ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,344, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Optical imaging system" was invented by Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyuk Joo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyu Min Chae (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side. The third lens and the seventh lens are formed of pla...