Three Groups Patents (Class 359/689)
  • Patent number: 11966032
    Abstract: A variable magnification optical system comprises, in order from an object side, a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, a negative third lens group and a positive fourth lens group. Upon varying a magnification, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group are varied. The first lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a negative lens and a positive lens. The second lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a positive 2a lens group, a positive 2b lens group, and a negative 2c lens group. A downsized system having high optical performance is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Komatsubara, Takeshi Umeda
  • Patent number: 11960067
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a zoom lens group. The zoom lens group sequentially includes from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens group having a negative refractive power, the first lens group including a first lens and a second lens which are sequentially arranged along the optical axis; a second lens group having a positive refractive power, the second lens group including a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens which are sequentially arranged along the optical axis; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a separation distance between the first lens group and the second lens group on the optical axis and a separation distance between the second lens group and the third lens group on the optical axis are adjusted, so as to switch the zoom lens group from a wide-angle state to a long-focus state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Gao, Kaiyuan Zhang, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11947189
    Abstract: Discloses is a camera optical lens including nine lenses, and the nine lenses from an object side to an image side are: a first lens with a negative refractive power, a second lens with a positive refractive power, a third lens with a negative refractive power, a fourth lens with a positive refractive power, a fifth lens with a positive refractive power, a sixth lens with a positive refractive power, a seventh lens with a negative refractive power, an eighth lens with a positive refractive power and an ninth lens with a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies: ?1.80?f1/f??0.50; 3.00?d9/d10?15.00. The camera optical lens has good optical performance, and meets the design requirements of a large aperture, wide-angle and ultra-thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Raytech Optical (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jia Chen
  • Patent number: 11947092
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, a fifth lens group, a sixth lens group, and a first reflective element. The first and third lens groups are with negative refractive power. The second and fourth lens groups are with positive refractive power. The fifth and sixth lens groups are with refractive power. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth lens groups are arranged in order from a first side to a second side along an axis. The first reflective element includes a first reflective surface. A light from the first side sequentially passes through the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth lens groups to the second side. The first reflective element is disposed between the first lens group and the sixth lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hsi-Ling Chang, Guo-Yang Wu
  • Patent number: 11940597
    Abstract: An image capturing optical lens system includes four lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Yeh, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11852849
    Abstract: A camera device includes a plurality of lenses and an annular body. The annular body is disposed between the object side and the plurality of lenses, between the plurality of lenses, or between the plurality of lenses and the image side. The annular body includes an annular main body, an outer circumferential portion, and an inner circumferential portion, wherein the annular main body connects to the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion, the annular main body is disposed between the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion, and the inner circumferential portion is non-circular and surrounds the optical axis to form a hole. The camera device satisfies: Dx>Dy; where Dx is a maximum dimension of the hole through which the optical axis passes, and Dy is a minimum dimension of the hole through which the optical axis passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Wei Shih, Hsi-Ling Chang, Chien-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11835698
    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, and three or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units varies during zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohei Kimura
  • Patent number: 11828780
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for reporting capacitance of a capacitor of a power backup circuit comprising a plurality of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). The system may also include a bleeder resistor and a voltage detection circuit. When capacitance monitoring is active, a first MOSFET may be turned off, causing the capacitor to be discharged via the bleeder resistor. After predetermined time intervals, a first drain voltage and a second drain voltage of the first MOSFET may be determined using the voltage detection circuit. The drain voltage readings at the different times may be used to determine the capacitance of the capacitor, which may be used to generate and transmit a report on capacitor performance and status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZT Group Int'l, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung-Tsung Hsieh, Chi-Lin Chiu
  • Patent number: 11822051
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens disposed sequentially from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies ?2.0<L3R2/f<?0.5 and 3.0<f/IMG_HT<4.0, where L3R2 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the third lens, f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is half a diagonal length of an imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Yong Joo Jo, Hyo Jin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11815739
