ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,784, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module with piezoelectric driving member" was invented by Do Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ju Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Hyun Ji (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung Hyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Nam Keun Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Doo Seub Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Hoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Eun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangik Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes: a first body including a substrate; an image sensor mounted on the substrate;...