Patents Examined by Robert E Tallman
  • Patent number: 11796774
    Abstract: An internal focus large-aperture telephoto lens including, sequentially from an object side to an image side, a first lens assembly with positive focal power, a second lens assembly with negative focal power, an aperture stop, a third lens assembly with positive focal power, and a fourth lens assembly with negative focal power; the first lens assembly, the second lens assembly, the third lens assembly and the fourth lens assembly are all spherical lenses; when focusing from infinity to proximity, the second lens assembly moves along an optical axis towards the image side, the third lens assembly moves along the optical axis towards the object side, the first lens assembly and the fourth lens assembly remain static in position in relation to the image side. The present invention utilizes internal double lens movement to focus, thereby achieving high magnification and high resolution and increasing focusing speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Muji Huang
  • Patent number: 11796832
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-vibration device, including a housing, a base fixed to the housing, and an anti-vibration mechanism accommodated in the housing. The anti-vibration mechanism includes a lens, a rolling member, a movable frame, an image sensor, and an electric actuator. The electric actuator includes a coil and a magnet, and the magnet and the coil are arranged opposite to each other to actuate the movable frame to drive the image sensor to move along the first direction and the second direction orthogonal to the optical axis. The anti-vibration mechanism adopts two coils arranged at intervals along the first direction two coils arranged at intervals along the second direction, so that the electric actuator drives the image sensor to rotate in the plane of the first direction and the second direction, which helps to improve the shooting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuo Shikama
  • Patent number: 11782240
    Abstract: A folded telephoto lens system may include multiple lenses with refractive power and a light path folding element. Light entering the camera through lens(es) on a first path is refracted to the folding element, which changes direction of the light on to a second path with lens(es) that refract the light to form an image plane at a photosensor. At least one of the object side and image side surfaces of at least one of the lens elements may be aspheric. Total track length (TTL) of the lens system may be 14.0 mm or less. The lens system may be configured so that the telephoto ratio (TTL/f) is less than or equal to 1.0. Materials, radii of curvature, shapes, sizes, spacing, and aspheric coefficients of the optical elements may be selected to achieve quality optical performance and high image resolution in a small form factor camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Romeo I. Mercado
  • Patent number: 11772340
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a lens having first and second lens surfaces and a protective layer having first and second protective surfaces that is coupled to the lens such that the first protective surface is disposed on the second lens surface. The optical article can comprise a plurality of convex or concave optical elements defined on the second lens surface or the first protective surface. The protective layer can have a maximum thickness larger than a maximum height of each of the optical elements such that the protective layer encapsulates the optical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Matthieu Guillot, Mathieu Meynen, Hao-Wen Chiu, Christophe Plessis, Jeanne Marchal, Bjorn Drobe
  • Patent number: 11772342
    Abstract: The invention provides a reflector (2) comprising a reflector wall (20), the reflector wall (20) comprising a first wall surface (22) and a second wall surface (23) defining said reflector wall (20), the reflector wall (20) comprising a light transmissive material (21), wherein the reflector wall (20) has a first dimension (d1) and a second dimension (d2) defining a first reflector wall area, wherein each wall surface (22,23) comprises a plurality of parallel arranged elongated corrugations (210), wherein the corrugations have corrugation heights (h2) relative to recesses (220) between adjacent corrugations (210) and corrugation widths (w2) defined by the distance between adjacent recesses (220) at the respective wall surfaces (22,23), wherein the corrugations (210) have curved corrugation surfaces (230) between said adjacent recesses (220) having corrugation radii (r2) at the respective wall surfaces (22,23), and wherein over at least part of one of the first dimension (d1) and the second dimension (d2) one
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Paul Boonekamp, Paulus Albertus Van Hal, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11747591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of optical lenses, and provides a camera optical lens, including, 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 of the first lens to the fifth lens has a free-form surface, and the camera optical lens satisfies: ?3.50?f2/f??1.50; ?2.00?(R5+R6)/(R5?R6)?0.20; and 1.00?f4/f?5.50, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens, f4 denotes a focal length of the fourth lens, R5 denotes a central curvature radius of an object side surface of the third lens, and R6 denotes a central curvature radius of an image side surface of the third lens. The camera optical lens according to the present invention has a large aperture, a wide angle and ultra-thinness, as well as excellent optical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Sun, Jia Chen
