Patents by Inventor Lifeng YAO

Lifeng YAO 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: 20250240527
    Abstract: Disclosed are a driving device and an assembling method therefor, and a camera module. The driving device comprises a fixed portion having an accommodating cavity, an elastic member disposed in the accommodating cavity, a movable portion movably suspended in the accommodating cavity through the elastic member, and a driving portion for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. In the driving device, respective portions of the elastic member thereof are arranged in a specific manner to avoid unexpected movement of a driven object in the process of driving the acted object to move, so as to reduce the tilt tolerance of the driving device and improve the accuracy of assembling the camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bojie ZHAO, Lifeng YAO
  • Patent number: 12316941
    Abstract: A periscopic camera module, including: a first reflective element including a first reflective surface and used to reflect incident light and make the incident light longitudinally turn; an optical lens used to receive the light reflected by the first reflective element and output an imageable light beam to an image space; a second reflective element including at least one second reflective surface and adapted to make the imageable light beam transversely turn at least once; and a photosensitive chip adapted to receive the transversely turned imageable light beam, wherein at least one of all optical surfaces of the first reflective element and the second reflective element is provided with a light blocking structure, and the light blocking structure is arranged at an edge region of the at least one optical surface; and the optical surface includes a reflective surface, an incident surface, or an exit surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bojie Zhao, Lifeng Yao, Dongli Yuan, Sisi Yu, Zhen Huang
  • Publication number: 20250147271
    Abstract: Disclosed are a reflection driving mechanism and a camera module. The reflection driving mechanism drives the reflective element of the camera module to rotate through a compact structural arrangement to achieve optical image stabilization of the camera module. Furthermore, the reflective stabilization mechanism has a relatively small size, which is conducive to the miniaturization of the camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bojie ZHAO, Lifeng YAO
  • Publication number: 20250025100
    Abstract: A heat consumption estimation method includes: obtaining the heart rate of a target user at a current moment; determining motion state feature information of the target user at the current moment, where the motion state feature information is configured to represent whether the target user is in a motion steady-state stage or a motion recovery stage at the current moment; and determining, according to the motion state feature information and the heart rate at the current moment, total heat consumption information of the target user in a motion process, where the motion process includes a process from a motion starting moment to the current moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Te PI, Lifeng YAO, Guosong GAO, Sanbao LI
  • Patent number: 12189202
    Abstract: Disclosed are a split lens assembly and a camera module. The split lens assembly comprises a first lens module and a second lens module. The first lens module is assembled to the second lens module. The first lens module and the second lens module are calibrated and assembled. A spacing that facilitates calibration is located between the first lens module and the second lens module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Chunmei Liu, Shoujie Wang, Nan Guo, Lifeng Yao, Liang Ding
  • Patent number: 12189209
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lens assembly, a camera module, and a method for assembling the same. An embodiment of the method for assembling a lens assembly includes: preparing a first lens subassembly and a second lens subassembly, the first lens subassembly including a first lens cylinder and a first lens, and the second lens subassembly including a second lens cylinder and a second lens; arranging the first lens subassembly on an optical axis of the second lens subassembly to form an imaging optical system comprising the first lens and the second lens; moving the first and the second lens subassemblies relatively along the optical axis, and matching an actually measured image plane of the optical system and a target plane; and connecting the first and the second lens subassemblies to fix a relative distance between the first and the second lens subassemblies along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Lifeng Yao, Nan Guo
  • Patent number: 12007585
    Abstract: A terminal device having a camera module having an optical camera lens is provided. The optical camera lens includes: a lens barrel having an axis and a lens barrel side face surrounding the axis, wherein the lens barrel side face includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side and a lens sheet set mounted in the lens barrel and including a plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses include at least one free-form lens, and the at least one free-form lens is adapted to deflect incident light toward the second side, so that an imaging plane of an optical system composed of the plurality of lens sheets is deflected toward the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Lifeng Yao, Zhenyu Chen
  • Patent number: 11997374
