Krill-eye : Superposition Compound Eye for Wide-Angle Imaging via GRIN Lenses

We propose a novel wide angle imaging system inspired by compound eyes of animals. Instead of using a single lens, well compensated for aberration, we used a number of simple lenses to form a compound eye which produces practically distortion-free, uniform images with angular variation. The images f...

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Main Authors: Hiura, Shinsaku (Contributor), Mohan, Ankit (Contributor), Raskar, Ramesh (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor), Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010-10-15T15:46:20Z.
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520 |a We propose a novel wide angle imaging system inspired by compound eyes of animals. Instead of using a single lens, well compensated for aberration, we used a number of simple lenses to form a compound eye which produces practically distortion-free, uniform images with angular variation. The images formed by the multiple lenses are superposed on a single surface for increased light efficiency. We use GRIN (gradient refractive index) lenses to create sharply focused images without the artifacts seen when using reflection based methods for X-ray astronomy. We show the theoretical constraints for forming a blur-free image on the image sensor, and derive a continuum between 1 : 1 flat optics for document scanners and curved sensors focused at infinity. Finally, we show a practical application of the proposed optics in a beacon to measure the relative rotation angle between the light source and the camera with ID information. 
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773 |t 2009 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCV Workshops)