ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,766, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and KYONGGI UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY & ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and system with optimization of lens module assembly" was invented by Hye Geun Min (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ye Rim Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Yeon Bin Son (Siheung-si, South Korea), Sung Hoon Kim (Gwacheon-si, South Korea) and Eun Young Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens module assembly optimization method includes: in preparing a lens module including assembled N lenses respectively formed in cavities: rece...