US Patent Issued to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION on April 29 for "Electronic device, photographing method, and photographing apparatus with slidable arc-shaped surfaces" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,511, issued on April 29, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Electronic device, photographing method, and photographing apparatus with slidable arc-shaped surfaces" was invented by Qiaofeng Zhang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device, a photographing method, and a photographing apparatus are provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a main body portion, a connecting rod, and a driving apparatus; a rear face of the camera is provided with a first arc-shaped surface that protrudes in a direction away from the camera, the main body portion is provided with a secon...