IP Library Granted Patent US 11,650,430
Granted Patent B2
US 11,650,430 · App. 16/742,154 · Granted May 16, 2023

Method of adjusting optical system

Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, TW); Chih-Wei Weng (Taoyuan, TW); Shu-Shan Chen (Taoyuan, TW); Yung-Hsien Yeh (Taoyuan, TW); Sin-Jhong Song (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
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Patent No.
US 11,650,430
App. No.
16/742,154
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for adjusting an optical system is provided, including a positioning device positioning a first optical module; a measuring device measuring an angular difference between a main axis of the first optical module and an optical axis of an optical element sustained by the first optical module to obtain a measurement information; an adjusting device changing the shape of an adjustment assembly of the first optical module according to the measurement information; and assembling the first optical module with an optical object, wherein the optical axis of the optical element is parallel to a central axis of the optical object.

Claims (34)

1. A method for adjusting an optical system, comprising:

a positioning device positioning a first optical module;

a measuring device measuring an angular difference between a main axis of the first optical module and an optical axis of an optical element sustained by the first optical module to obtain a measurement information;

an adjusting device changing the shape of an adjustment assembly of the first optical module according to the measurement information; and

assembling the first optical module with an optical object, wherein the optical axis of the optical element is parallel to a central axis of the optical object.

2. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjustment assembly includes a plurality of adjustment columns, and the step of changing the shape of the adjustment assembly of the first optical module according to the measurement information using an adjusting device includes:

an alignment plane formed by connecting lines of the free ends of the adjustment columns that are perpendicular to the optical axis with the adjusting device to adjust the adjustment columns.

3. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjusting device is a thermal welding member, and the step of changing the shape of the adjustment assembly of the first optical module according to the measurement information using an adjusting device includes:

the thermal welding member melting at least a part of the adjustment assembly.

4. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein after the step wherein the adjusting device forms the alignment plane by connecting lines of the free ends of the adjustment columns that are perpendicular to the optical axis, the adjusting device is removed, and the optical module and the optical object are assembled.

5. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the positioning device positions a first optical module into a first position, and after the step wherein the adjusting device makes the alignment plane formed by connecting lines of the free ends of the adjustment columns that are perpendicular to the optical axis, the positioning device moves the first optical module from the first position into a second position, and the optical axis is parallel to the central axis.

6. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjusting device is disposed on the optical object and faces the adjustment assembly.

7. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein after the step of the adjusting device changing the shape of the adjustment assembly, the adjusting device is still in contact with the adjustment assembly.

8. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the adjusting device includes a flat metal plate corresponding to the adjustment assembly.

9. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the adjusting device includes a thermal circuit, and the method for adjusting the optical system further comprises:

connecting a heat source via the thermal circuit to heat up the flat metal plate, and the flat metal plate changes the shape of the adjustment assembly.

10. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical object is an image sensor module, and by changing the shape of the adjustment assembly, the optical axis of the first optical module is parallel to the central axis of the image sensor module.

11. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical object is a second optical module, the second optical module is configured to carry a second optical element, and when the shape of the adjustment assembly is changed using the adjusting device and the second optical module is assembled with the first optical module, the central axis of the second optical module is parallel to the optical axis of the first optical element.

12. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the measuring device is an external measuring device, which is outside of the first optical module.

13. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the measuring device belongs to a part of the first optical module, and the measuring device is a position-sensing assembly, which is disposed on a base of the first optical module.

14. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning device includes a limiting member, and when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the main axis, the adjustment assembly protrudes from the limiting member.

15. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the image sensor module includes a filter element, and when the first optical module is assembled with the optical object, the filter element overlaps at least a part of the adjustment assembly in the main axis direction.

16. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , the adjusting device is disposed on the optical object, and the optical object is in contact with the first optical module through the adjusting device.

17. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical object is a second optical module, the second optical module is used to carry a second optical element, and the adjusting device is disposed on an upper surface of the second optical module.

18. A method for adjusting the optical system, comprising:

a positioning device positioning a first optical module and a second optical module;

a measuring device measuring an angle difference between a main axis of the first optical module and a first optical axis of a first optical element carried by the first optical module, and obtaining a first measurement information;

an adjusting device changing a shape of a first adjustment sub-assembly of an adjustment assembly connected to the first optical module according to the first measurement information; and

assembling the first optical module with a second optical module which carries a second optical element having a second optical axis, wherein the first optical axis of the first optical element is parallel to a second optical axis of the second optical element.

19. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 18 , further comprising:

the measuring device measuring an angle difference between the second optical axis and a central axis of an image sensor module, to obtain a second measurement information; and

the positioning device positioning the assembled first and second optical module into an alignment position according to the second measurement information, and making the first optical axis and the second optical axis parallel to the central axis of the image sensor module.

20. The method for adjusting the optical system as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the step of making the first optical axis and the second optical axis parallel to the central axis of the image sensor module includes:

adjusting a shape of a second adjustment sub-assembly of the adjustment assembly using the adjusting device, and assembling the second optical module with the image sensor module.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2026
From: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
To: ACTUTEK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074858/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2020
From: HU, CHAO-CHANG; WENG, CHIH-WEI; CHEN, SHU-SHAN; YEH, YUNG-HSIEN; SONG, SIN-JHONG
To: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
Reel/Frame 051600/0882 →