ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,696, issued on June 23, was assigned to ALPHA NETWORKS INC. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Light source angle-adjustment device and photographing module" was invented by Chao-Hsi Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source angle-adjustment device is adapted to be disposed adjacent to a camera lens and includes a light-emitting member, a reflecting member, and a driving member. The light-emitting member has a light outlet. A light of the light-emitting member is emitted from the light outlet along a light path. The light outlet faces away from the camera lens and faces the reflecting member. The reflecting member is dispo...