Patents Examined by Alicia M. Harrington
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Patent number: 9851475Abstract: A method for fabricating millimeter and sub-millimeter size lenses using a high viscosity curable liquid, such as epoxy. The method comprises dispensing a predetermined volume of the curable liquid onto a substrate. The curable liquid preferably has a viscosity higher than 100 cps. Additionally, to reduce spherical aberration, the curable liquid can be cured upside down to leverage the effects of gravity.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani, Brian P. McCall
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Patent number: 9851538Abstract: Present embodiments provide for an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and enlarge field angle the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: GeniuS Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., LtdInventors: Jia Sin Jhang, Guangyun Li, Baina Chen
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Patent number: 9841543Abstract: An imaging lens assembly is provided in the present disclosure. The imaging lens assembly includes a front fixing unit with a first lens, a triangular prism, a magnification unit with a second lens, an aperture stop, a compensation unit with a third lens and a fourth lens, and an object lens unit with a fifth lens, which are arranged in that order along an light incident direction. The triangular prism is configured for changing a light transmitting direction, the magnification unit and the compensation unit are configured for performing continuous focal length switching, and the object lens unit is configured for performing focusing in different distance conditions. The first lens is a meniscus convex lens, the second lens is a biconvex positive lens, the third lens is a biconcave lens, the fourth lens is a meniscus convex lens, and the fifth lens is a biconvex lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.Inventor: Rongbao Shi
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Patent number: 9841582Abstract: An imaging lens is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the image side; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side; a biconvex fifth lens which is cemented to the fourth lens; and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the object side. Conditional Formula (1) below is satisfied: ?1.05<f12/f<?0.8??(1).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masao Mori
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Patent number: 9835826Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yao-Wei Liu, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 9835828Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yao-Wei Liu, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 9835829Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yao-Wei Liu, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 9829677Abstract: An optical lens including a first lens group located between a magnified side and a minified side and a second lens group between the first lens group and the minified side is provided. The first lens group has a negative power and includes a first lens. The first lens is a plastic aspheric and meniscus lens. Besides, the first lens has a negative power and a convex surface facing the magnified side. The second lens group has a positive power and includes a second lens, a third lens having a negative power, and a fourth lens. Every two of the second, third, and fourth lenses have an air interval between these lenses. The Abbe number of each of at least three of the lenses is greater than 20. A material of at least one of the lenses is glass. At least one of the lenses is a spherical lens.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Young Optics Inc.Inventors: Ching-Lung Lai, Chen-Cheng Liao
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Patent number: 9829715Abstract: The invention provides an eyewear device for transmitting a signal and a communication method thereof. The eyewear device comprises a receiving unit, a shutter and a transmitting unit. For example, the receiving unit is capable of receiving a synchronization signal, and the shutter performs an operation in response to the synchronization signal. Meanwhile, the transmitting unit transmits the synchronization signal to another eyewear device. By this way, each eyewear device is capable of receiving the synchronization signal, and re-transmits the synchronization signal to another eyewear device.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Jung Lin, Yueh-Lin Liao
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Patent number: 9829701Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a correction panel, and a flexible printed circuit board. The correction panel includes a shape memory polymer layer and a driver. The shape memory polymer layer includes microlenses and the driver control the microlenses. The flexible printed circuit board connects the driver to a driving circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Ho Chong, Dong-wook Choi
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Patent number: 9817211Abstract: An optical lens system with a wide field of view includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a stop, a first lens element with a positive refractive power, a second lens element with a negative refractive power, a third lens element with a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens element with a negative refractive power. The focal length of the first lens element is f1, the focal length of the second lens element and the third lens element combined is f23, and they satisfy the relation: 0.4<f1/f23<1.7. When the above relation is satisfied, a wide field of view can be obtained and the resolution can be improved evidently.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: NEWMAX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Fei-Hsin Tsai, Sian-Chih Ke
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Patent number: 9810892Abstract: Optical lenses and methods for manufacturing optical lenses are disclosed herein. Lenses having a reduced aperture size are also disclosed herein along with methods for making the same. The optical lenses disclosed herein can be made having improved optical properties. The lenses can be used in optical microscopes, including optical microscopes with a shorter optical path relative to conventional optical microscopes.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYInventors: Manu Prakash, James S. Cybulski, Laurel Kroo
