Patents by Inventor Kuo Wen Chang

Kuo Wen Chang 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: 8558817
    Abstract: An optical touch-control includes: four light-guide modules cooperating to define a touch-control zone, each of the light-guide modules including a light-guide strip that has a light-entry surface oriented toward a respective one of first and second ones of corners defined by the light-guide modules, and a light-exit surface that is oriented toward the touch-control zone; two light-emitting modules disposed in the first one of the corners and two light-emitting modules disposed in the second one of the corners, each of the light-emitting modules being oriented toward the light-entry surface of a corresponding one of the light-guide modules, light that enters each of the light-guide modules via the light-entry surface thereof exiting from the light-guide module via the light-exit surface thereof; and three image acquisition modules disposed respectively in the first and second ones of the corners and a remaining one of the corners, and oriented toward the touch-control zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Min-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20130258164
    Abstract: Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements to allow the thickness of the second lens element and the sum of all air gaps between all five lens elements along the optical axis satisfying the relation: 0.20<T2<0.50 (mm) and 0.27<(T2/Gaa)<0.40, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen CHANG, Poche LEE, Sheng Wei HSU
  • Publication number: 20130258185
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first, second, and third lens elements have positive, negative, and negative refractive powers, respectively. The third lens element has an image-side surface having a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the third lens element. The fourth lens element has a concave object-side surface. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface that has a convex portion in a vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens, and an image-side surface that has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the fifth lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Poche Lee, Sheng-Wei Hsu
  • Publication number: 20130258184
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes: a first lens element having a positive refracting power, and having a convex object-side surface facing toward an object side; a second lens element having a negative refracting power, and having a concave image-side surface facing toward an image side; a third lens element having a negative refracting power; a fourth lens having a convex image-side surface facing toward the image side; and a fifth lens element having an image-side surface with concave and convex portions and facing toward the image side. Absolute value of a difference between Abbe numbers of the second and third lens elements is less than 10. A quotient of a thickness of the fourth lens element divided by a sum of widths of air gap among the lens elements ranges between 0.5 and 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Poche Lee, Sheng-Wei Hsu
  • Publication number: 20130182342
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a barrel wall disposed about a longitudinal axis, an external thread continuously formed on the barrel wall and having a continuous crest, and two parting lines that are longitudinally formed on the external thread and that are symmetrical about the longitudinal axis. A projection of the crest of the external thread on a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis has a maximum diameter and a minimum diameter. A difference between the maximum and minimum diameters is between 0.04 mm and 0.18 mm. Each of the two parting lines is disposed on portions of the external thread that define the minimum diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Min-Wei Lee
  • Patent number: 8459845
    Abstract: A light guide lens includes a front light-exit surface, a rear end surface formed with a recess, and an outer surrounding surface. The front light-exit surface is a convex surface disposed at an optical axis (Z). The rear end surface includes a curved surface portion that defines an innermost end of the recess, and that is a convex surface. The rear end surface further includes an inner surrounding surface portion that extends rearward from a periphery of the curved surface portion. The outer surrounding surface diverges forwardly along the optical axis (Z), and includes a first curved surface part and a second curved surface part. The first and second curved surface parts are disposed on opposite sides of an imaginary plane on which the optical axis (Z) is disposed, and are asymmetrical relative to each other with respect to the imaginary plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20130033884
    Abstract: A light guide lens includes: an outer surrounding surface that extends between a front surface disposed at an optical axis, and a rear end formed with a recess that has an end surface disposed at the optical axis, and an inner surrounding surface extending rearward from a periphery of the end surface. The outer surrounding surface diverges forwardly along the optical axis, and includes first and second pairs of curved surface parts, the first pair being disposed mutually asymmetrical on opposite sides of an imaginary plane, the second pair being disposed mutually symmetrical on opposite sides of another imaginary plane and extending between the first pair. The end surface includes a third pair of curved surface parts disposed mutually asymmetrical on opposite sides of yet another imaginary plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu LO, Poche LEE, Kuo-Wen CHANG
  • Publication number: 20120249478
