Optics Patents (Class 348/335)
  • Patent number: 12260518
    Abstract: A method for using a single-pixel camera to reconstruct images of objects obscured by fog or other dynamic scattering media. A pseudo-random phase or intensity pattern is imposed on illumination beams directed at a target. The beam with the imposed pattern forms a pseudo random pattern on the target. Information regarding the pattern imposed on each pulse is entered into a data processor/controller. The illumination beams with the pseudo random patterns are reflected off the target, collected by receiving optics and a bucket detector and converted into electronic signals fed into the data processor/controller. The data processor/controller applies a high-pass filter to remove slower signal variations produced by dynamic changes in the scattering medium over time. The filtered bucket values are then used together with their corresponding speckle patterns to generate the images using any appropriate reconstruction algorithm such as CGI or CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Mark Bashkansky, Samuel Park, John F. Reintjes
  • Patent number: 12250441
    Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is a camera module including a first bracket, a lens module accommodated in the first bracket, a second bracket disposed outside the first bracket, and a shaft disposed between the first bracket and the second bracket, wherein the second bracket includes a shaft seating groove in which the shaft is seated and which is open in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 12228974
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a supporting film, a flexible substrate, an integrated circuit unit, and a sensing structure. A least a portion of the flexible substrate and the integrated circuit unit respectively correspond to opposite sides of the supporting film. The sensing structure is electrically connected to the integrated circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12228710
    Abstract: An ultra-wide angle broadband polarization imaging system based on a metasurface, and a detection apparatus, the imaging system comprising a first lens (L1) having negative optical power, a linear polarizer (P1), a quarter wave plate (P2), a diaphragm (STO), a second lens (L2) having positive optical power, a third lens (L3) having positive optical power, and the metasurface (M), wherein an object side surface and an image side surface of the lens are planar or spherical; and the phase distribution required for the system in a broadband spectrum band is achieved by setting different rotation angles ? of a unit structure of the metasurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: THE INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xiangang Luo, Mingbo Pu, Ting Xie, Fei Zhang, Xiaoliang Ma
  • Patent number: 12223981
    Abstract: A record (100) may include a disk (102), an embedded electronic authentication tag (104), a cover (106) between the disk and the electronic authentication tag, and one or more record labels (108A, 108B). The disk, electronic authentication tag, and cover have a spindle hole (114) and a common centerline (116). The electronic authentication tag contains a unique identification code pointing to information regarding the record stored as a non-fungible token. This information may be used to verify the authenticity and ownership of the record. A puck used to create the disk may include segments of different colors so that, when the record is pressed the different segments produce a visual pattern unique to that record. A picture may be taken after pressing, recorded, recorded as part of the information in the non-fungible token, and later used to verify the authenticity of the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Citizen Digital Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Moore, Peter Schaper
  • Patent number: 12225277
    Abstract: An optical lens (1000) includes a first lens (110) and a second lens component (200). A central area of a first surface (112) of the first lens (110) protrudes to an object side to form a protrusion portion (111), and a top surface (113) of the protrusion portion (111) forms an optical area (113a), and a first structural area (115) surrounds the protrusion portion (111). The second lens component (200) includes a second lens barrel (220) and at least one second lens (210), and a top of the second lens barrel (220) is provided with an extension portion (221) extending inwards, so as to form a light inlet hole (222) of the second lens component (200). Moreover, the topmost second lens (210) has a third surface (211) located at the object side, and the third surface (211) includes an optical area (211a) at center, an inner structural area (211b) surrounding the optical area (211a), and an outer structural area (211c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhewen Mei, Haipeng Pei, Tanaka Takehiko
  • Patent number: 12216247
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an optical imaging lens assembly and a fingerprint identification device. The optical imaging lens assembly sequentially includes from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens with a negative refractive power; a second lens with a positive refractive power; and a third lens with a positive refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is a convex surface. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly and an Entrance Pupil Diameter (EPD) of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy f/EPD<1.5. FOV is a maximum field of view of the optical imaging lens assembly, and FOV satisfies 140°<FOV<160°. By above reasonable arrangement, at least one of beneficial effects of large field of view, small size, large aperture, high imaging quality and the like of the optical imaging lens assembly is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchao Jiang, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12196915
    Abstract: A meta lens assembly includes a first meta lens, a second meta lens arranged on an image side of the first meta lens, and a third meta lens arranged on an image side of the second meta lens, the first meta lens, the second meta lens, and the third meta lens being arranged from an object side of the meta lens assembly to an image side of the meta lens assembly facing an image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangeun Mun, Seunghoon Han, Seaum Kim, Hyunsung Park
  • Patent number: 12196928
