Patents Examined by Vipin Patel
  • Patent number: 10429617
    Abstract: 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, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, and both surfaces thereof are aspheric. At least a surface of the seventh lens has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10429618
    Abstract: 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, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens has negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof can be 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 seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10422977
    Abstract: A reconnaissance objective lens used for an unmanned aircraft, the reconnaissance objective lens comprising a first lens (L1), a second lens (L2), a third lens (L3), a fourth lens (L4) and a fifth lens (L5) successively and coaxially arranged along the transmission direction of incident light rays. The first lens (L1) is a biconvex lens, the second lens (L2) is a biconcave lens, the third lens (L3) is a meniscus lens, the fourth lens (L4) is a meniscus lens, and the fifth lens (L5) is a meniscus lens. The first lens (L1) and the second lens (L2) are glued to one another, and the fourth lens (L4) and the fifth lens (L5) are glued to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiaying Li, Chaoming Zhou, Bo Sun, Yunfeng Gao
  • Patent number: 10416410
    Abstract: The imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive power, a second lens group having a negative power, and a third lens group. The first lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a positive front group, a diaphragm, and a positive rear group. The front group has a negative lens and a positive lens, the rear group has a negative lens and a positive lens, the second lens group consists of one negative lens, and the third lens group has a negative lens and a positive lens. During focusing, only the second lens group moves. The following conditional expression relating to a focal length of the second lens group and a focal length of the third lens group is satisfied: 2.5<|f3/f2|.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Daiki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10401588
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a tubular first fixing cylinder holding a lens group having one or more lenses, and a tubular second fixing cylinder fixedly coupled to one axial end part of the first fixing cylinder so that an axial direction thereof extends along that of the first fixing cylinder, and the second fixing cylinder is made of synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Mitani
  • Patent number: 10317779
    Abstract: The imaging apparatus comprises a retractable structure with active and inactive positions. In the inactive position the lens group resides in proximity to an image sensor, and in the active position the lens group resides at a predetermined distance from the image sensor. The lens group is moved between active and inactive positions by at least one actuator. The imaging apparatus also includes a field flattening lens with a concave shape on the side opposite to the image sensor and facing the moving lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mikko Juhola, Marko Eromäki, Eero Salmelin
  • Patent number: 10310353
    Abstract: A charge-receiving layer for an e-paper assembly includes a plurality of conductive paths spaced apart throughout an insulative matrix, with each conductive path including at least one elongate pattern of conductive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Doris Chun, Napoleon J Leoni, Henryk Birecki, Omer Gila
  • Patent number: 10310251
    Abstract: A system and method for a display device are presented. The display device includes a first support plate. A wall is over the first support plate. The wall is associated with an electrowetting pixel. The wall is configured to allow for the propagation of light having a wavelength within a first range of wavelengths and prevents propagation of light having a second wavelength in a second range of wavelengths. A color filter is positioned over the electrowetting pixel. The color filter allows propagation of light having the wavelength within the first range of wavelengths and preventing propagation of light having the second wavelength within the second range of wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gor Manukyan, Tulasi Sridhar Reddy Guntaka
  • Patent number: 10310291
    Abstract: A lens arrangement for a monitoring camera and a monitoring camera including a lens arrangement is provided. The lens arrangement includes a lens member having a connection portion with an outer thread, an adjustment member having a through hole for receiving the connection portion and an inner thread corresponding to the outer thread, a holder member having a receiving portion for receiving the connection portion and an inner thread corresponding to the outer thread. The lens arrangement is assembled by the connection portion being screwed into the through hole and further into the receiving portion. The receiving portion has a top engagement surface and the adjustment member has a bottom engagement surface. The adjustment member is movable relative to the holder member by screwing between non-engaging and engaging states. In the engaging state, the bottom engagement surface wedgingly engages with the top engagement surface for locking the lens member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Axis AB
    Inventor: Mikael Adervall
  • Patent number: 10302946
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a frame 10 to be mounted on the head of a viewer; and an image display device 100 attached to the frame 10. The image display device 100 includes: an image forming device 111; and an optical device 120 that guides an image from the image forming device 111 to an eye of the viewer. The optical device 120 includes: a first deflecting unit 130 that deflects the image from the image forming device 111; and a second deflecting unit 140 that deflects the image deflected by the first deflecting unit 130, toward the eye 21 of the viewer. A light reflecting member 151 is further provided to face the image forming device 111, with the optical device 120 being interposed between the image forming device 111 and the light reflecting member 151. Light emitted from the image forming device 111 passes through the optical device 120, is reflected by the light reflecting member 151, reenters the optical device 120, and is deflected by the first deflecting unit 130.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuma Aiki
