Patents by Inventor Yong-Joo Jo
Yong-Joo Jo 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: 20250147285Abstract: There are provided a subminiature optical system having a miniature size and capable of obtaining a narrow view angle using only five sheets of lenses, and a portable device having the same. The subminiature optical system includes a first lens convex toward the object side and having positive refractive power, a second lens concave toward an image side and having negative refractive power, a third lens convex toward the object side and having positive refractive power, a fourth lens concave toward the image plane and having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens convex toward the image plane and having negative or positive refractive power, sequentially from an object side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Joo JO, Young Suk KANG
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Publication number: 20250147287Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens which has refractive power, a second lens which has refractive power, a third lens which has a convex object-side surface, and an inflection point is formed on an image-side surface thereof, a fourth lens which has refractive power, a fifth lens which has a convex object-side surface, and a sixth lens which has refractive power and an inflection point is formed on an image-side surface thereof, and wherein the first to sixth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung Hui KO, Ju Hwa SON, Ju Sung PARK, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250147286Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens includes a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The second lens includes a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens includes a concave object-side surface. The fourth lens includes a concave object-side surface. The fifth lens includes a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250147275Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a first lens having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having a convex object-side surface; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a convex image-side surface; and a fifth lens having a refractive power, wherein the first to fifth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane, wherein a focal length of the second lens is within a range of ?10 mm to ?7.0 mm, and wherein 1.0<TTL/f<1.2, where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and f is a focal length of the lens imaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Joo JO, Hag Chul KIM, Hyo Jin HWANG
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Publication number: 20250147284Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein LfS2el/L1S1el?0.65 and 0.05<T1/TTL<0.1 are satisfied, where LfS2el is a maximum effective radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lens, L1S1el is a maximum effective radius of an object-side surface of the first lens, T1 is a thickness of the first lens along the optical axis, and TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Joo JO, Jae Hyuk HUH, Young Suk KANG
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Publication number: 20250147288Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having negative refractive power, a fifth lens having positive refractive power, a sixth lens having a convex image-side surface, and a seventh lens, disposed sequentially from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies ?5.0<f2/f<?2.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system and f2 is a focal length of the second lens. An F No. of the optical imaging system is less than 1.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Il Yong PARK, In Do SEO, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250147276Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group having a first group of lenses. A foremost lens of the first group of lenses is a lens closest to an object side and has a positive refractive power. The optical imaging system also includes a second lens group having a second group of lenses. A rearmost lens of the second group of lenses is a lens closest to an imaging plane and has convex surfaces. The first and second lens groups are sequentially disposed from the object side to an imaging plane. An expression TL/f1<2.0 is satisfied, where TL represents a distance from an object-side surface of the foremost lens to the imaging plane and f1 represents a focal length of the foremost lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Youn LEE, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250147277Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system; and a spacer disposed between the sixth and seventh lenses, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5<S6d/f<1.4, where S6d is an inner diameter of the spacer, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and S6d and f are expressed in a same unit of measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Phil Ho JUNG, In Gun KIM, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
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Publication number: 20250147279Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging surface of an image sensor, wherein f/f2+f/f3<?0.4 is satisfied, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, f2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens, and TTL/(2*IMG HT)<0.69 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface of the image sensor, and IMG HT is one half of a diagonal length of the imaging surface of the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hyuk HUH, Jae Hyun BAIK, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250138280Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system. The lenses are separated from each other by respective air gaps along the optical axis between the lenses. The lenses include a first lens closest to the object side of the optical imaging system. The conditional expressions 1.5 mm<Gmax, TL<12.0 mm, and 0.15<R1/f are satisfied, where Gmax is a maximum air gap along the optical axis among all of the air gaps, TL is a length of the optical imaging system along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, R1 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens, and f is a focal length of the optical imaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2025Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Hyuk JANG, Byung Hyun KIM, Jae Hyuk HUH, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250138286Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group including a reflective member and one or two lenses disposed in front of the reflective member; and a second lens group disposed behind the reflective member and including a plurality of lenses. The one or two lenses included in the first lens group have a positive refractive power overall, an image-side surface of a lens disposed closest to the reflective member among the one or two lenses included in the first lens group is concave, the reflective member includes an incident surface, a reflection surface, and an exit surface, and 0.25?D12P/DR?1.0 is satisfied, where D12P is a distance on an optical axis from the image-side surface of the lens disposed closest to the reflective member to the incident surface, and DR is a distance on the optical axis from the incident surface to the reflection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Joo JO, Tae Yeon LIM, Byung Hyun KIM
