ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,009, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Optical imaging system" was invented by Ji Su Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Hyuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Il Yong Park (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, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens disposed in order from an object side. The first lens has positive refractive power, and the second lens has negative refractive power. At least three of the first to eighth lenses each has a refract...