By Movable Refractive Structure Patents (Class 359/557)
  • Patent number: 12287525
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed part, a movable part, a driving assembly, and a damping element. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part. The movable part holds an optical element with an optical axis. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The damping element inhibits shake generated by the movable part. The fixed part includes a fixed part recess corresponding to the damping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventor: Yi Liang Chan
  • Patent number: 12267575
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a driving device comprising: a second guide part; a first guide part disposed in the second guide part; an optical unit disposed in the first guide part; a first driving part disposed in the optical unit; and a second driving part disposed opposite to the first driving part, wherein the first guide part comprises: a first fixing part coupled to the second guide part; a first moving part connected to the optical unit; and a first connection part for connecting the first fixing part to the first moving part, and the optical unit is tilted about the first connection part by the first moving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Won Kim, Chan Joong Kim, Hyun Gyu Roh
  • Patent number: 12259636
    Abstract: A camera module including a first camera module and a second camera module including a second side that faces a first side of the first camera module, wherein the first camera module includes a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; and a magnet arranged at a side of the housing and facing the coil, wherein the magnet is disposed biased toward a center line of the side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Guk Lee, Seong Min Lee, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 12248240
    Abstract: A camera module includes a movable portion including a lens barrel, an accommodating portion configured to receive the movable portion, and a driving unit configured to drive the movable portion, comprising a driving magnet integrated with the movable portion. A cross-sectional area of the driving magnet decreases as a distance thereof from an optical axis increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Lee, Myung Jae Park
  • Patent number: 12241724
    Abstract: An omnidirectional optronic system includes two axes of rotation, a carrier axis and a carried axis, that are perpendicular to each other, for an aircraft targeting pod, having an imaging channel and a laser channel, the laser channel at the point of injection at the entrance of the system and the imaging channel being concentric with the carrier axis, then split and emitted out in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Grégoire Mechain, Bertrand Forestier, Bruno Bustin, Pascal Rousseau
  • Patent number: 12237746
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device which includes: a substrate; a housing; a bobbin; a sensing coil; a first magnet; a second magnet; a third magnet; a dummy member; a first coil that includes a first coil unit and a second coil unit; and a first position sensor that is disposed on the substrate and corresponds to the sensing coil, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are positioned on opposite sides from each other, the third magnet and the dummy member are positioned on opposite sides from each other, the sensing coil is provided with a driving signal, and the first position sensor senses the strength of the magnetic field of the sensing coil and outputs an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Cheol Kim, Tae Bong Park
  • Patent number: 12235450
    Abstract: An imaging camera device comprising (1) an image sensor, (2) a spherical-power adapter coupled to the image sensor, wherein the spherical-power adapter moves the image sensor relative to an imaging lens, (3) a field-curvature adapter coupled to at least one optical component placed between the image sensor and the imaging lens, wherein the field-curvature adapter adjusts the size of a variable air gap formed between the optical component and at least one additional optical component, and (4) a cylindrical-power adapter that includes a plurality of cylindrical correction lenses applied to a wheel configured to rotate in at least one direction. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Difei Qi, Chandra Sekhar Kakani, Konstantin Kudinov
  • Patent number: 12235516
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Jin Jung, Sang Jun Min
  • Patent number: 12235510
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, a first driving assembly, and a circuit assembly. The movable portion is used for connecting to an optical element. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The circuit assembly is used for connecting to an external circuit, and is affixed on the fixed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Lin, Sheng-Zong Chen, Shou-Jen Liu
  • Patent number: 12222630
    Abstract: A lens driving device is described that includes a base in which metal members are embedded, a circuit board arranged on the base, and suspension wires electrically connected to driving sources for moving the lens body with respect to the base. The metal members are electrically joined and fixed to the circuit board and the suspension wires at positions different from each other when viewed from an up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NEW SHICOH MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventor: Noriyuki Washio
  • Patent number: 12222477
    Abstract: A zoom optical system includes a first lens group, a position of which with respect to an imaging plane is adjustable, and including first and second lenses. The zoom optical system also includes a second lens group of which a position with respect to the imaging plane is adjustable and includes third to fifth lenses. The zoom optical system further includes a third lens group including a sixth lens. An object-side surface of the first lens is convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Jung Hui Ko
