ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,647, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Optical imaging system" was invented by Dong Hyuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byung Hyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jae Hyuk Huh (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system includes four or more lenses disposed in order from an object side. Among the lenses, a frontmost lens disposed to be closest to an object side has two or more reflective surfaces. Among the lenses, a rearmost lens disposed to be closest to an image side has an inflection point formed on at least one of an object-side su...