ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,164, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ZNONZ Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Optical element part including at least two optical characteristic regions, and turret, optical element device, and camera including the same" was invented by Yoshihide Yumoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turret-type optical element device includes an attaching part attached to a lensless camera having no optical elements on an optical path, and a turret rotatably attached to a substrate having an optical path opening and including an optical element part having at least two optical characteristic regions in which characteristics in optical characteristics poss...