ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,049, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dual camera module and optical device" was invented by Jun Taek Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Jun Min (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Jin Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising a first camera module and a second camera module, wherein: a first magnet unit of the first camera module includes a first magnet and a second magnet, both disposed opposite to each other on a side surface of a first housing; a second magnet unit of the second camera module includes a third to a sixth...