ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,767, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AAG Optics (Nanning) Co. Ltd. (Nanning, China).
"Shooting apparatus, camera, and electronic device" was invented by Kazuo Shikama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shooting apparatus, a camera, and an electronic device, related to a field of optical technologies, are provided. According to the shooting apparatus, in order to fix the lens assembly, the focusing magnets and the fixing magnetic yokes are used to replace a leaf spring. Then, by energizing the focusing coils, the lens assembly realizes autofocus under the action of the forces of attraction between the focusing magnets a...