ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,657, issued on May 26, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"High resolution lens module" was invented by Il Yong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens module includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having positive or negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having negative refractive power. One or more inflection points may be formed on an image-side surface of the sixth lens."

The patent was fi...