    Abstract: An endoscope optical system includes, in order from an object side: a fixed negative first lens group; a movable positive second lens group; a fixed aperture stop; and a fixed positive third lens group, the endoscope optical system being capable of switching between a normal observation state and a magnified observation state by moving the second lens group along an optical axis, in which the third lens group includes, in order from the object side: a cemented lens consisted of three lenses; and a cemented lens consisted of two lenses. In the cemented lens consisted of three lenses, three lenses of a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens are cemented. In the cemented lens consisted of two lenses, two lenses of a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented. The following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1.70<(nd3G1+nd3G2+nd3G3)/3<2.0 (1); and 1.72<(nd3G4+nd3G5)/2<2.0 (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Katakura
  • Patent number: 11755042
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the field of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies, and specifically disclose an autonomous orbiting method and device and a UAV. The UAV includes a binocular camera assembly. The method includes: obtaining, through the binocular camera assembly, a target footage and an orbited object selected by a user from the target footage; obtaining a flying height of the UAV when obtaining the target footage; determining a spatial distance between the binocular camera assembly and the orbited object based on the target footage; detecting an optical axis direction of the binocular camera assembly in real time; and performing autonomous orbiting according to the flying height, the spatial distance and the optical axis direction of the binocular camera assembly detected in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ziming Zhong
  • Patent number: 11744461
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a retina imaging method in which a light from a light source into two lights is dispersed, at least one eyeground image of the eyeball at a first magnification is obtained by adjusting the paths of the two lights incident on the eyeball, and a plurality of DIC images are obtained at a second magnification higher than the first magnification with respect to the retina of the entirety of the obtained at least one eyeground image by adjusting the paths of the two lights incident on the eyeball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, INHA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae Hun Kim, Dae Yu Kim, Seok Hwan Kim, Youngho Cho, Byeongho Park, Hyo-suk Kim, Subeen Park, Kyoung Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11726298
    Abstract: A lens device for inspecting an object having at least one end surface and at least one lateral surface, substantially orthogonal to the end surface, is provided. The lens device includes a front optical group, a rear optical group acting as prime lens for collecting beams originating from the front optical group, a stop inserted in the rear optical group, and a sensor plane collecting beams projected by the rear optical group. The front optical group includes only refractive lenses and is formed by at least one front lens configured to receive beams both from the at least one end surface of the object, perpendicular to the optical axis, and from the at least one lateral surface of the object, substantially parallel to the optical axis, and by one or more converging lenses arranged behind the front lens and suitable to focus the beams received towards the rear optical group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: OPTO ENGINEERING S.P.A.
    Inventor: Claudio Sedazzari
  • Patent number: 11630289
    Abstract: An image capturing lens system includes three lens groups including five lens elements. The three lens groups are, in order from an object side to an image side: first, second and third lens groups. The five lens elements are, in order from the object side to the image side: first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements. The first lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. At least one lens element has an inflection point. A focal length of the image capturing lens system is varied by changing axial distances between the three lens groups in a zooming process. The image capturing lens system has a long-focal-length end and a short-focal-length end. The second lens group is moved relative to the first lens group along an optical axis in the zooming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chi Tang, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
  • Patent number: 11579411
    Abstract: An imaging lens and an imaging apparatus capable of acquiring a long-distance object image at high resolution and capable of acquiring a short-distance object image in a wide range while, as a whole, being configured small. In order to achieve the object, an imaging lens according to the present invention is an imaging lens consisting of n (n is a natural number equal to or larger than six) lenses including a first lens having negative refractive power and a second lens having positive refractive power in order from an object side and including an n-th lens having negative refractive power and an n?1-th lens having positive refractive power in order from an image side, the imaging lens satisfying a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 11550127
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including 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, each of which has refractive power. The first lens has a negative refractive power; the the third lens and the sixth lens each has a positive refractive power; an object-side surface of the fourth lens is convex, and an image-side surface thereof is concave; an object-side surface of the fifth lens is convex,and an image-side surface thereof is concave. A distance TTL along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly and half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on the imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy TTL/ImgH?1.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sunny Optical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Yabin Hu, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11545376