  • Patent number: 12212832
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a camera module, comprising: a housing; an elastic member; a holder; a magnet; a coil; a lens module; and a filter, wherein the magnet comprises a first magnet, a second magnet disposed opposite to the first magnet, a third magnet, and a fourth magnet disposed opposite to the third magnet, and wherein the coil comprises a first coil facing the first magnet, a second coil facing the second magnet, a third coil facing the third magnet, and a fourth coil facing the fourth magnet, and wherein the first to fourth coils are independently applied with a current, and the filter is tilted to a diagonal direction by control of a current applied to the first and third coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Kil Song
  • Patent number: 12212826
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a camera device including a first frame, a second frame, a camera component, and a driving component. The first frame includes a first arc surface on an inner surface of the first frame and recessing inward to form a circular arc shape. The second frame is movably disposed in the first frame and includes a second arc surface on an outer surface of the second frame and protruding outward to form a circular arc shape. The camera component is fixedly disposed in the second frame. The driving component is disposed on the first frame and the second frame, and the driving component is configured to drive the second frame to rotate with the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction as the axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LANTO ELECTRONIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Tao-Chun Chen, Fu-Yuan Wu, Yu-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 12210168
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus and a camera module including the same are provided. A lens driving apparatus includes a shake compensation unit configured to move in directions perpendicular to an optical axis, and ball members supporting the shake compensation unit, such that a degree of freedom for one of the ball members is different from a degree of freedom for another of the ball members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soo Cheol Lim
  • Patent number: 12204239
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided, including an immovable part, a movable part, and an elastic assembly. The movable part is movable relative to the immovable part. The movable part is connected to an optical element. The elastic assembly is elastically connected to the immovable part and the movable part. The elastic assembly includes a base and a plurality of wires. The wires are electrically independent, and each of the wires includes a first portion extending along a first direction. When viewed from the first direction, the first portions at least partially overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chen-Hsien Fan
  • Patent number: 12196935
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes: sequentially from an object side, a first lens group G1 having a positive refractive power, a front lens group GF having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens group GR having a positive refractive power; wherein for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between G1 and GF increases, a distance between GF and GR decreases, and G1 monotonously moves to an object side, G1 has at least one negative lens, GF includes a lens group having a negative refractive power of 1 or more, GR has a final lens group GL arranged closest to an image plane I side, and is fixed to I, and does not move for zooming and focusing, GL has a vibration reduction lens group movable in a direction including a perpendicular component with respect to an optical axis, and prescribed conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SIGMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12189282
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil coupled to the bobbin; a magnet which is disposed in the housing and faces the coil; a base disposed to be spaced apart from the bobbin; a lower elastic member including a first elastic member, a second elastic member, a third elastic member, and a fourth elastic member, which are coupled to the bobbin and disposed on the base; and a sensing coil which is disposed in the housing and generates an induced voltage by an interaction with the coil. A corner of the base and a corner of the housing form a coupling area where the corners are coupled to each other, and the sensing coil includes a portion disposed outside the coupling area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Kyung Hwan Kim, Tae Bong Park, Jung Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 12181631
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is used for connecting to a first optical element having an optical axis. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. When viewed along the optical axis, the optical element driving mechanism is strip-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chen-Hsien Fan, Yueh-Lin Lee
  • Patent number: 12181775
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed part, a movable part, and a driving assembly. The fixed part includes a bottom. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part. The movable part holds an optical element with an optical axis. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The bottom includes a base and an embedded assembly. The embedded assembly is partially embedded in the base. The embedded assembly includes a magnetic-permeable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chin-Ming Hu, Sheng-Zong Chen, Shou-Jen Liu, Yung-Ping Yang, Sin-Jhong Song
  • Patent number: 12177570