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Patent number: 9810882Abstract: An optical lens includes seven lenses. An first lens has a negative refractive power: an second lens, an third lens, an fifth lens, an sixth lens and an seventh lens have refractive powers respectively, and the fourth lens has a positive refractive power. One of the second lens and the third lens has a positive refractive power, and the other has a negative refractive power. One of the fifth lens and the sixth lens has a positive refractive power and the other has a negative refractive power. An object-side surface of the first lens has a refractive rate R1, an image-side surface of the first lens has a refractive rate R2, and |R2/R1|?0.01.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTDInventors: Jung-Yao Chen, Yu-Min Chang, Yun-Yi Lin, Chun-Lin Huang
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Patent number: 9804367Abstract: A hybrid compound lens includes a substrate lens and a resin lens. The substrate lens has a non-planar substrate surface surrounded by a flange having a flange surface bordering the non-planar substrate surface and forming an obtuse angle therewith. The resin lens has a non-planar resin surface adjoining the substrate lens along the non-planar substrate surface. A lens wafer includes a substrate wafer and resin lenses. The substrate wafer has a top surface having non-planar surface features each bordered by a planar region of the top surface and forming an obtuse angle therewith. Each resin lens has a non-planar resin surface adjoining the substrate wafer along a non-planar surface feature. A method for fabricating a wafer-level hybrid compound lens includes depositing a resin portion on a non-planar feature of a side of a substrate. The method also includes forming the resin portion into a lens on the non-planar feature.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tsung-Wei Wan, Wei-Ping Chen
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Patent number: 9804354Abstract: A part (91, 92) of a lower plate spring (9) of a lens driving device (1) includes a base-fixed section (911, 921) fixed to a base (11), a lens holder fixing section (912, 922) fixed to a lens holder (8), and an arm section (913, 923) connecting the base-fixed section (911, 921) and the lens holder fixing section (912, 922) to each other, the base-fixed section (911, 921) including a terminal connection section (911b, 921b) near which an elastic section (911c, 921c) is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kyoji Kasuga
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Patent number: 9798114Abstract: Wafer-level optical elements and the concave spacer-wafer apertures in which they are formed are disclosed. The wafer-level optical elements include a spacer wafer comprising a plurality of apertures. Each aperture has a concave shape in a planar cross-section of the spacer wafer and an overflow region intersecting the planar cross-section. The wafer-level optical elements also include an array of optical elements, each optical element of the array being formed of cured flowable material within a respective one of the plurality of apertures. A portion of the cured flowable material forming each optical element extends into the overflow region of the respective aperture of the plurality of apertures. The spacer wafer includes a plurality of apertures, each of the plurality of apertures having a concave shape in a planar cross-section of the spacer wafer. Each of the plurality of apertures includes an overflow region intersecting the planar cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward Nabighian, Alan Martin
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Patent number: 9791676Abstract: An optical imaging assembly is provided, having an optical axis; an object axis defined by an object being imaged; an aperture stop disposed on the optical axis; a light-transmissive sleeve enclosing the object axis, being disposed in object space defined by the object axis; and at least three refractive lens elements being arranged between the object and the aperture stop without any other intervening optical component, at least one of the elements having surfaces having at least one of cylindrical and acylindrical prescription, with an image plane, wherein the object being imaged lies within the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.Inventor: James F. Munro
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Patent number: 9791670Abstract: An optical lens 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 and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and including one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and including one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Wei-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 9791671Abstract: There is provided an optical system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens including a negative refractive power, a fifth lens including negative power, and a sixth lens. An image-side surface of the fourth lens is convex in a paraxial region. An image-side surface of the fifth lens is convex in the paraxial region. The sixth lens includes an image-side surface that is concave in the paraxial region. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electo-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong Joo Jo
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Patent number: 9784945Abstract: This invention provides an optical lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having positive refractive power; a third lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; and a fourth 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 image-side surface thereof having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof; wherein the optical lens assembly has a total of four lens elements. With such configuration, the optical lens assembly of the present disclosure is characterized by a reduced size and a wide field of view.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Shu-Yun Yang