Having Four Components Patents (Class 359/715)
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Patent number: 8896937Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element with positive refractive power has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The image capturing lens assembly has a total of four lens elements with refractive power.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chun-Che Hsueh, Wei-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20140340767Abstract: An imaging lens is composed of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, an aperture stop, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens disposed in order from the object side. The fourth and the fifth lens are cemented with an interface which is convex on the object side and has an aspherical shape. If the radius of curvature is taken as R9 and the focal length of the entire system is taken as f, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masao MORI, Ryoko OTOMO
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Patent number: 8891178Abstract: This invention provides an optical lens system in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a positive third lens element having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a plastic negative fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, with both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric. By such arrangement, the incident angle of off-axis light projected onto the sensor can be suppressed for improving the sensitivity of the sensor effectively. Also, a sufficient back focal length can be retained for disposing other optical elements (e.g., an IR-pass filter), and thereby the system can be more suitable for the infrared aspect of optical imaging systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsu, Tsung-Han Tsai, Ming-Ta Chou
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Publication number: 20140327975Abstract: An optical lens assembly for image taking includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power includes a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region. The second lens element with negative refractive power includes a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region. The third lens element with refractive power includes a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The fourth lens element made of plastic with negative refractive power includes a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region and an image-side surface. Both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave at a paraxial region and convex at a peripheral region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Tsung-Han TSAI, Wei-Yu CHEN
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Patent number: 8879164Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; and a positive fourth lens unit, wherein the first lens unit includes a positive first lens subunit, which does not move for focusing, a positive second lens subunit, which moves during the focus adjustment, and a positive third lens subunit, which does not move for focusing; and focal lengths of the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, a magnification of the third lens unit U3 at a wide angle end, focal lengths of the first lens subunit, the second lens subunit appropriately satisfy certain relations.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masao Hori
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Patent number: 8879163Abstract: There is provided a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. In zooming from a wide-angle end to a telescopic end, the first lens group moves to the object side in a manner that a distance toward the second lens group shortens, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group lengthens. The third lens group includes a single lens or a single cemented lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsushi Oohata, Hiroki Hagiwara
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Patent number: 8879172Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens L1 that has a biconvex shape near an optical axis and has positive refractive power, a second lens L2 that has a biconcave shape near the optical axis and has negative refractive power, a third lens L3 that has a shape of a meniscus lens directing a concave surface thereof to an object side near an optical axis and has positive refractive power, and a fourth lens L4 that has a biconcave shape near the optical axis and has negative refractive power, arranged in this order from the object side. When the whole lens system has a focal length f and the fourth lens L4 has a focal length f4, the imaging lens of the invention satisfies the following expression: ?0.7<f4/f<?0.1.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignees: Optical Logic Inc., Kantatsu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Sumio Fukuda
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Patent number: 8879168Abstract: An image capturing lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element with positive refractive power has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, and the image-side surface thereof has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. The image capturing lens system has a total of four lens elements with refractive power.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Po-Lun Hsu, Cheng-Chen Lin, Dung-Yi Hsieh, Wei-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 8879173Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens and a third lens having negative refractive power, and a second lens and a fourth lens having positive refractive power. Curvature radiuses of surfaces of the first lens on an object side and an image plane side are positive. A curvature radius of a surface of the second lens on the object side is positive. Curvature radiuses of surfaces of the third lens on the object side and the image plane side are negative. Curvature radiuses of surfaces of the fourth lens on the object side and the image plane side are positive. The first lens has a focal length f1 and the second lens has a focal length f2, so that the following conditional expression is satisfied: ?0.6<f2/f1<?0.1.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignees: Optical Logic Inc., Kantatsu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: 8873155Abstract: A zoom lens includes first to third lens units having positive, negative, and positive refractive power, respectively, and a rear lens group having positive refractive power. An aperture stop is arranged between a lens surface of the second lens unit closest to the image side and a lens surface of the third lens unit closest to the image side. The third lens unit includes first and second positive lenses each including an aspheric surface, and a negative lens. In the third lens unit, a refractive index of the first positive lens, and an Abbe number and relative partial dispersion of the second positive lens are appropriately set.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomonori Kimura
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Patent number: 8873157Abstract: A zoom lens system has, in order from the enlargement side, a first lens group that remains stationary during zooming and that has a negative optical power and a plurality of lens groups that move during zooming. The first lens group includes three lens groups each having a negative optical power, namely a 1a-th lens group, a 1b-th lens group, and a 1c-th lens group. The 1a-th lens group remains stationary during focusing and includes at least one positive lens element. The 1b-th lens group moves toward the reduction side during focusing from infinity to a close distance. The 1c-th lens group moves toward the enlargement side during focusing from infinity to a close distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Advanced Layers, Inc.Inventor: Masayuki Imaoka
