ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,795, issued on May 27, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Mobile terminal and mobile device" was invented by Zongbao Yang (Beijing), Wei Liu (Beijing) and Yan Zheng (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a mobile terminal. A device housing of the mobile terminal includes a light-permeable portion and an external connection portion whereby an external lens assembly is able to positioned and mounted on an external connection region of the mobile terminal, and can cooperate with an image sensor assembly arranged inside a first assembly space in the device housing to achieve a sho...