ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,958, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Changchun Tang (Jiangsu, China).

"Multi-directional image photographing apparatus" was invented by Changchun Tang (Jiangsu, China) and Ruirui Tang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a multi-directional image capturing device, which includes a transparent shell and a panoramic camera component, wherein the panoramic camera component comprises at least two camera lenses and camera modules provided at the inner end and the circumferential direction of the shell, the shell comprises a plurality of first outer surfaces, each of the camera lens is provided ...