Patents Examined by Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 12105255
    Abstract: A four-piece optical image capturing system. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lenses are aspheric. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 12099166
    Abstract: An optical imaging system a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5<L1234TRavg/L7TR<0.9, where L1234TRavg is an average value of overall outer diameters of the first to fourth lenses, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L1234TRavg and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Yong Park, Dong Shin Yang, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
  • Patent number: 12099167
    Abstract: An optical imaging system a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5<L1234TRavg/L7TR<0.9, where L1234TRavg is an average value of overall outer diameters of the first to fourth lenses, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L1234TRavg and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Yong Park, Dong Shin Yang, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
  • Patent number: 12099256
    Abstract: An optical system, a lens module, and a terminal device are provided. The optical system includes a first lens and a fifth lens, each of which has a positive refractive power. The optical system also includes multiple lenses with refractive powers. Each of the first lens, a second lens, and a seventh lens has an object-side surface which is convex at an optical axis. Each of the third lens and a fifth lens has an image-side surface which is convex at the optical axis. The seventh lens has an image-side surface which is concave at the optical axis. The seventh lens has an inflection point on the object-side surface and/or the image-side surface. The optical system satisfies the expressions tan ?/ƒ>0.21 mm?1 and Y2/Y1+Y3/Y1+Y4/Y1<3.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGXI JINGCHAO OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Xie, Binbin Liu, Ming Li, Hairong Zou
  • Patent number: 12092844
    Abstract: A liquid lens includes a substrate, a transparent elastic membrane forming a cavity with the substrate, and a transparent fluid filling the cavity between the substrate and the membrane. The membrane has a pre-distorted, rotationally asymmetric shape in absence of the fluid in the cavity. When the cavity is filled with the fluid and the substrate is disposed vertically w.r.t. gravity at a pre-defined clocking angle, the membrane adopts a substantially rotationally symmetric shape due to elasticity of the membrane counteracting gravity exerting a downward force on the fluid in the cavity, reducing the effect of the gravity sag on optical performance of the liquid lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Nagi Hosni Elabbasi, Spencer Allan Wells, Christopher Stipe, Kenneth Alexander Diest, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Laura Cressman, Taha Masood, James Howard Thomas Ransley
  • Patent number: 12092893
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a lens barrel, a plurality of lens elements, and a light-shielding element. The lens barrel has a mounting portion. Each of the lens elements has an object-side mechanic surface facing an object side and an image-side mechanic surface facing an image side. A material of the light-shielding element is metal or plastic. The optical imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions depending on the material of the light-shielding element: ?200 ?m<RA1?RA2?450 ?m, or ?200 ?m?RA1?RA2??300 ?m. The mounting portion can carry the light-shielding element and has a carrying surface facing the image side. There is a minimum distance between the carrying surface and an optical element closest to the carrying surface in a direction parallel to an optical axis. The minimum distance is less than or equal to 5,000 ?m. Furthermore, other optical imaging lenses are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wensen Chen, Chuzi Wei
  • Patent number: 12085696
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from object side to image side: first lens element, second lens element, third lens element, fourth lens element, fifth lens element, sixth lens element and seventh lens element. The first lens element has object-side surface having at least one convex shape in off-axis region thereof. The second lens element with positive refractive power has object-side surface being convex in paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has image-side surface being convex in paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has object-side surface being convex in paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has image-side surface being concave in paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one convex critical point in off-axis region thereof. The optical lens assembly has a total of seven lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Tai Tseng, Chun-Che Hsueh, Hung-Shuo Chen, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12085707
    Abstract: A wide-angle optical system is a wide-angle optical system having a lens component, and includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. At the time of carrying out a focal-position adjustment from a far point to a near point, the second lens unit is moved from a first position toward a second position. The third lens unit includes not less than three lens components. Not less than three lens components include a first lens component and a second lens component. Each of the first lens component and the second lens component has a positive refractive power, and following conditional expression (1) is satisfied: 0.8<f3L12/fL<6.0??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ichikawa, Takashi Fujikura, Shinichi Mihara, Yoshihiro Uchida
  • Patent number: 12085695
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens system includes ten lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element, an eighth lens element, a ninth lens element and a tenth lens element. Each of the ten lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The image-side surface of the tenth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the tenth lens element has at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Tai Tseng, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Meng-Kuan Cho
  • Patent number: 12078783
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera lens group including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface; a stop; a second lens having positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface; a third lens having refractive power and a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens having positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. A maximum field-of-view FOV of the camera lens group satisfies: FOV>114°. A maximum distortion of the camera lens group is within 8%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Li, Liefeng Zhao, Fujian Dai
  • Patent number: 12078907
    Abstract: An optical display system includes a first display, a plurality of electronic drivers, a controller, and a combiner. Light from a scene is combined with image light from the first display, and the combined light presented to an observer. The combiner includes an electrochromic layer comprising one or more electrochromic regions disposed between the scene and the combiner. The electronic drivers are arranged to electrically connect with and drive respective of the electrochromic regions. The controller is configured to control the plurality of electronic drivers to individually address each of the electrochromic regions to selectively drive some of the electrochromic regions to change light transmission of the selectively driven electrochromic regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, inc.
