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Close-up imaging using microcamera arrays for focal plane synthesis

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Marks, DL; Brady, DJ
Published in: Optical Engineering
March 1, 2011

Conventional close-up imaging uses lens arrays to form a continuous image of an extended object on a single focal plane sensor or photographic film. By imaging using microcamera arrays onto many separate sensors rather than a single large sensor, the subfields captured by individual sensors may be combined using image processing into a large synthetic image plane. This greatly increases the flexibility of the close-up imaging design because it is no longer required that the close up image be continuous. Using microcamera arrays, hundreds or thousands of megapixel sensors may be combined to form a synthetic gigapixel-scale sensor. This paper is an investigation into the design issues of microcamera arrays, and presents a simple design of a lens suitable for a megapixel class microcamera. © 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).

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Optical Engineering

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1560-2303

ISSN

0091-3286

Publication Date

March 1, 2011

Volume

50

Issue

3

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4603 Computer vision and multimedia computation
  • 4008 Electrical engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
  • 0205 Optical Physics
 

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Marks, D. L., & Brady, D. J. (2011). Close-up imaging using microcamera arrays for focal plane synthesis. Optical Engineering, 50(3). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3554389
Marks, D. L., and D. J. Brady. “Close-up imaging using microcamera arrays for focal plane synthesis.” Optical Engineering 50, no. 3 (March 1, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3554389.
Marks DL, Brady DJ. Close-up imaging using microcamera arrays for focal plane synthesis. Optical Engineering. 2011 Mar 1;50(3).
Marks, D. L., and D. J. Brady. “Close-up imaging using microcamera arrays for focal plane synthesis.” Optical Engineering, vol. 50, no. 3, Mar. 2011. Scopus, doi:10.1117/1.3554389.
Marks DL, Brady DJ. Close-up imaging using microcamera arrays for focal plane synthesis. Optical Engineering. 2011 Mar 1;50(3).
Journal cover image

Published In

Optical Engineering

DOI

EISSN

1560-2303

ISSN

0091-3286

Publication Date

March 1, 2011

Volume

50

Issue

3

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4603 Computer vision and multimedia computation
  • 4008 Electrical engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
  • 0205 Optical Physics