Three Or More Elements Patents (Class 359/797)
  • Patent number: 11774716
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens device includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, the object-side and image-side surfaces of the sixth lens element being provided with at least one inflection point, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces of the sixth lens element having a sagittal height in a first axis, a sagittal height in a second axis and a sagittal height in a third axis, and at least two of these sagittal heights being different. The optical imaging lens device may meet the needs of miniaturization, wide field of view and low distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Glory Science Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping-Yi Chen, Hsi-Ko Yeh
  • Patent number: 11686923
    Abstract: An imaging lenses and an imaging device are provided, the imaging lenses includes a first imaging lens, a second imaging lens and a third imaging lens which are arranged at intervals in sequence, wherein the first imaging lens, the second imaging lens and the third imaging lens satisfy 1.0<Fno1<Fno2<Fno3<3.0; 5.0 mm>F1>F2>F3>1.0 mm; P1<P2<P3; wherein Fno1 is an aperture number of the first imaging lens, Fno2 is an aperture number of the second imaging lens, Fno2 is an aperture number of the third imaging lens, F1 is an effective focal length of the first imaging lens, F2 is an effective focal length of the second imaging lens, F3 is an effective focal length of the third imaging lens. The disclosure solves the problem in the related art that a resolution of light of 3D structure the imaging device is low in a distant scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICAL, CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jia Lu, Meng Yang, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11586015
    Abstract: The optical lens assembly may include a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a refractive power, a fifth lens having a refractive power, a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, and a stop disposed at an object side of the first lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-seon Seo, Chang-keun Kim, Sang-yong Jeon
  • Patent number: 11215908
    Abstract: The lens unit includes a jointed lens having a first optical member, a second optical member disposed on an optical axis of the first optical member, and a jointing member having a light transmissive property and disposed between the first optical member and the second optical member, and an adjustment mechanism holding the first optical member and the second optical member and adjusting a distance between the first optical member and the second optical member along an optical axis direction. The jointing member adheres to the first optical member and the second optical member in a deformable manner. The adjustment mechanism adjusts the distance to change the thickness of the jointing member along the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirotaka Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 9703074
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side and an aperture stop positioned between the third and fourth lens elements. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: GeniuS Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chien Tang, Chih-Yang Yeh
  • Patent number: 9377605
    Abstract: A wide angle optical lens system includes an aperture stop and an optical assembly, the optical assembly includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with a negative refractive power; a second lens element with a positive refractive power; a third lens element with a negative refractive power; a fourth lens element with a refractive power; a fifth lens element with a positive refractive power; a sixth lens element with a negative refractive power, wherein a focal length of the wide angle optical lens system is f, a focal length of the fifth lens element is f5, a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens element is R5, a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the third lens element is R6, the following conditions are satisfied: 1.0<f/f5<3.8; ?3.5<(R6+R5)/(R6?R5)<0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Glory Science Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Chao Chung, Shih-Yuan Chang, Kun-Ti Liu
  • Patent number: 9323031
    Abstract: An imaging lens consists essentially of a front-group consisting of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with its convex surface facing an object side, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative meniscus shape with its concave surface facing an image side and a fifth lens having positive refractive power, and the front-group having positive refractive power as a whole, a stop, and a rear-group consisting of a sixth lens having positive refractive power and a seventh lens having a negative meniscus shape with its concave surface facing the object side, and the rear-group having positive refractive power as a whole, in this order from the object side. A predetermined conditional formula about a combined focal length of the first lens and the second lens, and a focal length of an entire system is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ukyo Tomioka
  • Patent number: 9128228
    Abstract: A variety of optical arrangements and methods of modifying or enhancing the optical characteristics and functionality of these optical arrangements are provided. The optical arrangements being specifically designed to operate with camera arrays that incorporate an imaging device that is formed of a plurality of imagers that each include a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: PELICAN IMAGING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jacques Duparre
  • Publication number: 20150097109
    Abstract: An optical element, which is composed of at least three optical members including a resin layer sandwiched between two optical members, has a high environmental resistance and optical performance, and has an excellent chromatic aberration correction effect. In the optical element, the resin layer is formed on one of light incident/exit surfaces of a first optical member, and a second optical member is cemented to the resin layer by a bonding material. A condition of ?g<?r is satisfied, where ?r indicates an outer diameter of the resin layer and ?g indicates a diameter of cemented surface of the resin layer and the second optical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Satoshi MAETAKI
