ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,622, issued on March 17, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Kum Kyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Hun Han (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soo Cheol Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module include a first moving body, disposed in a housing, configured to move in an optical axis direction; a guide member having one surface disposed to oppose the first moving body, the guide member coupled to the first moving body and configured to move in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis; a second moving body disposed to oppose another...