ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,704, issued on June 23, was assigned to LARGAN INDUSTRIAL OPTICS Co. LTD. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Image capturing module and electronic device" was invented by Ti Lun Liu (Taichung City, Taiwan), Kai-Chien Hsu (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chien Yen Chen (Taichung City, Taiwan), Yi Ying Wu (Taichung City, Taiwan), Hsiu-Yi Hsiao (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Ming-Ta Chou (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing module includes an imaging lens system, an image sensor, a first circuit board, at least three passive components, and a second circuit board. The image sensor is at an image side of the imaging lens ...