ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,170, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Imaging lens system" was invented by Sang Hyun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Jin Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Phil Ho Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ju Hwa Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging lens system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens disposed in order from an object side. In the imaging lens system, the first lens has positive refractive power and an object-side surface of the fir...