ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,321, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module including aperture" was invented by Dong Joon Won (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung Hak Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Min Ook Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyung Sung Chu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a lens assembly, at least two blades that are on a top surface of the lens assembly and define a lens light entrance hole, a moving drive magnet, a fixed drive magnet, a blade controller that is coupled to the moving drive magnet and to the at least two blades, where the blade contro...