ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,811, issued on April 15, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Sensor shifting actuator and camera module including sensor shifting actuator" was invented by Ju Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung Hyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Hoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Hyun Ji (Suwon-si, South Korea), Do Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Nam Keun Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor shifting actuator includes a fixed body; a moving body disposed in the fixed body and including an image sensor having an imaging surface; a supporting substrate disposed in the ...