Patents by Inventor Hsin-Te Chen

Hsin-Te Chen 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: 20170184823
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed between a magnified side and a minified side and has a negative refractive power. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the minified side and has a positive refractive power. The optical lens is capable of forming an image at the magnified side. 0.52>F/H>0.46, where F is an effective focal length, and H is an image height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Sheng-Da Jiang, Hsin-Te Chen, Sheng-Tang Lai, Kai-Yun Chen
  • Publication number: 20160112613
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a lens, an image sensor, an optical filter, and a driving device. The lens focuses light beams from at least one subject to form an optical image, and the image sensor receives the optical image and converts the optical image into at least one electric signal. The optical filter includes a first plate and a second plate, the first plate is disposed between the lens and the image sensor, and the second plate is disposed between the first plate and the image sensor. The driving device moves the second plate. The second plate has substantially the same index of refraction as the first plate, and a thickness of the second plate is continuously decreased or increased across the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Chen-Cheng LEE, Hsin-Te CHEN, Kuo-Chuan WANG, Yuan-Yu LEE
  • Patent number: 9140880
    Abstract: A zoom lens and a zoom lens module are provided. The zoom lens is configured to form an image of an object at an object side onto an image plane at an image side. The zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group and a fourth lens group disposed in sequence from the object side towards the image side. The refractive powers of the first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group are negative, positive, and negative, respectively. The zoom lens satisfies 1.90<|T1G/FW|<2.40. T1G is a distance of the first lens group along an optical axis of the zoom lens, and FW is an effective focal length of the zoom lens when the zoom lens is at a wide-end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chuan Wang, Kuo-Shu Hung, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Publication number: 20140002715
    Abstract: A zoom lens and a zoom lens module are provided. The zoom lens is configured to form an image of an object at an object side onto an image plane at an image side. The zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group and a fourth lens group disposed in sequence from the object side towards the image side. The refractive powers of the first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group are negative, positive, and negative, respectively. The zoom lens satisfies 1.90<|T1G/FW|<2.40. T1G is a distance of the first lens group along an optical axis of the zoom lens, and FW is an effective focal length of the zoom lens when the zoom lens is at a wide-end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chuan Wang, Kuo-Shu Hung, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 8325422
    Abstract: A zoom lens disposed between an object side and an image side and including a first, second, third, and fourth lens group is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens and a prism arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens is an aspheric lens. A distance between the first lens and the prism is L, an effective focal length of the zoom lens at a wide-end is fw, and 1.58<L/fw<1.88. The second lens group disposed between the first lens group and the image side has a positive power and includes a first double cemented lens. The third lens group disposed between the second lens group and the image side has a negative power and includes a second double cemented lens. The fourth lens group has a positive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chuan Wang, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 8192033
    Abstract: A fixed-focus lens disposed between an object side and an image side is provided. The fixed-focus lens includes a reflector, a curved reflector, a first lens group, and a second lens group disposed in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens group includes two aspheric lenses. The second lens group includes a spherical lens and an aspheric lens, wherein the aspheric lens of the second lens group is closest to the image side in the second lens group. Besides, an effective focal length (EFL) of the fixed-focus lens is f, an EFL of the second lens group is f2, and a clear aperture of the aspheric lens of the second lens group is D. The fixed-focus lens satisfies one of following conditions: 0.04<f/f2<0.078 and 0.05<f/D<0.18. An apparatus integrating optical projection and image detection is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Yao Chen, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Publication number: 20120026603
    Abstract: A zoom lens disposed between an object side and an image side and including a first, second, third, and fourth lens group is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens and a prism arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens is an aspheric lens. A distance between the first lens and the prism is L, an effective focal length of the zoom lens at a wide-end is fw, and 1.58<L/fw<1.88. The second lens group disposed between the first lens group and the image side has a positive power and includes a first double cemented lens. The third lens group disposed between the second lens group and the image side has a negative power and includes a second double cemented lens. The fourth lens group has a positive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chuan Wang, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Publication number: 20100231873
