Patents by Inventor Yeong-Ming Chang
Yeong-Ming Chang 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).
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Publication number: 20210223510Abstract: A four-piece optical image capturing system is disclosed. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system along the optical axis includes 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 lenses are aspheric. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Publication number: 20210223511Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive power. The seventh lens has negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: YEONG-MING CHANG, Chien-Hsun LAI, Yao-Wei LIU
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Patent number: 11048058Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a carrier board, a circuit substrate disposed on the carrier board, and an image sensing component. The circuit substrate has a through hole and multiple circuit contacts. The image sensing component disposed on the carrier board is located in the through hole, and has a sensing surface and multiple image contacts. Each image contact is electrically connected to one of the circuit contacts via a signal transmission element. The lens assembly includes a fixed base, a movable base, and a lens group. The fixed base has a focusing hole and is disposed on the carrier board or the circuit substrate. The movable base is disposed in the focusing hole of the fixed base. The lens group includes at least two lenses having refractive power, and is disposed on a receiving hole of the movable base.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 11048065Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a circuit substrate, a sensor holder disposed on the circuit substrate, and an image sensing component connected to the circuit substrate and having a sensing surface and multiple image contacts. The circuit substrate has multiple circuit contacts. The image contacts are electrically connected to the circuit contacts. The lens assembly includes a lens base disposed on the sensor holder and a lens group. The lens base has a receiving hole penetrating through two ends of the lens base, thereby the lens base is hollow, and the receiving hole directly faces the image sensing component. The lens base is disposed on the circuit substrate, thereby the image sensing component is located in the receiving hole. The lens group includes at least two lenses, and is disposed on the lens base and is located in the receiving hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 11048066Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a circuit substrate having multiple circuit contacts, an image sensing component having multiple image contacts, and a sensor holder. The image contacts are electrically connected to the circuit contacts via signal transmission elements embedded in the sensor holder. The sensor holder covers the circuit contacts and the image contacts. The lens assembly includes a lens base disposed on the circuit substrate and a lens group. The lens base has a receiving hole penetrating through two ends thereof, thereby the lens base is hollow. The image sensing component is located in the receiving hole. The lens group including at least two lenses having refractive power is disposed on the lens base and is located in the receiving hole, thereby light could pass through the lens group and project onto a sensing surface of the image sensing component.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 11046249Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes a first transparent assembly, a second transparent assembly, an electro-optic medium layer, a transparent electrode, a reflective layer, a transparent conductive layer, an electrical connector, a control member, and an optical image capturing module. A gap is formed between the second transparent assembly and the first transparent assembly. The electro-optic medium layer is disposed in the gap. The transparent electrode is disposed between the first transparent assembly and the electro-optic medium layer. The electro-optic medium layer is disposed between the first transparent assembly and the at least one reflective layer. The transparent conductive layer is disposed between the electro-optic medium layer and the at least one reflective layer. The electrical connector is electrically connected to the electro-optic medium layer, and transmits an electrical energy to the electro-optic medium layer to change a transparency of the electro-optic medium layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 11003042Abstract: A switchable image capturing system is provided. Through modulating light by an electro-optical switch, the light intake received by the lens assembly and the image sensor may be changed. Specifically, when the electro-optical switch receives a positive voltage, the electro-optical switch obstructs the light so that the lens assembly and the image sensor are not able to image by receiving the light; when the electro-optical switch receives a negative voltage, the electro-optical switch allows the light to pass through so that the lens assembly and the image sensor is able to image by receiving the light. Through the configuration in the aforementioned statements, the image time of the image sensor may be controlled to interrupt or continue filming according to the user's needs.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 10960829Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes an environment detecting device including an image capturing module, a storage module, and an operation module. The image capturing module is disposed on a movable carrier for capturing an environment image around the movable carrier. The storage module stores a plurality of image models. A control method thereof includes that the operation module is electrically connected to the image capturing module and the storage module to detect whether the environment image has an image that matches at least one of the image models or not, and to generate a corresponding detection signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 10948692Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a circuit substrate, a sensor holder, and an image sensing component connected to the circuit substrate. The circuit substrate has multiple circuit contacts. The sensor holder is disposed on the circuit substrate and on the image sensing component. The image sensing component has a sensing surface and multiple image contacts. Each image contact is electrically connected to one of the circuit contacts via multiple signal transmission elements embedded in the sensor holder. The lens assembly includes a fixed base, a movable base, and a lens group. The movable base has a receiving hole and is disposed in the fixed base. The lens group includes at least two lenses and is disposed on the movable base and is located in the receiving hole, thereby light could pass through the lens group and project onto the image sensing component.