ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,084, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module with a lens driving apparatus" was invented by Ohbyoung Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soo Cheol Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving apparatus includes a lens holder configured to accommodate a lens; a carrier configured to accommodate the lens holder; a first optical image stabilization (OIS) driver, disposed outside of the lens holder, configured to drive the lens holder in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis; and a second OIS driver, disposed outside of the carrier...