ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,989, issued on July 28, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens driving device and camera module comprising same" was invented by Sang Hoon Bong (Seoul, South Korea) and Yun Sang Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first lens; and an optical path-changing member that changes the path of light incident from the first lens and emits same, wherein the first lens and the optical path-changing member are arranged so as to be tilted simultaneously with respect to a first axis and to be tilted separately with re...