  • Patent number: 8934183
    Abstract: An optical element is provided, which is small in distortion when at least three optical members including a resin layer sandwiched by the optical members are cemented together, has a high environmental resistance and optical performance, and has an excellent chromatic aberration correction effect. In the optical element, the resin layer is formed on one of light incident/exit surfaces of a first optical member, and a second optical member is cemented to the resin layer by a bonding material. A condition of ?g<?r is satisfied where ?r indicates an outer diameter of the resin layer and ?g indicates an effective region diameter of a surface of the second optical member which is cemented to the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Maetaki
  • Patent number: 8879174
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lens assembly and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes delineating and processing a surface of a lens substrate to form a plurality of lens units; bonding a plurality of such lens substrates having different properties to each other as one integrated body; and dicing the integrated body into a lens unit, thereby producing a plurality of lens assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Ha Hong
  • Patent number: 8861100
    Abstract: A junction type compound lens using glass and resin is used. By properly controlling the difference between refractive indices and the difference between Abbe numbers of the resin and glass, interface reflection that occurs when a ray with a large incidence angle is incident is restricted, and generation of a flare or a ghost image is restricted. Further, by properly controlling the difference in refractive index and the difference in Abbe number, various aberrations, such as spherical aberration, field curvature, and chromatic aberration, which may deteriorate optical performance, can be corrected. Thus, a small and high-performance imaging lens can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seikoh Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Hirao, Tatsuya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8817394
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lens module including following is provided. A first lens plate having a plurality of first lens sections, a second lens plate having a plurality of second lens sections and a third lens plate having a plurality of third lens sections are provided. The first lens sections of the first lens plate are separated to form a plurality of first lens units. The second and third lens plates are connected. A relative position between each of the first lens units and one of the second lens sections corresponding to the first lens unit is adjusted. Each of the first lens units and the second lens section corresponding to the first lens unit are connected. The second and third lens sections are separated to form a plurality of second lens units and a plurality of third lens units connected to the second lens units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Yin-Dong Lu, Han-Yi Kuo
  • Patent number: 8794770
    Abstract: A projection display includes at least one light source, at least one reflective image generator configured to represent frames in a two-dimensional distribution of subareas of same, a projection optics arrangement having a two-dimensional arrangement of optical projection elements and being configured to image an associated subarea of the at least one image generator onto an image plane in each case, so that images of the frames superimpose within the image plane to form an overall picture, and at least one beam splitter arranged within an optical path between the at least one reflective image generator and the two-dimensional arrangement of optical projection elements, on the one hand, and the optical path between the at least one light source and the at least one reflective image generator, on the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Sieler, Peter Schreiber, Erik Foerster
  • Patent number: 8687294
    Abstract: An optics block includes a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, the substrate being a first material, a plurality of through holes extending in the substrate between the first and second opposing surface, a second material, different than the first material, filling a portion of the through holes and extending on a portion of the first surface of the substrate outside the through holes, and a first lens structure in the second material and corresponding to each of the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Digitaloptics Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Kintz, Michael R. Feldman, James E. Morris, Paul Elliott, David Keller, W. Hudson Welch, David Ovrutsky, Jeremy Huddleston, Mark Hiatt
  • Patent number: 8611026
    Abstract: An optical device includes a substrate. a non-planar transparent structure on a first surface of the substrate, the non-planar transparent structure being made of a first material, and a molded refractive surface on the first surface of the substrate adjacent the non-planar transparent structure, the molded refractive surface being made of a second material, different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Digitaloptics Corporation
    Inventors: Hongtao Han, Alan Kathman, Rong Huang, Michael Feldman, Robert D. TeKolste, Jeremy Huddleston, James Carriere, Michael Magoon, Jack Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8493671
    Abstract: A three-piece optical lens system comprises, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with a positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, one of the object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric; a stop, a second lens element with a positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface, one of the object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric; a third lens element with a negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric. A refractive index of the third lens element is N3, an Abbe number of the third lens element is V3, and they satisfy the relations: N3>1.57; V3<40. Such arrangements can reduce the volume of the three-piece optical lens system and improve the image quality of the periphery of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Newmax Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 8411379