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for monitoring plasma behavior inside a plasma processing chamber. In one example, a method for monitoring plasma behavior includes acquiring at least one image of a plasma, and determining a plasma parameter based on the at least one image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidharth Bhatia, Edward P. Hammond, IV, Bhaskar Kumar, Anup Kumar Singh, Vivek Bharat Shah, Ganesh Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 11479080
    Abstract: A power generation system for a mobile device. The power generation system includes a combustion engine. The combustion engine serves as a power generator for the mobile device, with the combustion engine being located on a trailer. The power generation system also includes a power module. The power module comprises both an ultra-capacitor and a lithium-based battery; Preferably, the ultra-capacitor comprises a series, or bank, of super capacitors. Likewise, the battery comprises a series of lithium batteries. Preferably, the super capacitors are in electrical communication with an alternator of a truck. The power module provides power to start the combustion engine used to drive the mobile device. The mobile device may be a refrigeration system, or may be heaters, blowers, lights or other electrical items that may be carried on the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Systematic Power Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Scottie Johnson, Eric C. Ricker, Robert J. Wood, Sr., Chad E. Hall, Bryce Gregory, Luke Yetto, Daniel A. Patsos, Joseph Agrelo
  • Patent number: 11435565
    Abstract: A projection system has a zooming function and is configured that light rays from a telecentric system enter. The projection system is formed of seven lens groups. The first and seventh lens groups are fixed when the projection magnification is changed, and the second, third, fourth, fifth, and the sixth lens groups move along the optical axis when the projection magnification is changed. The second lens group is formed of one positive lens. The third lens group is formed of one positive lens. The fourth lens group is formed of one or two positive lenses and one negative lens having the center of curvature located at the magnifying side. The fifth lens group is formed of one negative lens having a magnifying-side aspheric surface and a demagnifying-side aspheric surface with each of the surfaces having the center of curvature located at the demagnifying side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Shiokawa, Toshihiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11378788
    Abstract: A zoom lens system (10) for imaging, includes, in order from an object side (11); a first lens group (G1) with negative refractive power that moves at the time of zooming; a second lens group (G2) with a positive refractive power that moves at the time of zooming, the second lens group including an aperture stop (St); a third lens group (G3) with a positive refractive power, the position of which is fixed relative to the image plane. The second lens group includes: a first sub-lens group (S1) with a positive refractive power arranged on the object side and having the aperture stop; and a second sub-lens group (S2) with a negative refractive power arranged on the image plane side and configured to move independently of the first sub-lens group at the time of focusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NITTOH INC.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Abe
  • Patent number: 11353683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of optical lens and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: ?3.50?f2/f??1.50; 3.00?(R3+R4)/(R3?R4)?8.00; 8.00?d1/d2?15.00; 0.50?f3/f?0.75; ?5.00?R2/R1??2.50; ?0.70?f4/f??0.40. The camera optical lens can achieve excellent optical characteristics with a large aperture, wide-angle, and being ultra-thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiekang Chen
  • Patent number: 11323629
    Abstract: This invention provides a single-camera vision system, typically for use in logistics applications, that allows for adjustment of the camera viewing angle to accommodate a wide range of object heights and associated widths moving relative to an imaged scene with constant magnification. The camera assembly employs an image sensor that is more particularly suited to such applications, with an aspect (height-to-width) ratio of approximately 1:4 to 1:8. The camera assembly includes a distance sensor to determine the distance to the top of each object. The camera assembly employs a zoom lens that can change at relatively high speed (e.g. <10 ms) to allow adjustment of the viewing angle from object to object as each one passes under the camera's field of view (FOV). Optics that allow the image to be resolved on the image sensor within the desired range of viewing angles are provided in the camera lens assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Cognex Corporation
    Inventors: Laurens Nunnink, Esther Oteo Lozano, Richard Reuter, Matthew D. Engle
  • Patent number: 11262563
    Abstract: The imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first positive lens group, a stop, a second positive lens group, and a third negative lens group. During focusing, the first lens group and the second lens group move integrally. The first lens group consists of three or less lenses. The first lens group includes a cemented lens in which a negative lens and a positive lens are cemented in order from the object side. The third lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a negative aspheric lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens. The lens closest to the image side in the second lens group is a biconvex lens, and the imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional expression regarding the radius of curvature of the surface of the biconvex lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Kondo
  • Patent number: 11237380