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Publication number: 20210072515Abstract: A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are disclosed. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; a sixth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Publication number: 20210072501Abstract: A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are disclosed. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; a sixth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Publication number: 20210063692Abstract: 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 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 imagining quality for use in compact cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Publication number: 20210063691Abstract: The invention discloses a four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a four-piece optical module for capturing image. From an object side to an image side, the optical lenses along the optical axis comprises a first lens with 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 an 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 image quality for use in compact cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 10914924Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a carrier board, a circuit substrate and an image sensing component. The circuit substrate disposed on the carrier hoard has a hole and multiple circuit contacts. The image sensing component disposed on the carrier board is located in the hole, and has a sensing surface and multiple image contacts. Each image contact is electrically connected to circuit contacts via signal transmission elements. The lens assembly includes a lens group and a lens base disposed on the carrier board or the circuit substrate. The lens base has a receiving hole penetrating through two ends thereof, thereby the lens base is hollow. The image sensing component directly faces the receiving hole. The lens group includes at least two lenses having refractive power, and is disposed on the lens base and is located in the receiving hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 10911654Abstract: An optical imaging module utilizes electric conductors to reduce the overall thickness of an image sensor element. With the configuration of an auto lens assembly and a multi-lens frame, incident light passes through the auto lens assembly and is accurately focused on the image sensor element. Hereby, the image sensor element is thus fully imaged. Besides, the invention can ensure the image quality and prevent the element from deforming during encapsulation and causing the problems such as short circuit, and can reduce the size of the optical image capturing module.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 10901186Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a circuit substrate and an image sensing component located in a receiving hole. The circuit substrate has a plurality of circuit contacts. The image sensing component has a first surface facing the circuit substrate and having a plurality of image contacts and a second surface having a sensing surface. Each image contact is connected to one of the circuit contacts via a plurality of signal transmission elements. The lens assembly includes a lens base disposed on the circuit substrate and a lens group including at least two lenses having refractive power. The lens base is made of an opaque material and has the receiving hole penetrating through two ends thereof, thereby the lens base is hollow. The lens group is disposed on the lens base and is located in the receiving hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: ABILITY OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 10901204Abstract: An optical image capturing system is provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. At least one lens among the first lens to the fifth lens has positive refractive power. The sixth lens may have negative refractive power and an object side and an image side thereof are aspherical wherein at least one surface of the sixth lens has an inflection point. The optical image capturing system has six lenses with refractive power. When meeting some certain conditions, the optical image capturing system may have outstanding light-gathering ability and an adjustment ability about the optical path in order to elevate the image quality.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Publication number: 20210004019Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes an environmental detecting device, a control device, a state detecting device, and an automatically parking device. The environmental detecting device includes an image capturing module and an operation module. A parking controlling method thereof includes capture an environmental image around a movable carrier with the image capturing module; analyze whether the environmental image has a parking space with the operation module; detect a movement state of the movable carrier with the state detecting device; control the control device with the automatically parking device based on an analysis result of the operation module and the movement state of the movable carrier, thereby to move the movable carrier to the parking space, improving a convenience and a safety when parking the movable carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: YEONG-MING CHANG, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Publication number: 20200406874Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes a state detecting device, a braking device, an environmental detecting device and an emergency brake controlling device. The state detecting device detects a movement state of a movable carrier. The environmental detecting device includes at least one image capturing module and an operation module. The brake controlling method thereof includes receive the movement state detected by the state detecting device, and deriving an operating distance based on the movement state with the operation module; capture the environmental image with the image capturing module; determine whether there is an obstruction within the operating distance based on the environmental image; automatically actuate the braking device with the emergency brake controlling device when there is the obstruction within the operating distance in the environmental image, thereby to stop the movable carrier within the operating distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: D906913Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Yi-Chi Cheng, Tzu-Hsuan Wei, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu