Using off-the-shelf components in the design of curved compound eye camera systems

Guillaume Allain; Sedick Rabia; Simon Thibault

doi:10.1117/12.3030045

1 October 2024 Using off-the-shelf components in the design of curved compound eye camera systems

Guillaume Allain, Sedick Rabia, Simon Thibault

Proceedings Volume 13131, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering XXV; 131310B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3030045
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2024, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The fabrication of curved compound eye camera systems is usually complex since it can involve multiple non-standard components to achieve the desired effect. In this paper we aim to provide a close alternative to these custom optical elements using off the shelf components or to provide a framework to design these system using standard fabrication techniques. We will first demonstrate how lens distortion can be leveraged to optically bend a standard planar micro-lens array, and how this bending correlates to a curved micro-lens array. We will then show lab results of curved compound eye camera made using an off-the-shelf fisheye lens and a standard micro-lens array and how the equivalent curved micro-lens array system would reproduces image in the real world and provide a comparison using image simulation from an optical design software and a scene recorded using a neural radiance field.

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Guillaume Allain, Sedick Rabia, and Simon Thibault "Using off-the-shelf components in the design of curved compound eye camera systems", Proc. SPIE 13131, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering XXV, 131310B (1 October 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3030045

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