ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,566, issued on April 29, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical system" was invented by Chan-Jung Hsu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chen-Hsin Huang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chen-Hung Chao (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Kun-Shih Lin (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Shou-Jen Liu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system is provided and includes a first optical element driving mechanism, which includes a first fixed assembly, a first movable assembly, and a first driving assembly. The first movable assembly is configured to be connected to a first optical element, and the first movable assembly is mova...