ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,107, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to JIANGXI LIANCHUANG ELECTRONIC Co. LTD. (JiangXi, China).

"Ultra wide angle lens and imaging device" was invented by Yumin Bao (JiangXi, China), Liufeng Liang (JiangXi, China) and Jiyong Zeng (JiangXi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultra wide angle lens for an imaging device, arranged from the object side to the imaging plane, comprises: a first lens having a negative optical power with a convex object side surface, and a concave image side surface; a second lens having a negative optical power with concave object side and image side surfaces; a third lens having a positive optical pow...