ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,586, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module including liquid lens" was invented by Ui Jun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Young Woon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Seop Moon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module according to an embodiment includes a liquid lens including a first plate and an individual electrode disposed on a first surface of the first plate; a plurality of temperature detection elements disposed on the first surface of the first plate so as to be spaced apart from the individual electrode; and a temperature sensor connected to the plurali...