Patents by Inventor Kuan Ming Chen

Kuan Ming 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).

  • Patent number: 11635595
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an optical image capturing lens system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface, a negative second lens element, a positive third lens element having a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a positive fifth lens element having a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region thereof, both of the object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, and at least one inflection point is positioned on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof. When particular relations are satisfied, the angle at which light projects onto the image plane can be efficiently controlled for increasing the relative illumination and preventing the occurrence of vignetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Tsung-Han Tsai, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11598938
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image capturing optical system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens element having a concave object-side surface; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element having a concave image-side surface concave, both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric, at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20230048991
    Abstract: A head-mounted device includes a first light field camera, a second light field camera, a first light field display, a second light field display and a supporting structure. Each of the first light field camera and the second light field camera includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a lens group, a collimator and an image sensor. Each of the lens groups includes a plurality of lens units. The lens units are arranged in a two-dimensional lens array, and each of the lens units includes a lens container and a plurality of lens elements. A first engaging structure is disposed between at least two adjacent lens elements of the lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Fuh-Shyang YANG, Kuan-Ming CHEN
  • Patent number: 11575875
    Abstract: The present invention provides a projector including a laser module and a lens module, wherein the lens module includes a plurality of lens and a plurality of diffractive optical elements. In the operations of the projector, the laser module is arranged to generate at least one laser beam; each of the lenses is arranged to receive one of the at least one laser beam to generate a collimated laser beam; and the diffractive optical elements correspond to the lenses, respectively, and each of the diffractive optical elements is arranged to receive the collimated laser beam from the corresponding lens to generate an image. The images generated by the diffractive optical elements form a projected image of the projector. By using the projector of the present invention, the projected image may have higher resolution or field of view that is advantageous for the 3D sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Biing-Seng Wu, Han-Yi Kuo, Bo-Han Lyu, Yin-Dong Lu, Kuan-Ming Chen, Meng-Ko Tsai
  • Patent number: 11543696
    Abstract: A liquid crystal element includes a substrate, a diffractive optical element layer, and a liquid crystal material. The diffractive optical element layer has an uneven surface. The liquid crystal material is between the substrate and the uneven surface of the diffractive optical element layer. The liquid crystal material is disposed contiguously with the uneven surface of the diffractive optical element layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Hung-Shan Chen, Ming-Syuan Chen, Ming-Shu Hsiao, Cheng-Hung Chi, Kuan-Ming Chen, Chin-Jung Tsai, Yi-Nung Liu
  • Patent number: 11480757
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes three lens elements. The three lens elements, in order from an object side to an image side, are a first lens element having an object-side surface facing the object side and an image-side surface facing the image side, a second lens element having an object-side surface facing the object side and an image-side surface facing the image side, and a third lens element having an object-side surface facing the object side and an image-side surface facing the image side. The third lens element has positive refractive power, the imaging optical system has a total of three lens elements, and there are air gaps between paraxial regions of the first lens element, the second lens element and the third lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Kuan-Ting Yeh, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
  • Publication number: 20220276559
    Abstract: A positive photosensitive resin composition for a low-temperature process includes an alkali-soluble phenolic resin, a compound with quinonediazide group, a mixed solvent and at least one additive. The mixed solvent includes a first solvent and a second solvent. The first solvent has a volatilization rate of more than 50 relative to a volatilization rate of butyl acetate of 100, and the second solvent has a boiling point between 150° C. and 200° C. The at least one additive has a molecular weight of 500-5000 and a structural unit as Formula (I), wherein R1 is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl group, C1-C5 alkyl group, phenyl group, halogen atoms and cyano group, R2 is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, acid radical, benzene and derivatives thereof, phenols, benzoic acid and derivatives thereof and aromatic heterocycles, and n is 10-80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Chi-Yu Lai, Chi-sung Chen
  • Patent number: 11372216
    Abstract: An imaging optical lens system 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 and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element has positive refractive power. The imaging optical lens system has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Yu-Tai Tseng, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Shu-Yun Yang
  • Publication number: 20220109821
    Abstract: The present invention provides a projector including a laser module and a lens module, wherein the lens module includes a plurality of lens and a plurality of diffractive optical elements. In the operations of the projector, the laser module is arranged to generate at least one laser beam; each of the lenses is arranged to receive one of the at least one laser beam to generate a collimated laser beam; and the diffractive optical elements correspond to the lenses, respectively, and each of the diffractive optical elements is arranged to receive the collimated laser beam from the corresponding lens to generate an image. The images generated by the diffractive optical elements form a projected image of the projector. By using the projector of the present invention, the projected image may have higher resolution or field of view that is advantageous for the 3D sensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Biing-Seng Wu, Han-Yi Kuo, Bo-Han Lyu, Yin-Dong Lu, Kuan-Ming Chen, Meng-Ko Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220066175
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes five lens elements, the five lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element having positive refractive power; a second lens element having negative refractive power; a third lens element having positive refractive power; a fourth lens element having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens element having negative refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: CHIEN-HSUN WU, TZU-CHIEH KUO, KUAN-MING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220050265
