ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,659, issued on May 26, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Optical imaging system" was invented by Jae Hyun Baik (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system. Four or more lenses among the first to seventh lenses have a refractive inde...