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a camera module with liquid lens and an image plane correction method thereof, wherein the camera module with liquid lens includes a photosensitive assembly, a lens assembly and a correction lens, and the lens assembly includes a liquid lens with adjustable focal power, the liquid lens is held in a photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly, and the correction lens is held in the photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly, and the correction lens is located between the liquid lens and the photosensitive assembly, the correction lens and the liquid lens of the lens assembly cooperate with each other to compensate for aberrations, so as to correct the aberration of the optical system of the camera module with liquid lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Lifeng Yao, Zhenyu Chen, Enlai Xiang, Qianyou Huang
  • Patent number: 11785325
    Abstract: A camera module and an electronic device having the same, and a method for manufacturing the camera module, wherein the fixed-focus camera module comprises a circuit board; a photosensitive element, which is conductively connected to the circuit board; a molded base, wherein the molded base is integrally molded on the circuit board and the photosensitive element, and the molded base forms a light window, so as to provide a light passage for the photosensitive chip through the light window; and an optical lens, wherein the optical lens is supported on the molded base and corresponds to the light window formed by the molded base, wherein the circuit board comprises a circuit board substrate and at least one electronic component, wherein the at least one electronic component is electrically connected to the circuit board substrate, wherein the circuit board substrate has a blank side, and wherein the blank side of the circuit board substrate is free of the at least one electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Bojie Zhao, Zhewen Mei, Nan Guo, Lifeng Yao, Zhenyu Chen
  • Patent number: 11714250
    Abstract: Disclosed is a welding structure (20) for an optical module (300) and an application thereof, wherein the optical module (300) comprises at least a first module assembly and at least a second module assembly, the welding structure (20) comprises at least a first welding part (21) and at least a second welding part (22), wherein the welding part (21) is provided on the first module assembly and the second welding part (22) is provided on the second module assembly, and after the first welding part (21) is welded to the second welding part (22), the first module assembly and the second module assembly are fixed relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lifeng Yao, Shuijia Chu, Chunmei Liu, Chunqi Yan, Wangzhen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230207588
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive module (21), adapted to a camera module, comprising a photosensitive element (211), a light transmitting element (212) and an isolation adhesive layer (213), wherein the photosensitive element has a photosensitive region and a non-photosensitive region, the light transmitting element is arranged in a photosensitive path of the photosensitive element, and wherein the isolation adhesive layer is arranged in the non-photosensitive region and supports the light transmitting element, and the isolation adhesive layer is formed by means of photolithography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Takehiko TANAKA, Lifeng YAO, Zhen HUANG, Nan GUO, Xiaodi LIU, Zhenyu CHEN
  • Patent number: 11575844
    Abstract: A multi-aperture imaging system and application thereof are provided. The multi-aperture imaging system includes a long-focal length camera module, a mid-focal length camera module and a wide-angle camera module. The long-focal length camera module has a field of view-FOV3. The mid-focal length camera module has a field of view-FOV2. The wide-angle camera module has a field of view-FOV1. They satisfy the condition of FOV1>FOV2>FOV3. Besides, a portion of the field of view area of FOV1 is covered by a portion of the field of view area of FOV2, while a portion of the field of view area of FOV2 is covered by a portion of the field of view area of FOV3, so as to enable a better zooming performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinli Fang, Mingzhu Wang, Lifeng Yao, Zhenyu Chen, Ang Ji, Yurong Wu
  • Publication number: 20220357567
    Abstract: Provided is a periscopic camera module, which includes a first reflective element mounted on a first base, an optical lens mounted on a second substrate, a second reflective element mounted on a third substrate, and a photosensitive chip mounted on a fourth substrate. Particularly, the first reflective element is used to reflect the incident light to make it longitudinally turned; the optical lens is used to receive the reflected light which is longitudinally turned and output an imageable light beam; the second reflective element is a second prism, which is adapted to laterally turn the imageable light beam at least once and has a reflecting surface located on a side surface of the second prism; and the photosensitive chip is adapted to receive the imageable light beam laterally turned by the second reflective element. Also provided is a corresponding electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bojie ZHAO, Lifeng YAO, Dongli YUAN, Sisi YU, Zhen HUANG
  • Patent number: 11457135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera unit with a light steering mechanism and application thereof, wherein the camera unit includes a long-focal-length camera module and a wide-angle camera module, wherein the wide-angle camera module provides a wide-angle image, and a ratio between an equivalent focal length of the long-focal-length camera module and an equivalent focal length of the wide-angle camera module is not less than 4, wherein the long-focal-length camera module includes a light steering mechanism, a long-focal-length lens and a long-focal-length photosensitive assembly, wherein the light steering mechanism is used for turning the light to pass through the long-focal-length lens to be received by the long-focal-length photosensitive assembly, wherein a height dimension of the long-focal-length camera module does not exceed 5.6 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Yinli Fang, Lifeng Yao, Ang Ji, Yurong Wu
