ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,419, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).
"Optical image capture apparatus" was invented by Cheng-Te Tseng (Guangzhou, China) and Chuan-Hui Liu (Guangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical image capture apparatus includes a front lens group, an optical redirecting assembly, a fixed lens group, a focusing lens module, and an image sensor. The optical redirecting assembly includes an optical redirecting component which has an incident surface, a reflective surface, and an emergent surface. The front lens group's contact portion is in contact with the incid...