US Patent Issued to Magnolia White on June 16 for "Camera module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,658, issued on June 16, was assigned to Magnolia White Corp. (Tokyo).

"Camera module" was invented by Hirondo Nakatogawa (Tokyo), Yoshiro Aoki (Tokyo) and Hitoshi Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a camera module includes an image sensor and a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes an aperture portion in which first and second regions are formed, a liquid crystal layer disposed in a position overlapping the aperture portion, a first electrode disposed in a position overlapping the first region and a second electrode disposed in a position overlapping the second region, a driver...