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Publication number: 20140313598Abstract: A thin-type wide-angle imaging lens assembly comprises a fixing diaphragm and an optical set including four lenses. An arranging order from an object side to an image side is: a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; and the fixing diaphragm disposed between an object and the second lens. By the concatenation between the lenses and the adapted curvature radius, thickness/interval, refractivity, and Abbe numbers, the assembly attains a big diaphragm with ultra-wide-angle, a shorter height, and a better optical aberration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Kuo-yu LIAO
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Patent number: 8861096Abstract: An imaging lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. The first lens group is disposed between an object side and an image side. A surface closest to the object side in the first lens group is a first aspheric surface. A surface closest to the image side in the first lens group is a second aspheric surface. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side. A surface closest to the first lens group in the second lens group is a third aspheric surface. A surface closest to the image side in the second lens group is a fourth aspheric surface. The imaging lens satisfies: ?8<f2/f<?4, where f is an effective focal length (EFL) of the imaging lens, and f2 is an EFL of the second lens group.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventor: Chuan-Hui Yang
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Patent number: 8848298Abstract: An image capturing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power, a third lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave image-side surface. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric. Either or both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface have at least one inflection point formed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
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Publication number: 20140285908Abstract: An image capturing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The third lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface of the fourth lens element has a convex shape at a peripheral region, and both of the surfaces of the fourth lens element are aspheric. The image capturing system has a total of four lens elements with refractive power.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: LARGAN Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Po-Lun Hsu, Wei-Yu Chen, Tsung-Han Tsai
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Patent number: 8842378Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. In the first lens, a curvature radius on an object-side surface is positive and a curvature radius of an image-side surface is negative. In the third lens, curvature radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface are both negative. In the fourth lens, curvature radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are both positive. When the whole lens system has a focal length f and a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an image-side surface of the fourth lens is L14, the imaging lens satisfies the following expression: 0.5<L14/f<0.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignees: Optical Logic Inc., Kantatsu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara
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Publication number: 20140268369Abstract: A miniature image pickup lens includes a first lens, a second lens, an aperture, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens in sequence along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. The first lens is a negative meniscus lens with a convex aspheric surface toward the object side and a concave aspheric surface toward the image side. The second lens has both aspheric surfaces including a convex surface toward the object side. The third lens is a positive biconvex lens. The fourth lens is a positive biconvex lens. The fifth lens is a negative lens with a concave surface toward the object side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: KINKO OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Sze-Ying CHEN, Yi-Fang CHEN
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Patent number: 8837060Abstract: Image capture lens modules and wafer level packaged image capture devices are presented. The image capture lens module includes a compound lens with a first lens element and a second lens element molded on both sides of a substrate, and a field stop disposed at an interface between the first lens element and the substrate or at an interface between the second lens element and the substrate, wherein the field stop is a coating layer with a polygonal transparent area.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: Visera Technologies Company Limited, Omnivision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Chun-Chi Lin, Jau-Jan Deng, Wei-Ping Chen
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Publication number: 20140254031Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The positive first lens element has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region. The negative second lens element has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface thereof has a convex shape at a peripheral region, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The positive third lens element has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The negative fourth lens element has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface thereof has a convex shape at a peripheral region, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The imaging lens assembly has a total of four lens elements with refractive power.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Lin-Yao LIAO, Wei-Yu CHEN
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Publication number: 20140253983Abstract: An image reading lens which reads an original image includes a front group lens system on an object side, and a back group lens system on an image side, the front group lens system including three lenses having two positive lenses and a negative lens, and the back group lens system including a plastic negative lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: Takuya NAGANO
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Patent number: 8824062Abstract: A zoom lens consists of positive first lens group, which is fixed during changing magnification, negative second lens group, which is moved during changing magnification, negative third lens group for correcting a fluctuation of an image plane caused by changing magnification, and positive fourth lens group, which is fixed during changing magnification, which are in this order from an object side. The first lens group consists of negative lens and positive lens group consisting of three or less positive lenses in this order from the object side. Each of the negative lens and at least one of the positive lens or lenses in the first lens group has at least an aspherical surface. A predetermined formula is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Aoi, Shinkichi Ikeda
