ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,696, issued on July 21, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Optical system" was invented by Dong Hyuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Gi Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system includes a first lens group including at least one lens, and a second lens group including at least one lens, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are disposed in order from an object side, wherein each of the first lens group and the second lens group is configured to move in an optical axis direction to change a magnificat...