ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,443, issued on April 22, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Sensor shifting module and camera module including the same" was invented by Su Bong Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Jong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hee Soo Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Tae Ho Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor shifting module includes a fixed body, a first body movably disposed in the fixed body, a second body movably disposed in the first body and coupled to an image sensor having an imaging plane facing a first direction, a first driver configured to move the second body in ...