Patents by Inventor Cheng-Chen Lin

Cheng-Chen Lin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180129021
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photographing optical lens system comprising five lens elements, the five lens elements being, 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 in a paraxial region thereof, a second lens element having positive refractive power, a third lens element having negative refractive power, a fourth lens element having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof with at least one convex critical point in an off-axial region thereof, both of an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen LIN, Chun-Yen CHEN, Chun-Che HSUEH, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • IMAGE CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND VEHICLE PHOTOGRAPHING TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20180129024
    Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly 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 and third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has 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 capturing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen LIN, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • OPTICAL IMAGING MODULE, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180106987
    Abstract: An optical imaging module includes six lens elements, the six 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 and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has an image-side surface being concave. The third lens element has an image-side surface being convex. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave and an image-side surface being convex. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element includes at least one inflection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen LIN, Chun-Yen CHEN, Yu-Tai TSENG, Kuan-Ting YEH, Hsin-Hsuan HUANG
  • OPTICAL IMAGING LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180095244
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein at least one of the object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element has at least one inflection point. The optical imaging lens system has a total of four lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen LIN, Shu-Yun YANG
  • IMAGING OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180074295
    Abstract: An imaging optical lens system includes six lens elements, the six 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 and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element includes at least one convex critical point in an off-axial region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Chun-Yen Chen, Wei-Yu Chen
  • PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180059376
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Shu-Yun Yang
  • Image capturing lens assembly, image capturing device and vehicle photographing terminal
    Patent number: 9897785
    Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly 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 and third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has 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 capturing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Wei-Yu Chen
  • OPTICAL LENS, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180011299
    Abstract: 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-axis 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-axis region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen LIN, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • Imaging optical system, image capturing apparatus and electronic device
    Patent number: 9810880
    Abstract: An imaging optical system 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 positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Lun Hsu, Cheng-Chen Lin, Wei-Yu Chen
  • OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170299846
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens assembly 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 has positive refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, wherein at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element includes at least one inflection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Optical lens, image capturing device and electronic device
    Patent number: 9791670
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Wei-Yu Chen
  • OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170219801
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens assembly 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 positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. The sixth lens element has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Chun-Yen CHEN, Chun-Che HSUEH, Cheng-Chen LIN, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • IMAGING LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170212332
    Abstract: An imaging lens system 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 has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein two surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and comprising at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof, wherein two surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Chun-Che HSUEH, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170176722
    Abstract: A lens system 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 a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region. The second lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side and an image-side surfaces being aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an aspheric concave object-side surface and an aspheric convex image-side surface in a paraxial region. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region with a convex shape in an off-axis region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen LIN, Po-Lun HSU, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • IMAGE CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND VEHICLE PHOTOGRAPHING TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20170160522
    Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly 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 and third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has 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 capturing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen LIN, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170090156
    Abstract: An imaging optical system 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 positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Po-Lun Hsu, Cheng-Chen Lin, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Lens system, image capturing unit and electronic device
    Patent number: 9606327
    Abstract: A lens system 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 a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region. The second lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side and an image-side surfaces being aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an aspheric concave object-side surface and an aspheric convex image-side surface in a paraxial region. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region with a convex shape in an off-axis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Po-Lun Hsu, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Image capturing lens assembly, image capturing device and vehicle photographing terminal
    Patent number: 9602731
    Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly 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 and third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has 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 capturing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Imaging lens system, image capturing device and electronic device
    Patent number: 9482844
    Abstract: An imaging lens system 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, and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface and the image-side surface having at least one inflection point in an off-axis region. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface with at least one convex shape in an off-axis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Hsiang-Chi Tang, Kuan-Ming Chen, Wei-Yu Chen
  • OPTICAL LENS, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160291292
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Wei-Yu Chen