US Patent Issued to eBay on Aug. 4 for "Housing with light source and spacer for mobile device imaging" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,887, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to eBay Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Housing with light source and spacer for mobile device imaging" was invented by Fang Fang (Westchester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing includes an attachment mechanism, a light source including at least one light distributed around a first surface, and a spacer extending from the first surface by a first distance to maintain a fixed focal distance between a camera of a mobile device and an object to be imaged, the spacer forming at least a partially enclosed light shield that blocks external light."

The patent was filed on June 17, 2025, under Applic...