ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,977, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Kyung Won Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kyung Sung Chu (Seoul, South Korea), Bon Seok Ku (Seoul, South Korea), Chan Joong Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyun Gyu Roh (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a housing including an upper plate section and a side plate section extending from the upper plate section; a first lens disposed on the upper plate section of the housing; a first lens barrel disposed below the upper plate section in t...