Patents by Inventor Chun-Cheng Ko

Chun-Cheng Ko 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).

  • Publication number: 20200310226
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens barrel, a lens group, and a soma. The soma includes a first end surface facing an object side and a second end surface facing an image side. An end point of the lens group closest to the object side is defined as an origin. An angle formed by a line connecting the origin to a point on the first end surface closest to an optical axis and the optical axis is defined as a first angle ?. An angle formed by a line connecting the origin to a point on the second end surface closest to the optical axis and the optical axis is defined as a second angle ?. The first angle ? and the second angle ? satisfy the following relationship: ?>34.5° and ?-?<0.4°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200314301
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens barrel and a number of lenses mounted in the lens barrel. The lens barrel includes a peripheral wall and a top wall. The top wall includes a light transmission hole. The top wall further includes a light shielding portion surrounding an opening of the light transmission hole. A distal end of the light shielding portion extends toward the plurality of lenses and blocks light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200314300
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens barrel and a lens group located within the lens barrel. The lens barrel defines a receiving cavity and a light hole. The receiving cavity receives the lens group. The lens barrel includes a protrusion protruding from an inner wall of the receiving cavity adjacent to the light hole. An inner surface of the protrusion facing the lens group is a rough surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200310007
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens barrel and a lens group including a number of lenses received in the lens barrel. Each of the lenses of the lens group includes a first surface facing an image side of the lens module. At least one of the lenses includes a blocking region on the first surface. The blocking region is coated with a light absorbing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200241261
    Abstract: A lens module includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and an imaging surface, arranged in that sequence from an object side to an image side. The lens module uses infrared light which has a wavelength ranging from 920 to 970 nm, the lens module satisfies the following conditions: 0.0002<|1/F1|<0.01; D/TTL>1.1; CT4/ET4<1.8; F1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, D denotes a diameter of a largest imaging circle of the lens module, TTL denotes a distance between an object side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface, CT4 denotes a central thickness of the fourth lens, ET4 denotes an edge thickness of the fourth lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Chung SU, Chun-Cheng Ko
  • Publication number: 20200233173
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens barrel, a lens group, a gasket, and a light shielding group. The lens group includes a number of lenses. The light shielding group includes a number of shielding sheets defining a through hole. The gasket is located between two lenses on a light exiting side of the lens assembly. An inner portion of the gasket defines an inner hole for transmitting light. An aperture of the inner hole increases from an object side of the lens assembly to an image side of the lens assembly. An aperture D1 of the through hole adjacent to the gasket and adjacent to the object side, an aperture D2 of the inner hole adjacent to the object side, and an aperture D3 of the through hole adjacent to the gasket and adjacent to the image side satisfy a relationship 0.65<D1/D2<0.85; and D3?D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200233176
    Abstract: A camera lens to reduce abnormal images by rejecting stray or oblique light before it can reach an image sensor includes a hollow lens barrel, a lens assembly received in the lens barrel, and a light shield assembly received in the lens barrel. The lens assembly includes at least two lenses arranged from object side to image side. The light shield assembly includes light shields, each light shield being sandwiched between adjacent two lenses and defining a through hole. An inner wall of the through hole defines an inclined surface, the inclined surface reflects stray and/or oblique light back towards the object side, thus stray light is eliminated. The disclosure further provides a lens module and an electronic device including the camera lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200169652
    Abstract: A fixing ring of a certain design for a lens module substantially reduces stray light. The fixing ring defines a central axis, and comprises a base surface and a processing surface, formed from an edge of the base surface. A first angle ?1 exists between a first side cut surface and a surface perpendicular to the central axis, a distance L1 and the first angle ?1 satisfy formulas 0.015 mm<L1<0.025 mm and 20°<?1<40°. The disclosure further provides a lens module and an electronic device comprising the fixing ring. An anti-dazzle film, matching with the fixing ring to completely absorb stray light, is included in the lens module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200158981
    Abstract: A spacer for fixing a distance between adjacent lenses of a lens module carries an internal shape reducing the incidence of stray reflected light. The spacer defines a through hole to allow light to pass and a prismatic protrusion is disposed on a wall of the through hole. A first inclined surface of the prismatic protrusion is connected to an end surface of spacer and to a second inclined surface of the prismatic protrusion. The second inclined surface is connected to other end surface of spacer. Acute angle ?1 is formed between the first inclined surface and end surface, and acute angle ?2 is formed between the second inclined surface and other end surface. Relationship between the acute angles are ?1>?2, and 60°??1+?2?80°. A lens module using such a spacer is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200158982
    Abstract: A camera lens with complete symmetry reduces or avoids light deviation and stray light reflections in a lens group, notwithstanding manufacturing marks and defects. A lens barrel and a lens group are also disclosed. The lens barrel is a hollow structure for receiving the lens group. The lens group defining at least one recess on an outer sidewall as a manufacturing mark receives a layer of black glue to improve the integrity of shape. A lens module and an electronic device using such a camera lens is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20200158988
