ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,051, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Camera module and electronic device" was invented by Yu-Chin Huang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Cheng-Mao Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Li-Hua Hu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Pao-Min Huang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chien-Yuan Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module suited for assembled in a casing is provided. The camera module includes a camera and a switch cover. The camera is disposed in the casing and aligned with a camera hole of the casing. The switch cover is slidably disposed in the casing, wherein the switch cover includes a sliding membe...