Patents by Inventor Ming-Lin Lee

Ming-Lin Lee 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: 20230176341
    Abstract: Wide angle lens for imaging objects disposed away from the optical axis towards the periphery of the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Maksim MAKEEV, Mark S. SCHNITTMAN, Xiaoyu MIAO, Ming-lin LEE, Cheng-Yi LAI, Chien-Hung CHOU
  • Patent number: 11442255
    Abstract: Wide angle lens for imaging objects disposed away from the optical axis towards the periphery of the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Owl Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Maksim Makeev, Mark S Schnittman, Xiaoyu Miao, Ming-lin Lee, Cheng-Yi Lai, Chien-Hung Chou
  • Publication number: 20200192069
    Abstract: Wide angle lens for imaging objects disposed away from the optical axis towards the periphery of the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Maksim MAKEEV, Mark S SCHNITTMAN, Xiaoyu MIAO, Ming-lin LEE, Cheng-Yi Lai, Chien-Hung CHOU
  • Patent number: 10509203
    Abstract: An image pickup lens comprises a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, from an object side to an image side. The image pickup lens has an optical axis. A portion of a surface of the first lens facing the object side and close to the axis is convex, a portion of a surface of the first lens facing the image side and close to the axis is concave. A portion of a surface of the fourth lens facing the object side and close to the axis is convex, a portion of a surface of the fourth lens facing the image side and close to the axis is convex. The image pickup lens has large field of view and small volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Lin Lee
  • Publication number: 20190302413
    Abstract: An optical lens of the present disclosure 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, a sixth lens element, an optical filter and an optical sensor. The first lens element, the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element each have positive power. The second lens element, the third lens element and the sixth lens element each have negative power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: CHUN-CHENG KO, MING-LIN LEE
  • Patent number: 10416416
    Abstract: An optical lens of the present disclosure 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, a sixth lens element, an optical filter and an optical sensor. The first lens element, the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element each have positive power. The second lens element, the third lens element and the sixth lens element each have negative power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Ko, Ming-Lin Lee
  • Patent number: 10234661
    Abstract: A wide-angle lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and an aperture arranged in that sequence from object side to image side. The first lens group as a whole has a positive refractive power, and includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. The first lens has a negative refractive power. The second lens has a negative refractive power. The third lens has a negative refractive power. The fourth lens has a positive refractive power. The second lens group as a whole has a positive refractive power, and includes a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens. The fifth lens has a positive refractive power. The sixth lens has a negative refractive power. The seventh lens has a positive refractive power. The eighth lens has a positive refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Lin Lee
  • Publication number: 20190056567
    Abstract: An image pickup lens comprises a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, from an object side to an image side. The image pickup lens has an optical axis. A portion of a surface of the first lens facing the object side and close to the axis is convex, a portion of a surface of the first lens facing the image side and close to the axis is concave. A portion of a surface of the fourth lens facing the object side and close to the axis is convex, a portion of a surface of the fourth lens facing the image side and close to the axis is convex. The image pickup lens has large field of view and small volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: MING-LIN LEE
  • Publication number: 20180348491
    Abstract: A wide-angle lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and an aperture arranged in that sequence from object side to image side. The first lens group as a whole has a positive refractive power, and includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. The first lens has a negative refractive power. The second lens has a negative refractive power. The third lens has a negative refractive power. The fourth lens has a positive refractive power. The second lens group as a whole has a positive refractive power, and includes a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens. The fifth lens has a positive refractive power. The sixth lens has a negative refractive power. The seventh lens has a positive refractive power. The eighth lens has a positive refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: MING-LIN LEE
  • Patent number: 10001630
    Abstract: A wide-angle lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power and an aperture. The first lens group, the aperture and the second lens group are arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens group includes five lens, and the second lens group includes four lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Ko, Ming-Lin Lee, Tsung-Heng Chang, Chia-Wen Lin
  • Publication number: 20160334609
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group, an aperture, and a second lens group. The first lens group has negative refractive power, and is composed of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, and a positive third lens. The third lens and the second lens are adhered together to form a negative doublet. The second lens group has positive refractive power, and is composed of a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, a positive sixth lens, a positive seventh lens, a negative eighth lens, and a positive ninth lens. The sixth lens and the fifth lens are adhered together to form a negative doublet. In addition, the first lens group can be moved between the object side and the aperture, while the second lens group can be moved between the aperture and the image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: MING-LIN LEE, CHIEN-HSIUNG TSENG
