ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,241, issued on April 7, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).
"Zoom lens and camera device with zoom lens" was invented by Yasuhiko Obikane (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zoom lens is retractable and includes a first lens group, a second lens group and a P-lens group from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, the first lens group has a negative refractive power, and the second lens group has a reflective optical element bending an optical axis. During retraction, the second lens group moves along the optical axis to an image side, and at least a part of the first lens group is re...