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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Patent number: 12216337Abstract: 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 a conditional expression 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 a conditional expression 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, Jae Hyun Baik, Yong Joo Jo
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Publication number: 20250035893Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface. The second lens has negative refractive power. The third lens has negative refractive power. The fourth lens has negative refractive power and an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The fifth lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Youn LEE, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20250035895Abstract: A camera module includes a lens module including a plurality of lenses having refractive power, a first optical path folding unit disposed on the object side of the lens module and configured to refract or reflect incident light in an optical axis direction of the lens module. Among the lenses constituting the lens module, an effective radius of a lens closest to the first optical path folding unit may have substantially the same size as an effective radius of an exit surface of the first optical path folding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Hyun KIM, So Mi YANG, Jae Hyuk HUH, Yong Joo JO
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Patent number: 12210215Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju Hwa Son, Min Hyuk Im, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
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Patent number: 12210214Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Yong Joo Jo
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Publication number: 20250028155Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens, sequentially arranged from an object side optical imaging system, and a refractive index of at least one of the lenses is 1.67 or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung Hui KO, Ju Hwa SON, Yong Joo JO
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Patent number: 12197038Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 18, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Hwa Jung, Tae Youn Lee, Yong Joo Jo
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Publication number: 20250013017Abstract: 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 arranged along an optical axis from an object side toward an image side. The fifth lens has a positive refractive power, a focal length of the fifth lens is smaller than an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and ?0.38?R10/f??0.32, where R10 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fifth lens and f is the overall focal length of the optical imaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju Hwa SON, In Gun KIM, Yong Joo JO, Ju Sung PARK
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Publication number: 20250013011Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens, a third lens having a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, and a seventh lens having a convex object-side surface. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, and TTL/IMH<1.2 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane, and IMH is a height of the image plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kum Ho KIM, Su Hyeok LEE, Yong Joo JO, Tae Yeon LIM
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Patent number: 12189092Abstract: 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)<2.0 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: 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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Publication number: 20240427120Abstract: An optical imaging system 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 0.5<L1234TRavg/L7TR<0.9, where L1234TRavg is an average value of overall outer diameters of the first to fourth lenses, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L1234TRavg and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Il Yong PARK, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
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Publication number: 20240427121Abstract: An optical imaging system 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 0.5<L1234TRavg/L7TR<0.9, where L1234TRavg is an average value of overall outer diameters of the first to fourth lenses, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L1234TRavg and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Il Yong PARK, Dong Shin YANG, Yong Joo JO, Ga Young AN
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Patent number: 12174353Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially disposed from the first lens to the fifth lens from an object-side of the imaging system to an image-side of the imaging system and each having refractive power. The fourth lens has a convex object-side surface and an expression 0.7<TL/f<1.0 is satisfied, where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane, and f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Jin Hwa Jung, Yong Joo Jo
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Patent number: 12174457Abstract: An image capturing lens system includes 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, a fifth lens having refractive power, a sixth lens having refractive power, a seventh lens having positive refractive power, and an eighth lens having refractive power. The first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side. The first lens and the fourth lens are formed of a glass material. The second lens, the third lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, the seventh lens, and the eighth lens are formed of a plastic material.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyuk Joo Kim, Hwan Soo Park, Yong Joo Jo
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Publication number: 20240418966Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis, and a reflection member disposed to be closer to an object than all of the plurality of lenses and having a reflection surface configured to change a path of light. The plurality of lenses are spaced apart from each other by preset distances along the optical axis, and the condition 0.8<TTL/ft<1.1 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of a lens closest to the object among the plurality of lenses to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and ft is an overall focal length of an optical system including the plurality of lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Youn LEE, Jin Hwa JUNG, Yong Joo JO
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Patent number: 12164094Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having refractive power, a second lens including a first reflective region formed on an object-side surface of the second lens, a third lens having a second reflective region formed on an image-side surface of the third lens, and a fourth lens having refractive power.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Yong Joo Jo
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Publication number: 20240402471Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, sequentially arranged from an object side, wherein the first lens group includes two lenses having negative and positive refractive power, the second lens group includes a plurality of lenses, and the third lens group includes two lenses having negative and positive refractive power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hag Chul KIM, Phil Ho JUNG, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20240402468Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens, sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging plane. The optical imaging system satisfies the expression BFL/f<0.15, where BFL represents a distance from an image-side surface of the eighth lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor and f represents an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Hwa JUNG, Yong Joo JO
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Publication number: 20240393568Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially disposed from an object side. The third lens and the sixth lens have positive refractive power, and an f-number (F No.) of the optical imaging system is 1.7 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju Hwa SON, Ki Jin NAM, Ju Sung PARK, Yong Joo JO
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Patent number: 12147013Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface. The second lens has negative refractive power. The third lens has negative refractive power. The fourth lens has negative refractive power and an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The fifth lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Yong Joo Jo