ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,231, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Imaging lens system" was invented by Da Ye Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyuk Joo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyu Min Chae (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging lens system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having refractive power, a third lens having refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a concave object-side surface, a sixth lens having a convex object-side surface, a seventh lens having refractive power, and an eighth l...