Patents by Inventor Hung-Kuo Yu

Hung-Kuo Yu 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: 9651757
    Abstract: A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the five lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Liao, Hung-Kuo Yu, Po-Jui Liao, Hung-Wen Lee, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20160103298
    Abstract: A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power. An image-side surface of the fifth lens can be concave, and both surfaces thereof are both aspheric, wherein at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The first to the fifth lenses of the five-piece optical lens have refractive power. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-YU LIAO, HUNG-KUO YU, PO-JUI LIAO, HUNG-WEN LEE, NAI-YUAN TANG, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160097917
    Abstract: A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the five lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-YU LIAO, HUNG-KUO YU, PO-JUI LIAO, HUNG-WEN LEE, NAI-YUAN TANG, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160097918
    Abstract: A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power. An image-side surface of the fifth lens can be concave, and both surfaces thereof are both aspheric, wherein at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The first to the fifth lenses of the five-piece optical lens have refractive power. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-YU LIAO, HUNG-KUO YU, PO-JUI LIAO, HUNG-WEN LEE, NAI-YUAN TANG, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Patent number: 9229196
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates an optical image capture module comprising an optical lens assembly, an aperture stop and an image plane. The optical lens assembly in order from an object side toward an image side comprising: a first lens element, having positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface adjacent to the optical axis; a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element which have refractive power adjacent to the optical axis; a fifth lens element having refractive power and a concave image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis; a sixth lens element having negative refractive power and a convex surface image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, at least one of the object-side surface and image-side surface of the sixth lens element being aspheric and having at least one inflection point located between the optical axis and the peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Kuo Yu
  • Patent number: 9213164
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a five-piece imaging lens assembly which includes an aperture stop, an optical lens assembly, an image plane. The optical lens assembly, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens element with positive refractive power adjacent to the optical axis and having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power adjacent to the optical axis and having a concave object-side surface, a third lens element and a fourth lens element with refractive power adjacent to the optical axis, and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power adjacent to the optical axis and having a convex image-side surface. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element has an inflection point. The image plane is for image formation for an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Kuo Yu
  • Publication number: 20150338612
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates an optical image capture module comprising an optical lens assembly, an aperture stop and an image plane. The optical lens assembly in order from an object side toward an image side comprising: a first lens element, having positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface adjacent to the optical axis; a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element which have refractive power adjacent to the optical axis; a fifth lens element having refractive power and a concave image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis; a sixth lens element having negative refractive power and a convex surface image-side surface adjacent to the optical axis, at least one of the object-side surface and image-side surface of the sixth lens element being aspheric and having at least one inflection point located between the optical axis and the peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Hung-Kuo YU
  • Publication number: 20150260951
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a five-piece imaging lens assembly which includes an aperture stop, an optical lens assembly, an image plane. The optical lens assembly, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens element with positive refractive power adjacent to the optical axis and having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power adjacent to the optical axis and having a concave object-side surface, a third lens element and a fourth lens element with refractive power adjacent to the optical axis, and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power adjacent to the optical axis and having a convex image-side surface. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element has an inflection point. The image plane is for image formation for an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Hung-Kuo YU
  • Patent number: 9097860
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens set which includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens arranged in sequence along an optical axis. The first lens has a positive optical power. The second lens has a positive optical power. The third lens has a negative optical power. The fourth lens has a positive optical power, and has an image-side surface, an object-side surface, and a peripheral surface interconnecting the two. At least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces has an inflection point located between the optical axis and the peripheral surface. The lens assembly satisfies 15<HFOV/f<50, in which, HFOV represents one half of a maximum angle of view of the lens assembly, and f represents a focal length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Kuo Yu, Chao-Hsiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20150097106
    Abstract: The invention discloses an optical lens for capturing image and an image capture module. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface; a third lens element with negative refractive power having a convex image-side surface and a concave object-side surface; a fourth lens element with refractive power having a convex object-side surface, both the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric; a fifth lens element with refractive power having a concave image-side surface, and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface has at least one inflection point. The optical lens can reduce the sensitivity for use in compact cameras with camera functionalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: HUNG-KUO YU
  • Publication number: 20150062724
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens set which includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens arranged in sequence along an optical axis. The first lens has a positive optical power. The second lens has a positive optical power. The third lens has a negative optical power. The fourth lens has a positive optical power, and has an image-side surface, an object-side surface, and a peripheral surface interconnecting the two. At least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces has an inflection point located between the optical axis and the peripheral surface. The lens assembly satisfies 15<HFOV/f<50, in which, HFOV represents one half of a maximum angle of view of the lens assembly, and f represents a focal length thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Kuo Yu, Chao-Hsiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20150055227
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes first, second and third optical lens elements that are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis and that respectively have positive, negative and positive refractive powers, and a fixed aperture stop that is disposed between the object side and the second optical lens element. The imaging lens assembly satisfies the optical conditions of: |f1/f|>0.85 and |f2/f|>3.0, in which, f represents a focal length of the imaging lens assembly, and f1 and f2 represent focal lengths of the first optical lens element and the second optical lens element, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Kuo Yu