    Abstract: The invention relates to personal display devices and in particular an eyepiece therefor. The eyepiece is adapted for projecting an image from an image plane on one side of the eyepiece through an exit pupil on the opposite side of the eyepiece and comprises at least one stationary lens group and at least two movable lens groups being movable with respect to the stationary lens group along an optical axis between the image plane and the exit pupil. According to the invention, the lens groups are arranged in positive-negative-positive configuration and the movable lens groups are arranged to move along the optical axis between a first state providing a first field-of-view and a second state providing a second field-of-view smaller than the first field-of-view to the image plane. The invention allows for improving optical performance and user experience of personal display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Dispelix Oy
    Inventor: Mika Aikio
  • Patent number: 11231561
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted wide-angle lens that simultaneously achieves a high resolution necessary for sensing, a size small enough to be mounted on a vehicle, and a low price. An imaging lens includes, sequentially from the object side, a first lens having a negative power and being concave on the image side, a second lens having a negative power and being concave on the image side, a third lens having a positive power and being convex on the object side, an aperture stop, a fourth lens having a positive power and being convex on the image side, a fifth lens, a sixth lens whose object side is bonded to the image side of the fifth lens and a seventh lens having a negative power and being convex on the image side, and the fourth lens is an aspheric glass lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Shimoeda
  • Patent number: 11194136
    Abstract: An optical system includes: a first lens group with negative refractive power at an object side of an aperture stop; a second lens group with positive refractive power at an image plane side of the aperture stop; and a third lens group with positive refractive power at the image plane side of the second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens with negative refractive power and concave image plane side, a second lens of meniscus type, with negative refractive power, and convex image plane side, and a third lens with positive refractive power and convex object side. The second lens group includes a fourth lens with positive refractive power and convex image plane side; a fifth lens of meniscus type, with negative refractive power, and convex object side; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power and concave object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NITTOH INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Iijima
  • Patent number: 11181719
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the first to seventh lenses are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis, and the optical imaging system satisfies 0.4<L1TR/L7TR<1.9, where L1TR is an overall outer diameter of the first lens, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L1TR and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Eun Chong Lee, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
  • Patent number: 11156804
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of glass material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material and the sixth lens is made of glass material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Oinuma, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Yingnan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11143836
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group with a negative refractive power, a second lens group with a positive refractive power, and a third lens group with a positive refractive power. When the zoom lens changes from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group is reduced, and a spacing between the second lens group and the third lens group changes. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. Refractive powers of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are negative, and a refractive power of the fourth lens is positive. Abbe numbers of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are larger than 60. A ratio of a focal length of the first lens group over a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end is larger than ?2.5 and smaller than ?1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiko Matsunaga, Atsushi Ohata, Atsuo Minato
  • Patent number: 11137583
    Abstract: A plurality of lens units of a zoom lens according to an aspect of the embodiments includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens group which includes one or more lens units and has a positive refractive power as a whole. The first lens unit consists of a first negative lens, a second negative lens, and a positive lens which are disposed in order from an object side to an image side. A specific gravity of the first negative lens, a focal length of the second negative lens, and a focal length of the first lens unit are appropriately determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11106017
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of glass material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of glass material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Oinuma, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Yaqiong Guo
  • Patent number: 10991134
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are directed towards controlling a level of detail for geostreaming data. In some examples, an identifying event data that includes location information. A polygon may be defined that comprises points on a map corresponding to the event data. A first level of detail may be determined and a fidelity of the polygon may be changed based at least in part on the first level of detail. Second event data may be received that identifies a location of an object. It may be identified whether the object is within the location information and a user interface may be prepared that presents whether the object is in an affected area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Hoyong Park, Iuliia Shmeleva, Ilya Sergeyevich Shikalov
