus fixing part includes a Hall element configured to detect a position of an autofocus movable part in the optical-axis direction, and the autofocus movable part includes a position-detecting magnet arranged near the Hall element. Both of an auto-focusing magnet part and the position-detecting magnet are radially magnetized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa
  • Patent number: 10747013
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus and a camera module including the same are provided. A lens driving apparatus includes a shake compensation unit configured to move in directions perpendicular to an optical axis, and ball members supporting the shake compensation unit, such that a degree of freedom for one of the ball members is different from a degree of freedom for another of the ball members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soo Cheol Lim
  • Patent number: 10732393
    Abstract: Comprising a positive first lens group G1 disposed at a most object side, a negative intermediate group G2 disposed at an image side of the first lens group G1, a positive focusing group G3 disposed at an image side of the intermediate group G2, the focusing group G3 being moved upon focusing, and a positive image side group G4 disposed at an image side of the focusing group G3; upon varying magnification, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the intermediate group G2, a distance between the intermediate group G2 and the focusing group G3 and a distance between the focusing group G3 and the image side group G4 being varied; and a predetermined conditional expression being satisfied. Whereby a variable magnification optical system having excellent optical performance and a focusing lens group reduced in weight in order to attain high speed focusing operation, and others are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Machida
  • Patent number: 10712544
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a videoconferencing system that includes a lens housing having a longitudinal axis; a lens assembly disposed within the lens housing along the longitudinal axis and comprising from front to rear: first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens groups. The lens groups are aligned with and distributed along the longitudinal axis. The videoconferencing system also includes a first motor coupled to and configured to move the second lens group along the longitudinal axis between the first and third lens groups; and a second motor coupled to and configured to move the fourth lens group along the longitudinal axis between the third and fifth lens groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Hsu Ting Chia, Ying-Hsiu Lin
  • Patent number: 10705317
    Abstract: A zooming imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, at least: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having positive refractive power; a fifth lens group having negative refractive power; and a sixth lens group. During zooming, the distance between adjacent lens groups changes. During focusing from an object at infinity to a close object, the fifth lens group moves along an optical axis toward an imaging surface side. The second lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, at least: a 2a-th lens group; and a 2b-th lens group having negative refractive power. Image stabilization is performed by displacing the 2b-th lens group perpendicularly to the optical axis. The optical system satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takakazu Bito, Ryosuke Sato
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10679327
    Abstract: An image blur correction device includes a base member and a lens holder. The lens holder holds a correction lens and is supported by a rolling ball to be capable of movement to the base member. The base member has a receiving part of the rolling ball and the lens holder has a restricting part of the rolling ball. The restricting part has a concave shape deeper than the diameter of the rolling ball, and a first ball receiving surface part is provided in the concave part. A second ball receiving surface part is provided in the receiving part that faces the restricting part and enters the concave part and the rolling ball is interposed between the first ball receiving surface part and the second ball receiving surface part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kaori Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 10663704
    Abstract: The art has, disposed in order from an object, a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group (G4) having positive refractive power, in which zooming is made by varying an air distance between the first lens group (G1) and the second lens group (G2), and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied: 0.60<f4/fw<1.15??(1) where f4 denotes a focal distance of the fourth lens group (G4), and fw denotes a focal distance of a zoom lens in a wide-angle end state upon focusing on infinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Matsuo, Haruo Sato
  • Patent number: 10656432
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin, which includes a first coil provided on an outer surface thereof and which moves in a first direction, a support member, which is disposed over one side surface of the housing, and which supports the bobbin and the housing such that the bobbin and the housing are movable in second and/or third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction, a second coil, which is disposed over the housing, and which is spaced apart from the support member by a predetermined distance and which generates an electromagnetic force to move the support member in the second and/or third directions, and a printed circuit board disposed over the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Guk Lee, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 10649174
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. A shake-correcting fixing part includes a coil board consisting of a multilayer printed wiring board in which multiple unit layers consisting of a conductor layer and an insulating layer are stacked on one another, and a base on which the coil board is placed. A shake-correcting coil part, an external terminal, and a conductor pattern including a power-supply line configured to connect the external terminal to the shake-correcting coil part are integrally formed in the coil board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Atsushi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10628697
