Optical Condition Design Method for a Compound-Eye Imaging Device
First Claim
1. An optical condition design method for a compound-eye imaging device comprising:
- multiple optical lenses for collecting lights from a target object at different angles, and a solid-state imaging element having multiple pixels for receiving lights collected by the optical lenses to image unit images, the optical condition design method being for designing optical conditions of the optical lenses, and comprising;
a plane setting step for setting at least one imaginary object plane in front of the optical lenses;
a pixel observation point calculating step for changing a part of optical conditions of the optical lenses as variables and calculating positions of points (hereafter referred to as pixel observation points) on the at least one imaginary object plane where lights coming from the pixels of the solid-state imaging element and back-projected through the optical lenses intersect the at least one imaginary object plane when the part of the optical conditions is changed as the variables;
an evaluating step for evaluating dispersion in position of the pixel observation points on the at least one imaginary object plane which are calculated in the pixel observation point calculating step; and
a condition determining step for determining, as an optimum optical condition of the optical lenses, a set of values of the variables giving a maximum dispersion of the calculated pixel observation points which is evaluated in the evaluating step.
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An imaginary object plane is set in front of an imaging device body (plane setting step). A part of optical conditions of optical lenses are changed as variables, and positions of points (pixel observation points) on the imaginary object plane where lights coming from pixels of a solid-state imaging element and back-projected through the optical lenses are calculated (pixel observation point calculating step). The dispersion in position of the calculated pixel observation points is evaluated (evaluating step). Finally, a set of values of the variables giving maximum evaluated dispersion of the calculated pixel observation points is determined as optimum optical condition of the optical lenses (condition determining step). This reduces the number of pixels which image the same portions of the target object, making it possible to reduce portions of the same image information in multiple unit images, and to stably obtain a reconstructed image having a high definition.
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1. An optical condition design method for a compound-eye imaging device comprising:
- multiple optical lenses for collecting lights from a target object at different angles, and a solid-state imaging element having multiple pixels for receiving lights collected by the optical lenses to image unit images, the optical condition design method being for designing optical conditions of the optical lenses, and comprising;
a plane setting step for setting at least one imaginary object plane in front of the optical lenses; a pixel observation point calculating step for changing a part of optical conditions of the optical lenses as variables and calculating positions of points (hereafter referred to as pixel observation points) on the at least one imaginary object plane where lights coming from the pixels of the solid-state imaging element and back-projected through the optical lenses intersect the at least one imaginary object plane when the part of the optical conditions is changed as the variables; an evaluating step for evaluating dispersion in position of the pixel observation points on the at least one imaginary object plane which are calculated in the pixel observation point calculating step; and a condition determining step for determining, as an optimum optical condition of the optical lenses, a set of values of the variables giving a maximum dispersion of the calculated pixel observation points which is evaluated in the evaluating step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- multiple optical lenses for collecting lights from a target object at different angles, and a solid-state imaging element having multiple pixels for receiving lights collected by the optical lenses to image unit images, the optical condition design method being for designing optical conditions of the optical lenses, and comprising;
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