ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,842, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Corephotonics Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Pop-out mobile cameras and compact actuators" was invented by Kobi Goldstein (Tel Aviv, Israel), Ephraim Goldenberg (Tel Aviv, Israel), Yiftah Kowal (Tel Aviv, Israel), Dana Deutsch (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Vinay Bhus (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pop-out cameras having pop-out lens modules that comprise an inner part, an outer part having an outer part diameter dO, a gap between the inner part and outer part having a maximum gap width WG-Max, a moving lens group fixedly coupled to the inner part, the moving lens group including a plurali...