ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,532, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens driving device, camera module and optical apparatus" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Jun Min (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyoung Ho Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving device including a first lens driving unit for auto focusing, and a second lens driving unit for handshake correction is proposed, the lens driving device including a base, a holder member mounted with a magnet and positioned at an upper side of the base by being spaced apart from the base at a predetermined distance, a plurality ...