ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,408, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Camera-equipped portable information terminal" was invented by Hiroshi Shimizu (Oyamazaki, Japan), Motoyuki Suzuki (Oyamazaki, Japan), Yasunobu Hashimoto (Oyamazaki, Japan), Tomonori Nomura (Oyamazaki, Japan) and Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Oyamazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention makes it possible to perform good illumination and obtain a good captured image when a plurality of users each having a camera-equipped portable information terminal device gather in the same place. A camera-equipped portable information terminal device is provided wit...