    Abstract: An optical device includes a transparent substrate, a first replicated refractive surface on a first surface of the substrate in a first material, and a second replicated refractive surface on a second surface, opposite the first surface, and made of a second material, different from the first material. The material and curvature of the first replicated surface and the material and curvature of the second replicated surface may be configured to substantially reduce the chromatic dispersion and/or the thermal sensitivity of the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation East
    Inventor: Alan Kathman
  • Patent number: 8363339
    Abstract: An imaging lens (LN) includes at least one lens block (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK1) disposed at the most object-side exerts a positive optical power, and said at least one lens block is contiguous only with one of the object-side and image-side substrate surfaces of the lens substrate (LS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirao, Keiji Matsusaka
  • Patent number: 8305698
    Abstract: An imaging lens good in mass-productivity, compact, low in manufacturing cost, good in aberration performance is provided by effectively correcting aberrations without greatly varying the variation of the thickness of a curing resin. An imaging device having such an imaging lens and a portable terminal are also provided. A third lens (L3) has a flat surface on the object side, a convex surface near the optical axis on the image side, and a concave aspheric surface around the peripheral portion within the region where a light beam passes. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the other optical aberrations such as distortion and simultaneously to design the imaging lens so that the astigmatism takes on a maximum value at the outermost portion. Hence, the resolutions at low to middle image heights are high. In addition, such a shape does not cause a large variation of the thickness of the third lens (L3) from the region along the axis to the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8279540
    Abstract: A compound lens comprises three or more optical elements, including first, second, and third optical components, that are cemented together. The material of the second optical element is an organic composite material. The first optical element is cemented to one surface of the second optical element. The third optical element is disposed remotest from the first optical element in an optical axis. The diameters of effective areas of the first optical element on the cemented surface between the first and the second optical elements, and of the second optical element, and the distance ti(?) between optically effective surfaces of the i-th optical element (i=1, 2, 3) along the optical axis at diameter ? are appropriately designed. The second optical element has such a shape that the decrease in the distance between its optically effective surfaces is small in a region outside the effective surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ishibashi, Satoshi Maetaki
  • Patent number: 8223444
    Abstract: An optical element using a medium exhibiting negative refraction, a carbon nano tube being used for the medium exhibiting negative refraction, is disclosed. There is also disclosed an optical system having a plurality of optical elements each formed of a medium exhibiting negative refraction, wherein the plurality of optical elements includes optical elements having different chromatic dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Kimihiko Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8189277
    Abstract: An optics block includes a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, the substrate being a first material, a plurality of through holes extending in the substrate between the first and second opposing surface, a second material, different than the first material, filling a portion of the through holes and extending on a portion of the first surface of the substrate outside the through holes, and a first lens structure in the second material and corresponding to each of the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Digitaloptics Corporation East
    Inventors: Gregory J. Kintz, Michael R. Feldman, James E. Morris, Paul Elliott, David Keller, W. Hudson Welch, David Ovrutsky, Jeremy Huddleston, Mark Hiatt
  • Patent number: 8184388
    Abstract: An image forming optical system of the present invention includes at least one cemented lens which includes a first lens element (e1), a second lens element (e2), and a third lens element (e3). The first lens element e1 is cemented to a surface on one side of the second lens element e2, and the third lens element e3 is cemented to the other surface of the second lens element e2. The first lens element e1 is a positive lens, and a combined refracting power of the second lens element e2 and the third lens element e3 is negative. The cemented lens satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8149525
    Abstract: An imaging lens of which optical performance does not deteriorate even in a high temperature environment, various aberrations are well corrected, optical length is short, and back focus is sufficiently secured, comprising an aperture stop S and a junction type compound lens 14 having a positive refractive power, wherein the aperture stop and the junction type compound lens are arranged in this sequence from an object side to an image side. The junction type compound lens comprises a first lens L1, a second lens L2 and a third lens L3 arranged in this sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens and the third lens are formed of a curable resin material, and the second lens is formed of an optical glass. The first lens and the second lens are directly bonded, and the second lens and the third lens are directly bonded. The object side face of the first lens and the image side face of the third lens are aspherical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Satoshi Do, Milestone Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Do
  • Patent number: 8147095
