ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,086, issued on June 3, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module" was invented by Sungho Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing configured to have an inner space covered by a cover; a folded module which includes a reflective member configured to reflect light incident from the outside, and change a path of the light, and a moving holder on which the reflective member is mounted and configured to be movable in the inner space; a lens module positioned behind the folded module in the inner space and com...