    Abstract: An object approach detection device includes: an imager that includes a first and a second lens group which have different focal lengths from each other and are arranged so as to image a same target object and that acquires first and second image information imaged through the first and the second lens group, respectively; an object detector that detects presence or absence of an object; and an object approach determiner that determines that approach of the object has been detected when a time difference between a first time and a second time is equal to or less than an approach determination threshold value, the first time being when the first image information is acquired when the object has been detected based on the first image information, the second time being when the second image information is acquired when the object has been detected based on the second image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yusuke Shinosaki
  • Patent number: 10616452
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide an apparatus for controlling the motion of a camera component. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an actuator module. The actuator module includes a plurality of magnets. Each magnet of the plurality of magnets is poled with magnetic domains substantially aligned in the same direction throughout each magnet. The apparatus further includes a coil rigidly disposed around a lens. Each magnet of the plurality of magnets contributes to the forces to adjust focus of the lens based on Lorentz forces generated from the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Topliss, Douglas S. Brodie, Anthony J. Rossetti, Richard H. Tsai, Richard L. Baer
  • Patent number: 10606047
    Abstract: A variable magnification optical system includes, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having a negative refractive power; a second lens group (G2) having a positive refractive power; a third lens group (G3) having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group (G4) having a positive refractive power. The system performs varying magnification by changing the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group, the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group, and the distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group. The third lens group includes a 32nd lens group (G32) configured to be movable so as to have a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis in order to correct image blur as a vibration-reduction lens group (VR) and a 31st lens group (G31) disposed at an object-side of the 32nd lens group. The 32nd lens group has negative refractive power, and the system satisfies Conditional Expression (1) below. 0.200<f1/f3<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Shibayama
  • Patent number: 10591699
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image focusing method that is applied to an image capture device having an optical image stabilization (OIS) function, including: driving the at least one optical lens to tilt by an angle in response to a first selected target and a second selected target, and enabling a first light beam group from the first selected target and a second light beam group from the second selected target to be focused on a same imaging surface after passing through the at least one optical lens. In addition, the present invention further provides an image capture device and an electronic device that apply the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Shou Chen, Shu-Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 10545353
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bobbin provided at an outer circumferential surface thereof with a first coil, a first position sensor disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin and spaced apart from the first coil, a first magnet disposed so as to be opposite to the first position sensor, a second magnet disposed so as to be opposite to the first coil, the second magnet being configured to move the bobbin in a direction parallel to an optical axis via electromagnetic interaction with the first coil, a housing configured to support the first magnet and the second magnet; and upper and lower elastic members coupled to the bobbin and the housing, wherein the first position sensor is moved along with the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung, Hyune O Yoo
  • Patent number: 10545320
    Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a rear lens group including one or more lens units, in which the third lens unit is configured to move toward the object side during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, in which an interval between adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, in which the fourth lens unit is moved in a direction having a vertical component to an optical axis during image stabilization, and in which focal lengths of the third and fourth lens units are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigenobu Sugita
  • 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: 10514593
    Abstract: An Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) system comprises three stacked frames (11, 12, 13) carrying an imaging system (14), the reciprocal movements of said frames (11, 12, 13) being translational movements orthogonal to each other and to the optical axis of the imaging system (14) and achieved and controlled by two couples of antagonistic shape memory alloy wires (16, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: ACTUATOR SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Köpfer
  • Patent number: 10488619
    Abstract: A zoom lens is constituted by, in order from the object side: a positive first lens group; a negative second lens group; a positive third lens group; a positive fourth lens group; a negative fifth lens group, and a positive sixth lens group. The distances among adjacent lens groups change when changing magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens group is constituted by, in order from the object side, a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens. The third lens group has a positive lens at the most object side thereof. A predetermined conditional formula is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taiga Noda
  • Patent number: 10468959
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus, according to one embodiment, comprises: a bobbin having a first coil installed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; a location detection sensor equipped to the bobbin; a housing in which the bobbin is provided; an upper elastic member disposed on the upper side of the housing; and a support member that supports the housing such that the housing can move in a second or third direction that is perpendicular to a first direction, wherein the upper elastic member is divided into a plurality of parts, at least two of which are disposed parallel to each other on the x-y plane in the second or third direction and are disposed such that end portions thereof face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Sung Guk Lee, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10423004
