ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,298, issued on April 7, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Jung Woo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), You Jin Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sot Eum Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soo Cheol Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kum Kyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a first lens module including one or more lenses disposed along a first optical axis; a housing defining an internal space; at least two guide portions disposed in the internal space to guide a coupling position of the first lens module; and a reflection modul...