ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,435, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Image sensor stabilization" was invented by Dongjoon Won (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung Hak Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minook Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyungsung Chu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor stabilizer includes a lower frame, an upper frame on the lower frame and supporting an image sensor, a first actuator and a second actuator between the lower frame and the upper frame and is configured to drive the upper frame to move in a first direction relative to the lower frame, a third actuator between th...