Patents by Inventor Li-Te Kuo

Li-Te Kuo 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: 12706552
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a camera module which may include a piezoelectric motor. The piezoelectric motor includes a vibration exciter and a resonator. The resonator includes a main body portion and a push portion, the main body portion includes a first central axis, the main body portion is distributed on two sides of the first central axis, and the vibration exciter is fastened to the main body portion. The push portion is connected to the main body portion and distributed on the two sides of the first central axis, the push portion is of an asymmetrical structure with respect to the first central axis, and the push portion is configured to push, when excited by the vibration exciter, a driven member to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Fang, Jun Xie, Li-Te Kuo, Zengping Xing, Qianyan Fu
  • Publication number: 20260219510
    Abstract: A voice coil motor, a camera module, and an electronic device are provided. The voice coil motor is used in the camera module. The voice coil motor includes a support component (1), a transmission component (2), and a lubrication structure (3). The transmission component (2) moves relative to the support component (1). The lubrication structure (3) is disposed between the support component (1) and the transmission component (2). The lubrication structure (3) includes lubricating oil and a plurality of spherical particles dispersed in the lubricating oil. At least a part of the spherical particles have one side in contact with the support component (1) and another side in contact with the transmission component (2). Rolling friction is formed between the spherical particle and the transmission component (2) and between the spherical particle and the support component (1), to effectively reduce friction resistance, reduce steady-state power consumption of the motor, and also achieve a mute effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Te Kuo, Lei Lu, Qianyan Fu, Ruiming Ding, Jianzhao Mao, Ying Wei
  • Publication number: 20260196910
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a voice coil motor, an optical image stabilization assembly, a compact camera module, and an electronic device. One example voice coil motor includes a fastening portion, a first movable portion, a second movable portion, a first actuating portion, and a second actuating portion. The first actuating portion and the second actuating portion are respectively configured to drive the first movable portion and the second movable portion to rotate relative to the fastening portion in two mutually perpendicular directions. The first movable portion and the second movable portion limit a degree of freedom of the first movable portion through fit between an arc surface and a support groove, and/or the second movable portion and the fastening portion limit a degree of freedom of the second movable portion through fit between two fulcrum elements and two grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Lei LU, Li-Te KUO, Qianyan FU, Ruiming DING, Zhangcheng LI
  • Patent number: 12591118
    Abstract: An example electronic device is provided, including a housing, a lens cover, and a lens assembly disposed in the housing. The lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The lens assembly satisfies a conditional expression: 0.7<IH/(4*F #)<6, where IH is a total image height of the lens assembly, and F # is an F-number of the lens assembly. At least one lens that is in the lens assembly and that is close to the object side is configured to move along the optical axis. An equivalent focal length of the lens assembly is between 18 mm and 30 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaiyuan Zhang, Xiaofang Wang, Kai Chen, Ruiming Ding, Xiaoheng Ding, Sichen Long, Long Li, Yidong Gao, Li-Te Kuo, Haishui Ye, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20260029660
    Abstract: A periscope camera module includes an optical path steering element, a lens group, an imaging element, a first image stabilization component, and a second image stabilization component. The optical path steering element is configured to perform angle folding on incident light, and then perform imaging on the imaging element through the lens group. The first image stabilization component is connected to the optical path steering element, and is configured to drive the optical path steering element to rotate around the first axis, where the first axis is perpendicular to a plane formed by an input optical axis and an output optical axis of the optical path steering element. The second image stabilization component is flexibly connected to the imaging element, and is configured to drive the imaging element to move in an extension direction of the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan Yang, Rong Ren, Li Wang, Li-Te Kuo
  • Patent number: 12401297
    Abstract: This application relates to a drive assembly, a motor, and a terminal. The drive assembly includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes an excitation part, a vibration part, a first fixed part, and a pushing part. The vibration part is connected to the excitation part. The first fixed part is connected to the vibration part, and the vibration part is located between the excitation part and the first fixed part along a first direction L. The pushing part is connected to the vibration part and the rotor. The excitation part is capable of vibrating, and the excitation part is capable of driving the vibration part to act. Under limiting by the first fixed part, the vibration part is capable of vibrating at least along the first direction L and a second direction W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zengping Xing, Jun Wang, Li-Te Kuo
  • Patent number: 12368957
