ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,958, issued on April 14, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Aperture module, camera module, and electronic device" was invented by Qiong Deng (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture module, a camera module, and an electronic device are disclosed. The aperture module includes a base, a blade group, a gear carrier, and a driving member. A light passing hole is formed in the base. The blade group is disposed on the base and includes a plurality of blades. A light entering hole opposite to the light passing hole is formed among the plurality of blades. The driving member is conne...