    Abstract: A camera assembly comprising a casing, a carrying component, a magnetic component, a light sensing component, and a carrying board. The casing comprises a lens accommodating groove, a housing, and a base on which the housing is disposed. The lens accommodating groove is disposed between the housing and the base. An opening of the lens accommodating groove is disposed at the housing. The carrying component comprises a carrying body and a first coil disposed on a periphery of the carrying body. The carrying component is assembled in the lens accommodating groove. The magnetic component is disposed on a periphery of the first coil and on an inner wall of the lens accommodating groove. The light sensing component comprises a light sensing member, a baseplate, and a second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lanto Electronic Limited
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Lin, Fu-Yuan Wu, Shang-Yu Hsu, Meng-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 12176145
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; and a first magnet disposed opposite to the coil in the housing. The first magnet includes an inner surface facing the coil, and an outer surface disposed at the opposite side to the inner surface. The first magnet includes a first region provided between the inner surface and the outer surface and having a first thickness, and a second region extending from the first region and having a second thickness which is smaller than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Wook Son, Young Ho Kim, Hyun Joong Lee
  • Patent number: 12169268
    Abstract: A magnification-variable optical system having a small size, a wide angle of view, and high optical performance, an optical apparatus including the magnification-variable optical system, and a method for manufacturing the magnification-variable optical system are provided, the magnification-variable optical system ZL being used for an optical apparatus and includes a first lens group G1 having a negative refractive power, and a rear group GR including at least one lens group disposed on an image side of the first lens group G1, and is configured so that a distance between lens groups adjacent to each other changes at magnification change and a condition expressed by predetermined condition expressions is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Ohtake, Azuna Nonaka
  • Patent number: 12164174
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a lens driving motor, comprising: a mover including a bobbin for fixing a lens, and magnets disposed on the bobbin; a stator comprising a first coil and a second coil arranged to correspond to the respective magnets, a housing including an upper surface with an open center and a support part having an outer surface on which the first coil is disposed, a base which supports the housing and has a through hole formed in the center thereof to correspond to the lens, and a substrate disposed on an upper surface of the base so as to apply power to the second coil; and a hall sensor disposed at a position facing the magnets so as to sense a phase of the mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Ok Park
  • Patent number: 12158633
    Abstract: A lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device are provided, which are capable of reducing the effect of external magnetism and of being reduced in size and profile thereof. The lens driving device includes an AF driving part configured to move, with respect to an AF fixing part, an AF movable part in a Z-direction extending along an optical axis, and an OIS driving part configured to move, with respect to an OIS fixing part, an OIS movable part in an X-direction and a Y direction each orthogonal to optical axis. The OIS driving part and the AF driving part are each composed of an ultrasonic motor. In a rectangle defined by two sides where the OIS driving part is disposed, the AF driving part is disposed along a side different from the two sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: Miniswys S.A., Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Itagaki, Raphael Hoesli, Maxime Roten
  • Patent number: 12149827
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a camera actuator comprising: a housing; a mover on which an optical member sits and which is disposed inside the housing; a ball part including a first ball and a second ball and disposed between the housing and the mover; and a driving unit that is disposed inside the housing to drive the mover, wherein the mover includes a first protrusion extending toward the housing and including a recess. The recess includes: a side surface on which the ball part sits and on which at least a portion of the recess is spaced apart from the ball part; and a bottom surface in contact with the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bae Jang, Sung Guk Lee, Dae Sik Jang, Jin Kwan Jeong
  • Patent number: 12143703
    Abstract: A camera module may have an optical assembly, an image sensor, and a frame, where the frame includes a reinforcement member and a base member that collectively form a sidewall of the frame. The reinforcement member defines a portion of the sidewall of the frame, a peripheral edge, and an opening. The base member may define another portion of the sidewall and extend through the opening and surround the peripheral edge of the reinforcement member. The optical assembly may be coupled to the sidewall of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nitin Kumar Chennupati, Hiran R Rathnasinghe, Nicholas D. Smyth, Kevin Garrison, Jeffrey P. Bosco, Julien C. Vittu
  • Patent number: 12132989
    Abstract: A sensor-stabilization assembly includes: a housing including a first portion of a first electromagnetic assembly and of a second electromagnetic assembly and defining a housing aperture; a first frame having first guides that permit relative motion between the first frame and the housing and defining a first frame aperture; and a second frame having second guides that permit relative motion between the second frame and the first frame. The second frame includes: a second portion of the first electromagnetic assembly adapted to interact with the first portion to cause the first frame and second frame to move relative to the housing; and a second portion of the second electromagnetic assembly adapted to interact with the first portion to cause the second frame to move relative to the first frame and housing. A sensor is coupled to the second frame to capture light through the housing aperture and first frame aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Suyao Ji, Lu Gao
