ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,282, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Optical module" was invented by Jae Wook Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A optical module according to an embodiment includes a sensor and an optical system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens arranged sequentially along the optical axis in the direction from the object side to the sensor side, at least one of the object side surface or the sensor side surface of the fourth lens includes a freeform surface."

The patent was filed on Aug. 26, 2022, under Application N...