ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,689, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system comprising a prism disposed between a first lens group and a second lens group" was invented by Seong Il Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), You Jin Jeong (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 is provided. The optical imaging system includes a first lens group including at least one lens disposed toward a first optical axis; a second lens group including at least one lens disposed in a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the firs...