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Publication number: 20250130401Abstract: An optical imaging system is provided. The optical imaging system includes a first lens group including at least one lens disposed toward a first optical axis; a second lens group including at least one lens disposed in a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis direction; and a prism disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group and configured to convert a path of incident light from the first optical axis direction to the second optical axis direction, wherein the conditional expression 0.200?D1/OAL2?0.500 is satisfied, wherein D1 is a maximum effective diameter of the first lens group, and OAL2 is a distance on a second optical axis from a reflective surface of the prism to an imaging plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seong Il CHO, You Jin JEONG, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250130397Abstract: An optical imaging system includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth lenses each having a refractive power. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and are the only lenses having a refractive power in the optical imaging system. A radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fourth lens at the optical axis is greater than a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens at the optical axis and a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens at the optical axis. A thickness of the third lens is greater than a distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to the object-side surface of the fourth lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Youn LEE, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250123462Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 1<|f123457?f|/f, where f123457 is a composite focal length of the first to seventh lenses calculated with an index of refraction of the sixth lens set to 1.0, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and f123457 and f are expressed in a same unit of measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju Hwa SON, Min Hyuk IM, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
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Publication number: 20250102767Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave; and a sixth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave, wherein the first lens through the sixth lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane, and the optical imaging system satisfies the conditional expressions 0.7<TL/f<1.0 and TL/2<f1, where TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Hwa JUNG, Tae Youn LEE, Yong Joo JO
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Patent number: 12259533Abstract: A lens, wherein a first profile in a first direction intersecting an optical axis and a second profile in a second direction intersecting the optical axis are different from each other, and a length of the first profile in the first direction is different from a length of the second profile in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, Yong Joo Jo, Young Suk Kang, Phil Ho Jung
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Patent number: 12259530Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the first to seventh lenses are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis, and the optical imaging system satisfies 0.4<L1TR/L7TR<1.9, where L1TR is an overall outer diameter of the first lens, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L1TR and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Eun Chong Lee, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
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Publication number: 20250085511Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group including a first lens and a second lens, a second lens group including a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, and a third lens group including a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are arranged in order from an object side, at least one of the first lens group to the third lens group is moved on an optical axis to change a distance between the first lens group to the third lens group, and the following conditional expression is satisfied: 0.2 < BFL / ( 2 * IMG ? HT ) < 2. where BFL is a distance on the optical axis from an image-side surface of the seventh lens to an imaging surface of an image sensor, and IMG HT is half a diagonal length of the imaging surface of the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju Hwa SON, Hyo Jin HWANG, Yong Joo JO, Sang Hyun JANG, Jong Gi LEE
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Patent number: 12248125Abstract: An optical system includes: a first lens having refractive power; a second lens having refractive power; a third lens having refractive power and comprising an image-side surface which is convex in a paraxial region; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power and comprising an image-side surface which is concave in the paraxial region; a sixth lens having refractive power; and a stop disposed in front of an object-side surface of the first lens. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side. A radius of the stop SD and an overall focal length of the optical system f satisfy: 0.2<SD/f<0.6. An aberration improvement effect and high degrees of resolution and brightness may be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong Joo Jo
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Publication number: 20250076618Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a first lens group, an optical path conversion element, and a second lens group arranged in order from an object side. An optical axis of the second lens group is disposed eccentrically in a direction with respect to a geometric optical axis of the optical path conversion element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Yeon LIM, Byung Hyun KIM, Gil Hun LEE, Young Suk KANG, Yong Joo JO, Young Su JIN, Han Na JANG