    Abstract: A light source contains at least one light-emitting diode installed in the casing or on the base, and a lens system located along the light flux. The lens system comprises a plane-convex lens, a first plane-concave lens, and a composite lens 4 that are located along the light flux. The composite lens 4 is made up of a second and third plane-concave lenses. Flat surfaces of all of the lenses 4 are outflow faces for the light flux. Axes of symmetry of the second and third plane-concave lenses are normal to each other, whereas axes of symmetry of the first and second plane-concave lenses are parallel to each other. The first plane-concave lens is made movable along the light flux, and has a relocation drive therefor. A solenoid or an electric motor with a gear can be used as the drive. The technical result of the invention is believed to be the improvement of performance indicators, and the structure simplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventors: Maxim Yur'evich Davydov, Georgiy Pavlovich Sapt
  • Publication number: 20120019938
    Abstract: A curable resin composition for a cemented lens capable of manufacturing a cemented lens excellent in heat resistance in reflowing treatment at a temperature of 260° C. or higher and adhesion between lenses, and capable of reducing manufacturing costs of lenses and capable of lightening lenses, is provided. The curable resin composition for a cemented lens includes: (a) a compound represented by the following formula (I); and (b) a radical polymerization initiator. wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and Z1 represents a cyclic structure together with two carbon atoms and a sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110290887
    Abstract: A lens element is provided that includes a housing defining a center bore and an optical axis, and a light transmissive cover coupled to the housing. A first elastic solid lens is disposed within the housing adjacent the light transmissive cover, and is characterized by a first thickness and a first durometer hardness. A second elastic solid lens is disposed in the housing adjacent to and substantially conforming to the first elastic solid lens, and is characterized by a second thickness and a second durometer hardness. The second lens thickness is less than the first lens thickness, and the second durometer hardness is greater than the first durometer hardness. In one embodiment, the first durometer hardness is less than OO60 as measured by the Shore method, and the second durometer hardness is in the range of A20 to A60 as measured by the Shore method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ynjiun Paul Wang, Chen Feng
  • Patent number: 8054564
    Abstract: An optical device includes a transparent substrate, a first replicated refractive surface on a first surface of the substrate in a first material, and a second replicated refractive surface on a second surface, opposite the first surface, and made of a second material, different from the first material. The material and curvature of the first replicated surface and the material and curvature of the second replicated surface may be configured to substantially reduce the chromatic dispersion and/or the thermal sensitivity of the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Digitaloptics Corporation East
    Inventor: Alan Kathman
  • Publication number: 20110249349
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image pickup lens having the following disposed from an object side in the order listed below: a first lens having a negative power and a meniscus shape with a concave surface on an image side; a second lens having a positive power; a third lens having a negative power; a fourth lens having a positive power; a fifth lens having a positive power; and a sixth lens having a negative power and a meniscus shape with a concave surface on the object side. The image pickup lens satisfies Conditional Expression (1) given below when a focal length of the first lens is taken as f1 and a focal length of the second lens is taken as f2. ?3.0<f1/f2<?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taro ASAMI
  • Patent number: 8031415
    Abstract: An imaging lens (LN) includes one or two lens blocks (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK1) disposed at the most object-side exerts a positive optical power, and a conditional formula defined by the absolute difference between the index of refraction of a first lens substrate (LS1) and the index of refraction of a lens (L[LS1o]) contiguous with an object-side substrate surface of the first lens substrate (LS) is fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirao, Keiji Matsusaka
  • Patent number: 7989825
    Abstract: A lens-attached light-emitting element having an improved optical availability efficiency includes a composite lens provided on an approximately U-shaped light-emitting area of the light emitting element array. Four spherical lenses are arranged in such a manner that each is centered in the neighborhood the an end of a respective one of three segments of a U-shaped polygonal line corresponding to positions where light emitted by the U-shaped light-emitting area is a maximum Three cylindrical lens are arranged between two of the spherical lens, respectively, each cylindrical lens having an axis parallel with each segment. These four spherical lenses and three cylindrical lenses together constitute the composite lens. The light-emitting element further comprises an antireflection film covering the light-emitting area, and the composite lens is formed on the surface of the antireflection film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Hamanaka, Takahiro Hashimoto, Hideshi Nagata, Seiji Ohno, Isao Muraguchi, Nobuyuki Komaba
  • Publication number: 20110181963
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging lens and a camera module, the device including in an orderly way from an object side, a first lens with positive (+) refractive power; a second lens with negative (?) refractive power; a third lens with negative (?) refractive power; a fourth lens with negative (?) refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative (?) refractive power, wherein the lens is concavely formed at an object side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dukkeun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20110122513
