ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,163, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical system and control method" was invented by Ko-Lun Chao (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ya-Hsiu Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ying-Jen Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Sin-Jhong Song (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Cheng-Jui Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system, disposed on an electrical device, including a movable portion, a connected portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is connected to an optical module. The connected portion connects the movable portion to the electrical device. The driving assembly drives t...