Patents by Inventor Dong Shin YANG

Dong Shin YANG 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).

  • Patent number: 11391868
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion refracting light and a flange portion extending along a portion of a circumference of the optical portion, a blocking member disposed in front of the lens and having an opening to allow light to be incident on the lens, and a lens barrel accommodating the lens. The optical portion is noncircular and a portion of the blocking member facing the optical portion in an optical axis direction is located to be higher than a portion of the blocking member facing the flange portion in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Tae Su Choi, Sot Eum Seo, Ju Sung Park
  • Patent number: 11340431
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes: a first lens having a concave image-side surface; a second lens having refractive power; a third lens having a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens having a concave object-side surface or a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having a concave image-side surface; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side and 1.62<(N2+N5+N6)/3, where N2 is a refractive index of the second lens, N5 is a refractive index of the fifth lens, and N6 is a refractive index of the sixth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Sik Yoo, Dong Shin Yang, Yong Joo Jo, Sot Eum Seo
  • Patent number: 11330159
    Abstract: A mobile device and lens module including a lens barrel and a plurality of lenses sequentially stacked from an object side to an image side in the lens barrel, wherein the plurality of lenses includes one or more D-cut lenses having respective straight line rim portions, and wherein a straight line portion of a D-cut lens, of the one or more D-cut lenses, overlaps an image sensor for imaging light passing through the plurality of lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, In Do Seo, Ju Sung Park, Sot Eum Seo
  • Patent number: 11327270
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion refracting light and a flange portion extended along a periphery of at least a portion of the optical portion, and a lens barrel accommodating the lens. The lens includes a first D-cut portion on one side surface of the flange portion spaced apart from the lens barrel and a second D-cut portion on another side surface of the flange portion spaced apart from the lens barrel, wherein the first D-cut portion and the second D-cut portion each include first inclined surfaces, and the first inclined surfaces are spaced apart from respective ends of the first D-cut portion and the second D-cut portion by a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Jong Gill Lee, Hwan Soo Park, Ju Sung Park, Sot Eum Seo
  • Patent number: 11249280
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes 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 first to seventh lenses are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis, and the optical imaging system satisfies 0.1<L1w/L7w<0.4, where L1w is a weight of the first lens, L7w is a weight of the seventh lens, and L1w and L7w are expressed in a same unit of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Sik Yoo, Dong Shin Yang, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
  • Publication number: 20210389559
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes 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 first to seventh lenses are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis, and the optical imaging system satisfies 0.1<L1w/L7w<0.4, where L1w is a weight of the first lens, L7w is a weight of the seventh lens, and L1w and L7w are expressed in a same unit of measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Sik YOO, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
  • Publication number: 20210302684
    Abstract: A spacer includes: an opening through which light passes; an inner side surface forming the opening; and a protruding portion including a plurality of protrusions protruding from the inner side surface. Lengths of the plurality of protrusions vary in a circumferential direction of the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Ho Sik YOO, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20210281722
    Abstract: A camera module includes: a lens module including a plurality of lenses; a housing accommodating the lens module; a reflection module disposed in front of the lens module; an image sensor module configured to receive light passing through the lens module; and a light blocking portion disposed in the housing and positioned in a space between the lens module and the image sensor module. The light blocking portion includes: a first light blocking plate including a first window having a first opening through which the light is allowed to pass; and a second light blocking plate including a second window having a second opening through which the light is allowed to pass. The first window includes a first inner wall including a first inclined surface, and the second window includes a second inner wall including a second inclined surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon JEONG, Sung Hoon KIM, Sung Taek OH, Dong Shin YANG, Ho Sik YOO
  • Publication number: 20210223498
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion to refract light and a flange portion extended along a periphery of at least a portion of the optical portion, and a lens barrel to accommodate the lens. The flange portion has a non-circular shape and includes a first di-cut portion on a first side surface of the flange portion, a second di-cut portion on a second side surface of the flange portion, and arc portions connecting the first di-cut portion and the second di-cut portion. A first distance between the first di-cut portion and an optical axis of the lens and a second distance between the second di-cut portion and the optical axis of the lens are smaller than a distance between respective opposite ends of the arc portions and the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, In Gun KIM, Ju Sung PARK, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20210208372
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially disposed on an optical axis from an object side toward an image side. A distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor is TTL, an overall focal length of an optical system including the first to sixth lenses is F, and TTL/F?0.83. An optical axis distance between the second lens and the third lens is D23, an optical axis distance between the third lens and the fourth lens is D34, and 2.2<D23/D34<5.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa SON, Young Su JIN, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO
  • Publication number: 20210199925
