ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,179, issued on March 17, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module and vehicle comprising same" was invented by Chang Gyun Son (Seoul, South Korea), Se Yeon Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Jin Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; an image sensor disposed on the substrate; a lens assembly disposed on the image sensor and including a barrel portion having a plurality of lenses in a through hole; an optical filter disposed between the image sensor and a last lens; a housing disposed between an upper su...