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes at least two optical lens elements. At least one of the optical lens elements includes a long wavelength absorbing material, the optical lens element including the long wavelength absorbing material is made of a plastic material, and the long wavelength absorbing material is evenly mixed with the plastic material. At least one of the optical lens elements includes a long wavelength filter coating, the optical lens element including the long wavelength filter coating is made of a plastic material, and the long wavelength filter coating is arranged on an object-side surface or an image-side surface of the optical lens element. The long wavelength filter coating includes a plurality of high refractive index coating layers and a plurality of low refractive index coating layers, and the high refractive index coating layers and the low refractive index coating layers are stacked in alternations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Pang Chang, Pei-Chi Chang, Chun-Hung Teng
  • Patent number: 12197030
    Abstract: A lens set with an aligning structure includes a plurality of lenses. For two adjacent lenses, when one of these two lenses has a plurality of square accommodating spaces at its peripheral area, the other one has a plurality of triangular pillars with bottom surfaces that are right-angled triangles at its corresponding peripheral area. Each of the aforementioned triangular pillars is accommodated in each of the square accommodating spaces with an inclined surface facing each of the square accommodating spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., General Interface Solution Limited
    Inventor: Chih-Hsien Lien
  • Patent number: 12198642
    Abstract: An electronic device, having a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, is provided. The electronic device includes a light sensor, a first light-emitting element, and a second light-emitting element. The light sensor is disposed in the first region and is configured to receive a light signal. The first light-emitting element is disposed in the first region. The second light-emitting element is disposed in the second region. The first light-emitting element is driven by a first driving signal. The first driving signal has a first duty cycle. The second light-emitting element is driven by a second driving signal. The second driving signal has a second duty cycle. The first duty cycle has a first duty ratio. The second duty cycle has a second duty ratio. The first duty ratio is less than the second duty ratio. The electronic device provides a better light sensing function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chandra Lius, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12189209
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lens assembly, a camera module, and a method for assembling the same. An embodiment of the method for assembling a lens assembly includes: preparing a first lens subassembly and a second lens subassembly, the first lens subassembly including a first lens cylinder and a first lens, and the second lens subassembly including a second lens cylinder and a second lens; arranging the first lens subassembly on an optical axis of the second lens subassembly to form an imaging optical system comprising the first lens and the second lens; moving the first and the second lens subassemblies relatively along the optical axis, and matching an actually measured image plane of the optical system and a target plane; and connecting the first and the second lens subassemblies to fix a relative distance between the first and the second lens subassemblies along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Lifeng Yao, Nan Guo
  • Patent number: 12181636
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an optical imaging system, which includes: a lens group, sequentially including, from an object side to an image side along a first direction, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens with refractive power; a first prism, arranged on the object side of the lens group and configured to reflect light incident into the first prim along a second direction to be emergent from the first prism along the first direction; and a second prism, arranged on the image side of the lens group and configured to reflect light incident into the second prism along the first direction to be emergent from the second prism along a third direction, wherein the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to one another; at least one lens in the lens group is a plastic lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianke Wenren, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12177548
    Abstract: Provided are a hyperspectral sensor including a window, a first focusing part provided on a rear surface of the window and including a plurality of lenses, a first image sensor provided on a rear surface of the first focusing part and having a front surface parallel to the rear surface of the window, a first mirror spaced apart from the first focusing part and the first image sensor and having a front surface inclined with respect to the rear surface of the window, a first optical element spaced apart from the first mirror, a second optical element spaced apart from the first optical element and having a periodic refractive index distribution therein, a second focusing part spaced apart from the second optical element and including a plurality of lenses, and a second image sensor provided on a rear surface of the second focusing part, a hyperspectral imaging system including the hyperspectral sensor, and a hyperspectral imaging method using the hyperspectral imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Jung-Ho Song
  • Patent number: 12165502
    Abstract: A driving mechanism is provided, including a base, a movable unit, a magnetic element, and a driving assembly. The movable unit is movably disposed on the base. The magnetic element is disposed on the movable unit and has plastic material. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable unit to move relative to the base, wherein the driving assembly has a coil, and the magnetic element and the movable unit move relative to the base when an electrical current is applied to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Hsi Wang, Lien-Yu Huang, Yu-Chi Kuo, Xuan-Huan Su
  • Patent number: 12160651
    Abstract: An electronic device and a camera assembly are disclosed. The electronic device may include the camera assembly, which in turn may include a lens assembly having at least four lenses, an image sensor, and at least one reflective member that refracts or reflects incident light at least twice, wherein at least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of a first lens from an object side among the at least four lenses is formed as an aspherical surface, wherein the object-side surface and the image-side surface are formed to be convex, wherein various conditional equations stipulation relationships between back focal length (BFL), effective focal length (EFL) and field-of-view (FOV) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jungpa Seo
  • Patent number: 12160649
