US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Sept. 23 for "Shared window for computing device camera lenses and photoflash" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,706, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Shared window for computing device camera lenses and photoflash" was invented by Eeva Liisa Lehtola (Salo, Finland), Pertti Ensio Savolainen (Salo, Finland) and Virpi Tuulikki Niemenmaa (Jarvenpaa, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mobile computing devices often incorporate a digital camera module to capture photographs and/or record video using one or more built-in digital cameras and photoflash LEDs. The photoflash LEDs are separated from the digital cameras and sensors within the digital camera module to provide an optical barrier ...