    Abstract: An optical touch-control includes: four light-guide modules cooperating to define a touch-control zone, each of the light-guide modules including a light-guide strip that has a light-entry surface oriented toward a respective one of first and second ones of corners defined by the light-guide modules, and a light-exit surface that is oriented toward the touch-control zone; two light-emitting modules disposed in the first one of the corners and two light-emitting modules disposed in the second one of the corners, each of the light-emitting modules being oriented toward the light-entry surface of a corresponding one of the light-guide modules, light that enters each of the light-guide modules via the light-entry surface thereof exiting from the light-guide module via the light-exit surface thereof; and three image acquisition modules disposed respectively in the first and second ones of the corners and a remaining one of the corners, and oriented toward the touch-control zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KUO-WEN CHANG, MIN-WEI LEE
  • Publication number: 20120128298
    Abstract: A light-guide module includes a light-guide strip having opposite first and second ends, a light-entry surface disposed at the first end, a light-exit surface extending between the first and second ends, and first and second working surfaces disposed parallel to each other and extending between the first and second ends. One of the first and second working surfaces defines a light-scatter zone and includes a plurality of micro-scatter structures that are disposed within the light-scatter zone and that configure the light-scatter zone with a light-scattering ability that varies from the first end to the second end. The light-guide module also includes a reflecting element disposed to reflect light that exits from the light-guide strip via the first and second working surfaces back into the light-guide strip via the first and second working surfaces, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Sen TSAO, Kuo-Wen CHANG
  • Publication number: 20120063012
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes plastic-made first, second, third, and fourth lens elements arranged in the given order from an object side to an imaging side. The first lens element has a positive focusing power and is biconvex. The second lens element has a negative focusing power, is biconcave, and has an abbe number not greater than 30. The third lens element has a positive focusing power and has a convex imaging-side surface facing toward the imaging side. The fourth lens element has an imaging-side surface formed with a concave area in a vicinity of an optical axis of the fourth lens element. The imaging lens further includes an aperture stop disposed between the first and second lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: POCHE LEE, KUO-WEN CHANG, LONG-SHENG LIAO
  • Patent number: 8072695
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes plastic-made first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements arranged in the given order from an object side to an imaging side, each having object-side and imaging-side surfaces facing toward the object and imaging sides, respectively. The first lens element has a positive focusing power, and the object-side surface thereof is a convex surface. The second lens element has a negative focusing power, and the imaging-side surface thereof is a concave surface. The third lens element has a positive focusing power, and each of the imaging-side and object-side surfaces thereof is a convex surface. The fourth lens element is a meniscus lens, and the imaging-side surface thereof is a convex surface. The imaging-side surface of the fifth lens element has a concave area in a vicinity of an optical axis of the fifth lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Poche Lee, Kuo-Wen Chang, Long-Sheng Liao
  • Publication number: 20110157905
    Abstract: A light guide lens includes a front light-exit surface, a rear end surface formed with a recess, and an outer surrounding surface. The front light-exit surface is a convex surface disposed at an optical axis (Z). The rear end surface includes a curved surface portion that defines an innermost end of the recess, and that is a convex surface. The rear end surface further includes an inner surrounding surface portion that extends rearward from a periphery of the curved surface portion. The outer surrounding surface diverges forwardly along the optical axis (Z), and includes a first curved surface part and a second curved surface part. The first and second curved surface parts are disposed on opposite sides of an imaginary plane on which the optical axis (Z) is disposed, and are asymmetrical relative to each other with respect to the imaginary plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20090205699
    Abstract: This invention proposes one kind of solar-power collecting apparatus that utilizes different lens structure and double layers of solar panel modules to optimize the absorption of solar power within a limited space, and better protect the life of solar panels by avoiding overheats generated from overly focused sunlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Kuo-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20070024600
    Abstract: A pen-type optical mouse includes a pen-type mouse main body, a first and second printed circuit boards disposed on two sides of the interior of the main body and in a direction parallel to the central axis of the main body respectively, a light emitting element mounted on the printed circuit board, a sensor die mounted on the other side of the printed circuit board opposite to the side on which the light emitting element is mounted, and an imaging system for guiding light emitted from the light emitting element to be irradiated onto and reflected by a work surface and then guiding the reflected light so as to be imaged and incident on the sensor die. As the light emitting element and the sensor die are arranged on opposite sides of the same printed circuit board, light emitted from the light emitting element is prevented from being directly incident on the sensor die so as not to reduce the contrast of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Ming-Sen Tsao