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processor; a first camera module comprising a camera including a first lens assembly having a first field of view (FOV) and a second camera module comprising a camera spaced apart a first camera module and including a second lens assembly having a second FOV narrower than the first FOV; wherein the first camera module includes an image sensor and a filter including a glass plate spaced apart the image sensor and disposed on the image sensor, and a layer disposed on the glass plate and configured to absorb a portion of infrared light among the light transmitted through the first lens assembly, wherein the processor is configured to obtain depth information about on the subject located within the second FOV based on data about the light passing through the filter, which is obtained through the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongrae Noh, Jiwoo Lee, Jaeyoung Roh, Seokgyu Ban, Dongjo Woo, Intae Jun
  • Patent number: 12140417
    Abstract: The techniques of this disclosure relate to actively selecting lenses for camera focus processes. Lenses to be used during camera assembly are chosen based on whether their pairing with a specific set of production components can satisfy focus performance criteria of end of line test. Test equipment may check the lenses by dry-fit aligning them to a particular set of production components. If minimum focus performance cannot be achieved, then a different set of lenses are used to with that set of production components to produce a final camera assembly. This way, because the lenses are actively selected during production to achieve satisfactory focus performance of the EOLT, each final camera assembly is more likely to pass the EOLT, thereby improving camera production output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Morgan Daniel Murphy, Ronald M. Taylor
  • Patent number: 12143699
    Abstract: A sensor module according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a sensor element, a first casing, a bracket, and a second casing. The first casing includes an opening end and accommodates therein the sensor element. The bracket fixes the first casing to an attachment target. The second casing includes a first surface that includes a first welding portion welded to the opening end, and a second surface that includes a second welding portion welded to the bracket, the second casing being fixed between the first casing and the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Hirofumi Owaki
  • Patent number: 12126886
    Abstract: A camera module includes first to third lens groups; a first mover configured to move the second lens group in the optical-axis direction; a second mover configured to move the third lens group in the optical-axis direction; a base accommodating the first mover and the second mover; a support ball disposed to be in rolling contact with the first mover, the second mover, and the base, the support ball supporting movement of the first mover and the second mover relative to the base; a driving magnet coupled to each of the first mover and the second mover; and a coil part coupled to the base, the coil part being disposed to face the driving magnet, and wherein an entirety of a surface of the driving magnet that faces the moving coil serves as a first pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Hyun Kang
  • Patent number: 12124016
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a reflective element. The first lens group is with refractive power. The second lens group is with positive refractive power. The third lens group is with positive refractive power. The fourth lens group is with refractive power. The reflective element includes a reflective surface. A light from an object sequentially passes through the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group to an image side along an axis. The reflective element is disposed between an object side and the image side along the axis. Intervals of the lens groups are changeable when the lens assembly zooms from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hsi-Ling Chang, Chien-Hung Chen, Ming-Huang Tseng, Guo-Yang Wu, Bo-Yan Chen
  • Patent number: 12120430
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a scattering assembly with a scattering medium positioned a first distance from an object to be imaged. The scattering medium includes a plurality of particles suspended in a suspension medium and at least one field source generating an electromagnetic field to manipulate an orientation, concentration, spatial distribution, and/or other properties of the plurality of particles. The imaging system further includes a detector including a plurality of detector elements positioned a second distance from the scattering medium and an image processing system configured to reconstruct an image of the object from an object image signal detected by the detector using object light scattered by the scattering medium and incident on the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Zhiwen Liu, Christine D. Keating, Cheng-Yu Wang, Jennifer R. Miller
  • Patent number: 12114065
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an intent command from a control device. The processor is configured to identify, based on the intent command, a first portion of an image captured by a first image capture device and to identify, using video analytics, a second portion of the image captured by the first image capture device. The second portion is included in an image captured by a second image capture device at a first time. The processor is configured to calculate an offset between the first portion and the second portion using the image captured by the first image capture device. The processor is configured to send a signal to adjust using the offset the second image capture device to capture an image including the first portion at a second time after the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: American Well Corporation
    Inventor: Ghafran Abbas
  • Patent number: 12105354
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, includes a first optical assembly, a second optical assembly, a third optical assembly, an aperture, a fourth optical assembly, and a fifth optical assembly, wherein one of the first optical assembly, the second optical assembly, the third optical assembly, the fourth optical assembly, and the fifth optical assembly is a compound lens formed by adhering at least two lenses, while the others are single lenses. The optical imaging lens satisfies 0.07>f56/F>0.015 in both visible spectrum and infrared spectrum, wherein F is a focal length of the optical imaging lens, and f56 is a focal length of the fifth optical assembly, thereby achieving the effect of high image quality and low distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CALIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Po-Nien Tsai
  • Patent number: 12085413
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus for mounting within an enclosure of a machine is described. The apparatus includes a measurement device and a protection means for protecting the measurement device from contaminants present within the machine enclosure. The protection means is switchable between at least a first mode that protects the measurement device from contaminants and a second mode that provides less protection of the measurement device from contaminants than the first mode. A contaminant sensor is used for sensing contamination within the machine enclosure and thereby determining when the protection means can adopt the second mode. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Jason Merrifield, Graham Richard Ferguson
