ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,789, issued on March 18, was assigned to ViewSonic International Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Webcam module" was invented by Chi-Chung Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chyun-Roh Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A webcam module, including a front casing, a rear casing, a support base, a lens, a blocking cover, and a lever, is provided. The front casing has a lens hole. The rear casing is disposed at the front casing and forms an accommodating space. The support base is rotatably disposed in the accommodating space. The lens is disposed on a front side surface of the support base facing the front casing. The blocki...