  • Patent number: 12124105
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a magnet disposed in the housing; a first coil which is disposed in the bobbin, and is opposite to the magnet; a base disposed on the lower side of the housing; a substrate portion comprising a body portion, which is disposed on the upper surface of the base, and a terminal portion extending toward the lower side of the body portion; a terminal portion accommodating portion which is formed on a side surface of the base and accommodates at least a part of the terminal portion; and an adhesive accommodating groove which is formed in the terminal portion accommodating portion and accommodates at least a part of an adhesive contacting the terminal portion and the terminal portion accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Cheol Kim, Jin Suk Han, Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Byung Wook Son, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Tae Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 12111445
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes: a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, a fifth lens having refractive power, and an image sensor on an image side of the fifth lens such that the fifth lens is most adjacent to the image sensor. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side of the optical imaging system and the optical imaging system includes a total of five lenses. The optical imaging system satisfies 1.3<TTL/BFL<3.5, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the image sensor, and BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho Sik Yoo
  • Patent number: 12105300
    Abstract: The embodiment relates to an image stabilization device and a camera module including the same. The image stabilization device according to the embodiment includes: a first prism for changing a path of a light beam; a second prism disposed below the first prism and changing a path of light beam emitted from the first prism; an image stabilization control unit for controlling a shape of the second prism including a coil part and a magnet part. The first prism may be disposed inside the image stabilization control unit. The second prism may be a variable wedge prism. The image stabilization control unit may control the path of the light beam by changing the shape of the second prism through the magnet part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Won Kim, Soo Min Jeong, Ji Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 12092801
    Abstract: An optical system (10) includes, successively from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit (110) having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit (120) having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit (130) and a fourth lens unit (140) having a positive refractive power; the positions of the first lens unit (110) and the fourth lens unit (140) are fixed with respect to the imaging surface (S17) of the optical system (10), and the second lens unit (120) and the third lens unit (130) are movable with respect to the first lens unit (110) in the optical axis direction of the optical system (10); when the optical system is zoomed from the short focal end to the long focal end, a distance between the first lens unit (110) and the second lens unit (120) and the distance between the third lens unit (130) and the fourth lens unit (140) increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGXI JINGCHAO OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hairong Zou
  • Patent number: 12092949
    Abstract: One embodiment of a lens driving device comprises: a housing supporting a first magnet; a bobbin provided on the inside of the first magnet, provided with a first coil on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and moving within the housing; a base disposed at the bottom of the bobbin; an upper elastic member provided at the top of the bobbin; and a supporting member disposed on a side surface of the housing, and having the bottom thereof coupled to the base, wherein a portion of the top of the supporting member may be coupled to the upper elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Taek Shin, Jin Suk Han, Tae Bong Park
  • Patent number: 12085730
    Abstract: A camera module is provided. A camera module according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a stator; a mover arranged in the stator; a first driver arranged on the stator; a second driver arranged on the mover and facing the first driver; a stiffener including an external portion coupled to the stator, an internal portion coupled to the mover, and a connector for connecting the external portion to the internal portion; a substrate coupled to the stator and the mover, and arranged on the stiffener; and a lens module coupled to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Won Kim, Chang Yeon Kim, Hyun Gyu Roh
  • Patent number: 12081871
    Abstract: In an optical unit with a shake correction function, a first circuit board, which is pulled out from a camera module, and a second circuit board, on which a first drive coil and a second drive coil are mounted, are electrically connected by a first connection portion and a second connection portion, which are electrically connected while overlapping each other. Moreover, in the optical unit with a shake correction function, a drawer portion of the first circuit board is pulled out toward an outer peripheral side of the optical unit with a shake correction function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Minamisawa, Takeshi Sue
  • Patent number: 12066680