  • Patent number: 11747598
    Abstract: An image capturing lens system, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex thereof; a second lens element having negative refractive power; a third lens element; a fourth lens element; a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric and having at least one inflection point thereof; and a sixth lens element with positive refractive power having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being convex thereof and at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric; wherein the image capturing lens system has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11744347
    Abstract: A magnifying cosmetic mirror may provide a three-point reflection path that may be utilized to apply cosmetics around the eye of a user. The cosmetic mirror may be constructed to have a base mirror and side mirrors extending at angles from opposite sides of the base mirror. The side mirrors may be constructed to provide a reflective view of the eye when placed above the base mirror. The base mirror may also be constructed to provide a reflective view of the eye, and each mirror may be substantially flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MYJF Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Janelle Friedman, Maro Radenovic
  • Patent number: 11747592
    Abstract: A camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens, with at least one of the first to fifth lenses having a free-form surface, and satisfies: ?3.50?f4/f??0.35; ?8.00?R10/f??1.00; and 2.00?d8/d7?8.00, where f and f4 respectively denote focal lengths of the camera optical lens and the fourth lens; R10 denotes a central curvature radius of an image side surface of the fifth lens; d7 denotes an on-axis thickness of the fourth lens; and d8 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fourth lens to an object side surface of the fifth lens, thereby having good optical performance while satisfying design requirements of a long focal length and ultra-thinness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia Chen, Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 11726391
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing accommodating a lens module, a driving unit including a magnet disposed on the lens module and a coil disposed to face the magnet, a yoke generating attractive force with the magnet, a first ball member accommodated in a first receiving space disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by the attractive force, and a second ball member accommodated in a second receiving space disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by the attractive force. A length of the first receiving space in an optical axis direction is different from a length of the second receiving space in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon Jeong, Nam Ki Park, Yeun Ho Jung, Young Bok Yoon, Sung Hoon Kim, Yoo Chang Kim, Jae Hyuk Kim
  • Patent number: 11709372
    Abstract: Fiducial patterns that produce 2D Barker code-like diffraction patterns at a camera sensor are etched or otherwise provided on a cover glass in front of a camera. 2D Barker code kernels, when cross-correlated with the diffraction patterns captured in images by the camera, provide sharp cross-correlation peaks. Misalignment of the cover glass with respect to the camera can be derived by detecting shifts in the location of the detected peaks with respect to calibrated locations. Devices that include multiple cameras behind a cover glass with one or more fiducials on the cover glass in front of each camera are also described. The diffraction patterns caused by the fiducials at the various cameras may be analyzed to detect movement or distortion of the cover glass in multiple degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar Gupta, Aleksandr M. Movshovich, Arthur Y. Zhang, Ray L. Chang, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 11693210
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera optical lens, including, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens. At least one of the first lens to the fifth lens has a free-form surface, and the camera optical lens satisfies 0.50?f3/f?1.20; and 1.50?R7/R8, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens, R7 is a central curvature radius of an object side surface of the fourth lens, and R8 is a central curvature radius of an image side surface of the fourth lens. The camera optical lens has excellent optical performance while meeting requirements of a long focal length and ultra-thinness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia Chen, Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 11686921
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element having negative refracting power, a second lens element having negative refracting power and a periphery region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is concave, an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave, an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave. Lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only six lens elements. ?1 is an Abbe number of the first lens element, ?3 is an Abbe number of the third lens element, EFL is an effective focal length, ImgH is an image height and Fno is a f-number to satisfy EFL*Fno/ImgH?3.200 and ?1+?3?90.000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiali Lian, Hung-Chien Hsieh, Jiayuan Zhang, Huabin Liao
  • Patent number: 11681156