    Abstract: Provided is a telescope (TSC) having: an objective optical system (OB); an erecting optical system (PR) for erecting an image formed by the Objective optical system (OB); and an eyepiece optical system (EP) for observing the image which is formed by the Objective optical system (OB) and erected by the erecting optical system (PR). The objective optical system (OB) includes, in order from an object, a first lens group (G1) having positive or negative refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having positive refractive power, and a third lens group (G3) having negative refractive power. The second lens group (G2) and the third lens group (G3) rotate together around a point (O) on the optical axis of the Objective optical system (OB) in order to correct the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Arai
  • Patent number: 10416411
    Abstract: The optical apparatus includes, as actuators to move a movable member in a first direction, a first coil and a second coil provided to a base member or the movable member, and a first magnet and a second magnet provided to the movable member or the base member. The first magnet has a first surface facing the first coil, and the second magnet has a second surface facing the second coil. Each of the first and second surfaces has thereon N- and S-pole portions arranged in the first direction. In a state where the movable member is located at a center of its movable range, center positions of the first and second coils have differences from boundary positions of the N- and S-pole portions of the first and second magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryo Abe
  • Patent number: 10397478
    Abstract: A suspension assembly is described. A suspension assembly including a support member; a moving member; one or more bearings; and one or more bearing limiters. The one or more bearings between the support member and the moving member to space the support member and moving member by a bearing distance about the z axis. And, the one or more bearing limiters between the first and second members to limit movement of the support member and moving member about the z axis to a gap distance that is less than the bearing distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark A. Miller, Richard R. Jenneke, Donald M. Anderson, Erich W. Bierbrauer
  • Patent number: 10371959
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus with a lens portion having at least one lens, a base portion on which an image sensor detecting light coming through said lens portion can be fixed, a driving portion capable of relatively moving said lens portion in a vertical direction to a light axis of said lens portion and in a parallel direction to the light axis of said lens portion with respect to said base portion, and at least three suspension wires connecting a focus portion including said lens portion and said base portion so as to allow a relative movement. The suspension wires are arranged outside a magnet of said driving portion along the vertical direction to the light axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Fu-Yuan Wu, Yi-Lang Chan
  • Patent number: 10367982
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a camera module including a bobbin, a housing positioned at an outside of the bobbin, an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a foreign object exhaust passage concavely formed at an upper surface of the housing, and an opening formed at the housing to open at least a part of the foreign object exhaust passage to an inside of the housing, wherein the foreign object exhaust passage is overlapped on at least a part of the housing-coupled elastic member to a vertical direction, whereby it is easy to wash foreign objects positioned between an elastic member and a housing to reduce an auto focus tilt defects generated after assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hong Cho, Hee Se Lee, Jin Suk Han, In Jae Yeo
  • Patent number: 10359604
    Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens, including first to fourth lens units having positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers and a rear lens unit, which are arranged in order from object side to image side, in which: rear lens unit includes a negative front-side subunit and a positive rear-side subunit arranged in order from object side to image side; front-side subunit moves in a direction having a component perpendicular to optical axis; and front-side subunit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens. A focal length of front-side subunit, a focal length of one positive lens of the at least one positive lens, a refractive index and an Abbe number of a material of the one positive lens, and a refractive index and an Abbe number of a material of one negative lens of the at least one negative lens are set appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masao Hori
  • Patent number: 10338404
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bobbin provided at an outer circumferential surface thereof with a first coil, a first position sensor disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin and spaced apart from the first coil, a first magnet disposed so as to be opposite to the first position sensor, a second magnet disposed so as to be opposite to the first coil, the second magnet being configured to move the bobbin in a direction parallel to an optical axis via electromagnetic interaction with the first coil, a housing configured to support the first magnet and the second magnet; and upper and lower elastic members coupled to the bobbin and the housing, wherein the first position sensor is moved along with the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung, Hyune O Yoo
  • Patent number: 10338359
    Abstract: Provided is a small zoom lens having a high zoom ratio and easily designed to achieve favorable optical properties in an entire zooming range. A zoom lens includes, in order from object side to image side, a positive first unit, a negative second unit, an aperture stop, and a rear group including multiple units. Intervals between the adjacent units are changed during zooming. In the rear group, a positive lens unit is arranged on the most image side, and a negative lens unit is on the object side of the positive lens unit. The aperture stop not moving for zooming, but the second unit and the negative lens unit moving during zooming. Focal lengths of the second unit and the positive and negative lens units, and movement amounts of the second and negative lens units, respectively, during zooming from wide angle end to telephoto end are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Kuwashiro, Yu Inomoto
  • Patent number: 10338403
