ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,000, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Optical arrangement for small size wide angle auto focus imaging lens for high resolution sensors" was invented by Igor Vinogradov (Oakdale, N.Y.) and Alexander J. Naney (Kings Park, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for capturing an image of at least one object appearing in a field of view (FOV). A housing has an image sensor an autofocusing lens assembly fixedly mounted relative thereto. The autofocusing lens assembly employs multiple lens groups and a liquid lens. The lens groups, liquid lens, and the image sensor are a...