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging optical lens assembly, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, a second lens element with positive refractive power, a third lens element with negative refractive power, a fourth lens element with positive refractive power, and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and at least one convex shape in an off-axial region on the image-side surface, wherein the imaging optical lens assembly has a total of five lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: KUAN-MING CHEN, HSIN-HSUAN HUANG
  • Patent number: 11249281
    Abstract: A micro imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element having negative refractive power; a second lens element having positive refractive power; and a third lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. There are a total of three lens elements in the micro imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Publication number: 20220011554
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system 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 and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element and the third lens element have refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface, wherein at least one inflection point is on at least one surface thereof. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface. The surfaces of the fifth and the sixth lens elements are aspheric. The optical image capturing system has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming CHEN, Tsung-Han TSAI, Hsin-Hsuan HUANG, Chun-Che HSUEH
  • Publication number: 20220011651
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly module has an optical axis, and includes a lens barrel and an optical element set. The lens barrel includes an object-side portion, a tubular portion and a tip-end minimal aperture. The object-side portion includes a first assembling surface. The tubular portion includes a plurality of second assembling surfaces. The optical element set includes at least one light blocking sheet and at least one optical lens element. The light blocking sheet includes an object-side surface, an image-side surface and an inner opening surface. The optical lens element includes an optical effective portion and a peripheral portion. The object-side portion of the lens barrel includes a first reversing inclined surface gradually enlarged from the tip-end minimal aperture to the image side of the lens barrel, and the first reversing inclined surface is not contacted with the optical element set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming CHEN, Hsiang-Chi TANG, Lin-An CHANG, Cheng-Chen LIN, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Patent number: 11223816
    Abstract: The present invention provides a projector including a laser module and a lens module, wherein the lens module includes a plurality of lens and a plurality of diffractive optical elements. In the operations of the projector, the laser module is arranged to generate at least one laser beam; each of the lenses is arranged to receive one of the at least one laser beam to generate a collimated laser beam; and the diffractive optical elements correspond to the lenses, respectively, and each of the diffractive optical elements is arranged to receive the collimated laser beam from the corresponding lens to generate an image. The images generated by the diffractive optical elements form a projected image of the projector. By using the projector of the present invention, the projected image may have higher resolution or field of view that is advantageous for the 3D sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Biing-Seng Wu, Han-Yi Kuo, Bo-Han Lyu, Yin-Dong Lu, Kuan-Ming Chen, Meng-Ko Tsai
  • Patent number: 11204487
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes five lens elements, the five lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element having positive refractive power; a second lens element having negative refractive power; a third lens element having positive refractive power; a fourth lens element having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens element having negative refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Wu, Tzu-Chieh Kuo, Kuan-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11187873
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging optical lens assembly, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, a second lens element with positive refractive power, a third lens element with negative refractive power, a fourth lens element with positive refractive power, and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and at least one convex shape in an off-axial region on the image-side surface, wherein the imaging optical lens assembly has a total of five lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11156903
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly module has an optical axis, and includes a lens barrel and an optical element set. The lens barrel includes an object-side portion, a tubular portion and a tip-end minimal aperture. The object-side portion includes a first assembling surface. The tubular portion includes a plurality of second assembling surfaces. The optical element set includes at least one light blocking sheet and at least one optical lens element. The light blocking sheet includes an object-side surface, an image-side surface and an inner opening surface. The optical lens element includes an optical effective portion and a peripheral portion. The object-side portion of the lens barrel includes a first reversing inclined surface gradually enlarged from the tip-end minimal aperture to the image side of the lens barrel, and the first reversing inclined surface is not contacted with the optical element set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Hsiang-Chi Tang, Lin-An Chang, Cheng-Chen Lin, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 11156808
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system 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 and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element and the third lens element have refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface, wherein at least one inflection point is on at least one surface thereof. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface. The surfaces of the fifth and the sixth lens elements are aspheric. The optical image capturing system has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Tsung-Han Tsai, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Che Hsueh
  • Patent number: RE48828
    Abstract: A compact optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power, wherein at least one of two surfaces of the second lens element is aspheric, and the second lens element is made of plastic material. The third lens element has positive refractive power, wherein at least one of two surfaces of the third lens element is aspheric, and the third lens element is made of plastic material. The compact optical system further comprises a stop located between the first lens element and the second lens element. The first, second, and third lens elements are all stationary relative to one another in a paraxial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Hsin-Hsuan Huang