  • Publication number: 20070024586
    Abstract: A pen like optical mouse includes a pen like mouse main body, a printed circuit board disposed in the main body in a direction parallel to a central axis of the main body, a light emitting element mounted on the first printed circuit board, a sensor die mounted on the second printed circuit board, and an imaging system for guiding light emitted from the light emitting element to be irradiated onto and reflected by a work surface and then guiding the reflected light so as to be imaged and incident on the sensor die. As the light emitting element and the sensor die are arranged on two separate printed circuit boards, light emitted from the light emitting element is prevented from being directly incident on the senor die so as not to reduce the contrast of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Ming-Sen Tsao
  • Patent number: 7167319
    Abstract: A stepwise variable zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group with a negative refractive power, a second lens group with a positive refractive power, a third lens group with a negative refractive power and a fourth lens group with a positive refractive power. Each of the first lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group is constructed from a single block. The first lens group and the fourth lens group are fixed. The second lens group and the third lens group are moveable to be selectively positioned at the wide-angle zoom position and the telephoto zoom position for zooming. The third lens group is finely adjustable for focusing when the object is positioned in different distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Ming-Sen Tsao
  • Patent number: 7145731
    Abstract: A stepwise variable zoom lens system for creating an image of a scene on an image sensor includes a first lens unit which has a positive refracting power, an aperture, a second lens unit which has a positive refracting power, and a third lens unit which has a negative refracting power. Each of the first, the second and the third lens units is constructed from a single block. The third lens unit is fixed. The first and the second lens units are selectively positioned in a first position and a second position, and the position is changed from one to the other by moving the first and the second lens units in opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Nucam Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo Wen Chang, Ming-Sen Tsao
  • Patent number: 7068443
    Abstract: A zoom mechanism of imaging lens module is disclosed which includes a first lens carrier defining an optical axis, a second lens carrier, a spring connecting with the two lens carriers, a guiding means, a rotary cylinder for holding the two lens carriers and a stationary cylinder for holding the rotary cylinder. The rotary cylinder defines two cam rims, each cam rim has a stem, a beginning rim, an end rim, a guiding rim connecting with the beginning rim and the end rim, wherein the beginning rim and the end rim are formed perpendicular to the optical axis and arranged to space a certain distance therebetween in circumferential direction and axial direction respectively. The spring and the rotary cylinder push the two cam rims to move along the guiding means. The stationary cylinder defines a leading slot which extends in circumferential direction and radial direction for the stem passing through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Nucam Corporation
    Inventors: Hui-Lun Hung, Kuo Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 7046453
    Abstract: A stepwise variable zoom lens system according to the present invention has, in order from an object side, a first lens group of negative refracting power, a second lens group of positive refracting power, and a third lens group of positive refracting power. The first and third lens groups are constructed from a single block. The second lens group includes a positive first lens unit and a negative second lens unit which is also constructed from a single block. The first and third lens groups are fixed, and the second lens group is movable to be selectively disposed in several discrete positions. The focal lengths of the lens groups satisfy the following relations: f 2 · ( 1 + z ) > - f 1 f 2 · ( 1 + 1 z ) > f 3 · f b f 3 - f b wherein f1, f2 and f3 denote the focal lengths of the first, second and third lens groups respectively, fb denotes the back focal length of the stepwise variable zoom lens system, and z denotes the zoom ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Nucam Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo Wen Chang, Ming-Sen Tsao
  • Patent number: 6781770
    Abstract: A zoom lens system comprises a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having positive refractive power. The first lens group includes a first lens unit having negative refractive power, which includes a negative lens and a negative lens having at least one aspherical surface, and a second lens unit including a positive lens. The second lens group includes an aperture element, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, which has a positive lens, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, which has a cemented positive lens including a positive lens and a negative lens, and a third lens unit having negative refractive power, which has a negative lens having at least one aspherical surface. The third lens group includes a positive lens plating with a multi-layer coating in the surface facing to the object side in order to cut off infrared rays and decrease the influence of infrared rays on image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Nucam Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo Wen Chang, Ming Liang