ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,868, issued on April 21, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Catadioptric lens module" was invented by Zachary A Granger (Redwood City, Calif.), Fuyi Yang (San Jose, Calif.), Graham B Myhre (Campbell, Calif.) and Young Cheol Yang (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a display system and an optical system that are supported by a housing. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having first, second, and third lens elements. The first lens element may have a convex surface and a concave surface. The convex surface may have less curvature than the concave surface...