    Abstract: A compound lens comprises three or more optical elements, including first, second, and third optical components, that are cemented together. The material of the second optical element is an organic composite material. The first optical element is cemented to one surface of the second optical element. The third optical element is disposed remotest from the first optical element in an optical axis. The diameters of effective areas of the first optical element on the cemented surface between the first and the second optical elements, and of the second optical element, and the distance ti(?) between optically effective surfaces of the i-th optical element (i=1, 2, 3) along the optical axis at diameter ? are appropriately designed. The second optical element has such a shape that the decrease in the distance between its optically effective surfaces is small in a region outside the effective surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ishibashi, Satoshi Maetaki
  • Patent number: 7920339
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to correct a curved Petzval focusing surface to a plane using a convex lens, a concave lens, and a space arranged between the curved side of the convex lens and the curved side of the concave lens. The method and apparatus may also include a Fresnel lens arranged between the concave lens and a pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
    Inventors: Jacques Duparre, Steven D. Oliver
  • Patent number: 7894143
    Abstract: An image capture lens is disclosed. The image capture lens includes a glass substrate having a first side and an opposing second side, a first lens material with a first refractive index, and a second lens material with a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index. The first lens material is formed on the first side of the first glass substrate and has a curved top surface. The second lens material covers the first lens material and the first glass substrate and has a curved top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: VisEra Technologies Company Limited
    Inventors: Jau-Jan Deng, Wei-Chung Chang, Min-Chih Liao
  • Patent number: 7876511
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging optical system including: a first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element having an object-side planar surface in contact with an image-side surface of the first lens element and an image-side planar surface; and a third lens element having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the second lens element, wherein the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspherical, and the third lens element has a point of inflection formed within an effective aperture thereof such that the image-side surface is convexed toward an image plane at a central portion to have positive refractive power and concaved toward the image plane at a peripheral portion to have negative refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye Ran Oh, In Cheol Chang, Seok Cheon Lee, Young Su Jin, Cheong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 7864457
    Abstract: Lens structures, imaging devices, and methods of making the same that include a lens and a transparent material having different dispersions and used to correct chromatic and spherical aberrations. The transparent material may be a curable polymer used to join the lens to other elements of the lens structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Duparre, Steven D. Oliver
  • Publication number: 20100321554
    Abstract: An imaging lens (LN) of an imaging device (ID) is composed of an aperture stop (ST) and a lens unit (LU) having positive power. Even when the object side surface of the lens unit (LU) has a shape convexed to the side of the object, and a lens whose image side surface is concaved to the image side is used, excellent aberration performance with a short optical total length, a small sensor incidence angle and a small distortion are achieved at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirao, Keiji Matsusaka
  • Patent number: 7839575
    Abstract: Substrate-guided relays that employ light guiding substrates to relay images from sources to viewers in optical display systems. The substrate-guided relays are comprised of an input coupler, an intermediate substrate, and an output coupler. In some embodiments, the output coupler is formed in a separate substrate that is coupled to the intermediate substrate. The output coupler may be placed in front of or behind the intermediate substrate, and may employ two or more partially reflective surfaces to couple light from the coupler. In some embodiments, the input coupler is coupled to the intermediate substrate in a manner that the optical axis of the input coupler intersects the optical axis of the intermediate substrate at a non-perpendicular angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Dean DeJong, Karlton D. Powell, Mark O. Freeman, Joshua O. Miller
  • Patent number: 7839582
    Abstract: An optical element includes a transparent substrate, a first light-blocking film attached to at least one surface of the transparent substrate and having a first circular opening, and a first lens portion disposed on the at least one surface of the transparent substrate, the first lens portion being composed of ultraviolet curable resin and having a first lens-functioning surface. The first lens portion is disposed such that the first lens-functioning surface covers the first opening and overlaps an area of the first light-blocking film that surrounds the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoichi Kyoya
  • Patent number: 7826153
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lens assembly and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes delineating and processing a surface of a lens substrate to form a plurality of lens units; bonding a plurality of such lens substrates having different properties to each other as one integrated body; and dicing the integrated body into a lens unit, thereby producing a plurality of lens assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Ha Hong
  • Publication number: 20100271714
    Abstract: Lens structures, imaging devices, and methods of making the same that include a lens and a transparent material having different dispersions and used to correct chromatic and spherical aberrations. The transparent material may be a curable polymer used to join the lens to other elements of the lens structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Jacques Duparre, Steven D. Oliver
  • Publication number: 20100265597
