ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,140, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Integrated sensor-lens assembly alignment in image capture systems" was invented by David Thomas Platner (San Francisco), Jonathan Stern (San Mateo, Calif.) and Ian Copeland Griggs (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module for an image capture system is disclosed. The optical module includes a first integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA) that is oriented in a first direction and which defines a first optical axis and first mounting surfaces; a second ISLA that is oriented in a second, opposite direction and which defines a second optical axis...