ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,624, issued on April 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module and electronic device including the same" was invented by Jinheon Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a camera housing, an optical image stabilization (OIS) driving unit disposed in the camera housing, an auto focus (AF) driving unit coupled to the OIS driving unit, and a lens assembly including a lens and coupled to the AF driving unit where the AF driving unit includes a first carrier to which the lens assembly is coupled and a first piezoelectric motor that provides a driving fo...