ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,141, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LARGAN PRECISION Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Camera module, imaging module and electronic device" was invented by Jyun-Jia Cheng (Taichung, Taiwan), Yu-Chen Lai (Taichung, Taiwan), Ming-Ta Chou (Taichung, Taiwan) and Chen-Yi Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly and an image sensor. The imaging lens assembly includes a plastic optical element with a light-blocking layer disposed on its transparent surface. The plastic optical element includes an optical effective area, and a peripheral region of the light-blocking layer forms a ...