    Abstract: A lens driving mechanism is provided. The lens driving mechanism is configured to drive an optical lens, including a holder, a base, a first elastic element, and a first biasing element. The optical lens is disposed in a receiving space of the holder. The base has a central axis, and the holder is movable relative to the base. The first elastic element is connected to the holder and the base. The first biasing element exerts a force on the holder so that an optical axis of the optical lens has an angular displacement relative to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chen-Hsien Fan, Yi-Liang Chan
  • Patent number: 10330883
    Abstract: A camera device is proposed. The camera device includes a mounting member for mounting a camera lens, and a supporting member. The mounting member is pivotably connected to the supporting member, and a rotation axis of the mounting member is perpendicular to an axial direction of the camera lens. The mounting member has a magnet disposed thereon, the magnet is located at a side of the rotation axis of the mounting member, and an orientation of magnetic poles of the magnet is parallel to the axial direction of the camera lens. The supporting member has an electromagnet disposed thereon, and an axis of the electromagnet is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the mounting member. The magnet is located at one end of the axis of the electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yi Wei
  • Patent number: 10306118
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program wherein the apparatus includes an optical arrangement configured to provide an incident light beam to an image sensor; a first actuator mechanism configured to move the optical arrangement relative to the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the image sensor; a second actuator mechanism configured to move the optical arrangement relative to the image sensor in a direction parallel to the image sensor; and wherein the first and second actuator mechanisms are configured so that actuation of the second actuator mechanism does not cause movement of the first actuator mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Marko Eromaki
  • Patent number: 10295808
    Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, a negative third lens group and a positive fourth lens group, in that order from the object side. Upon zooming from a short focal length extremity to a long focal length extremity, at least the first lens group, the second lens group and the fourth lens group are moved in the optical axis direction of the zoom lens. The third lens group includes a negative first sub-lens group and a negative second sub-lens group, in that order from the object side, the second sub-lens group is provided with a negative single lens element and a positive single lens element, and an air lens is formed between the negative single lens element and the positive single lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki Onozaki
  • Patent number: 10261292
    Abstract: A variable magnification optical system comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, and a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power. The first lens group (G1) comprises a front group (G11) having negative refractive power and a rear group (G12) having positive refractive power. Focusing is carried out by moving the front group (G11). The first lens group (G1), the second lens group (G2) or at least a portion of the third lens group (G3) is moved in a direction having a directional component perpendicular to the optical axis as a vibration reduction lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Takeru Uehara
  • Patent number: 10263502
    Abstract: The VCM according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base unit, a mover including a bobbin arranged at an upper surface of the base unit and formed with a plurality of rotation prevention units along a periphery and a first driving unit arranged at a periphery of the bobbin, a stator including a yoke configured to the base unit to surround the mover and inner yoke units each extended to between the rotation prevention units, and a second driving unit oppositely arranged to the first driving unit, and an elastic member elastically supporting the mover, wherein an object occurrence preventing portion is formed between the rotation prevention unit and the inner yoke units to decrease a contact area between the rotation prevention unit and the inner yoke units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 10254505
    Abstract: An electromagnetic driving device is provided, which includes a movable member, a stationary member, a suspension member, and an energy-absorbing glue. The movable member and the stationary member are arranged along a main axis. The suspension member extends along a direction parallel to the main axis, and the two ends thereof are respectively connected to the movable member and the stationary member so as to enable the movable member to be suspended over the stationary member. A segment of the suspension member is covered in the energy-absorbing glue, and the energy-absorbing glue connects the suspension member to the movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Cheng-Kai Yu
  • Patent number: 10254520
    Abstract: A variable magnification optical system of the present application comprises a first lens group (G1) disposed at a most object side, a first focusing lens group (Ga) disposed at an image side of the first lens group, a second focusing lens group (Gb) disposed at an image side of the first focusing lens group, and a rear lens group (Gr) disposed at an image side of the second focusing lens group; upon varying magnification, the first lens group being moved, and an interval between the first lens group and the first focusing lens group, an interval between the first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group, and an interval between the second focusing lens group and the rear lens group being varied; upon focusing, the first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group being moved along the optical axis with different trajectories from each other; and a given conditional expression being satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10241306
    Abstract: A telephoto lens includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit, and the first lens unit includes a front-side lens unit having a positive refractive power and a rear-side lens unit, and the second lens unit moves at the time of focusing, and the third lens unit has a positive lens and a negative lens, and the front-side lens unit includes lenses positioned closer to the object side than a predetermined negative lens that satisfies Conditional Expression (a), and the rear-side lens unit has the predetermined negative lens and a positive lens, and Conditional Expressions (1A) and (14) are satisfied: 0.5?|f/fLn|??(a), 0.015?DGFGR/f?0.25??(1A), and 0.19?DGFairmax/DGF?1.0??(14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuteru Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10228534
    Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit that has positive refractive power, a second lens unit that moves during focusing and that has positive refractive power or negative refractive power, and a third lens unit that has positive refractive power or negative refractive power. The first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are disposed in that order from an object side to an image side. During focusing, an interval between adjacent lens units changes. In the optical system, a focal length f of the entire optical system, a distance LD along an optical axis from a lens surface of the first lens unit that is closest to the object side to an image plane, and focal lengths of positive and negative lenses that are included in the first lens unit are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Gyoda, Suguru Inoue, Shigenobu Sugita
  • Patent number: 10222577
    Abstract: The lens driving device according to the present invention is provided with: an autofocus drive part for moving an autofocus movable part with respect to an autofocus fixed part in an optical axis direction and thereby automatically performing focusing; a shake correction drive part for correcting shake by causing a shake correction movable part to oscillate with respect to a shake correction fixed part in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis direction; and a sub-stopper part for restricting the distance that the autofocus movable part can move toward the image side in the optical axis direction to within an allowable range of displacement of a lens part, the sub-stopper part being interposed between the autofocus movable part and the shake correction fixed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Murakami
  • Patent number: 10225475
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor and a method of manufacturing same. The motor includes a housing, multiple pairs of magnets, a lens carrier, a conductive spring plate and multiple coils. The magnet is fixed on an inner wall of the housing, the coil is mounted on an outer wall of the lens carrier, and the coil is disposed opposite to the magnet. The conductive spring plate is mechanically fixedly connected to the bottom of the lens carrier and the housing, the conductive spring plate is provided with at least three conductive paths, each of the conductive paths corresponds to one coil and has an input end and a common end adjacent to and separated from each other, a first wire end and a second wire end of each of the coils are respectively connected to the corresponding input end and common end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: AP PHOTONICES (SHENZHEN) LIMITED
    Inventors: Lin Chi Mak, Wai Kwong Lo, Yu Hui Peng
  • Patent number: 10197812
    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: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Lu, Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10197791
    Abstract: The system and method of steering a beam using in-line fluid filled prisms having a first transparent plate, a second transparent plate, and a fluid layer interposed between the first and second plate. One or more actuators are used to manipulate the first and second plates relative to each other to create a prism to steer a beam. A second fluid filled prism may be used in-line, where one prism is used for fine adjustment and the other prism is used for coarse adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Choiniere
  • Patent number: 10162150
    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: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Lu, Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10162190
    Abstract: An electromagnetic driving module is provided which includes a frame, a magnetic element, a base, and an OIS driving coil. The frame surrounds a main axis. The magnetic element is disposed on the frame and has an engaging surface in contact with the frame. The base is arranged to be adjacent to the frame. The OIS driving coil for driving the movement of the frame in a direction that is perpendicular to the main axis is disposed on the base and arranged to correspond to the magnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Yi-Ho Chen, Kuo-Chun Kao, Yi-Hsin Nieh
  • Patent number: 10139648
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a first frame body, a second frame body, a support frame, and a retracting lens frame. The support frame is supported by the second frame body and moves with respect to the second frame body within a first plane for image blur correction in an imaging enabled state, the first plane being perpendicular to an optical axis. The retracting lens frame moves around a retraction shaft during a transition period between an imaging enabled state and a housed state, the retraction shaft being substantially parallel to the optical axis. The support frame has a protrusion which comes into contact with a groove included in the first frame body and restricts a movable range of the support frame in the first plane and a second plane that is parallel to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Konishi, Takumi Kuwahara, Tetsuya Uno, Fumio Shinano
  • Patent number: 10133085
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a first lens component in the predetermined lens unit moves perpendicularly with respect to an optical axis and is fixed at the time of zooming, and a second lens component is disposed, leaving an air space on an image side of the first lens component, and a sign of a refractive power of the second lens component differs from a sign of a refractive power of the first lens component, and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied. 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Yasuharu Yamada
  • Patent number: RE47800
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in this order from an object side, an aperture stop ST, a positive first lens L1, a negative second lens L2 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis, a positive third lens L3, a positive fourth lens L4 having a meniscus shape that directs a concave surface on the object side near an optical axis, and a negative fifth lens L5 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Ichiro Kurihara
  • Patent number: RE47801
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in this order from an object side, an aperture stop ST, a positive first lens L1, a negative second lens L2 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis, a positive third lens L3, a positive fourth lens L4 having a meniscus shape that directs a concave surface on the object side near an optical axis, and a negative fifth lens L5 having a meniscus shape that directs a convex surface on the object side near an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Ichiro Kurihara