Patents by Inventor Ying-Hsiu Lin

Ying-Hsiu Lin 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: 20250004256
    Abstract: A fixed-focus imaging lens includes a first lens group, an aperture stop and a second lens group arranged in order from an object side to an image side of the fixed-focus imaging lens. A focal plane for visible light with a wavelength of 550 nm along an optical axis of the imaging lens is less than 0.01 mm. The fixed-focus imaging lens satisfies a condition of 45<LT/GD, where LT is a distance measured along the optical axis between two outermost lens surfaces with refractive powers at opposite ends of the imaging lens, and GD is a distance measured along the optical axis between the first lens group and the second lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventor: YING-HSIU LIN
  • Publication number: 20240345373
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group includes three lenses with refractive powers, where two of three lenses of the first lens group are aspheric lenses. The second lens group includes three lenses with refractive powers, where one of three lenses is an aspheric lens and other two lenses are paired to form a doublet lens. The imaging lens satisfies conditions of 3.0<LT/IMH<3.5 and 1.0<D1/LT<1.08, where IMH is a semi-diagonal image height of the imaging lens, D1 is a lens diameter of a lens closest to an object side of the imaging lens, and LT is a distance measured along an optical axis between two outermost lens surfaces with refractive powers at opposite ends of the imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: YING-HSIU LIN, CHIA-CHEN KUNG, CHING-LUNG LAI
  • Patent number: 11933945
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group has at least two lenses that include at least one aspheric lens, the second lens group has at least four lenses that includes at least one aspheric lens, and a total number of lenses with refractive powers in the optical lens is smaller than nine. The first and the second lens groups include a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens in order from the magnified side to the minified side. The first lens to the sixth lens have respective refractive powers of negative, negative, positive, positive, negative and positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: RAYS OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Lung Lai, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Chen-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 11808927
    Abstract: A lens assembly including 4˜7 lenses with a refractive power is provided. D1 is the diameter of a lens surface farthest away from the image plane of the lens assembly. DL is the diameter of a lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. LT is the length on an optical axis of the lens from the lens surface farthest away from the image plane of the lens assembly to the lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. The lens assembly satisfies the following conditions: (1) 6 mm<DL<20 mm, 1.5<LT/DL<2.4 and D1/DL>0.6 or (2) 6 mm<DL<20 mm, 1.25<LT/DL<1.7 and D1/DL>0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: RAYS OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu Lin, Hung-You Cheng, Kuo-Chuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20220382016
    Abstract: A four piece lens assembly with a low profile is provided. The lens assembly has a sufficient FOV for personal use and has a small Chief Ray Angle (CRA) allowing the use of a small CRA image sensor. A static lens system is disclosed and includes, in one embodiment, a lens assembly housing with an aperture stop followed by a lens assembly with first-fourth lens elements. The fourth lens element is the closest lens element to an imaging sensor. The four lens elements are all plastic. The first, second and fourth lens elements have a positive focal length. The third lens element has a negative focal length. Both lens surfaces of each of the lens elements are aspherical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ting Chia Hsu, Chang Chih Chen, Ying-Hsiu Lin
  • Publication number: 20220214523
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group has at least two lenses that include at least one aspheric lens, the second lens group has at least four lenses that includes at least one aspheric lens, and a total number of lenses with refractive powers in the optical lens is smaller than nine. The first and the second lens groups include a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens in order from the magnified side to the minified side. The first lens to the sixth lens have respective refractive powers of negative, negative, positive, positive, negative and positive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ching-Lung LAI, Ying-Hsiu LIN, Chen-Cheng LEE
  • Patent number: 11307383
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a first lens group, a second lens group and an aperture. The first lens group includes two lenses with refractive power. The second lens group with a positive refractive power includes at least two lenses with refractive power. The aperture is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. The lens assembly includes 5 to 8 lenses with refractive power. D1 is the diameter of the lens surface of the first lens group farthest from the second lens group. LT is the length on the optical axis of the lens from the lens surface farthest from the imaging plane of the lens assembly to the lens surface closest to the imaging plane of the lens assembly. IMH is the maximum imaging height of lens assembly on the imaging plane, wherein the lens assembly satisfies conditions: 3.5<LT/IMH<6, 0.65<D1/LT<0.98.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ray Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu Lin, Kuo-Chuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20210373286
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a cemented lens. The first lens is closest to a magnified side as compared with any other lens of the optical lens, one of the second lens and the third lens is a first aspheric lens, and the fourth lens is a second aspheric lens and disposed between the cemented lens and a minified side of the optical lens. The optical lens satisfies the condition: 1.0<D1/DL<4.0, where D1 denotes a lens diameter of the first lens and DL denotes a lens diameter of the fourth lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Ying-Hsiu LIN
  • Publication number: 20210373292
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a first cemented lens and aperture stop. The first lens is closest to a magnified side of the optical lens, one of the second lens and the third lens is a first aspheric lens, and the fourth lens is a second aspheric lens and disposed between the first cemented lens and a minified side of the optical lens. The optical lens has at most two plastic lenses, and the optical lens satisfies the condition of 3.5<D1/DL<5.5, where D1 denotes a lens diameter of the first lens and DL denotes a lens diameter of the fourth lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: YING-HSIU LIN, HUNG-YOU CHENG, CHIA-CHEN KUNG, CHEN-CHENG LEE, KUO-CHUAN WANG
  • Publication number: 20210215916
    Abstract: A lens assembly including 4˜7 lenses with a refractive power is provided. D1 is the diameter of a lens surface farthest away from the image plane of the lens assembly. DL is the diameter of a lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. LT is the length on an optical axis of the lens from the lens surface farthest away from the image plane of the lens assembly to the lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. The lens assembly satisfies the following conditions: (1) 6 mm<DL<20 mm, 1.5<LT/DL<2.4 and D1/DL>0.6 or (2) 6 mm<DL<20 mm, 1.25<LT/DL<1.7 and D1/DL>0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Rays Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu LIN, Hung-You CHENG, Kuo-Chuan WANG