    Abstract: A camera module and an electronic device are provided. The camera module includes a lens assembly and an image stabilization assembly. The lens assembly includes a rigid flexible printed circuit board and a lens. The rigid flexible printed circuit board includes a rigid board part and a flexible board part led out from the rigid board part. The image stabilization assembly includes a movable part, a fastening part, and a connecting component. The movable part is fastened to the lens assembly, the fastening part is connected to the movable part by using the connecting component, and the movable part is configured to rotate relative to the fastening part by using the connecting component. A coordinate of a rotation center of the movable part in a Z-axis direction is close to or equal to a coordinate of the rigid board part in an optical axis of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Li-Te Kuo, Kuni Lee, Hongbo Luo
  • Patent number: 12342079
    Abstract: An image sensor anti-shake component includes a fixed component, a rotating component, a movable component, and a drive component. The fixed component includes a base, a cover, and a first circuit board. The rotating component includes a rotating platform, a second circuit board, and an image sensor. The movable component is connected to the fixed component and the rotating component such that the rotating component is axially fastened. When the drive component drives the rotating component to move, the rotating component can only rotate relative to the fixed component and cannot move. The drive component includes a coil and a permanent magnet that are in a one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chu-Peng Pao, Li-Te Kuo
  • Publication number: 20250199270
    Abstract: An example electronic device is provided, including a housing, a lens cover, and a lens assembly disposed in the housing. The lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The lens assembly satisfies a conditional expression: 0.7<IH/(4*F #)<6, where IH is a total image height of the lens assembly, and F # is an F-number of the lens assembly. At least one lens that is in the lens assembly and that is close to the object side is configured to move along the optical axis. An equivalent focal length of the lens assembly is between 18 mm and 30 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Kaiyuan ZHANG, Xiaofang WANG, Kai CHEN, Ruiming DING, Xiaoheng DING, Sichen LONG, Long LI, Yidong GAO, Li-Te KUO, Haishui YE, Wei WANG
  • Patent number: 12335588
    Abstract: A voice coil motor, a camera module, and an electronic device. The voice coil motor includes a motor housing, and a fixed assembly and a moving assembly that are disposed in the motor housing. The fixed assembly and the moving assembly are sequentially disposed in a direction from a light incident side to a backlight side at an interval. The moving assembly is connected to the fixed assembly by using suspension wires. The fixed assembly includes an annular fastening part and a magnetic element. The moving assembly includes an annular circuit board and a flexible mechanism. A coil group is disposed on one side that is of the annular circuit board and that is close to the annular fastening part. One side that is of the moving assembly and that faces the backlight side is configured to connect to an image sensor circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Te Kuo, Quanming Lv
  • Patent number: 12235568
    Abstract: This application discloses a linkage apparatus, a camera module, and an electronic device. The linkage apparatus is used in the camera module with continuous zooming, and includes a base, and a first carrier and a second carrier that are slidably connected to the base. A first positioning element is disposed on the base, a first sensing element and a second positioning element are disposed on the first carrier, and a second sensing element is disposed on the second carrier. The first sensing element is disposed opposite to the first positioning element, to detect a location of the first carrier relative to the base. The second sensing element is disposed opposite to the second positioning element, to detect a location of the second carrier relative to the first carrier. A movement relationship between the first carrier and the second carrier is set as an associated movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiapeng Dan, Li-Te Kuo, Lei Lu, Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 12219227
    Abstract: An optical image stabilization module and an electronic device. The optical image stabilization module includes a first bracket, a second bracket, and a third bracket that are nested in sequence from inside to outside, and an optical lens module fixed on the first bracket. A first connection assembly is arranged between the first bracket and the second bracket, to enable the first bracket and the second bracket to form a rotational connection about a first rotation axis. A second connection assembly is arranged between the second bracket and the third bracket, to enable the second bracket and the third bracket to form a rotational connection about a second rotation axis. The first rotation axis, the second rotation axis, and an optical axis of the camera are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Te Kuo, Kuni Lee, Hongbo Luo, Jianwen Wang
  • Publication number: 20240406528
    Abstract: An image sensor drive module includes a drive unit, a fixing base, and a movable base. The fixing base carries a fixing member of the drive unit. The movable base includes a bearing part, a fixing part, and a connecting part. The bearing part is configured to bear an image sensor and a movable member of the drive unit, the image sensor and the movable member are located at different regions on the bearing part. The fixing base includes a fixing platform and a fixing frame. The fixing base is provided with an opening on an opposite side of the fixing platform, and the opening is configured to mount the image sensor to the movable base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shusheng Peng, Li-Te Kuo, Quanming Lv
  • Patent number: 12132990
    Abstract: An image stabilization motor, a camera module, and an electronic device are disclosed. The image stabilization motor includes a lens carrier, a sensing component, a base, a bearing assembly, and a driving component. The lens carrier is configured to fasten a lens, the sensing component is fastened to the lens carrier, the bearing assembly is mounted on the base, the driving component is fastened to the base, and the driving component cooperates with the sensing component, so that the lens carrier can rotate around the bearing assembly. In the image stabilization motor, the camera module, and the electronic device, by disposing the bearing assembly, the lens carrier needs to overcome only friction force between the lens carrier and the bearing assembly in an entire rotation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Lu, Li-Te Kuo, Jiapeng Dan, Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 12061374
    Abstract: A camera assembly and a mobile terminal comprise an optical image stabilization motor with relatively large electromagnetic radiation, for example, a SMA motor. The SMA motor could be disposed on a lighting side of the lens assembly. Because an image sensor is located on an imaging side of the lens assembly, this can achieve a relatively long physical distance between the SMA motor and the image sensor, thereby reducing electromagnetic interference caused by the SMA motor to the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan Yang, Li-Te Kuo, Ming Zhou, Liang Li, Qianyan Fu
  • Patent number: 11930274
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of electronic technologies, and relates to a camera module, an anti-jitter component, and a terminal. The camera module includes an optical folding element, a lens group, and an image sensor that are sequentially arranged along an imaging light beam transmission direction. The camera module further includes a front-end anti-jitter component and a back-end anti-jitter component. The front-end anti-jitter component is connected to at least one of the optical folding element and the lens group. The back-end anti-jitter component is connected to the image sensor. The front-end anti-jitter component is configured to perform first jitter compensation on the imaging light beam and the back-end anti-jitter component is configured to perform second jitter compensation on the imaging light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Li-Te Kuo
  • Publication number: 20240007022
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a camera module which may include a piezoelectric motor. The piezoelectric motor includes a vibration exciter and a resonator. The resonator includes a main body portion and a push portion, the main body portion includes a first central axis, the main body portion is distributed on two sides of the first central axis, and the vibration exciter is fastened to the main body portion. The push portion is connected to the main body portion and distributed on the two sides of the first central axis, the push portion is of an asymmetrical structure with respect to the first central axis, and the push portion is configured to push, when excited by the vibration exciter, a driven member to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yan FANG, Jun XIE, Li-Te KUO, Zengping XING, Qianyan FU
  • Publication number: 20230283157
    Abstract: The technology of this application relates to a voice coil motor, a camera module, and an electronic device. The voice coil motor includes a base, a slide rail assembly, disposed in front and rear directions, a movable base, configured to carry a first lens and slidably disposed on the base through the slide rail assembly, and a first electromagnetic drive assembly and a second electromagnetic drive assembly, configured to supply driving force to the movable base, to drive the movable base to slide in the front and rear directions of the base. The first electromagnetic drive assembly and the second electromagnetic drive assembly are respectively disposed on two sides of the slide rail assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Li-Te KUO, Yushun WU, Zhuolin CAI
  • Publication number: 20230269474
    Abstract: An image sensor anti-shake component includes a fixed component, a rotating component, a movable component, and a drive component. The fixed component includes a base, a cover, and a first circuit board. The rotating component includes a rotating platform, a second circuit board, and an image sensor. The movable component is connected to the fixed component and the rotating component such that the rotating component is axially fastened. When the drive component drives the rotating component to move, the rotating component can only rotate relative to the fixed component and cannot move. The drive component includes a coil and a permanent magnet that are in a one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Chu-Peng Pao, Li-Te Kuo
  • Publication number: 20230198430
    Abstract: This application relates to a drive assembly, a motor, and a terminal. The drive assembly includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes an excitation part, a vibration part, a first fixed part, and a pushing part. The vibration part is connected to the excitation part. The first fixed part is connected to the vibration part, and the vibration part is located between the excitation part and the first fixed part along a first direction L. The pushing part is connected to the vibration part and the rotor. The excitation part is capable of vibrating, and the excitation part is capable of driving the vibration part to act. Under limiting by the first fixed part, the vibration part is capable of vibrating at least along the first direction L and a second direction W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Zengping XING, Jun WANG, Li-Te KUO