Multi-dimensional imaging apparatus, systems, and methods
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of left eye rays through one of a first plurality of separating facets of a lens at an image acquisition plane; and
receiving a plurality of right eye rays through one of a second plurality of separating facets of the lens at the image acquisition plane, wherein the plurality of left eye rays and the plurality of right eye rays received by all separating facets of the lens and passing through a lens surface intersection point are tangential to a circular path of eye rotation.
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Abstract
A lens, an apparatus, and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to receive a plurality of left eye rays through a first plurality of separating facets of a lens at an image acquisition plane, and to receive a plurality of right eye rays through a second plurality of separating facets of the lens at the image acquisition plane. Data acquired from the image plane may be used to construct a stereoscopic image, including a moving, panoramic stereoscopic image. Lenses, image capture devices, and projectors may be implemented that operate using three or more viewpoints.
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34 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of left eye rays through one of a first plurality of separating facets of a lens at an image acquisition plane; and receiving a plurality of right eye rays through one of a second plurality of separating facets of the lens at the image acquisition plane, wherein the plurality of left eye rays and the plurality of right eye rays received by all separating facets of the lens and passing through a lens surface intersection point are tangential to a circular path of eye rotation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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capturing a plurality of left eye rays and a plurality of right eye rays at each one of a corresponding plurality of separating facets included in a lens; and constructing an interlaced image from the plurality of captured left eye rays and the plurality of captured right eye rays, wherein the plurality of left eye rays and the plurality of right eye rays captured by the corresponding plurality of separating facets and passing though a surface of the lens are tangential to a circular path of eye rotation. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article comprising a machine-accessible medium having associated information, wherein the information, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
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receiving a plurality of left eye rays though one of a first plurality of separating facets of a lens at an image acquisition plane; and receiving a plurality of right eye rays though one of a second plurality of separating facets of the lens at the image acquisition plane, wherein the plurality of left eye rays and the plurality of right eye rays received by all separating facets of the lens and passing though a lens surface intersection point are tangential to a circular path of eye rotation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first lens having a first plurality of interleaved separating facets including a first separating facet to refract left eye rays and a second separating facet to refract right eye rays, wherein the left eye rays and the right eye rays received by all separating facets of the lens and passing through a lens surface intersection point are tangential to a circular path of eye rotation; and a first image acquisition plane to receive a first refracted left eye ray from the first separating facet, and to receive a first refracted right eye ray from the second separating facet. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of lenses having a plurality of interleaved separating facets including a first separating facet to refract left eye rays and a second separating facet to refract right eye rays, wherein the left eye rays and the right eye rays refracted by all separating facets of at least one of the plurality of lenses and passing through a lens surface intersection point are tangential to a circular path of eye rotation; a plurality of image acquisition planes to receive refracted left eye rays from the first separating facets and to receive refracted right eye rays from the second separating facets; and a memory to receive image data from the plurality of image acquisition planes. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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