ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,667, issued on June 2, was assigned to HANWHA VISION Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Camera apparatus" was invented by Woon Do Jung (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Byeong Ho Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera apparatus includes a housing, a lens included in the housing, a plurality of light sources arranged around the lens, an illuminance sensor, a first cover covering an end of the lens, a first window mounted on the first cover corresponding to the lens, and a second window mounted on the first cover corresponding to the illuminance sensor."

The patent was filed on May 1, 2024, under Applicat...