Apple has been awarded patent for an imaging technology from the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) on Tuesday against application filed in 2013. The technology involved thereto, is believed to reduce the size of digital camera modules without compromising quality. The snapping gear will include a spherical photo-sensor and lens array that provides high-resolution capture in an incredibly compact package.

Smaller camera absorbs lesser light compared to larger ones. In similar concept, less light falls on a small smart-phone image sensor than that of bigger camera sensor, simply due to the surface area measurement. The physics relating surface area appears to be a big problem for smart-phone cameras need to remain as small as possible to fit within a phone case.

Apple has been granted the US Patent No. 9,244,253 for its Small Form Factor High Resolution Camera. The concept involved in the patented camera model overrides the surface area factor. This new imaging device offers a larger sensor surface into a smaller space simplifying the built in lenses, presumes Forbes.

The photo sensor is spherically curved that allows incoming refracted light to pass through specially crafted lenses, onto a concave surface. An apt analogy would be a bowl filled with water where the bowl represents a spherically curved image sensor and the water a fitted lens system. The high-performance digital shooter is suitable for deployment in iPhone and iPad, according to a report published in AppleInsider.