  • Patent number: 10949963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an inspection system and more particularly to a system and method for inspection of wet ophthalmic lens, preferably in an automated lens manufacturing line. The inspection system provides for capturing multiple images of an ophthalmic lens using multiple cameras, each with a customized optical unit which may use wavelength filters, and the ophthalmic lens illuminated by multiple lighting modules each configured for a different wavelength, or a different polarization and triggered to strobe the illumination at the same instance or at different instances in the time domain. Suitable filters used in the optical module for each camera ensures appropriate images at different illuminating wavelength, especially when all the illuminations are strobed at the same time. Images captured and inspected by this configuration aids in improvement in method of inspection with enhanced degree of reliability and quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: EMAGE VISION PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Wei Wong, Wen Sen Zhou, Sergey Smorgon, Kundapura Parameshwara Srinivas
  • Patent number: 10935761
    Abstract: Large aperture compact lens and a camera design using the lens are described. The lens comprises from object to image, three lens groups with a first lens group having a negative or positive power and comprising 3-4 lens elements, a second lens group having positive power and 3-4 elements including an aperture stop, at least one cemented doublet and one positive power lens made from athermic optical material, and a third lens group comprising 1-3 elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Alex Ning
  • Patent number: 10838200
    Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit that has a positive refractive power; a second lens unit that is arranged to move during focusing and has a positive or negative refractive power; and a third lens unit that has a positive or negative refractive power. The first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are disposed in that order from an object side to an image side. During the focusing, an interval between adjacent lens units changes. In the optical system, a focal length f of the entire optical system, a distance LD along an optical axis from a lens surface of the first lens unit that is closest to the object side to an image plane, a material of positive lenses included in the first lens unit, and an arrangement of the positive lenses included in the first lens unit are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Gyoda, Suguru Inoue, Shigenobu Sugita
  • Patent number: 10782508
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and a method for producing the same are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a display panel, including a first face and a second face arranged opposite to each other; an imaging device on the second face of the display panel; and an optical assembly in an optical path where ambient lights pass through the first face and the second face in sequence and enter the imaging device, the optical assembly being configured to refract at least part of the ambient lights so that the refracted lights bypass shielding members in the display panel and are incident on the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jifeng Tan, Liqiang Chen, Jian Gao
  • Patent number: 10775604
    Abstract: An objective optical system for endoscope consists of, in order from an object side, a first negative lens L1 which is planoconcave, and of which a flat surface is directed toward the object side, a second meniscus lens L2 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, a third positive meniscus lens L3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a fourth positive lens L4, and a cemented lens in which fifth positive lens L5 and a sixth negative lens L6 are cemented. Focusing is carried out by the third positive meniscus lens moving along an optical axis AX, and the following conditional expressions (1-1) and (1-2) are satisfied: 0.41<|flp/f2<1??(1-1), and 0.55<d45/flp<1??(1-2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroto Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10739578
    Abstract: Near-to-eye systems and head-mounted displays and more particularly but not exclusively to an optimized freeform wedge-shaped prism design having free-form surfaces efficiently mathematically represented and configured to provide both high resolution and a large exit pupil heretofore unachieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Hong Hua, Jason W Kuhn
  • Patent number: 10656387
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having positive refractive power, a sixth lens having two aspheric surfaces, and a seventh lens having two aspheric surfaces. The imaging lens has a total of seven single lenses. The first to seventh lenses are arranged respectively with a space in between. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the object side is convex. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the object side is concave. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the image plane side is concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 10634878
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a unit LN, a unit LP and a rear group LR, and the rear group LR has a positive unit LRP on a side closest to an image, where the unit LRP includes a positive lens GRP that has a meniscus shape having a convex surface facing the image side thereof and made of resin material. Focal lengths of the zoom lens at wide-angle end, the unit LRP, and the unit LP, back focus at telephoto end, an amount of movement of the unit LRP when zooming from wide-angle end to telephoto end, thickness on an optical axis of the positive lens GRP, and a distance in optical axis direction between center on a lens surface on object side of the positive lens GRP and an end of an effective surface of the lens surface on the object side are each appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10627610