  • Patent number: 10303038
    Abstract: A beam steering apparatus includes a transformation layer, of which a refraction index is changed by light irradiation, a pattern layer arranged on the transformation layer and comprises a plurality of patterns, and a light irradiation unit arranged under the transformation layer. The pattern layer has patterns of a metasurface shape to reflect an external laser. The light irradiation unit may emit light having different characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunil Kim, Duhyun Lee, Jungwoo Kim, Changbum Lee
  • Patent number: 10288843
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 10288835
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a lens driving motor, comprising: a mover including a bobbin for fixing a lens, and magnets disposed on the bobbin; a stator comprising a first coil and a second coil arranged to correspond to the respective magnets, a housing including an upper surface with an open center and a support part having an outer surface on which the first coil is disposed, a base which supports the housing and has a through hole formed in the center thereof to correspond to the lens, and a substrate disposed on an upper surface of the base so as to apply power to the second coil; and a hall sensor disposed at a position facing the magnets so as to sense a phase of the mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Ok Park
  • Patent number: 10281676
    Abstract: A plastic barrel includes an object-end portion, an image-end portion, an inner tube portion and a plurality of protrusions. The object-end portion includes an outer object-end surface, an object-end hole and an inner annular object-end surface. One side of the inner annular object-end surface is connected to the outer object-end surface and surrounds the object-end hole. The image-end portion includes an outer image-end surface, an image-end opening and an inner annular image-end surface. The inner annular image-end surface is connected to the outer image-end surface and surrounds the image-end opening. The inner tube portion connects the object-end portion and the image-end portion and includes a plurality of inclined surfaces. The protrusions are disposed at least on one of the inner annular object-end surface, the inner annular image-end surface and the inclined surfaces, wherein the protrusions are regularly arranged around the central axis of the plastic barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Feng Lin, Wei-Hung Weng, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 10268020
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 10222672
    Abstract: A color filter comprises a substrate (1), color filter layers, and a black matrix (3). A first transparent conductive layer (2) is provided on a side of the black matrix (3) close to the substrate (1). A second transparent conductive layer (4) is provided on a side of the black matrix (3) facing away from the substrate (1). The black matrix (3) is made of an electrochromic material. A display device including the color filter and a manufacturing method of the color filter are provided. The color filter allows the display device with good outdoor readability and excellent indoor display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yue Shi
  • Patent number: 10215979
    Abstract: A device for emitting a light beam intended to form an image includes a plurality of sources, each emitting a beam of the laser type. The device is configured to form the light beam by combining the laser beams, and includes attenuation means, situated downstream of the plurality of sources, making it possible to vary the optical power of the light beam. The attenuation means includes one or more retractable filters, and is able to be interposed in the laser beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Etudes Electroniques
    Inventor: Michael Irzyk
  • Patent number: 10215999
    Abstract: A macro lens includes: a first focus lens group having negative refractive power; and a second focus lens group arranged closer to an image side than the first focus lens group is arranged and having positive refractive power. At time of performing a focusing operation from an object at infinite to an object at a close distance, the first focus lens group travels toward the image side, and the second focus lens group travels with a traveling amount different from a traveling amount of the first focus lens group. The second focus lens group is configured of only one positive lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takumi Matsui
  • Patent number: 10215970
    Abstract: An image-pickup optical system includes: a first lens provided near an aperture stop and configured to correct aberration; and a second lens arranged between the first lens and an image sensor and configured to collect light, the first lens being a gradient index lens. The degree of freedom of design of a gradient index lens is higher than that of a lens having a constant refractive index, and a gradient index lens thus has a high potential as a device for a lens. Because such a gradient index lens is employed, it is possible to correct aberration without performing expensive processing such as polishing for example. In other words, as a result, costs may be reduced and image-forming properties may not be reduced at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Hidetoshi Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 10215992
    Abstract: A security element, a security device including a security element and a method of manufacturing a security device. The element having focusing elements and image elements, the image elements are located in an object plane such that each image element is associated with one of the focusing elements, wherein the object plane includes at least first and second distinct subregions, and an image element within the first subregion is phase-displaced by a phase-displacement distance with respect to an image element within the second subregion, and wherein the first and second subregions produce first and second optically variable images or part-images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: CCL Secure Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Karlo Ivan Jolic