Apple Patent Application for front-facing camera

A new patent application from Apple reveals improved camera lens, front-facing camera. The application entitled "Apparatus and Method for Compensating for Variations in Digital Cameras," notes that the current manufacturing process for digital video cameras is inconsistent which often result in flaws.

The problem is that camera modules are manufactured separately as independent units before they are incorporated into a larger device, such as an iPhone or iPod.

Here’s an excerpt from the application:

Similar cameras manufactured on similar product lines may operate non-uniformly. For example manufacturing variations may result in variations in response to external stimuli, such as ambient light. Such variations in camera responses may produce a non-uniformity in images rendered by digital cameras of the same type, consequently, leading to an inconsistent product performance and to variations in product lines(s).

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