IP Library Granted Patent US 12,504,641
Granted Patent B2
US 12,504,641 · App. 17/868,797 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Optical lens assembly and head-mounted electronic device

Inventors: Ping-Yi Chen (Taichung, TW); Po-Yu Chen (Taichung, TW); Fei-Hsin Tsai (Taichung, TW)
G02B27/28G02B9/06G02B13/18G02B25/001G06F1/163
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Patent No.
US 12,504,641
App. No.
17/868,797
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical lens assembly includes, in order from a visual side to an image source side: a first lens with positive refractive power; an optical element including, in order from the visual side to the image source side, an absorptive polarizer, a reflective polarizer and a first phase retarder; a second lens with positive refractive power; a partial-reflective-partial-transmissive element; a second phase retarder; and an image source plane. The optical lens assembly has a total of two lenses with refractive power. A focal length of the optical lens assembly is f, a maximum image-source height of the optical lens assembly is INM, a focal length of the first lens is f1, a focal length of the second lens is f2, and following conditions are satisfied: 0.40<IMH/f<1.26 and 0.21<f2/f1<2.35. A head-mounted electronic device includes the optical lens assembly.

Claims (28)

1 . An optical lens assembly, in order from a visual side to an image source side, comprising:

a first lens with positive refractive power, comprising a visual-side surface, and the visual-side surface of the first lens being convex in a paraxial region thereof;

an optical element, in order from the visual side to the image source side, comprising an absorptive polarizer, a reflective polarizer and a first phase retarder;

a second lens with positive refractive power, comprising a visual-side surface and an image source-side surface, the image source-side surface of the second lens being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and at least one of the visual-side surface and the image source-side surface of the second lens being aspheric;

a partial-reflective-partial-transmissive element;

a second phase retarder; and

an image source plane;

wherein a focal length of the optical lens assembly is f, a maximum image-source height of the optical lens assembly is IMH, a focal length of the first lens is f1, a focal length of the second lens is f2, a central thickness of the first lens along an optical axis is CT1, a displacement in parallel to the optical axis from an intersection between the visual-side surface of the first lens and the optical axis to a maximum effective radius position on the visual-side surface of the first lens is TDP1, and following conditions are satisfied: 0.40<IMH/f<1.26, 0.21<f2/f1<2.35, and 0.98<CT1/TDP1<5.79.

2 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central thickness of the first lens along an optical axis is CT1, a central thickness of the second lens along the optical axis is CT2, and a following condition is satisfied: 0.62<CT2/CT1<6.97.

3 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the optical lens assembly is f, the focal length of the first lens is f1, and a following condition is satisfied: 0.04<f/f1<0.28.

4 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature of the visual-side surface of the first lens is R1, the focal length of the first lens is f1, and a following condition is satisfied: 0.33<R1/f1<0.76.

5 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the optical lens assembly is f, the focal length of the second lens is f2, and a following condition is satisfied: 0.07<f/f2<0.30.

6 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature of the image source-side surface of the second lens is R4, the focal length of the second lens is f2, and a following condition is satisfied: −1.20<R4/f2<−0.22.

7 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance from the visual-side surface of the first lens to the image source plane along an optical axis is TL, a radius of curvature of the visual-side surface of the first lens is R1, and a following condition is satisfied: 2.05<R1/TL<12.83.

8 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an Abbe number of the first lens is vd1, an Abbe number of the second lens is vd2, a refractive index of the first lens is nd1, and a following condition is satisfied: 0.93<(vd1*nd1)/vd2<2.16.

9 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature of the visual-side surface of the first lens is R1, a radius of curvature of the image source-side surface of the second lens is R4, and a following condition is satisfied: −2.74<R1/R4<−0.54.

10 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature of the visual-side surface of the second lens is R3, a radius of curvature of the image source-side surface of the second lens is R4, and a following condition is satisfied: −0.83<R4/R3<0.49.

11 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance from the visual-side surface of the second lens to the image source plane along an optical axis is T2M, a central thickness of the second lens along the optical axis is CT2, and a following condition is satisfied: 0.68<T2M/CT2<2.37.

12 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance from the visual-side surface of the first lens to the image source plane along an optical axis is TL, the maximum image-source height of the optical lens assembly is IMH, and a following condition is satisfied: 0.54<TL/IMH<1.80.

13 . The optical lens assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature of the image source-side surface of the second lens is R4, a refractive index of the second lens is nd2, and a following condition is satisfied: −116.45 mm<R4/nd2<−19.09 mm.

14 . A head-mounted electronic device, comprising:

a housing;

the optical lens assembly of claim 1 disposed in the housing;

an image source disposed on the image source plane of the optical lens assembly in the housing; and

a controller disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the image source.

15 . The head-mounted electronic device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a radius of curvature of the visual-side surface of the first lens is R1, a radius of curvature of the image source-side surface of the second lens is R4, and a following condition is satisfied: −2.74<R1/R4<−0.54.

16 . The head-mounted electronic device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a radius of curvature of the visual-side surface of the second lens is R3, a radius of curvature of the image source-side surface of the second lens is R4, and a following condition is satisfied: −0.83<R4/R3<0.49.

17 . The head-mounted electronic device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a distance from the visual-side surface of the first lens to the image source plane along an optical axis is TL, the maximum image-source height of the optical lens assembly is IMH, and a following condition is satisfied: 0.54<TL/IMH<1.80.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2022
From: CHEN, PING-YI; CHEN, PO-YU; TSAI, FEI-HSIN
To: NEWMAX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060555/0622 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 111115286 · Apr 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230341697A1 · Oct 26, 2023
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