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).

  • Publication number: 20210063708
    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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Yong PARK, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
  • Publication number: 20210067667
    Abstract: A camera module includes a first lens module having a first lens barrel accommodating a first lens group, and a second lens module spaced apart from the first lens module in an optical axis direction, configured to be moveable in the optical axis direction, and having a second lens barrel accommodating a second lens group, the first lens barrel includes a first through-hole on one side and a first opening on the other side, the second lens barrel includes a second opening opposing the first opening on one side and a second through-hole on the other side, a diameter of the first opening is greater than a diameter of the first through-hole, and a diameter of the second opening is greater than a diameter of the second through-hole, and a light shielding member is disposed at one or more of the first opening and the second opening.
    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
  • Publication number: 20210048647
    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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Yong PARK, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
  • Patent number: 10914869
    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: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Tae Su Choi, Sot Eum Seo, Ju Sung Park
  • Patent number: 10908378
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Ju Sung Park, Sot Eum Seo
  • Publication number: 20210006696
    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: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, In Do SEO, Ju Sung PARK, Sot Eum SEO
  • Patent number: 10877245
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Sik Yoo, Dong Shin Yang, Yong Joo Jo, Sot Eum Seo
  • Patent number: 10866381
    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: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Jong Gill Lee, Hwan Soo Park, Ju Sung Park, Sot Eum Seo
  • Patent number: 10834300
    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 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, In Do Seo, Ju Sung Park, Sot Eum Seo
  • Publication number: 20200103611
    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: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Ju Sung PARK, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20200088972
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens, arranged sequentially from an object side along an optical axis. The first lens through the fourth lens are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis in a paraxial region. A total focal length f of a lens unit including the first lens through the fourth lens and half (IMG HT) of a diagonal length of an imaging surface of an image sensor satisfy f/IMG HT>4.9. An effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the first lens and an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the second lens are both greater than effective aperture radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of each of the lenses other than the first lens and the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Sik YOO, Dong Shin YANG
  • Publication number: 20200057179
    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: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Tae Su CHOI, Sot Eum SEO, Ju Sung PARK
  • Publication number: 20200033548
    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: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Jong Gill LEE, Hwan Soo PARK, Ju Sung PARK, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20200012080
    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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Sik YOO, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Sot Eum SEO
  • Publication number: 20190369367
    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: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Yong PARK, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
  • Publication number: 20190369361
    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: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Sik YOO, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
  • Publication number: 20190346650
    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: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, In Gun KIM, Ju Sung PARK, Sot Eum SEO
  • Patent number: 10473880
    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: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Jong Gill Lee, Hwan Soo Park, Ju Sung Park, Sot Eum Seo
  • Patent number: 10459203
    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: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Sik Yoo, Dong Shin Yang, Yong Joo Jo, Sot Eum Seo
  • Publication number: 20190179103
    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: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin YANG, Jong Gill LEE, Hwan Soo PARK, Ju Sung PARK, Sot Eum SEO