ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,119, issued on March 31, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module" was invented by Sungyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module that internally reflects and transmits light, incident in a first direction, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, includes a housing with an inner space; a cover coupled to the housing to cover the inner space; a folded module comprising a moving holder movable in the inner space, and a reflective member disposed on the moving holder to change a path of light incident on the reflective member; and ...