Patents by Inventor Kuo-Chiang Chu

Kuo-Chiang Chu 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: 20240077656
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a first optical element and a low-reflection layer. The first optical element has a central opening, and includes a first surface, a second surface and a first outer diameter surface. The first outer diameter surface is connected to the first surface and the second surface. The low-reflection layer is located on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and includes a carbon black layer, a nano-microstructure and a coating layer. The nano-microstructure is directly contacted with and connected to the carbon black layer, and the nano-microstructure is farther from the first optical element than the carbon black layer from the first optical element. The coating layer is directly contacted with and connected to the nano-microstructure, and the coating layer is farther from the first optical element than the nano-microstructure from the first optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Heng-Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Chien-Pang CHANG, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20240077657
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a first optical element and a low-reflection layer. The first optical element has a central opening, and includes a first surface, a second surface and a first outer diameter surface. The first outer diameter surface is connected to the first surface and the second surface. The low-reflection layer is located on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and includes a carbon black layer, a nano-microstructure and a coating layer. The nano-microstructure is directly contacted with and connected to the carbon black layer, and the nano-microstructure is farther from the first optical element than the carbon black layer from the first optical element. The coating layer is directly contacted with and connected to the nano-microstructure, and the coating layer is farther from the first optical element than the nano-microstructure from the first optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Heng-Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Chien-Pang CHANG, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Patent number: 11852848
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a first optical element and a low-reflection layer. The first optical element has a central opening, and includes a first surface, a second surface and a first outer diameter surface. The first outer diameter surface is connected to the first surface and the second surface. The low-reflection layer is located on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and includes a carbon black layer, a nano-microstructure and a coating layer. The nano-microstructure is directly contacted with and connected to the carbon black layer, and the nano-microstructure is farther from the first optical element than the carbon black layer from the first optical element. The coating layer is directly contacted with and connected to the nano-microstructure, and the coating layer is farther from the first optical element than the nano-microstructure from the first optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Tsai, Heng-Yi Su, Ming-Ta Chou, Chien-Pang Chang, Kuo-Chiang Chu
  • Publication number: 20230115906
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes an infrared light absorbing element, an infrared light reducing film and a plate element in order along a paraxial path. The infrared light absorbing element is made of an infrared light absorbing plastic material, and the infrared light absorbing element is configured to refract a light. The infrared light reducing film is closer to an image surface of the imaging optical system than an incident surface of the infrared light absorbing element to the image surface of the imaging optical system. The plate element is disposed between the infrared light reducing film and the image surface, the plate element includes a translucent portion, a holder portion and a taper structure coating. The taper structure coating is disposed on at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface of the translucent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Pei-Chi CHANG, Chien-Pang CHANG, Yu-Chen LAI, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Yu TSAI, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20230073044
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens assembly includes at least one optical lens element. The optical lens element includes an anti-reflective coating, and the anti-reflective coating is arranged on at least one surface of the optical lens element. The anti-reflective coating includes a high-low refractive coating and a gradient refractive coating, and the high-low refractive coating is arranged between the optical lens element and the gradient refractive coating. The high-low refractive coating includes at least one high refractive coating layer and at least one low refractive coating layer, which are stacked in alternations. The low refractive coating layer is in contact with the optical lens element. The gradient refractive coating includes a plurality of holes, and the holes away from the optical lens element are relatively larger than the holes close to the optical lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Chien-Pang CHANG, Cheng-Yu TSAI, Chun-Hung TENG, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20230058946
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes a glass lens element. The glass lens element has a refractive power, an optical surface of the glass lens element is non-planar, an anti-reflective membrane layer is formed on the optical surface, and the anti-reflective membrane layer includes a nanostructure layer and a structure connection film. The nanostructure layer has a plurality of ridge-like protrusions extending non-directionally from the optical surface, and a material of the nanostructure layer includes aluminum oxide. The structure connection film is disposed between the optical surface and the nanostructure layer, the structure connection film includes at least one silicon dioxide layer, the at least one silicon dioxide layer contacts a bottom of the nanostructure layer physically, and a thickness of the at least one silicon dioxide layer is greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 150 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Chen-Wei FAN, Ming-Ta CHOU, Chien-Pang CHANG, Cheng-Feng LIN, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20230037074
