ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,093, issued on March 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Zoom lens and imaging apparatus" was invented by Masaharu Hosoi (Campbell, Calif.) and Yoshikazu Shinohara (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens system provides a zoom function (variable magnification) in a low profile camera (lens system height less than or equal to 6 mm), which may be in a cellular phone. The lens system includes at least three movable lens groups that are movable along a common optical axis. Each of the three movable lens groups is coupled to a corresponding actuator. Responsive to a request to change focal length or magn...