ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,967, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module and optical device" was invented by Tae Bong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Seok Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Cheol Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment comprises: a fixed unit comprising first to fourth magnets; and a movable unit disposed so as to be spaced apart from the fixed unit. The movable unit comprises: a coil comprising first to fourth coil units facing the first to fourth magnets; a position sensor comprising a first sensor for outputting a first output by detecting a magnetic field of the ...