ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,478, issued on May 13, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Optical imaging system" was invented by Ho Sik Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Shin Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sot Eum Seo (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, and a fourth lens sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side on an optical axis, and a reflecting member disposed closer to the object side, as compared to the first lens, and having a reflecting surface configured to cha...