  • Patent number: 12088904
    Abstract: Provided is a meta-optical device including a meta-lens including a plurality of nano-structures, a band pass filter configured to transmit light of predetermined wavelengths within an operation wavelength band of the meta-lens, and a spacer layer provided between the meta-lens and the band pass filter to support the plurality of nano-structures and to form a separation distance between the meta-lens and the band pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seunghoon Han, Hyunsung Park, Hyeonsoo Park, Bongyong Jang
  • Patent number: 12078785
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with the negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with the positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens having a flat object-side surface and a flat image-side surface that are aspheric, and a sixth lens with the negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Masaya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 12070185
    Abstract: An observation device and method its operation is disclosed. The device includes an instrument with a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; objective optics disposed at the shaft and having a field of view; an imaging sensor arranged to capture image data, the imaging sensor having a sensor array of evenly distributed elements; and an image processing unit. The objective optics is arranged to capture a scene in the field of view on the imaging sensor. The objective optics define at least a central imaging region and a peripheral imaging region, where the differing focal lengths of the objective optics result in the central imaging region having a higher digital resolution than that of the peripheral region, resulting in more pixels dedicated to the region of interest, while the peripheral regions have adequate resolution to monitor the introduction of surgical tools and other valuable information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO KG
    Inventors: Harald Baumann, Benjamin Häsler, Marcel Hofstetter, Hans-Georg Mathe
  • Patent number: 12069358
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, a camera module may comprise 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 arranged in order from a subject. The first lens may have positive (+) refractive power and include a 1-1th surface convex toward the subject. The seventh lens may include a 7-1th surface facing the subject and including at least one inflection point. The eighth lens may have negative (?) refractive power, include an 8-1th surface facing the subject and formed as an aspherical surface, and include an 8-2th surface opposite to the 8-1th surface, the 8-2th surface including at least one inflection point and is formed as an aspherical surface. Other various embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinseon Seo, Jungpa Seo
  • Patent number: 12069357
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens group, an image sensor, a reflective member, and a driving assembly. The lens group includes a plurality of lenses, the reflective member is configured to reflect, to the image sensor, light rays focused by at least one of the plurality of lenses, and the driving assembly is configured to drive the reflective member to move. An electronic device includes the camera module mounted on a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiyuan Tian, Guoliang Huo
  • Patent number: 12055693
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a camera module using a small reflective unit and an optical device for augmented reality using the same, and provides a camera module using a small reflective unit, the camera module including a lens unit configured such that one or more lenses are disposed therein and an image sensor configured to convert image light, incident through the lens unit, into an electrical signal and output the electrical signal, the camera module further including a reflective unit configured to transfer incident image light to the lens unit by reflecting the incident image light; wherein the reflective surface of the reflective unit is disposed to be inclined with respect to the optical axis of incident light in order to reflect incident image light to the lens unit, and acts as an aperture for the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventor: Jeong Hun Ha
  • Patent number: 12047685
    Abstract: To improve the frame rate in an imaging apparatus that carries out still image recording and moving image display simultaneously. A pixel array includes an arrangement of a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each include an internal memory. An exposure control unit carries out first exposure control in which captured data obtained by performing exposure to all the plurality of pixels together is retained in the internal memories of the pixels. The exposure control unit also carries out second exposure control in which captured data obtained by performing exposure to specific pixels of the plurality of pixels together is retained in the internal memories of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Kodama
  • Patent number: 12038622
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having refractive power, a third lens having refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, wherein the first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, and a reflective member having a plurality of reflective surfaces to reflect the light refracted by the fifth lens multiple times, wherein 3<BFL/TL<7 is satisfied, where BFL is a distance on an optical axis from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to an imaging plane, and TL is a distance on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the fifth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Huh, You Jin Jeong, Byung Hyun Kim, So Mi Yang
  • Patent number: 12034200
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a support structure configured to structurally support various system components. The system may also include a camera housing, affixed to the support structure, that houses optical components for a camera. The system may further include an antenna, at least a portion of which is disposed on the camera housing, as well as an antenna feed that electrically connects the antenna to a receiver or a transmitter. Various other apparatuses, methods of manufacturing, and wearable devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Umar Azad, Peter Eli Renner, Geng Ye, Bruno Cendon Martin, Yizhi Xiong, Honghong Peng, Timothy Lee Droz
  • Patent number: 12025813
