ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,513, issued on April 29, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pop-up camera and display device comprising same" was invented by Sanghee Nam (Seoul, South Korea), Jinho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Minyong Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pop-up camera and a display device comprising same, according to one embodiment, are disclosed. The pop-up camera comprises: a camera module arranged so that the camera faces one side; a rail assembly into which the camera module is inserted, and which is formed such that the camera module can move upward and downward; a head assembly, which is open in th...