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An Artificial Compound Eye Using a Microlens Array and Its Application to Scale-Invariant Processing

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An artificial compound eye corresponding to apposition eyes of insects has been demonstrated using a two-dimensional array of gradient-index rod lenses known as a Selfoc lens plate (a SLP). A single erect Moiré image is reconstructed from a number of inverted micro-images by an experimental optical system composed of the SLP, a pinhole array and a plano-concave lens. Characteristics of the compound eye is briefly discussed from the viewpoints of space-bandwidth product, viewing angle, and focal depth. Capability of a scale-invariant image sensor that has been proposed as an application of the compound-eye-type imager was also proved experimentally.

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  1. Tsukuba Research Center, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., 5-4, Tokodai, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, 300-26, Japan

    Kenjiro Hamanaka

  2. Fiber-optics Division, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., 5-8-1, Nishi-Hashimoto, Sagamihara-city, Kanagawa, 229, Japan

    Hiroshi Koshi

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Hamanaka, K., Koshi, H. An Artificial Compound Eye Using a Microlens Array and Its Application to Scale-Invariant Processing. OPT REV 3, 264–268 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-996-0264-6

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