ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,963, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module and optical device" was invented by Jae Keun Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate spaced from the first substrate in the optical axis direction on the first substrate; an image sensor electrically connected to the second substrate; a housing arranged on the second substrate; and a passive element arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the passive element is arranged at a position lower than ...