ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,739, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LARGAN PRECISION Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Folded optical system, image capturing unit and electronic device" was invented by Hsiang-Chi Tang (Taichung, Taiwan), I-Hsuan Chen (Taichung, Taiwan) and Hsin-Hsuan Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folded optical system includes an optical folding assembly and lens elements. The optical folding assembly has a first transmissive surface, a first reflective surface, a second reflective surface substantially the same interface as the first transmissive surface, a third reflective surface and a second transmissive surface seque...