ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,793, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Optical imaging system" was invented by Jung Hui Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system includes lenses. A prism is disposed adjacent to a first lens of the lenses and a second lens of the lenses, and is configured to refract light from the first lens to the second lens. A reflecting member is disposed adjacent to a fifth lens of the lenses and an imaging plane, and is configured to reflect light from the fifth lens to the imaging plane."
The patent was filed on Feb. 11, 2022, under Appli...