ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,578, issued on May 6, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including structure for adjusting distance between lenses" was invented by Sangyoup Seok (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gyeongtae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heebo Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongoh Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seunghoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Changmin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first lens support, a second lens support movable with respect to the first lens support, a first moving member coupled to the fi...