    Abstract: A retaining ring for retaining lenses in a lens module carries an internal shape reducing the incidence of stray reflected light. The through hole in the retaining ring allows light to pass and a prismatic protrusion is disposed on a wall of the through hole. The protrusion has first and second inclined surfaces each at a specific angle. Acute angle ?1 is formed between the first inclined surface and end surface of ring, and acute angle ?2 is formed between the second inclined surface and other end surface of ring. Relationship between the acute angles are ?1>?2, and 60°??1+?2?80°. A lens module using such a retaining ring is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: YA-LAN FENG, CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20190302413
    Abstract: An optical lens of the present disclosure 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, a sixth lens element, an optical filter and an optical sensor. The first lens element, the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element each have positive power. The second lens element, the third lens element and the sixth lens element each have negative power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: CHUN-CHENG KO, MING-LIN LEE
  • Patent number: 10416416
    Abstract: An optical lens of the present disclosure 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, a sixth lens element, an optical filter and an optical sensor. The first lens element, the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element each have positive power. The second lens element, the third lens element and the sixth lens element each have negative power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Ko, Ming-Lin Lee
  • Patent number: 10001630
    Abstract: A wide-angle lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power and an aperture. The first lens group, the aperture and the second lens group are arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens group includes five lens, and the second lens group includes four lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Ko, Ming-Lin Lee, Tsung-Heng Chang, Chia-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 9013810
    Abstract: A wide-angle image lens, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and an image plane. The image lens satisfies the following formulas: D/TTL>0.45; CT4/ET4<2.11; Z/Y>0.06; wherein D is the maximum image diameter of the image plane; TTL is a total length of the wide-angle image lens; CT4 is a distance along an optical axis from the seventh surface to the eighth surface; ET4 is a distance along the optical axis from an outmost edge of the seventh surface to an outmost edge of the eighth surface; Z is a distance from a central point of the fifth surface to an outmost edge of the sixth surface along the optical axis; Y is a distance from the outmost edge of the sixth surface to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Indsutry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Cheng Ko
  • Patent number: 8970969
    Abstract: An image lens, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, includes a first lens including a first surface and a second surface, a second lens including a third surface and a fourth surface, a third lens including a fifth surface and a sixth surface, a fourth lens including a seventh surface and a eighth surface, a fifth lens including a ninth surface and a tenth surface, and an image plane. The image lens satisfies the following formulas: (1) D/TTL>0.94; (2) D/L>1.21; wherein D is the maximum image diameter of the image plane; TTL is a total length of the image lens, and L is a distance from an outmost edge of the tenth surface to an optical axis of the image lens along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Cheng Ko
  • Patent number: 8928998
    Abstract: A wide-angle image lens, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and an image plane. The wide-angle image lens satisfies the formulas: D/TTL>1.16;D/L>1.17;Z/Y>0, wherein D is the maximum image diameter of the wide-angle image plane; TTL is the total length of the wide-angle image lens; L is a distance from an outmost edge of an image surface of the fifth lens to an optical axis of the wide-angle image lens; Z is a distance from a central point of the objective surface of the fourth lens to an outmost edge of the image surface of the fourth lens, Y is a distance from the outmost edge of the image surface of the fourth lens to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Cheng Ko
  • Patent number: 8743264
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel and a lens holder. The lens barrel includes a first tubular section and a second tubular section. The first tubular section extends from an end of the second tubular section. The outer diameter of the first tubular section tapers in a direction from the image side to the object side of the lens barrel. The lens holder includes a third tubular section and a fourth tubular section. The third tubular section extends from an end of the fourth tubular section. The outer diameter of the third tubular section tapers in a direction from an image side to an object side of the third tubular section. The lens barrel threadedly inserts into the lens holder and is held by the lens holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Cheng Ko
  • Publication number: 20140146400
    Abstract: A wide-angle image lens, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and an image plane. The image lens satisfies the following formulas: D/TTL>0.45; CT4/ET4<2.11; Z/Y>0.06; wherein D is the maximum image diameter of the image plane; TTL is a total length of the wide-angle image lens; CT4 is a distance along an optical axis from the seventh surface to the eighth surface; ET4 is a distance along the optical axis from an outmost edge of the seventh surface to an outmost edge of the eighth surface; Z is a distance from a central point of the fifth surface to an outmost edge of the sixth surface along the optical axis; Y is a distance from the outmost edge of the sixth surface to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHUN-CHENG KO
  • Publication number: 20140146399
    Abstract: A wide-angle image lens, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and an image plane. The wide-angle image lens satisfies the formulas: D/TTL>1.16;D/L>1.17;Z/Y>0, wherein D is the maximum image diameter of the wide-angle image plane; TTL is the total length of the wide-angle image lens; L is a distance from an outmost edge of an image surface of the fifth lens to an optical axis of the wide-angle image lens; Z is a distance from a central point of the objective surface of the fourth lens to an outmost edge of the image surface of the fourth lens, Y is a distance from the outmost edge of the image surface of the fourth lens to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHUN-CHENG KO