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part, a first driving assembly and a first supporting assembly. The movable part is connected to an optical element, and is movable relative to the fixed part. The first driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part within a first limit range in a first dimension via the first supporting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Sung-Mao Tsai
  • Patent number: 11681139
    Abstract: A camera module includes: a first lens module having a first optical axis; a second lens module having a second optical axis; a first optical path converting member configured to convert a path of incident light to a first optical path connected to the first optical axis and a second optical path connected to the second optical axis; and a first driving device configured to drive the first optical path converting member such that one optical path among the first optical path and the second optical path is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Viatcheslav Smirnov
  • Patent number: 11668951
    Abstract: Laser or narrow band light sources (e.g., red, green, and blue) are utilized to form left (e.g., R1, G1, B1) and right (e.g., R2, G2, B2) images of a 3D projection. Off-axis viewing of the projections which has the potential to cause crosstalk and/or loss of energy/brightness in any channel or color, is eliminated (or reduced to only highly oblique viewing angles) via the combined use of any of guard bands between light bands of adjacent channels, curvature of viewing filters, and selection of passband wavelengths that maximize usability of the passband as it “shifts” due to varying or increasing angles of off-axis viewing. Implemented with any number of light sources, the light sources selected may also be converted to showing 2D images where the additional light sources are utilized to affect a desirable increase in color gamut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Martin J. Richards
  • Patent number: 11668892
    Abstract: To improve alignment accuracy of an optical element. An alignment device includes an optical element, a base portion that holds the optical element and is supported in a state movable in an X-direction and a Y-direction intersecting with the X-direction, a mechanical driving unit driven by a pressure of a fluid, a member in contact with the base portion pushed by the mechanical driving unit, a stage portion that holds the member and is supported in a state movable in the Y-direction, the mechanical driving unit driven by a pressure of a fluid, and a member in contact with the stage portion pushed by the mechanical driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto Hattori, Nobuhiko Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11668860
    Abstract: A micro-lens array includes a shutter bezel substrate, a first lens substrate having a first inner surface in contact with a first surface of the shutter bezel substrate, a first lens array disposed at a first outer surface of the first lens substrate that is opposite to the first inner surface of the first lens substrate, a second lens substrate having a second inner surface in contact with a second surface of the shutter bezel substrate, and a second lens array disposed at a second outer surface of the second lens substrate that is opposite to the second inner surface of the second lens substrate. At least one of the first lens substrate or the second lens substrate includes an alignment mark that is configured to guide placement of the first lens array on the first lens substrate and the second lens array on the second lens substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jongmoo Lee, Eunyoung Kim, Sejoon You
  • Patent number: 11662540
    Abstract: An imaging lens module includes an imaging lens assembly, an image sensor and a plastic lens barrel. The image sensor is disposed on an image side of the imaging lens assembly and has an image sensing surface through which an optical axis of the imaging lens assembly passes. The plastic lens barrel includes an object-end portion, a bottom portion, a first inner hole portion and a second inner hole portion. An object-end surface of the object-end portion faces towards an object side direction of the imaging lens assembly. A tapered surface of the object-end portion is tapered off towards the object-end surface. The bottom portion is located on an image side of the object-end portion. The imaging lens assembly is disposed in the first inner hole portion. The second inner hole portion located on an image side of the first inner hole portion and includes an optical aligning structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin An Chang, Ming-Ta Chou, Chun-Hua Tsai
  • Patent number: 11656390
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a module having multiple pattern areas, a module having multiple pattern areas according to the method, and a method of manufacturing a diffraction grating module or a mold for a diffraction grating module. The method of manufacturing a module having multiple pattern areas comprises: disposing a first substrate having a first pattern on a first base substrate; forming a first cutting line on the first substrate; forming a second cutting line on the first substrate; removing any one of a first area defined by the first cutting line and a second area defined by the second cutting line from the first substrate to form a removed area on the first substrate; disposing a second base substrate having a second pattern different from the first pattern in the removed area; and removing the first substrate from the base substrate without removing the first and second areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Ho Park, Bu Gon Shin, Eun Kyu Her, Jung Hwan Yoon, So Young Choo