ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,887, issued on May 12, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Sensor shifting module and camera module including the same" was invented by Su Bong Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Jong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hee Soo Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Tae Ho Yun (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; a carrier, disposed in the housing, and configured to move in a first direction; an image sensor movably disposed in the carrier and having an imaging plane oriented in the first direction; and an autofocusing drive...