ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,114, issued on March 25, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module with sensor shifting module" 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 movable body, movably disposed in the fixed body, comprising an image sensor having an imaging plane opposite to a first direction; and a driver, configured to move the first movable body in a direction orthogonal to the first direction wit...