ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,899, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera device of generating a depth map of an object" was invented by Gi Seok Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a light output unit which generates an output light signal and emits the output light signal to an object, a light receiving unit which receives an input light signal which is reflected from the object and then input to the light receiving unit, a depth information generation unit which generates a depth map of the object using the input light ...