Patents by Inventor Yongfeng Lai

Yongfeng Lai 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).

  • Patent number: 11372207
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a seventh lens element. A periphery region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave, a periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave, the fourth lens element has negative refracting power, an optical-axis region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave, an optical-axis region of the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex and an optical-axis region of the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave. EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the seventh lens element to an image plane, AAG is a sum of six air gaps and T1 is a thickness of the first lens element to satisfy EFL/BFL?4.800 and AAG/T1?2.000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Yongfeng Lai, Jianpeng Li
  • Publication number: 20220196980
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises nine lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens may be provided with reduced f number and increased image height, along with good imaging quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongfeng LAI, Maozong LIN, Run HU
  • Publication number: 20220196977
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens, sequentially including a first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth lens elements along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, is provided. Each of the first to ninth lens elements includes an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through, and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The first lens element has positive refracting power, and a periphery region of the image-side surface is concave. An optical axis region of the object-side surface of the second lens element is convex. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the ninth lens element is concave. Lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the nine lens elements, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: V1+V2?80.000 and V3+V7?50.000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Lai, Maozong Lin, Jia-Sin Jhang
  • Publication number: 20220179172
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens is provided. The optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. Each of the first lens element to the eighth lens element comprises an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The second lens element has negative refracting power. The fifth lens element has positive refracting power. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is convex. Lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the eight lens elements described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Lai, JianPeng Li
  • Publication number: 20220179176
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises eight lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens may be provided with shortened system length, enlarged aperture, and increased image height and resolution, along with good imaging quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongfeng LAI, Citian YOU
  • Patent number: 11347027
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a fifth lens element from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave, a periphery region of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave, an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex, and a periphery region of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex. EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens and TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane along the optical axis to satisfy 1.1?EFL/TTL?1.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Yanxuan Yin, Yongfeng Lai
  • Publication number: 20220163769
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a seventh lens element, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The periphery region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave, the second lens element has negative refracting power, the periphery region of the image-side surface of the third lens element is convex, the fourth lens element has negative refracting power, the sixth lens element has positive refracting power, and the optical axis region of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave. Lens element of the optical imaging lens are only the seven lens elements described above to satisfy the following conditions (G56+T6)/(G12+T2)?3.500 and v6+v7?100.000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yongfeng Lai, Yanbin Chen
  • Publication number: 20220082792
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens may comprise six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may shorten the system length and enlarge the view angle and aperture size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Chen, Yongfeng Lai, Ruyou Tang
  • Publication number: 20220003971
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a seventh lens element. An optical-axis region of the object-side surface of the second lens element is convex, a periphery region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is concave, an optical-axis region of the image-side surface of the third lens element is convex, a periphery region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave, a periphery region of the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave, the lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only the seven lens elements described above, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: (T2+T6)/T7?2.200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Ruyou Tang, Yongfeng Lai
  • Patent number: 11215792
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens may comprise six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may shorten the system length and enlarge the view angle and aperture size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Chen, Yongfeng Lai, Ruyou Tang
  • Publication number: 20210278631
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens, including first to sixth lens elements sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, is provided. Each lens element includes an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The optical imaging lens satisfies: (T3+G34)/T4?1.900 and (HFOV×ImgH)/EFL?50.000°, where T3 and T4 are thicknesses of the third and fourth lens elements along the optical axis, G34 is an air gap from the third lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis, HFOV is a half field of view of the optical imaging lens, ImgH is an image height of the optical imaging lens, and EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Lai, Citian You, Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 11099360
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a seventh lens element. A periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is convex, a periphery region of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave, an optical-axis region of the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave, the seventh lens element has negative refracting power and an optical-axis region of the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave, and the lens elements having refracting power included by the optical imaging lens are only the seven lens elements described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Ruyou Tang, Yongfeng Lai
  • Publication number: 20210199924
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling convex or concave shape of surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may present a great angle of view with smaller surface area of the front side of the optical imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Yongfeng Lai, Baina Chen
  • Publication number: 20210149162
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens may include a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element positioned in an order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. Through designing concave and/or convex surface of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens may have improved imaging quality, enlarged aperture stop and reduced optical imaging lens length while the optical imaging lens may satisfy D11t61*Fno/ImgH?1.200 and 110?V2+V3+V4+V5?145, wherein a distance from an object side surface of the first lens element to an object side surface of the sixth lens element along the optical axis is represented by D11t61, a f-number of the optical imaging lens is represented by Fno, an image height of the optical imaging lens is represented by ImgH, and Abbe numbers of the second to fifth lens elements are represented by V2, V3, V4, V5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: JIA-SIN JHANG, MAOZONG LIN, FENG LI, YONGFENG LAI
  • Publication number: 20210109316
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a seventh lens element. A periphery region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave, a periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave, the fourth lens element has negative refracting power, an optical-axis region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave, an optical-axis region of the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex and an optical-axis region of the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave. EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the seventh lens element to an image plane, AAG is a sum of six air gaps and Ti is a thickness of the first lens element to satisfy EFL/BFL?4.800 and AAG/T1?2.000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Yongfeng Lai, Jianpeng Li
  • Patent number: 10901178
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis is provided. Each lens element includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface. A periphery region of an image-side surface of the first lens element is convex, an optical axis region of an image-side surface of the second lens element is convex, and a periphery region of an object-side surface of the third lens element is convex. An optical axis region of an object-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex, and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Chen, Yanbin Chen, Yongfeng Lai
  • Patent number: 10830996
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens may comprise six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may shorten system length and enlarge view angle and aperture size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Yongfeng Lai, Lihua Lei
  • Publication number: 20200285025
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a fifth lens element from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave, a periphery region of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave, an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex, and a periphery region of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex. EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens and TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane along the optical axis to satisfy 1.1?EFL/TTL?1.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Yanxuan Yin, Yongfeng Lai
  • Patent number: 10761298
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens may comprise a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth and a seventh lens elements sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, and each of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lens elements may have an object-side surface facing toward the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The optical imaging lens may comprise no other lens elements having refracting power beyond the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lens elements. Through designing concave and/or convex surfaces of the four lens elements, the optical imaging lens may provide improved imaging quality and optical characteristics while the total length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ta-Cheng Fan, Yongfeng Lai, Lihua Lei
  • Publication number: 20200209550
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis is provided. Each lens element includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface. A periphery region of an image-side surface of the first lens element is convex, an optical axis region of an image-side surface of the second lens element is convex, and a periphery region of an object-side surface of the third lens element is convex. An optical axis region of an object-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex, and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Chen, Yanbin Chen, Yongfeng Lai