ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,400, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Chuel Jin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Su Kyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Se Houn Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soo Yeon Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a driving unit configured to generate a driving force, a plurality of barrels configured to move in an optical axis direction based on the driving force, and a lens module accommodated in any one barrel among the plurality of barrels. The lens module includes a lens h...