ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,829, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module and optical instrument comprising same" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment comprises: a display panel including an active area; and a camera module for receiving light passing through the active area, wherein the camera module includes: a lens fixed to be spaced apart from the display panel; an image sensor spaced apart from the lens; and a driving unit for moving the image sensor in an optical axis direction."

The patent was filed on June 15, 2021, under Application No. 17/928,0...