ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,240, issued on March 11, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Sang Jin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Myung Jae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a movable portion including a lens barrel, an accommodating portion configured to receive the movable portion, and a driving unit configured to drive the movable portion, comprising a driving magnet integrated with the movable portion. A cross-sectional area of the driving magnet decreases as a distance thereof from an optical axis increases."
The patent was filed on J...