    Inventors: Carlo L. Tiana, Eric P. Stratton, Christopher A. Keith, Robert D. Brown, Robert W. Wood
  • Patent number: 12072470
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises seven lens elements 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, the optical imaging lens may be provided with shortened system length, decreased Fno, increased field of view and image height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Maozong Lin
  • Patent number: 12072472
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, 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 and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements includes an object-side surface facing towards the object side and an image-side surface facing towards the image side. The image-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof and includes at least one inflection point in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Yeh, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 12072473
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens sequentially including a first lens element to a ninth lens element arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis is provided. Each of the first lens element to the ninth lens element includes an object-side surface facing the object-side surface and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image-side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. Lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the nine lens elements described above, wherein the second lens element has negative refracting power, the fourth lens element has negative refracting power, an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave, and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the ninth lens element is concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Yanbin Chen
  • Patent number: 12072474
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera lens group including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a second lens having refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power and a concave object-side surface; a sixth lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. A maximum field-of-view FOV of the camera lens group satisfies: FOV>133.0°. An amount of distortion of the camera lens group is below 25.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobin Zhang, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12066600
    Abstract: A camera includes a photosensor configured to capture light projected onto a surface of the photosensor and a lens system configured to refract light from an object field located in front of the camera to form an image of a scene at an image plane at or near the surface of the photosensor. The lens system comprises a plurality of refractive lens elements arranged along an optical axis of the camera. The lens system is configured to have a field-of-view (FOV) within a range of 110° to 140°, and the lens system has an F-number within a range of 2.2 to 2.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Yuhong Yao
  • Patent number: 12066682
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a plastic lens element. The plastic lens element includes an optical effective portion and an outer ring portion. The optical axis passes through the optical effective portion. The outer ring portion surrounds the optical effective portion and includes an annular groove structure, a conical surface, a flat abutting portion and a full-circle connecting portion. The annular groove structure is tapered off. Each of the conical surface and the flat abutting portion is located closer to the optical effective portion than the annular groove structure. The flat abutting portion is in physical contact with an optical element. The full-circle connecting portion is connected to the annular groove structure and located farther away from the optical effective portion than the annular groove structure. The annular groove structure has an annular bottom end surface extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun Chang, Heng Yi Su, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 12066603
    Abstract: A wide-angle optical system includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third unit having a positive refractive power. At the time of carrying out a focal-position adjustment from a far point to a near point, the second lens unit is moved from a first position toward a second position. The third lens unit includes not less than three lens components, and not less than three lens components include a first lens component and a second lens component. The first lens component is a single lens and the second lens component is a cemented lens. Following conditional expression (1) is satisfied: ?0.60<(n2C??n2C)/r2C<?0.05??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ichikawa, Takashi Fujikura, Shinichi Mihara
  • Patent number: 12061376
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes: a front group having positive power; an aperture stop; a single lens Fn arranged adjacent to the aperture stop and having negative power; and a rear group having power. The front group includes: a first lens having positive power; a second lens having negative power; and a lens LG1R having positive power. The rear group includes a lens LGnR having negative power and located closest to the image. While focusing to make a transition from an infinity in-focus state to a close-object in-focus state, neither the front group nor the rear group moves but the single lens Fn moves along an optical axis toward the image. The imaging optical system satisfies the inequality: 0.38<fLG1R/fG1<1.75, where fG1 is a focal length of the front group and fLG1R is a focal length of the lens LG1R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichiro Yoshinaga, Yasuto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12061318
    Abstract: Provided is a camera optical lens including first to sixth lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 0.45?f1/f?0.80; ?10.00?R9/R10??1.50; and 0.35?d3/d4?0.70, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; R9 denotes a curvature radius of an object side surface of the fifth lens; R10 denotes a curvature radius of an image side surface of the fifth lens; d3 denotes an on-axis thickness of the second lens; and d4 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the second lens to an object side surface of the third lens. The camera optical lens has good optical performance while achieving ultra-thin, long-focal-length lenses having large apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: AAC OPTICS (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiang Wang