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: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160154216
    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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-YU LIAO, HUNG-WEN LEE, YEONG-MING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160147043
    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: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu LIAO, Chen-Hung TSAI
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9310590
    Abstract: The invention discloses a five-piece lens assembly for capturing image. It includes a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface and a convex object-side surface. A second lens element has a concave image-side surface. At least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the first lens element and the second lens element is aspheric. An object-side surface and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspheric and have inflection points. A fourth lens element has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. A fifth lens element has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and both of the two surfaces are aspheric. The object-side surface of the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point and the image-side surface has at least two inflection points. The second through fifth lens elements have refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Kuo-Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 9310588
    Abstract: The invention discloses a six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-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 having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a second lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens element with refractive power; a fifth lens element having a convex image-side surface; and a sixth lens element having a concave image-side; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can reduce the sensitivity for use in compact cameras with camera functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Kuo-Yu Liao
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160062079
    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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu LIAO, Chen-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9217844
    Abstract: An imaging lens module includes first, second and third optical lenses that are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, and a constant-aperture diaphragm disposed between the first and second optical lenses. The first optical lens has a positive refractive power, and the second optical lens has a negative refractive power. The third optical lens has a positive refractive power and has an object-side surface and an image-side surface, At least one of which has at least an inflection point. The imaging lens module satisfies: 0.8TL/Dg1.1, in which, TL is a length from an imaging plane to the object-side surface of the first optical lens, and Dg is a length of a diagonal line of a maximum viewing angle on the imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuo-Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 9091838
    Abstract: A thin-type wide-angle imaging lens assembly comprises a fixing diaphragm and an optical set including five lenses. An arranging order from an object side to an image side is: a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and the fixing diaphragm disposed between an object and the third lens. At least one surface of the first, second, and third lenses is aspheric. At least one surface of the fourth and fifth lenses is aspheric. By the concatenation between the lenses and the adapted curvature radius, thickness, interval, refractivity, and Abbe numbers, the assembly attains a shorter height and a better optical aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuo-yu Liao
  • Publication number: 20150205072
    Abstract: The invention discloses a five-piece lens set for capturing images. The lens set comprises an aperture stop, an image-plane, and a five-piece optical lens for capturing images. The optical lens comprises a first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element having a concave image-side surface; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, and both the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are aspheric; a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; both the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are aspheric. Wherein, at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of the first lens element, the second lens element, and the fourth lens element are aspheric, and at least two of the aspheric surfaces have one inflection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: KUO-YU LIAO
  • Publication number: 20150185441
    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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: KUO-YU LIAO
  • Publication number: 20150146086
    Abstract: The invention discloses a six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-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 having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a second lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens element with refractive power; a fifth lens element having a convex image-side surface; and a sixth lens element having a concave image-side; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can reduce the sensitivity for use in compact cameras with camera functionalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Kuo-Yu LIAO
  • Publication number: 20150116847
    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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Kuo-Yu LIAO
  • Patent number: 9007700
    Abstract: A thin-type wide-angle imaging lens assembly comprises a fixing diaphragm and an optical set including four lenses. An arranging order from an object side to an image side is: a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; and the fixing diaphragm disposed between an object and the second lens. By the concatenation between the lenses and the adapted curvature radius, thickness/interval, refractivity, and Abbe numbers, the assembly attains a big diaphragm with ultra-wide-angle, a shorter height, and a better optical aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-yu Liao
  • Patent number: 9001437
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes first, second and third optical lenses that are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, and a constant-aperture diaphragm disposed between the second optical lens and the object side. Each of the first and second optical lenses has a positive refractive power near the optical axis. The third optical lens has a negative refractive power near the optical axis and has an object-side surface and an image-side surface, at least one of which has at least an inflection point. The imaging lens assembly satisfies: 0.55<f/Dg<0.85, in which, f is a focal length of the imaging lens assembly, and Dg is a length of a diagonal line of a maximum viewing angle in an imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Liao, Chen-Hung Tsai, Po-Jui Liao, Chao-Hsiang Yang