    Abstract: A rectangular stacked lens module and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The rectangular stacked lens module is produced by cutting straight lines through a stacked lens module array. Firstly, it produces at least two lens arrays. Each lens array includes a plurality of optical lenses by multi-cavity glass molding and at least one alignment member disposed on the non-optical area of the lens array. Then at least the two lens arrays are assembled by the alignment members and are stacked with other optical elements so as to form a stacked lens module array. The optical axis of each optical lens is aligned easily with each other so as to meet requirements for optical precision. Moreover, the manufacturing processes are simplified and the purposes of mass-production and low cost are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: San-Woei SHYU
  • Publication number: 20100246031
    Abstract: Large aperture optical systems that are extremely well corrected over a large flat field and over a large spectral range are disclosed. Breathing and aberration variation during focusing are optionally controlled by moving at least two groups of lens elements independently. Aberration correction in general is aided by allowing the working distance to become short relative to the format diagonal. Field curvature is largely corrected by a steeply curved concave surface relatively close to the image plane. This allows the main collective elements to be made of low-index anomalous dispersion materials in order to correct secondary spectrum. In wide-angle example embodiments, distortion may be controlled with an aspheric surface near the front of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: J. Brian Caldwell
  • Patent number: 7764445
    Abstract: An optical system is mounted in a mobile communication terminal and a personal digital assistant (PDA) for a monitoring camera and a digital camera. The optical system includes: a first optical element formed in a meniscus shape entirely convex toward an object and having a positive refractive power; and a second optical element having an object-side surface convex toward the object and an image-side surface formed of a plane, wherein the second optical element includes: a fourth optical element having an object-side surface entirety convex toward the object on the optical axis; and a fifth optical element having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the fourth optical element, and an image-side surface and an object-side surface formed of planes respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye Ran Oh, In Cheol Chang, Seok Cheon Lee, Young Su Jin, Cheong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 7755856
    Abstract: A lens module includes a first lens. The first lens includes a first central round portion and a first peripheral portion. The first peripheral portion has a first radially extending portion surrounding the first central round portion, and a first axially extending portion extending axially from the first radially extending portion. The first radially extending portion comprises a first surface. The first axially extending portion comprises a first cylindrical side surface and a second side surface. The first cylindrical side surface is interconnected between the second side surface and the first surface. The first cylindrical side surface is coaxially aligned with a principal axis of the first central round portion and the second side surface is inclined relative to the principal axis of the central round portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keng-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20100165490
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lens having small birefringence, large refraction and excellent transparency and heat resistance and an optical unit including the lens. The present invention is a lens obtained from a polycarbonate copolymer (I) which is composed of a unit (A) represented by the following formula: (R1 to R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms or halogen atom) and a unit (B) represented by the following formula: (plurality of R5 and R6 are each independently a hydrogen atom or the like, and R7 and R8 are each independently a hydrogen atom or alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the total number of carbon atoms of R7 and R8 is 9 or 10), the content of the unit (A) being 50 to 80 mol % of the total of all the units, and an optical unit including the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: TEIJIN CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Tsunemori
  • Patent number: 7742245
    Abstract: A lens unit includes at least three lenses that are laminated and received in a lens barrel. The lenses include a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens that are laminated from the side of an object in this order. The first lens includes a first contact face that is formed at an outer peripheral portion thereof and comes in contact with the second lens, and a first opposite surface that is formed at an inner peripheral portion of the first contact face, is spaced from the second lens, and faces the second lens. The second lens includes a second contact face that is formed at a position closer to the center of the second lens than the first contact face and comes in contact with the third lens, and a second opposite surface that is formed at an outer peripheral portion of the second contact face, is spaced from the third lens, and faces the third lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiko Otsuki, Yuichi Ida
  • Patent number: 7724437
    Abstract: The current invention describes the method of making symmetrical radiation of extremely asymmetrical light sources, e.g. laser diode bars, using the shaper of three optical elements that preserve the brightness of the initial light source. The first element of the shaper-collimator of the fast axis-images the light source in the direction of the fast axis directly into the output plain of the shaper. The second and the third element of the shaper are the multi-segment elements that separate and optimally redistribute different beams and focus these in the direction of the slow axis. The surfaces of the shaper optical elements are described by the surfaces of the second and higher order, which enables compensation of different distortions, for instance field curvature aberration, distortion caused by the light source bending, etc. The shaper offers optimal order of secondary beam redistribution that has the least possible impact on the initial beam brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: UAB MGF ‘Sviesos Konversija’
    Inventors: Linas Giniunas, Romualdas Danielius