ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,576, issued on July 28, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Adjustable focus lens module" was invented by Mahshad Mosayebi (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Jonathan Stern (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capture device includes a lens barrel disposed in a body of the image capture device and an adjustable lens module coupled to the lens barrel. The adjustable lens module includes a housing, an external ring, an internal ring, and an internal movable barrel. The external ring is coupled to the housing and configured to rotate about an optical axis. The internal ring is coupled to the housing and configure...