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens module having lenses; a reflection module disposed on an object side of the lens module, and changing a path of light so that the light incident inside is directed toward the lens module; and an image sensor disposed on an image side of the lens module. The reflection module can be rotated about a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and an imaging plane of the image sensor includes a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Choi, Dong Hun Han, Sang Lae Kim
  • Patent number: 12013519
    Abstract: A camera module includes a first lens group; a first optical path folding unit; a second lens group; and a second optical path folding unit. The first lens group, the first optical path folding unit, the second lens group, and the second optical path folding unit are sequentially disposed from an object side of the first lens group toward an imaging plane of the camera module. The first optical path folding unit includes a first fixed reflective member and a first movable reflective member configured to vary a length of an optical path between the first lens group and the second lens group, and the second optical path folding unit includes a second fixed reflective member and a second movable reflective member configured to vary a length of an optical path between the second lens group and an imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Tae Yeon Lim, Phil Ho Jung, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 12003848
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus provided in a moving object to capture an image of an area behind the moving object includes an imaging circuit and an optical system. The imaging circuit outputs an image based on an optical image input to a light-receiving surface. The optical system inputs the optical image to the imaging circuit. The optical system forms a first region at a first magnification and a second region at a second magnification lower than the first magnification. The second region is formed around the first region. The imaging apparatus is installed in the moving object so that, on the light-receiving surface of the imaging circuit, an axis passing through a center of the first region and extending in a direction from which the optical system receives light is inclined toward an upper side of the moving object with respect to a backward direction of the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yano
  • Patent number: 12000992
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical imaging system and a camera device equipped with the optical imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sunny Optical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Saifeng Lv, Fujian Dai
  • Patent number: 11994744
    Abstract: 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 from an object-side surface of the first lens toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the conditional expression 11?TTL/IMG_HT is satisfied, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and IMG_HT is one-half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil Soo Shin, Yong Joo Jo, Il Yong Park, Hyo Jin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11991443
    Abstract: A first multiplier multiplies a correction value by an adjustment coefficient and generates an adjusted correction value, the correction value being read from the correction value table, and the adjustment coefficient being determined from a zoom magnification and a focus distance. A second multiplier multiplies the adjusted correction value by a cosine of an angle formed between a position of each target pixel and the center of the frame and generates a horizontal correction value that corrects the target pixel in a horizontal direction. A horizontal filter adds all multiplication results obtained by multiplying a plurality of pixels in a left-right direction with each target pixel as a center, by left-right asymmetric coefficients, generates a horizontal high-pass filter component, adds, to each target pixel, a horizontal correction component obtained by multiplying the horizontal high-pass filter component by the horizontal correction value, and corrects each target pixel in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Kobayashi, Masakazu Tateishi
  • Patent number: 11977022
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical inspection method acquires, for an image point imaged through separating light from an object point into beams of light in at least two different and independent wavelength ranges, a hue vector having, as independent axes, intensities of the beams of light in the at least two different and independent wavelength ranges. The method then acquires, from the hue vector, information regarding a ray direction of the light from the object point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 11978176
    Abstract: Multiple single lens distortion regions and one or more boundary regions may be determined within an image. Individual single lens distortion regions may have pixel displacement defined by a single lens distortion and individual boundary regions may have pixel displacement defined by a blend of at least two lens distortions. Multiple lens distortions may be simulated within the image by shifting pixels of the image input positions to output positions based on locations of pixels within a single lens distortion region and the corresponding single lens distortion or within a boundary region and a blend of corresponding lens distortions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: David Newman
  • Patent number: 11966030
    Abstract: The zoom lens consists of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a middle group, and a final group. During zooming, a spacing between the first lens group and the middle group changes, and a spacing between the middle group and the final group changes. During focusing, at least a part of the middle group moves, and the first lens group and the final group remain stationary with respect to an image plane. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions about a back focal length, a focal length, and a maximum half angle of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ryosuke Nagami
  • Patent number: 11962885
    Abstract: A fixing structure includes a first supporting disc, a second supporting disc, and an electronic connector. The first supporting disc defines a first through hole. The second supporting disc is movably connected to the first supporting disc. The second supporting disc defines a first receiving groove for receiving a voice coil motor having a lens. The second supporting disc further defines a second through hole passing through a bottom of the first receiving groove. The first through hole and the second through hole are coaxial. The electronic connector is disposed on the second supporting disc, and can be electrically connected to the voice coil motor and an external power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO.LTD.
