ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,530, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module and electronic device including the same" was invented by Hyunjin Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Seunghak Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Insang Song (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a camera module including a housing having an opening, and a first lens assembly configured to move in the housing between a first position in which the first lens assembly is entirely provided in the housing, and a second position in which a portion of the first lens assembly protrudes external to the housing th...