US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Dec. 2 for "Camera module with reflective components independently electronically controllable to switch between a transmissive state and a reflective state" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,962, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Camera module with reflective components independently electronically controllable to switch between a transmissive state and a reflective state" was invented by William James Simmons (Fareham, Great Britain), Nicholas James Daffern (Truro, Great Britain), James Adam Nash (Upminster, Great Britain) and Theodore G. van Kessel (Millbrook, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide concepts for camera modules including multiple apertures but only one image sensor for sensing light received via the multiple a...