ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,098, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera device" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Jun Min (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera device including an actuating unit having a holder and a reflection member arranged in the holder. A fixed unit is spaced from the actuating unit. An SMA member is configured to move the actuating unit with respect to the fixed unit. An elastic member is electrically connected with the SMA member. In addition, when a current is applied to the SMA member, the SMA member tilts the actuating unit on the basis of a f...