US Patent Issued to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE on Dec. 9 for "Imaging optical system and device" (Japanese, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,171, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Imaging optical system and device" was invented by Shinichi Arita (Tokyo) and Xianchang Hou (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system includes a first lens of a negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a second lens of a negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a third lens of a positive refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens of a positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens of a positive refractive power having a concave object...