ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,497, issued on June 17, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Yangmei Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Camera module and method for controlling the same" was invented by Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chen-Hsien Fan (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Yi-Liang Chan (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module is provided, including a holder, a base, a bottom, an image sensor, and a first biasing element. The holder holds an optical lens and is disposed on the base. The bottom supports the image sensor and connects to the base via the first biasing element. The bottom and the image sensor can be moved with respect to the base by the first biasin...