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Patent number: 8817387Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. In the first lens, a curvature radius of an image-side surface is positive. In the second lens, curvature radii of the object-side surface and the image-side surface are both negative. In the third lens, a curvature radius of the object-side surface is positive and a curvature radius of the image-side surface is negative. When a whole lens system has a focal length f and the first lens has a focal length f1, the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression: ?3.0<f1/f<?1.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Optical Logic Inc.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano
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Patent number: 8817389Abstract: An optical lens assembly for image taking includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power includes a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region. The second lens element with negative refractive power includes a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region. The third lens element with refractive power includes a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The fourth lens element made of plastic with negative refractive power includes a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region and an image-side surface. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is aspheric, and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave at a paraxial region and convex at a peripheral region.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: LARGAN Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Wei-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 8817391Abstract: An optical system comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group includes a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; and a second lens group in order from the object side to the image side includes a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, and a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, wherein the image-side surface of the fourth lens element changes from concave at a paraxial region to convex at a peripheral region, and both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wei-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 8817388Abstract: Provided is an imaging device for mobile devices such as a mobile phone, using a high resolution image sensor such as a charge coupled device (CCD) and a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS).Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Jo Kim, Moon Joon Kim, Hyun Woo Ji, Jeong Soon Kang, Beom Sik Kim, Jun Su Kim
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Patent number: 8817390Abstract: An image pickup lens having a relatively wide angle of field with various aberrations preferably corrected and having a small F-value is achieved. The image pickup lens is composed of, in order from an object side, an aperture stop, a first lens of a biconvex shape having a refractive power, a second lens of a meniscus shape having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side near the optical axis, a third lens of a meniscus shape having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and a fourth lens of a biconcave shape having a negative refractive power near the optical axis, wherein the image pickup lens satisfies a following conditional expression (1): 0.6<f1/f<0.8??(1) where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens, and f represents a focal length of the overall image pickup lens.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Kantatsu Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8817386Abstract: This invention provides an image capturing lens system in order from an object side to an image side comprising four non-cemented lens elements with refractive power: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a plastic third lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; and a plastic fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, and at least one inflection point is formed on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof; wherein the image capturing lens system comprises a stop positioned between the first lens element and the second lens element.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., LtdInventors: Chih-Wen Hsu, Tsung-Han Tsai, Ming-Ta Chou
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Patent number: 8810926Abstract: Disclosed herein is an imaging lens. The imaging lens according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a first lens having positive (+) power and having both sides formed to be convex, a second lens having negative (?) power and formed to be concave toward a top side, a third lens having positive power and having both sides formed to be convex, a fourth lens having positive (+) power and formed to be convex toward a top side, and a fifth lens having negative (?) power and formed to be concave toward the top side, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are disposed in order from an object side.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tae Young Kim
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Patent number: 8804252Abstract: An optical image capturing lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspheric. The fourth lens element with refractive power is made of plastic material and has a concave image-side surface, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, and the fourth lens element has at least one inflection point formed on at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dung-Yi Hsieh, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
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Patent number: 8804024Abstract: Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises four lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Though controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces, the refracting power and/or the ratio or difference among the parameters of the lens element(s), the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shih Han Chen, Chung Chih Chang, Hung Chien Hsieh
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Patent number: 8797658Abstract: This invention provides a capturing lens system in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power; a plastic second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; and a plastic third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, and at least one inflection point is formed on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof. Additionally, the central thickness of the second lens element is controlled favorably for the efficient spatial arrangement of the lens assembly and the simpler individual lens production while assuring suitable thickness of the second lens element, thereby assuring high image quality and improving yield rate of the product.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., LtdInventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Wei-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20140211329Abstract: An optical system comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group includes a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; and a second lens group in order from the object side to the image side includes a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, and a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, wherein the image-side surface of the fourth lens element changes from concave at a paraxial region to convex at a peripheral region, and both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 8792187Abstract: An imaging lens includes plastic-made first, second, third, and fourth lens elements arranged in the given order from an object side to an imaging side. The first lens element has a positive focusing power and is biconvex. The second lens element has a negative focusing power, is biconcave, and has an abbe number not greater than 30. The third lens element has a positive focusing power and has a convex imaging-side surface facing toward the imaging side. The fourth lens element has an imaging-side surface formed with a concave area in a vicinity of an optical axis of the fourth lens element. The imaging lens further includes an aperture stop disposed between the first and second lens elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Poche Lee, Kuo-Wen Chang, Long-Sheng Liao