    Abstract: Disclosed are lens assembly including a lens having a length in a first direction, perpendicular to an optical axis, shorter than a length in a second direction, perpendicular to both the optical axis and the first direction, on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and a lens barrel accommodating the lens, and having an opening in a side of the lens barrel, wherein a side of the lens in the first direction is exposed through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Ju Sung PARK, Ho Sik YOO, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20210132373
    Abstract: A spacer includes an outer circumferential surface in contact with a lens barrel, and an inner circumferential surface forming a hole for controlling an amount of light, a first length of the hole in a first direction, intersecting an optical axis, and a second length of the hole in a second direction, intersecting the optical axis, are different from each other, and a first distance from the outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface, extended in the first direction, is less than a second distance from the outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface, extended in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, In Gun KIM, Sot Eum SEO, Ju Sung PARK
  • Patent number: 10996420
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion to refract light and a flange portion extended along a periphery of at least a portion of the optical portion, and a lens barrel to accommodate the lens. The flange portion has a non-circular shape and includes a first di-cut portion on a first side surface of the flange portion, a second di-cut portion on a second side surface of the flange portion, and arc portions connecting the first di-cut portion and the second di-cut portion. A first distance between the first di-cut portion and an optical axis of the lens and a second distance between the second di-cut portion and the optical axis of the lens are smaller than a distance between respective opposite ends of the arc portions and the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, In Gun Kim, Ju Sung Park, Sot Eum Seo
  • Patent number: 10996421
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens having an optical portion and a flange portion at a periphery of the optical portion, a spacer having an incident hole through which light passes, and a lens barrel accommodating the lens and the spacer. The lens includes a first D-cut portion and a second D-cut portion formed on a side surface and another side surface of the flange portion in a state of non-contact with the lens barrel, and circular arc portions connecting the first and second D-cut portions to each other. The spacer includes blocking portions having a shape corresponding to a shape of the first and second D-cut portions, and first curved portions having a shape corresponding to a shape of the circular arc portions on an inner side surface, and transmission portions formed in locations in which the blocking portions and the first curved portions are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Hwan Soo Park, Ju Sung Park, Sot Eum Seo
  • Publication number: 20210124093
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion refracting light and a flange portion extending along a portion of a circumference of the optical portion, a blocking member disposed in front of the lens and having an opening to allow light to be incident on the lens, and a lens barrel accommodating the lens. The optical portion is noncircular and a portion of the blocking member facing the optical portion in an optical axis direction is located to be higher than a portion of the blocking member facing the flange portion in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Tae Su CHOI, Sot Eum SEO, Ju Sung PARK
  • Patent number: 10989901
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially disposed on an optical axis from an object side toward an image side. A distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor is TTL, an overall focal length of an optical system including the first to sixth lenses is F, and TTL/F?0.83. An optical axis distance between the second lens and the third lens is D23, an optical axis distance between the third lens and the fourth lens is D34, and 2.2<D23/D34<5.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa Son, Young Su Jin, Dong Shin Yang, Yong Joo Jo
  • Publication number: 20210116667
    Abstract: A lens includes an optical portion refracting light, a rib extending along a circumference of at least a portion of the optical portion, a first area and a second area of an object-side surface of the rib, wherein the first area has a first surface roughness and the second area has a second surface roughness less rough than the first surface roughness, and a third area and a fourth area of an image-side surface of the rib, wherein the third area has a third surface roughness and the fourth area has a fourth surface roughness less rough than the third surface roughness, wherein the second area includes inclined surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Ju Sung PARK, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20210072488
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion refracting light and a flange portion extended along a periphery of at least a portion of the optical portion, and a lens barrel accommodating the lens. The lens includes a first D-cut portion on one side surface of the flange portion spaced apart from the lens barrel and a second D-cut portion on another side surface of the flange portion spaced apart from the lens barrel, wherein the first D-cut portion and the second D-cut portion each include first inclined surfaces, and the first inclined surfaces are spaced apart from respective ends of the first D-cut portion and the second D-cut portion by a predetermined interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Jong Gill LEE, Hwan Soo PARK, Ju Sung PARK, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20210072504
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side on an optical axis, and a reflecting member disposed closer to the object side, as compared to the first lens, and having a reflecting surface configured to change a path of light to be incident to the first to fourth lenses. The first to fourth lenses are disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a preset distance along the optical axis, and 1.3<TTL/BFL<3.5, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Sik YOO, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20210063617
    Abstract: A prism for an optical imaging system includes an incident surface, an emitting surface from which light is emitted, and a reflective surface reflecting light incident through the incident surface to the emitting surface, wherein at least one connection portion of the incident surface and the emitting surface is chamfered to form a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Sot Eum SEO, Ju Sung PARK