ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,701, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module and control method of camera module" was invented by Jung In Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Wook Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Dae Sik Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module according to one embodiment may comprise: a lens barrel including at least one lens; a magnet disposed on one surface of the lens barrel; a first sensor and a second sensor which measure magnetic force emitted from the magnet; and a control unit which detects the position of the lens by removing noise due to an external environment on ...