    Inventors: Mei Cai, Yen-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11943523
    Abstract: An image sensor device includes an image sensor, a substrate including first and second pads spaced apart from each other, a first support member on which an optical filter is mounted, a second support member further adjacent to an outer edge of the substrate than the first support member, and an optical device on the optical filter and the image sensor, wherein the image sensor is electrically connected to the first pad, and wherein at least one of the first or second support members is electrically connected to the second pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Insang Song, Hyunjin Kang, Seunghak Lee
  • Patent number: 11940599
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a convex image-side surface, a second lens having a concave object-side surface, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens disposed sequentially from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies 4.8<f/IMG_HT<9.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is half a diagonal length of an imaging surface of an image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa Son, Jong Gi Lee, Hyo Jin Hwang, Sang Hyun Jang, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11934037
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera lens group including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having refractive power; a first prism having a first reflecting surface, and an angle between the first reflecting surface and the optical axis being 45°; a stop; a second lens having refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a second prism having a second reflecting surface, and an angle between the second reflecting surface and the optical axis being 45°; and a fifth lens having refractive power. A maximum field-of-view FOV of the camera lens group satisfies: FOV?80.0°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Li, Jianke Wenren, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11929313
    Abstract: A chip package structure, manufacturing method thereof, and module are described. In an embodiment, the chip package structure includes: a substrate, a wiring layer, a chip, and a second conductive bump, wherein, in an embodiment, the substrate includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, and the wiring layer is located on side of the substrate and includes metal wire, wherein at least part of a metal wire is in contact with the substrate in direction perpendicular to the substrate, and the metal wire overlaps with the second region, wherein the chip is located on side of the wiring layer facing away from the substrate, and the chip corresponds to the first region. In an embodiment, a first conductive bump is provided on side of the chip facing away from the substrate and is electrically connected to the metal wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingyu Wang, Kerui Xi, Xuhui Peng, Feng Qin, Jie Zhang
  • Patent number: 11909896
    Abstract: Hand-held devices combine smartphones and electronic binoculars. In “in-phone” embodiments, binocular functionality is integrated directly into the housing or body of a smartphone modified in accordance with the invention, whereas, in “in-case” embodiments, the binoculars are integrated into a case to receive a smartphone which may be of conventional design. In either case, components within the phone may be used for image manipulation, image storage, and/or sending and receiving/streaming stereoscopic/3D motion imagery. The objective lenses for the binoculars are preferably supported on or in one of the longer side edges of the phone or case, whereas the display magnifying eyepieces are preferably associated with the opposing longer side edge of the phone or case. As such, in use, a user holds the phone or case in a generally horizontal plane during use as binoculars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: John G. Posa
  • Patent number: 11899271
    Abstract: A lens actuating unit is provided. The lens actuating unit includes: a bobbin configured to accommodate a lens module at an inner side of the bobbin; a first coil unit disposed at the bobbin; a housing disposed at an outer side of the bobbin; and a magnet unit configured to move the first coil unit through electromagnetic interaction with the first coil unit, wherein the housing includes a hole formed by being recessed from an inner side to an outer side to accommodate the magnet unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hong Cho, Sang Hee Lee, In Jae Yeo, Jin Suk Han