ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,796, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Camera module with annular light guide member and mobile terminal" was invented by Jiajun Liang (Guangdong, China), Yi Wei (Guangdong, China), Mozhou Lin (Guangdong, China), Aixiang Yu (Guangdong, China), Baicheng Zhang (Guangdong, China), Jiyan Wu (Guangdong, China) and Yong Qin (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module and a mobile terminal are provided. The camera module includes a lens assembly, a light guide member and a light source, the light guide member is of an annular structure, and the li...