ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,254, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Wide field of view five element lens system" was invented by Yuhong Yao (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lens systems are described that may be used in small form factor cameras. An imaging lens system may include a front aperture and five lens elements, and provides a low F-number (greater than=2.4), wide field of view (less than=82 degrees), and short total track length (TTL). Lens system parameters and relationships may be selected at least in part to reduce, compensate, or correct for optical aberrations and lens artifacts and effects across t...