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Patent number: 8792182Abstract: A zoom lens including a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative reflective power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units in this order from an object side to an image side, wherein distances between the respective lens units vary during the zooming operation, wherein the first lens unit consists of three lenses including one negative lens, and a partial dispersion ratio of a material for the negative lens of the first lens unit, an Abbe number of the same, a focal length of the entire system at a wide angle end and a focal length of the first lens unit are set individually and adequately.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Daisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20140198397Abstract: Arranged in order from an object side are: an aperture stop; a positive (refractive power) first lens having convex object-side and image-side surfaces; a double-sided aspheric negative second lens having a concave object-side surface; a meniscus double-sided aspheric positive third lens having a convex image-side surface; and a meniscus double-sided aspheric negative fourth lens having a concave image-side surface. All the lenses are made of plastic material and conditional expressions below are satisfied: 0.56<r1/f<1.10??(1) 0.86<f1/f3<1.41??(2) ?5.0<r3/r4<0.1??(3) 2.0<r7/r8<4.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventor: Yukio Sekine
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Patent number: 8780254Abstract: There is provided an eyepiece optical system including a lens, a surface nearest to an observer side of the lens disposed nearest to the observer side being formed in a convex shape on the observer side, and the eyepiece optical system satisfying a conditional expression (1) |RL/DH|<1.7, where RL is a radius of curvature of the surface nearest to the observer side, and DH is a shortest distance in a radial direction from an optical axis to an edge surface of the lens nearest to the observer side.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Chiharu Hiyori
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Patent number: 8773771Abstract: An image pickup optical system having four lenses includes in order from an object side, a first lens having a biconvex shape, and a positive refractive power, a second lens having a biconcave shape, and a negative refractive power, a third lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface thereof directed toward the object side, and a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having a biconcave shape, and a negative refractive power, and a diaphragm is disposed nearest to the object side, and the surface on the object side of the fourth lens does not have a point of inflection as well as the optical system satisfying the recited numerical conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Kenichiro Abe
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Patent number: 8773782Abstract: An optical lens assembly with a filter member for image taking, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, comprises: a filter member and a lens assembly. The lens assembly is set at the object side of the filter member. The lens assembly comprises at least three lens elements with refractive powers, wherein at least two lens elements are made of plastic, and have at least one aspheric object-side surface or image-side surface. By such arrangements, the optical lens assembly with a filter member for image taking can have good chromatic aberration correction and reduce the total length for applications to electronic products such as cameras and mobile phones requiring high resolution.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co.Inventors: Ming-Ta Chou, Tsung-Han Tsai
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Patent number: 8773772Abstract: A lens optical system includes first, second, third, and fourth lenses that are arranged between an object and an image sensor, in order from an object side, wherein the first lens has positive refractive power and an incident surface that is convex toward the object, the second lens has negative refractive power and both surfaces of which are concave, the third lens has positive refractive power and a meniscus shape that is convex toward the image sensor, and the fourth lens has negative refractive power and at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface of which is an aspherical surface, wherein the system satisfies the inequality, 3.0<TTL/BL<3.4, wherein TTL is a distance from the incident surface of the first lens to the image sensor and BL is a distance from the exit surface of the fourth lens to the image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Kolen Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chi Ho An, Pil Sun Jung, Jae Hoon Cho, Ji Eun Kim, Chan Goo Kang
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Publication number: 20140184900Abstract: Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises four lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refractive power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: Opto Optics Corp., GeniuS Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jih-Chung HUANG
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Patent number: 8767298Abstract: An imaging lens with large aperture ratio, high-performance and low-cost is provided, which is applied to an imaging element of a small-size and high resolution, in which aberration is corrected satisfactorily and sufficient diffraction resolution is achieved. An imaging lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens arranged in sequence from an object side, wherein both surfaces of each lens are formed from aspheric surface, a diffraction optics surface exerting chromatic dispersion function is arranged on a surface on an image side of the second lens, each lens is configured from plastic material, and an aperture ratio is equal to or smaller than F/2.4.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Kantatsu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisanori Suzuki, Shingo Watanabe, Kenichi Kamada, Kazuo Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8760776Abstract: This invention provides an optical image capturing lens assembly comprising four lens elements, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a plastic third lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; and a plastic fourth lens element with negative refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric, at least one inflection point being formed on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof. With the aforementioned arrangement, the total track length of the lens assembly can be effectively reduced, the sensitivity of the system can be attenuated and the image quality can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dung-Yi Hsieh, Hsiang-Chi Tang, Ming-Ta Chou
