ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,384, issued on May 20, was assigned to SEKONIX Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Small wide-angle lens system" was invented by Soon Cheol Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ki Youn Noh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seong Jun Bae (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Chae Yeong Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a small wide-angle lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens sequentially arranged from an object, wherein the first lens has a convex object-side surface, the third lens has a nega...