  • Patent number: 9354431
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a negative first lens group, an aperture, and a positive second lens group. The first lens group includes a negative first lens, a negative second lens, and a positive third lens. The second lens group includes a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, a negative sixth lens, and a positive seventh lens, wherein the fifth lens is formed by adhering a positive lens and a negative lens, and the sixth lens is a meniscus lens. The zoom lens can be switched toward a telephoto mode from a wide mode by moving the second lens group from the image side toward the object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: CALIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Lin Lee
  • Publication number: 20150378138
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a negative first lens group, an aperture, and a positive second lens group. The first lens group includes a negative first lens, a negative second lens, and a positive third lens. The second lens group includes a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, a negative sixth lens, and a positive seventh lens, wherein the fifth lens is formed by adhering a positive lens and a negative lens, and the sixth lens is a meniscus lens. The zoom lens can be switched toward a telephoto mode from a wide mode by moving the second lens group from the image side toward the object side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventor: Ming-Lin LEE
  • Publication number: 20150085189
    Abstract: A digital television (TV) including a display terminal, a TV chip and an image driving circuit is provided. The display terminal includes multiple adjacent rows of pixels. The TV chip includes a digital TV decoder, a data stream decoder, a scaler and a color space converting circuit. The digital TV decoder outputs a data stream according to an interlaced TV signal. The data stream decoder decodes the data stream to output an interlaced image. The scaler outputs a scaled image according to the interlaced image. The color space converting circuit outputs color pixel data according to the scaled image. The image driving circuit simultaneously turns on the rows of pixels, and writes the color pixel data into the rows of pixels to display a de-interlaced image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Ming-Lin LEE
  • Publication number: 20120069044
    Abstract: A dynamic gamma control method for an LCD is provided. The LCD displays a present frame by a plurality of gamma reference voltages and the present frame includes an R-pixel data sum, a G-pixel data sum and a B-pixel data sum which are obtained by respectively adding all R-pixel data, all G-pixel data and all B-pixel data of at least one pixel of the present frame. The method includes steps of: weighting the R-pixel data sum, the G-pixel data sum and the B-pixel data sum with a first, a second and a third parameters respectively and adding them up to obtain a gamma indication value, and choosing a suitable one from the plurality of gamma reference voltages to display the present frame thereby if the gamma indication value is equal to a gamma reference value formed by adding the first, the second and the third parameters up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Lin Lee, Feng-Ting Pai, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 7379004
    Abstract: An LCD driving circuit and method for increasing effective bit(s) of the source driver is disclosed. A reference voltage generator generates a group of compensated reference voltage levels that are interlaced with original reference voltage level of original reference voltage generator. One of the multiple groups of reference voltage levels is selected by one or more least significant bits (LSBs), and is then inputted to digital-to-Analog converter of the source driver under control of the one or more least significant bits (LSBs), thereby effectively and economically enhancing the gray levels of the display on the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Chin-Hung Hsu, Ming-Lin Lee, Chun-Chieh Chen, Nan-Ku Lu
  • Publication number: 20070236437
    Abstract: A dynamic gamma control method for an LCD is provided in the present invention. The LCD displays a present frame by a plurality of gamma reference voltages and the present frame includes an R-pixel data sum, a G-pixel data sum and a B-pixel data sum which are obtained by respectively adding all R-pixel data, all G-pixel data and all B-pixel data of at least one pixel of the present frame. The method includes steps of: weighting the R-pixel data sum, the G-pixel data sum and the B-pixel data sum with a first, a second and a third parameters respectively and adding them up to obtain a gamma indication value, and choosing a suitable one from the plurality of gamma reference voltages to display the present frame thereby if the gamma indication value is equal to a gamma reference value formed by adding the first, the second and the third parameters up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Hannstar display Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Lin Lee, Feng-Ting Pai, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20070176811
    Abstract: An LCD driving circuit and method for increasing effective bit(s) of the source driver is disclosed. A reference voltage generator generates a group of compensated reference voltage levels that are interlaced with original reference voltage level of original reference voltage generator. One of the multiple groups of reference voltage levels is selected by one or more least significant bits (LSBs), and is then inputted to digital-to-Analog converter of the source driver under control of the one or more least significant bits (LSBs), thereby effectively and economically enhancing the gray levels of the display on the LCD panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Chin-Hung Hsu, Ming-Lin Lee, Chun-Chieh Chen, Nan-Ku Lu