  • Patent number: 10845571
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group arranged in order from a first side to a second side, and an aperture stop disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. The optical lens satisfies the condition of LT/IMH<4.7, where IMH is semi-diagonal image height on an image plane, and LT is a distance along an optical axis between a surface of a first lens of the first lens group facing the first side and a surface of a last lens of the second lens group facing the second side. The first lens is closest to the first side among the first lens group, and the last lens is closest to the second side among the second lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: RAYS OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu Lin, Ching-Sheng Chang, Chen-Cheng Lee, Kuo-Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10732383
    Abstract: An optical lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. The first lens group is arranged between a magnified side and a minified side. The first lens group includes three lenses. A surface of a second lens facing to the minified side is a convex aspherical surface. The second lens group includes three lenses. Each of the first lens group and the second lens group includes at least one aspherical lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Young Optics inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu Lin, Kuo-Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10712544
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a videoconferencing system that includes a lens housing having a longitudinal axis; a lens assembly disposed within the lens housing along the longitudinal axis and comprising from front to rear: first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens groups. The lens groups are aligned with and distributed along the longitudinal axis. The videoconferencing system also includes a first motor coupled to and configured to move the second lens group along the longitudinal axis between the first and third lens groups; and a second motor coupled to and configured to move the fourth lens group along the longitudinal axis between the third and fifth lens groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Hsu Ting Chia, Ying-Hsiu Lin
  • Publication number: 20200192062
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a first lens group, a second lens group and an aperture. The first lens group includes two lenses with refractive power. The second lens group with a positive refractive power includes at least two lenses with refractive power. The aperture is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. The lens assembly includes 5 to 8 lenses with refractive power. D1 is the diameter of the lens surface of the first lens group farthest from the second lens group. LT is the length on the optical axis of the lens from the lens surface farthest from the imaging plane of the lens assembly to the lens surface closest to the imaging plane of the lens assembly. IMH is the maximum imaging height of lens assembly on the imaging plane, wherein the lens assembly satisfies conditions: 3.5<LT/IMH<6, 0.65<D1/LT<0.98.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Rays Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu LIN, Kuo-Chuan WANG
  • Publication number: 20190384042
    Abstract: A lens assembly including 4˜7 lenses with a refractive power is provided. D1 is the diameter of a lens surface farthest away from the image plane of the lens assembly. DL is the diameter of a lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. LT is the length on an optical axis of the lens from the lens surface farthest away from the image plane of the lens assembly to the lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. The lens assembly satisfies the following conditions: (1) 6 mm<DL<20 mm, 1.5<LT/DL<2.4 and D1/DL>0.6 or (2) 6 mm<DL<20 mm, 1.25<LT/DL<1.7 and D1/DL>0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Rays Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu LIN, Hung-You CHENG, Kuo-Chuan WANG
  • Publication number: 20190377165
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a videoconferencing system that includes a lens housing having a longitudinal axis; a lens assembly disposed within the lens housing along the longitudinal axis and comprising from front to rear: first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens groups. The lens groups are aligned with and distributed along the longitudinal axis. The videoconferencing system also includes a first motor coupled to and configured to move the second lens group along the longitudinal axis between the first and third lens groups; and a second motor coupled to and configured to move the fourth lens group along the longitudinal axis between the third and fifth lens groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hsu Ting Chia, Ying-Hsiu Lin
  • Patent number: 10495847
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group and an aperture. The first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group are sequentially arranged in a direction. The aperture is located between the second lens group and the third lens group. When the zoom lens performs a zoom operation, the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed and the second lens group and the fourth lens group are moved, and a moving distance of the fourth lens group on an optical axis of the zoom lens is less than 5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu Lin, Yu-Hung Chou, Bing-Ju Chiang
  • Publication number: 20190278055
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group arranged in order from a first side to a second side, and an aperture stop disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. The optical lens satisfies the condition of LT/IMH<4.7, where IMH is semi-diagonal image height on an image plane, and LT is a distance along an optical axis between a surface of a first lens of the first lens group facing the first side and a surface of a last lens of the second lens group facing the second side. The first lens is closest to the first side among the first lens group, and the last lens is closest to the second side among the second lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: YING-HSIU LIN, CHING-SHENG CHANG, CHEN-CHENG LEE, KUO-CHUAN WANG
  • Publication number: 20190086635
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group and an aperture. The first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group are sequentially arranged in a direction. The aperture is located between the second lens group and the third lens group. When the zoom lens performs a zoom operation, the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed and the second lens group and the fourth lens group are moved, and a moving distance of the fourth lens group on an optical axis of the zoom lens is less than 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: YING-HSIU LIN, YU-HUNG CHOU, BING-JU CHIANG
  • Patent number: 9971132
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from a magnified side to a minified side, a first lens group, an aperture stop, and a second lens group. The second lens group has at least one aspheric surface. The zoom lens satisfies the conditions: 0.1<Ic/TTLw<0.15 and TTLw/EFLw?10, where Ic denotes a radius of an image circle, TTLw denotes a total track length of the zoom lens in the wide configuration, and EFLw denotes an effective focal length of the zoom lens in the wide configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu Lin, Kuo-Chuan Wang