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes an imaging lens element assembly, and an optical axis passes through the imaging lens assembly. The imaging lens element assembly includes a plurality of lens elements, and the lens elements includes a first lens element and a second lens element, wherein a refractive index of the first lens element is different from a refractive index of the second lens element. Each of the first lens element and the second lens element includes at least one nanostructure layer and at least one structure connection film. The nanostructure layer is irregularly arranged, the nanostructure layer includes an alumina crystal. The structure connection film is disposed between a surface of the first lens element and the nanostructure layer and between a surface of the second lens element and the nanostructure layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chen-Wei FAN, Ming-Ta CHOU, Chien-Pang CHANG, Cheng-Feng LIN, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20220407993
    Abstract: A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly module and an image sensor. The image sensor is disposed on an image surface of the imaging lens assembly module and includes a photoelectric converting layer, a micro lens arrays layer, a light filtering layer and an anti-reflecting layer. The photoelectric converting layer is for converting a light signal to an electric signal. The micro lens arrays layer is for converging an energy of the imaging light into the photoelectric converting layer. The light filtering layer is for absorbing a light at a certain wavelength region of the imaging light. The anti-reflecting layer is disposed on a surface of at least one of the light filtering layer and the micro lens arrays layer and includes an irregular nano-crystallite structure layer and an optical connecting layer. The optical connecting layer is connected to the irregular nano-crystallite structure layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Chien-Pang CHANG, Lin-An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Cheng-Feng LIN, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20220400193
    Abstract: A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly, an image sensor and an optical plate. The image sensor is disposed on an image surface of the imaging lens assembly. The optical plate is disposed between the imaging lens assembly and the image sensor, and includes a substrate and at least one anti-reflection layer. The substrate has an object-side surface and an image-side surface, the object-side surface faces towards an object side, the image-side surface faces towards an image side, and the object-side surface is parallel with the image-side surface. The at least one anti-reflection layer is disposed on the object-side surface or the image-side surface of the substrate, the anti-reflection layer includes a nanocrystal structure layer and an optical-connecting layer, wherein the nanocrystal structure layer includes a metal oxide crystal, the optical-connecting layer connects the substrate and the nanocrystal structure layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Chien-Pang CHANG, Lin-An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20220373715
    Abstract: A plastic light-folding element includes an incident surface, an exit surface, a reflective surface and a reflective optical layer. The incident surface and the exit surface are configured to lead an imaging light enter and exit the plastic light-folding element, respectively. The reflective surface is configured to fold the imaging light. The reflective optical layer is disposed on the reflective surface, and includes an Ag layer, a bottom layer optical film and a top layer optical film. The bottom layer optical film is contacted with the Ag layer, and the bottom layer optical film is closer to the reflective surface than the Ag layer to the reflective surface. A refractive index of the top layer optical film is lower than a refractive index of the bottom layer optical film, and the top layer optical film is not contacted with the Ag layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Chien-Pang CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20220373724
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an optical lens assembly includes at least two optical lens elements and at least one reflective element. The reflective element is made of a plastic material, the reflective element includes a reflective coating membrane, and the reflective coating membrane is disposed on a surface of the reflective element. The reflective coating membrane includes at least three coating layers of different materials, the at least three coating layers are respectively made of a first material, a second material and a third material, the first material mainly includes silver, the second material mainly includes titanium, the third material mainly includes chromium oxides, and the coating layer made of the first material and the coating layer made of the second material are disposed between the coating layer made of the third material and the reflective element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Chien-Pang CHANG, Chun-Hung TENG, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20220196882
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes, from an object side to an image side, at least four optical lens elements. At least one of the at least four optical lens elements includes an anti-reflective coating. The at least one optical lens element including the anti-reflective coating is made of a plastic material. The anti-reflective coating is arranged on an object-side surface or an image-side surface of the at least one optical lens element including the anti-reflective coating. The anti-reflective coating includes at least one coating layer. One of the at least one coating layer at the outer of the anti-reflective coating is made of ceramics. The anti-reflective coating includes a plurality of holes, and sizes of the plurality of holes adjacent to the outer of the anti-reflective coating are larger than sizes of the plurality of holes adjacent to the inner of the anti-reflective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Chien-Pang CHANG, Chi-Wei CHI, Wei-Fong HONG, Chun-Hung TENG, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20220196881
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes, from an object side to an image side, at least four optical lens elements. At least one of the at least four optical lens elements includes an anti-reflective coating. The at least one optical lens element including the anti-reflective coating is made of a plastic material. The anti-reflective coating is arranged on an object-side surface or an image-side surface of the at least one optical lens element including the anti-reflective coating. The anti-reflective coating includes at least one coating layer. One of the at least one coating layer at the outer of the anti-reflective coating is made of ceramics. The anti-reflective coating includes a plurality of holes, and sizes of the plurality of holes adjacent to the outer of the anti-reflective coating are larger than sizes of the plurality of holes adjacent to the inner of the anti-reflective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Chien-Pang CHANG, Chi-Wei CHI, Wei-Fong HONG, Chun-Hung TENG, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20220196969
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly has an optical axis and includes a plastic lens element set. The plastic lens element set includes two plastic lens elements and at least one anti-reflective layer. The two plastic lens elements, in order from an object side to an image side along the optical axis are a first plastic lens element and a second plastic lens element. The anti-reflective layer has a nanostructure and is disposed on at least one of an image-side surface of the first plastic lens element and an object-side surface of the second plastic lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Chien-Pang CHANG, Wen-Yu TSAI, Lin-An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20220196970
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly is provided in the present disclosure. The optical lens assembly includes, from an object side to an image side, at least five optical lens elements. At least one of the optical lens elements includes an anti-reflective coating, and the optical lens element including the anti-reflective coating is made of a plastic material. The anti-reflective coating is arranged on an object-side surface or an image-side surface of the optical lens element including the anti-reflective coating. The anti-reflective coating includes at least one coating layer, and the coating layer at the outer of the anti-reflective coating is made of metal oxide. The anti-reflective coating includes a plurality of holes, and sizes of the holes adjacent to the outer of the anti-reflective coating are relatively larger than sizes of the holes adjacent to the inner of the anti-reflective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Chien-Pang CHANG, Wen-Yu TSAI, Chun-Hung TENG, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20210364674
    Abstract: A miniature optical lens assembly, which has at least one optical element, includes the optical element. The optical element includes a low reflection layer disposed on at least one surface of the optical element. The low reflection layer includes a plurality of nanocrystalline grains, and the nanocrystalline grains are located on one surface of the low reflection layer. The optical element is at least one of a light blocking element, an annular spacer element and a barrel element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kuo-Chiang Chu, Chien-Pang Chang, Chun-Hung Teng, Wen-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11112542
    Abstract: A miniature optical lens assembly, which has at least one of optical element, includes the optical element. The optical element includes a low reflection layer disposed on at least one surface of the optical element. The low reflection layer includes a plurality of nanocrystalline grains, and the nanocrystalline grains are located on one surface of the low reflection layer. The optical element is at least one of a light blocking element, an annular spacer element and a barrel element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chiang Chu, Chien-Pang Chang, Chun-Hung Teng, Wen-Yu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210165136
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a first optical element and a low-reflection layer. The first optical element has a central opening, and includes a first surface, a second surface and a first outer diameter surface. The first outer diameter surface is connected to the first surface and the second surface. The low-reflection layer is located on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and includes a carbon black layer, a nano-microstructure and a coating layer. The nano-microstructure is directly contacted with and connected to the carbon black layer, and the nano-microstructure is farther from the first optical element than the carbon black layer from the first optical element. The coating layer is directly contacted with and connected to the nano-microstructure, and the coating layer is farther from the first optical element than the nano-microstructure from the first optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Wen-Yu TSAI, Heng-Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Chien-Pang CHANG, Kuo-Chiang CHU
  • Publication number: 20200174167
    Abstract: A miniature optical lens assembly, which has at least one of optical element, includes the optical element. The optical element includes a low reflection layer disposed on at least one surface of the optical element. The low reflection layer includes a plurality of nanocrystalline grains, and the nanocrystalline grains are located on one surface of the low reflection layer. The optical element is at least one of a light blocking element, an annular spacer element and a barrel element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Kuo-Chiang CHU, Chien-Pang CHANG, Chun-Hung TENG, Wen-Yu TSAI
  • Patent number: 9575231
    Abstract: An infrared filter includes a transparent substrate, and an infrared-filtering multilayer film. The infrared-filtering multilayer film is coated on the transparent substrate, and the infrared-filtering multilayer film includes a plurality of the first kind of film layers, a plurality of the second kind of film layers, a plurality of the third kind of film layers and a plurality of the fourth kind of film layers, wherein the four kinds of film layers are arranged in order of gradient refractive indexes. At least two kinds of film layers are made of composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chiang Chu, Chien-Pang Chang