    Abstract: The zoom lens of the present invention includes a positive lens unit LP (LULP) disposed closest to an object side, a negative lens unit LNF (LULNF) disposed at an image side of LULP, and an aperture stop disposed at image side of LULNF. The zoom lens further includes at image side of aperture stop, successively in order from object side to image side, a positive lens unit LP1, a negative lens unit LN1 (LULN1), a positive lens unit LP2 (LULP2), and a negative lens unit LN2 (LULN2), in which intervals between adjacent lens units are changed during zooming. LULN1 moves during focusing. The focal length and the total length of zoom lens at a telephoto end, the changing amount from interval between LULP2 and LULN2 at a wide angle end to that at telephoto end, and the total length of zoom lens at wide angle end are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigenobu Sugita
  • Patent number: 10620403
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive power. The seventh lens has negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof can be aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 10620401
    Abstract: An optical system includes a plurality of lenses. The distance from the object side lens surface of a lens arranged an the most object side to the image plane is longer than the focal length of the entire system. The material of a positive lens G1p arranged on the most object side among positive lenses included in the optical system, and the arrangement and material of a negative lens Gn located on the most object side among negative lenses arranged an the image side of the positive lens G1p are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigenobu Sugita, Yuichi Gyoda, Suguru Inoue
  • Patent number: 10593076
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are directed towards controlling a level of detail for geostreaming data. In some examples, an identifying event data that includes location information. A polygon may be defined that comprises points on a map corresponding to the event data. A first level of detail may be determined and a fidelity of the polygon may be changed based at least in part on the first level of detail. Second event data may be received that identifies a location of an object. It may be identified whether the object is within the location information and a user interface may be prepared that presents whether the object is in an affected area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Hoyong Park, Iuliia Shmeleva, Ilya Sergeyevich Shikalov
  • Patent number: 10594944
    Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from an object side, a positive first lens unit, a negative second lens unit, a positive third lens unit, a negative fourth lens unit, and a positive fifth lens unit, in which an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, in which the second lens unit moves during focusing, and includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens, a negative lens, a positive lens, and a negative lens, and in which a focal length of the second lens unit, a thickness of the second lens unit on an optical axis, a refractive index of a material of the positive lens included in the second lens unit, and an average value of refractive indices of materials of the negative lenses included in the second lens unit are each appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuaki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 10571651
    Abstract: Provided is the image pickup optical system including a first lens unit, a second lens unit, and a third lens unit disposed in an order from an object side to an image side, in which an interval between adjacent lens units is changed during focusing. The third lens unit includes an aperture stop. A distance on an optical axis from a lens surface closest to object side to aperture stop when focused at infinity Lf, a distance on optical axis from aperture stop to a lens surface closest to image side when focused at infinity Lr, a distance on optical axis from a lens surface closest to object side to an image plane when focused at infinity L, a focal length of the entire system f, and a moving amount of first lens unit during focusing from infinity to a closest distance M are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideki Sakai
  • Patent number: 10509204
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunhuan Fang, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang
  • Patent number: 10451841
    Abstract: A lens module includes a first lens, an object-side surface thereof being convex; a second lens, both surfaces thereof being convex; a third lens, both surfaces thereof being concave; a fourth lens having negative refractive power, both surfaces thereof being convex; a fifth lens, an object-side surface thereof being concave; and a sixth lens, an object-side surface thereof being convex. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from the first lens to the sixth lens from an object side of the lens module toward an image side of the lens module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin Hwa Jung
  • Patent number: 10416410
    Abstract: The imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive power, a second lens group having a negative power, and a third lens group. The first lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a positive front group, a diaphragm, and a positive rear group. The front group has a negative lens and a positive lens, the rear group has a negative lens and a positive lens, the second lens group consists of one negative lens, and the third lens group has a negative lens and a positive lens. During focusing, only the second lens group moves. The following conditional expression relating to a focal length of the second lens group and a focal length of the third lens group is satisfied: 2.5<|f3/f2|.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Daiki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10324275
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lens elements arranged in a sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. Each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The object-side of the third lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery. The object-side of the fifth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery. The object-side of the sixth lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery. All of lens elements having refracting power of the imaging lens are the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chien Hsieh, Binwei Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang