ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,626, issued on March 17, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera device" was invented by Hyun Soo Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Seok Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiment relates to a camera device comprising: a fixed unit; a moving unit comprising an image sensor; an OIS driving unit moving the moving unit with respect to the fixed unit; an auto focus assembly disposed in the fixed unit; and a lens coupled to the auto focus assembly, wherein the auto focus assembly comprises: a housing disposed in the fixed unit; a bobbin disposed in the housing and coupled to the...