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Patent number: 8755131Abstract: The invention is an optical lens assembly for capturing images and an image capture device therewith. The optical lens assembly for capturing images includes, along an optical axis, a total reflection prism, a first lens group having negative focal power, wherein the first lens group comprises a lens having negative focal power, a second lens group having positive focal power, wherein the second lens group comprises at least one lens having an aspherical optical surface, a third lens group having positive focal power, wherein the third lens group comprises at least one lens having positive focal power and at least one lens having negative focal power, and a fourth lens group having positive focal power, wherein the fourth lens group comprises at least one lens having an aspherical optical surface. Thereby, the aberration can be improved and a thin lens module for capturing images can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Altek CorporationInventor: Jui-Hsiung Kuo
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Publication number: 20140153116Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a stop; and a fourth lens having positive refractive power arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an image plane-side surface having a positive curvature radius. The second lens has an image plane-side surface having negative curvature radius. The third lens has an image plane-side surface having a negative curvature radius. The fourth lens has an object-side surface having a positive curvature radius and an image plane-side surface having a negative curvature radius. The first lens has a specific focal length and a specific Abbe's number to satisfy specific conditional expressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicants: KANTATSU CO., LTD., OPTICAL LOGIC INC.Inventors: Yoji KUBOTA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hitoshi HIRANO, Tomohiro YONEZAWA
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Publication number: 20140146401Abstract: This disclosure provides an image capturing lens system, in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a second lens element with positive refractive power; a third lens element with positive refractive power; and a fourth lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a concave at a paraxial region and convex at a peripheral region image-side surface, and both of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; wherein the lens elements of the image capturing lens system with refractive power are the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element and the fourth lens element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Chun-Che Hsueh, Wei-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20140146400Abstract: A wide-angle image lens, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and an image plane. The image lens satisfies the following formulas: D/TTL>0.45; CT4/ET4<2.11; Z/Y>0.06; wherein D is the maximum image diameter of the image plane; TTL is a total length of the wide-angle image lens; CT4 is a distance along an optical axis from the seventh surface to the eighth surface; ET4 is a distance along the optical axis from an outmost edge of the seventh surface to an outmost edge of the eighth surface; Z is a distance from a central point of the fifth surface to an outmost edge of the sixth surface along the optical axis; Y is a distance from the outmost edge of the sixth surface to the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: CHUN-CHENG KO
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Patent number: 8736985Abstract: A lens optical system includes first to fourth lenses that are sequentially arranged from an object, and which are between the object and an image sensor on which an image of the object is formed. The first lens has a positive refractive power and an incident surface that is convex toward the object. The second lens has a negative refractive power and both surfaces that are concave. The third lens has a positive refractive power and has a meniscus shape that is convex toward the image sensor. The fourth lens has a negative refractive power and at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface thereof is an aspherical surface. The lens optical system may satisfy an inequality that 0.5<|tan ?|/f<1.5, where â?â denotes an angle of view of the lens optical system and âfâ denotes a focal length of the lens optical system.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Kolen Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae Hoon Cho
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Patent number: 8736984Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex at a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex at a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave at a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex at a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region thereof and being convex at a peripheral region thereof, wherein the surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dung-Yi Hsieh, Wei-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 8730589Abstract: An image lens, in order from an object side to an image side thereof, includes a first lens including a first surface and a second surface, a second lens including a third surface and a fourth surface, a third lens including a fifth surface and a sixth surface, a fourth lens including a seventh surface and a eighth surface, and an image plane. The image lens satisfies the following formulas: D/TTL>1.11; D/L>1.13; Z/Y>0.076; wherein D is the maximum image diameter of the image plane; TTL is a total length of the image lens; L is a distance from an outermost edge of the eighth surface to an optical axis of the image lens; Z is a distance from a central point of the sixth surface to an outermost edge of the sixth surface; and Y is a distance from the outermost edge of the sixth surface to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chun-Cheng Ko
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Patent number: 8730594Abstract: An image pickup lens for a solid-state image pickup element includes a first lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens with concave surfaces facing the object side and an image side, a third lens of a meniscus shape having a positive refractive power with a convex surface facing the image side, and a fourth lens with concave surfaces facing the object side and the image side, wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1),(2),(5),and(7); ?1.3<r1/r2<0.03 ??(1) 0.09<r6/r5<1.0 ??(2) ?0.16270?r8/r7??0.0049871 ??(5) 0.38659694?f3/f?0.565293 ??(7) where r1, r2: curvature radius of the first lens; r5, r6: curvature radius of the third lens; r7, r8: curvature radius of the fourth lens; f: composite focal length of an overall image pickup lens system; and f3: focal length of the third lens.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Kantatsu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Ise, Masaya Hashimoto