Patents by Inventor Kuo Yu Liao

Kuo Yu Liao 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: 20180024319
    Abstract: A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: CHIEN-HSUN LAI, KUO-YU LIAO, YAO-WEI LIU, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180024321
    Abstract: A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: CHIEN-HSUN LAI, KUO-YU LIAO, YAO-WEI LIU, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180024317
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system is provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun LAI, Kuo-Yu LIAO, Yao-Wei LIU, Yeong-Ming CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180024318
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system is provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun LAI, Kuo-Yu LIAO, Yao-Wei LIU, Yeong-Ming CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180017760
    Abstract: A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: CHIEN-HSUN LAI, KUO-YU LIAO, YAO-WEI LIU, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180017761
    Abstract: A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: CHIEN-HSUN LAI, KUO-YU LIAO, YAO-WEI LIU, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Patent number: 9784944
    Abstract: A three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-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; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Liao, Yao-Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9729771
    Abstract: A three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-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; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Liao, Yao-Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • 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: 20170102518
    Abstract: A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a four-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with positive refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four 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 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: PO-JUI LIAO, HUNG-WEN LEE, YING JUNG CHEN, BO GUANG JHANG, KUO-YU LIAO, YAO WEI LIU, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170102517
    Abstract: A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a four-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with positive refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four 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 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Po-Jui Liao, Hung-Wen Lee, Ying Jung Chen, Bo Guang Jhang, Kuo-Yu Liao, Yao Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9599790
    Abstract: The invention discloses a four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a four-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and wherein at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements is aspheric whereby the optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Liao, Hung-Wen Lee, Yao-Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9581786
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes first, second, third and fourth optical lens elements that are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first optical lens element and at least one of the second, third and fourth optical lens elements have positive refractive powers near the optical axis. At least one of object-side and image-side surfaces of at least one of the second to fourth optical lens elements is aspheric. The imaging lens assembly satisfies the following optical conditions: 0.7?|f/f1|?1.0, and HFOV?35 deg, in which, f and f1 represent focal lengths of the imaging lens assembly and the first optical lens element, respectively, and HFOV stands for half field-of-view of the imaging lens assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Liao, Chen-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9563036
    Abstract: The invention discloses a four-piece optical lens and a four-piece optical module for capturing an image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Liao, Hung-Wen Lee, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9547155
    Abstract: The invention discloses a seven-piece optical lens for capturing image and a seven-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens element; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element with positive refractive power; a fifth lens element; a sixth lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side; and a seventh lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side, and the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, and the fifth lens element have refractive power, and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of the second lens element, the sixth lens element, and the seventh lens element are aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Kuo-Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 9477067
    Abstract: A five-piece lens set for capturing images, which includes a fixed aperture stop and an optical lens set, is disclosed. The optical lens set includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth lens elements. The first lens element has negative refractive power adjacent to optical axis and a concave image side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power adjacent to optical axis. The third lens element has positive refractive power adjacent to optical axis, both convex image side and object side surface. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power adjacent to optical axis and a convex object side surface. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power adjacent to optical axis and a convex image side surface. There is an interval between the image side surface of the fourth lens element and the object side surface of the fifth lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO.LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Liao, Chen-Hung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20160161711
    Abstract: A three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-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; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-YU LIAO, YAO-WEI LIU, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160161710
    Abstract: A three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-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; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. 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: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-YU LIAO, YAO-WEI LIU, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160161707
    Abstract: The invention discloses a four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a four-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and wherein at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements is aspheric whereby the optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-YU LIAO, HUNG-WEN LEE, YAO-WEI LIU, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Patent number: 9360657
    Abstract: An imaging lens module includes first, second, third and fourth optical lens elements that are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis and that respectively have positive, positive, negative and negative refractive powers, and a fixed aperture stop that is disposed between the object side and the second optical lens element. The fourth optical lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface that has a concave surface segment near the optical axis. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth optical lens element has at least an inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Yu Liao