ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,117, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Sang Hyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Hoo Seo (Seoul, South Korea) and Dae Hwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a camera module, and the present invention may comprise: a lens; a heating layer positioned on the lens so as to generate heat when power is supplied thereto; and a heating wire, which is positioned on the surface of the lens or of the heating layer, which generates heat when a current is supplied thereto from an external power supply, and which is elect...