US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Aug. 12 for "Lens drive module, imaging module, electronic device, and lens unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,243, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo) and SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Lens drive module, imaging module, electronic device, and lens unit" was invented by Katsuji Kimura (Kanagawa, Japan), Takayuki Kunimitsu (Kumamoto, Japan), Kohei Imayoshi (Kumamoto, Japan), Takahiro Tsuruta (Kumamoto, Japan), Isao Yamamoto (Kumamoto, Japan), Hideaki Okano (Tokyo) and Daisuke Hirono (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a lens drive module, an imaging module, an electronic device, and a lens unit that have a simple configuration and are advantageous in reducing power consu...