ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,730, issued on March 24, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Kang Yeol Park (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a light emitting unit which emits light with a spot light pattern or flood light pattern to an object, and a light receiving unit which receives light reflected by the object, wherein the light emitting unit includes a light source including a plurality of emitters disposed at a predetermined pitch, a lens assembly disposed to be spaced apart from an upper end of the light source...