ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,037, issued on March 4, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Optical system" was invented by Ju Hwa Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system includes a first lens having negative refractive power and having two concave surfaces, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, a fifth lens having refractive power, a sixth lens having refractive power, and a seventh lens having refractive power. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side."
The patent was ...