Patents by Inventor Lin-Yao Liao

Lin-Yao 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: 20170357079
    Abstract: A imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Lin-Yao LIAO, Hsin-Hsuan HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170315334
    Abstract: An optical image system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Chun-Che Hsueh, Chien-Shun Wu, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20170293108
    Abstract: This invention provides an optical lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having positive refractive power; a third lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; and a fourth lens element having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, the image-side surface thereof having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof; wherein the optical lens assembly has a total of four lens elements. With such configuration, the optical lens assembly of the present disclosure is characterized by a reduced size and a wide field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: LIN-YAO LIAO, HSIN-HSUAN HUANG, SHU-YUN YANG
  • Patent number: 9784945
    Abstract: This invention provides an optical lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having positive refractive power; a third lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; and a fourth lens element having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, the image-side surface thereof having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof; wherein the optical lens assembly has a total of four lens elements. With such configuration, the optical lens assembly of the present disclosure is characterized by a reduced size and a wide field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Shu-Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 9753249
    Abstract: A imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9733455
    Abstract: An optical image lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave. The second lens element has an object-side surface being convex. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave and an image-side surface being concave and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20170219802
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface being convex and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Chun-Yen CHEN, Lin-Yao LIAO, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170123188
    Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power, and an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power, and an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface, and the object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Publication number: 20170115470
    Abstract: A imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Lin-Yao LIAO, Hsin-Hsuan HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170090160
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power, and an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof are aspheric, and at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof has at least one inflection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9606325
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power, and an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof are aspheric, and at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof has at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9581789
    Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power, and an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power, and an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface, and the object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9557535
    Abstract: A photographing optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein the image-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises at least one convex shape thereon, and two surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9557534
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof, and both two surfaces thereof are aspheric. The first through sixth lens element are all single and non-cemented lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9507126
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in paraxial region. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface are both aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface are both aspheric, and the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chi Tang, Lin-Yao Liao, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20160327772
    Abstract: An optical image lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The second lens element, the third lens element, and the fourth lens element have refractive power. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power is made of plastic, and has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power is made of plastic, and has a concave image-side surface, wherein the image-side surface thereof changes from concave at a paraxial region to convex at a peripheral region, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Lin-Yao LIAO, Tsung-Han TSAI, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Patent number: 9488807
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface thereof has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20160320589
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an imaging lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric; a fourth lens element with refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric; and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, which are both aspheric. The imaging lens system is further provided with an aperture stop, and there is no lens element with refractive power disposed between the aperture stop and the first lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: LIN-YAO LIAO, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9435983
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from object side to image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The third and fourth lens elements have refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Tung-Yi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9435985
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The second lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The third lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being concave and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface thereof has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Wei-Yu Chen