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising: a bobbin, which has a through-hole formed therein; a lens module, which is accommodated in the through-hole and is coupled to the bobbin; a protrusion formed to protrude from the outer peripheral surface of the lens module; and a recess formed to be recessed from the inner peripheral surface of the bobbin so as to accommodate at least a part of the protrusion, wherein the recess comprises a first guide portion, which extends downwards from the upper end of the bobbin, and a second guide portion, which extends so as to slope from the first guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Yeon Han, Young Taek Oh
  • Patent number: 12066608
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power and disposed closest to an image plane. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second lens unit moves to the object side, and each distance between adjacent lens units changes. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junya Ichimura
  • Patent number: 12066641
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a movable module and a fixed body. The movable module has a lens and is supported by the fixed body to be capable of moving in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens. The fixed body surrounds the movable module from an outer periphery side. The movable module includes a first substrate and a second substrate, with a thickness direction of either substrate being consistent with the direction along the optical axis. An image sensor is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate is electrically connected to the first substrate to overlap the first substrate on an image side, and is smaller in shape than the first substrate when viewed along the optical axis of the lens. A flexible printed circuit board is led out from an outer circumferential surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sue, Tadashi Takeda, Shinji Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 12066688
    Abstract: An optical element drive mechanism is provided. The optical element drive mechanism includes an immovable part, a movable part, and a drive assembly. The movable part is connected to an optical element that includes an optical axis. The movable part is movable relative to the immovable part. The drive assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the immovable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Shan Chen, Chieh-An Chang, Pai-Jui Cheng, Chao-Chang Hu
  • Patent number: 12061373
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin arranged in the housing; a first coil arranged at a first side part of the bobbin; a second coil arranged at a second side part positioned on the side opposite to the first side part of the bobbin; a first magnet facing the first coil and arranged in the housing; a second magnet facing the second coil and arranged in the housing; a first elastic member coupled to the bobbin; a second elastic member comprising a first elastic unit and a second elastic unit coupled to the bobbin; and a circuit board arranged in the housing and having first and second terminals, wherein one end of the first coil is coupled to one area of the first elastic member and the other end of the first coil is coupled to the first elastic unit, one end of the second coil is coupled to another one area of the first elastic member and the other end of the second coil is coupled to the second elastic unit, the first elastic unit is connected to the first terminal of the circuit board, and the seco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Ok Park
  • Patent number: 12032279
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a lens barrel moving in the direction of the optical axis; a holder disposed below the lens barrel and having a seating portion recessed in the top surface thereof; a filter disposed on the bottom surface of the seating portion of the holder; a blocking member disposed on the upper surface of the filter; and an image sensor disposed below the filter, wherein the seating portion includes an inner side surface facing the side surface of the filter, the inner side surface of the seating portion includes a first surface and a second surface located below the first surface, the separation distance from the first surface to the side surface of the filter is greater than the separation distance from the second surface to the side surface of the filter, and the thickness of the filter is greater than the separation distance from the second surface to the side surface of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Jun Cha, Youn Baek Jeong, Ji Yoon Hong
  • Patent number: 12028599
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising a first camera module and a second camera module, wherein the first camera module comprises first to third magnets disposed at first to third corners of a first cover and a first dummy member disposed at a fourth corner of the first cover, and the second camera module comprises fourth to sixth magnets disposed at fifth to seventh corners of a second cover and a second dummy member disposed at an eighth corner of the second cover, wherein the first dummy member is adjacent to the sixth magnet of the fourth to sixth magnets, and the second dummy member is adjacent to the third magnet of the first to third magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Cheol Kim, Hyeon Jun Jang, Jung Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 12025851
    Abstract: A camera module includes: a magnet disposed on a lens module; a bearing member disposed in a ball guide portion formed between the lens module and a housing that accommodates the lens module; a coil disposed in the housing to face the magnet; and a yoke member disposed on the housing to interact with the magnet to generate a biased magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Ki Park, Soo Cheol Lim, Byung Woo Kang, Sung Taek Oh, Young Bok Yoon, Bo Sung Seo, Oh Byoung Kwon, Jun Sup Shin
  • Patent number: 12028615
