ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,131, issued on May 5, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module including liquid lens and control method thereof" was invented by Jung Bae Park (Seoul, South Korea), Young Woon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Seop Moon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module including a liquid lens, according to one embodiment, includes: a liquid lens including a first plate, and an individual electrode arranged on a first surface of the first plate; a temperature detection element arranged on the first surface of the first plate so as to be spaced apart from the individual electrode; a heati...