Proof-of-concept demonstration of a miniaturized three-channel multiresolution imaging system

Gebirie Y. Belay; Heidi Ottevaere; Youri Meuret; Michael Vervaeke; Jürgen Van Erps; Hugo Thienpont

doi:10.1117/12.2051785

15 May 2014 Proof-of-concept demonstration of a miniaturized three-channel multiresolution imaging system

Gebirie Y. Belay, Heidi Ottevaere, Youri Meuret, Michael Vervaeke, Jürgen Van Erps, Hugo Thienpont

Proceedings Volume 9138, Optics, Photonics, and Digital Technologies for Multimedia Applications III; 91380B (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051785
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2014, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

Multichannel imaging systems have several potential applications such as multimedia, surveillance, medical imaging and machine vision, and have therefore been a hot research topic in recent years. Such imaging systems, inspired by natural compound eyes, have many channels, each covering only a portion of the total field-of-view of the system. As a result, these systems provide a wide field-of-view (FOV) while having a small volume and a low weight. Different approaches have been employed to realize a multichannel imaging system. We demonstrated that the different channels of the imaging system can be designed in such a way that they can have each different imaging properties (angular resolution, FOV, focal length). Using optical ray-tracing software (CODE V), we have designed a miniaturized multiresolution imaging system that contains three channels each consisting of four aspherical lens surfaces fabricated from PMMA material through ultra-precision diamond tooling. The first channel possesses the largest angular resolution (0.0096°) and narrowest FOV (7°), whereas the third channel has the widest FOV (80°) and the smallest angular resolution (0.078°). The second channel has intermediate properties. Such a multiresolution capability allows different image processing algorithms to be implemented on the different segments of an image sensor. This paper presents the experimental proof-of-concept demonstration of the imaging system using a commercial CMOS sensor and gives an in-depth analysis of the obtained results. Experimental images captured with the three channels are compared with the corresponding simulated images. The experimental MTF of the channels have also been calculated from the captured images of a slanted edge target test. This multichannel multiresolution approach opens the opportunity for low-cost compact imaging systems that can be equipped with smart imaging capabilities.

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Gebirie Y. Belay, Heidi Ottevaere, Youri Meuret, Michael Vervaeke, Jürgen Van Erps, and Hugo Thienpont "Proof-of-concept demonstration of a miniaturized three-channel multiresolution imaging system", Proc. SPIE 9138, Optics, Photonics, and Digital Technologies for Multimedia Applications III, 91380B (15 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051785

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