  • Publication number: 20220299728
    Abstract: An optical lens (1000), comprising a first lens element (110) and a second lens component (200). The first lens element (110) has a first surface (112) located on an object side and a second surface (117) located on an image side, wherein a central region of the first surface (112) protrudes toward the object side to form a protruding portion (111), a top surface (113) of the protruding portion (111) forms an optical area (113a), the first surface (112) further has a first structured area (115) surrounding the protruding portion (111), and a side surface (114) connects the optical area (113a) and the first structured area (115). The second lens component (200) comprises a second lens barrel (220) and at least one second lens element (210) mounted inside the second lens barrel (220), and the at least one second lens element (210) and the first lens element (110) together constitute an imageable optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Lifeng YAO, Qi RONG, Zhewen MEI, Meishan GUO, Dongli YUAN, Haipeng PEI, Jun WANG
  • Publication number: 20220294945
    Abstract: Disclosed is a periscopic camera module, including: a first reflective element including a first reflective surface and used to reflect incident light and make the incident light longitudinally turn; an optical lens used to receive the light reflected by the first reflective element and output an imageable light beam to an image space; a second reflective element including at least one second reflective surface and adapted to make the imageable light beam transversely turn at least once; and a photosensitive chip adapted to receive the transversely turned imageable light beam, wherein at least one of all optical surfaces of the first reflective element and the second reflective element is provided with a light blocking structure, and the light blocking structure is arranged at an edge region of the at least one optical surface; and the optical surface includes a reflective surface, an incident surface, or an eixt surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bojie ZHAO, Lifeng YAO, Dongli YUAN, Sisi YU, Zhen HUANG
  • Publication number: 20220003900
    Abstract: An optical camera lens, a camera module, a terminal device, and assembling methods for the optical camera lens and the camera module, the optical camera lens comprising: a lens barrel (10) having an axis (11) and a lens barrel side face (12) surrounding the axis (11), the lens barrel side face (12) comprising a first side (12a) and a second side (12b) opposite to the first side (12a); and a lens sheet set (20) mounted in the lens barrel (10) and comprising a plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses comprise at least one free-form lens (21), and the at least one free-form lens (21) is adapted to deflect incident light toward the second side (12b), so that an imaging plane (24) of an optical system composed of the plurality of lens sheets is deflected toward the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Lifeng YAO, Zhenyu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210364735
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lens assembly, a camera module, and a method for assembling the same. An embodiment of the method for assembling a lens assembly includes: preparing a first lens subassembly and a second lens subassembly, the first lens subassembly including a first lens cylinder and a first lens, and the second lens subassembly including a second lens cylinder and a second lens; arranging the first lens subassembly on an optical axis of the second lens subassembly to form an imaging optical system comprising the first lens and the second lens; moving the first and the second lens subassemblies relatively along the optical axis, and matching an actually measured image plane of the optical system and a target plane; and connecting the first and the second lens subassemblies to fix a relative distance between the first and the second lens subassemblies along the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Lifeng YAO, Nan GUO
  • Publication number: 20210329151
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a camera module with liquid lens and an image plane correction method thereof, wherein the camera module with liquid lens includes a photosensitive assembly, a lens assembly and a correction lens, and the lens assembly includes a liquid lens with adjustable focal power, the liquid lens is held in a photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly, and the correction lens is held in the photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly, and the correction lens is located between the liquid lens and the photosensitive assembly, the correction lens and the liquid lens of the lens assembly cooperate with each other to compensate for aberrations, so as to correct the aberration of the optical system of the camera module with liquid lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Lifeng YAO, Zhenyu CHEN, Enlai XIANG, Qianyou HUANG
  • Publication number: 20210281723
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera unit with a light steering mechanism and application thereof, wherein the camera unit includes a long-focal-length camera module and a wide-angle camera module, wherein the wide-angle camera module provides a wide-angle image, and a ratio between an equivalent focal length of the long-focal-length camera module and an equivalent focal length of the wide-angle camera module is not less than 4, wherein the long-focal-length camera module includes a light steering mechanism, a long-focal-length lens and a long-focal-length photosensitive assembly, wherein the light steering mechanism is used for turning the light to pass through the long-focal-length lens to be received by the long-focal-length photosensitive assembly, wherein a height dimension of the long-focal-length camera module does not exceed 5.6 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Yinli FANG, Lifeng YAO, Ang JI, Yurong WU