US Patent Issued to Samsung Electro-Mechanics on March 4 for "Optical imaging system and mobile electronic device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,041, issued on March 4, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system and mobile electronic device" was invented by Phil Ho Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jae Hyun Baik (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens, sequentially disposed from an object side. The first lens has negative refractive power, an image side surface thereof is concave, and an angle of view of the optical system including the first lens t...