ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,579, issued on June 10, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Lens curvature variation apparatus" was invented by Sung Ki Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Seop Moon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens curvature variation apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a liquid lens including a first electrode and a second electrode, and containing a first liquid and a second liquid forming an interface with each other; a voltage booster including a first switching element, and converting an input voltage into a voltage of a first level higher than the input...