Apple Patent Reveals Exciting iPhone Camera Changes

Apple AAPL +3.09% has recently been granted a patent for an imaging technology which could significantly
reduce the size of digital camera modules, without any loss in quality.

Thanks to the laws of Physics, smaller cameras can capture less light than larger ones – a small smartphone
image sensor simply has less light falling on it than a big camera sensor, due to its surface area. This is a big
problem for smartphone cameras which obviously need to remain as small as possible to fit within a phone
case unobtrusively.

On the 26th of this month, Apple was granted 53 patents, among which is No. 9,244,253, “Small Form Factor
High Resolution Camera”. This new camera squeezes a larger sensor surface area into a smaller space, while
simultaneously simplifying the lenses which go with it. This means better light-gathering ability:smaller, less-
complex lenses and more Instagram followers for everyone (maybe).

More at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulmonckton/2016/01/31/apples-curved-camera-to-bring-smaller-iphones/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix#48007c202e88