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a camera actuator includes an actuator base, an autofocus voice coil motor, and an optical image stabilization voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the autofocus voice coil motor includes a lens carrier mounting attachment moveably mounted to the actuator base, a plurality of shared magnets mounted to the base, and an autofocus coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical axis of one or more lenses of the lens carrier. In some embodiments, the optical image stabilization voice coil motor includes an image sensor carrier moveably mounted to the actuator base, and optical image stabilization coils moveably mounted to the image sensor carrier within the magnetic fields of the shared magnets, for producing forces for moving the image sensor carrier in a plurality of directions orthogonal to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelien R. Hubert, Qiang Yang, Douglas S. Brodie, Scott W. Miller, Shashank Sharma
  • Patent number: 12019304
    Abstract: An objective optical system which forms an observation optical system consists of, in order from the object, a first lens group that has positive refractive power, a second lens group that has positive or negative refractive power, and a third lens group that has negative refractive power. Focusing is performed by moving the second lens group along an optical axis, the third lens group is configured to move in a direction that is perpendicular to the optical axis to correct image blur, and the following conditional expression is satisfied: 0.70?f1/f12?1.50, where f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group, and f12 denotes a combined focal length of the first lens group and the second lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 12015728
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a camera module, wherein the camera module includes a lens assembly including lenses aligned along an optical axis, an actuator, a first magnet disposed on a first surface of the lens assembly, a first coil configured to move the lens assembly along the optical axis, a metal shield structure disposed on an outer surface of the actuator to face the first coil, and a fixing structure disposed on a third surface perpendicular to the first surface of the lens assembly, wherein at least a portion of the fixing structure has a magnetic property. When one end of the fixing structure is inserted into an opening of a housing, the fixing structure is fixed in an optical axis direction by the opening and is fixed in the first direction by a magnetic force acting on the metal shield structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doyun Kim, Hokyung Kang, Dongwoo Lee, Jihyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 12007671
    Abstract: Systems having a Wide/Ultra-Wide camera, a folded Tele camera with an optical path folding element and a Tele lens module, a lens actuator for moving the Tele lens module for focusing to object-lens distances between 3.0 cm and 35 cm with an object-to-image magnification between 1:5 and 25:1, and an application processor (AP), wherein the AP is configured to analyze image data from the UW camera to define a Tele capture strategy for a sequence of Macro images with a focal plane slightly shifted from one captured Macro image to another and to generate a new Macro image from this sequence, and wherein the focal plane and a depth of field of the new Macro image can be controlled continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.
    Inventors: Noy Cohen, Michael Scherer
  • Patent number: 12007540
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens group having a negative refractive power; and a sixth lens group having a positive refractive power. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the distance between the adjacent lens groups in the optical axis direction changes, and the third lens group and the fifth lens group move integrally along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taiga Noda, Ryosuke Nagami
  • Patent number: 12007682
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus includes a movable member configured to hold an image stabilization optical element, a fixed member holding the movable member movably in a direction crossing an optical axis, an electrical element mounted on the movable member, and a flexible sheet member electrically connecting the electric element to the fixed member. The flexible sheet member is fixed to the movable member and the fixed member so that the flexible sheet member is bent between the movable member and the fixed member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Noguchi, Toma Kitayama
  • Patent number: 11982820
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin including a first coil disposed therearound, a first magnet disposed to face the first coil, a housing for supporting the first magnet, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, a base disposed to be spaced apart from the housing by a predetermined distance, a second coil disposed to face the first magnet, a printed circuit board on which the second coil is mounted, a plurality of support members, which support the housing such that the housing is movable in second and/or third directions and which connect at least one of the upper and lower elastic members to the printed circuit board, and a conductive member for conductively connecting the upper and lower elastic members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min
  • Patent number: 11977323
    Abstract: An optical system includes first and second lens units configured to move to have a component of direction perpendicular to an optical axis, in which a sign of an amount of movement of the lens units is defined as negative for a moving direction of the first lens unit and as positive for an opposite direction to the moving direction of the first lens unit, a product of an amount of movement and a focal length of the first lens unit and a product of an amount of movement and a focal length of the second lens unit are different from each other in sign, and Petzval sums of the first and second lens unit, a focal length of the optical system, and a back focus of the optical system are set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Matsuba