    Abstract: A fixed-focus lens disposed between an object side and an image side is provided. The fixed-focus lens includes a reflector, a curved reflector, a first lens group, and a second lens group disposed in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens group includes two aspheric lenses. The second lens group includes a spherical lens and an aspheric lens, wherein the aspheric lens of the second lens group is closest to the image side in the second lens group. Besides, an effective focal length (EFL) of the fixed-focus lens is f, an EFL of the second lens group is f2, and a clear aperture of the aspheric lens of the second lens group is D. The fixed-focus lens satisfies one of following conditions: 0.04<f/f2<0.078 and 0.05<f/D<0.18. An apparatus integrating optical projection and image detection is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Jung-Yao Chen, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 7639433
    Abstract: A fixed-focus lens including a first lens, a second lens, a cemented lens, an aperture stop, and a fifth lens is provided. The first lens disposed between an object side and an image side has a negative refractive power. The second lens disposed between the first lens and the image side has a positive refractive power. The cemented lens is disposed between the second lens and the image side. The cemented lens consists of a third lens and a fourth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. One of the third lens and the fourth lens has a positive refractive power, and the other has a negative refractive power. The aperture stop is disposed between the fourth lens and the image side. The fifth lens disposed between the aperture stop and the image side has a positive refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Te Chen, Kuo-Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 7551363
    Abstract: A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group, a second lens group and a third lens group which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens and a second lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, and both having negative refractive powers. The first lens is an aspheric lens. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and includes a lens with positive refractive power. The third lens group has a positive refractive power and includes at least one first cemented lens. The fixed-focus lens satisfies 1.2<|fG1/f|<4.2 and 2.8<|fL2/f|<8.6, where f, fG1 and fL2 are effective focal lengths of the fixed-focus lens, the first lens group and the second lens respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Hao Kang, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Publication number: 20090136344
    Abstract: A cooling fan device includes a main housing having first and second accommodating spaces as well as first and second vent holes, a tubular heat-insulating case body receiving a core unit and a conducting unit of a cooling module and disposed in the first accommodating space, and a fan unit disposed in the second accommodating space and driven by a driving motor to rotate such that air entering into the first accommodating space via the first vent hole flows into the case body through a first opening, is cooled by the cooling module, and then flows out of the case body via a second opening and into the second accommodating space, thereby blowing cooled air in the second accommodating space out of the main housing via the second vent hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Hsin-Te Chen, Chou-Tui Huang, Tai-Chang Teng
  • Publication number: 20090015943
    Abstract: A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group, a second lens group and a third lens group which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens and a second lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, and both having negative refractive powers. The first lens is an aspheric lens. The second lens group has a positive refractive power and includes a lens with positive refractive power. The third lens group has a positive refractive power and includes at least one first cemented lens. The fixed-focus lens satisfies 1.2<|fG1/f|<4.2 and 2.8<|fL2/f|<8.6, where f, fG1 and fL2 are effective focal lengths of the fixed-focus lens, the first lens group and the second lens respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Hao Kang, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 7423819
    Abstract: A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power, includes a plurality of lenses, and is disposed between an object side and an image side. The lenses of the first lens group include at least one aspheric lens. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side and has a positive refractive power. The third lens group is disposed between the second lens group and the image side and has a positive refractive power. The third lens group includes a first triple cemented lens and a second triple cemented lens arranged from the object side to the image side in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Yi-Hao Kang, Hsin-Te Chen, Yun-Chin Liang
  • Publication number: 20080158693
    Abstract: A fixed-focus lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The two lens groups have positive refractive powers. The first lens group is composed of a first negative lens, a second negative lens, a third negative lens, a fourth positive lens and a fifth positive lens arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side. The first lens is an aspheric lens. The second lens group is composed of two cemented lens and a positive lens between them. The fixed-focus lens satisfies the following conditions: (1)5.0<FL45/F<7.5; (2)3.5<FG2/F<4.8; (3)FG2/H>3.755, wherein FL45 is an effective focal length (EFL) from the fourth lens to the fifth lens, FG2 is an EFL of the second lens group, F is an EFL of the fixed-focus lens, and H is the maximum image height of the image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Hao Kang, Hsin-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 5385225
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a coin drop mechanism and a coin box from burglary includes a metal hollow casing, a metal mounting plate, and a plurality of carriage bolts and nuts. The coin drop mechanism has a plate member which is mounted to a front panel of a vending machine, slot machine and the like. The coin box has a front wall mounted to the front panel. The hollow casing has a planar wall, and an opening formed in the planar wall of the hollow casing. The mounting plate has a first hole and a second hole. The plate member of the coin drop mechanism and the front wall of the coin box are lockably installed to the first and second holes of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Inventors: Chung-Ho Chen, Hsin-Te Chen