ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,898, issued on April 15, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module" was invented by Young Bae Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Hyun Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung June Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a housing; a lens assembly arranged in the housing; a first driving unit arranged in the lens assembly; a second driving unit which is arranged in the housing and which faces the first driving unit; sensor magnets arranged in the lens assembly and extended in the direction of an optical axis; and a plurality of sensors wh...