Generalized Image Acquisition and Analysis
Three-Dimensional Kaleidoscopic Imaging
Three-dimensional kaleidoscopic imaging, a promising alternative for recording multi-view imagery. The main limitation of multi-view reconstruction techniques is the limited number of views that are available from multi-camera systems, especially for dynamic scenes. Our new system is based on imaging an object inside a kaleidoscopic mirror system. We show that this approach can generate a large number of high-quality views well distributed over the hemisphere surrounding the object in a single shot. In comparison to existing multi-view systems, our method offers a number of advantages: it is possible to operate with a single camera, the individual views are perfectly synchronized, and they have the same radiometric and colorimetric properties. We describe the setup both theoretically, and provide methods for a practical implementation. Enabling interfacing to standard multi-view algorithms for further processing is an important goal of our techniques.
Projects
A Reconfigurable Camera Add-On for High Dynamic Range, Multispectral, Polarization, and Light-Field Imaging
SIGGRAPH 2013
Abstract
We propose a non-permanent add-on that enables plenoptic
imaging with standard cameras which we refer to as
KaleidoCamera. Our design is based on a physical copying
mechanism that multiplies a sensor image into a number of
identical copies that still carry the plenoptic information
of interest. Via different optical filters, we can then
recover the desired information. A minor modification of the
design also allows for aperture subsampling and, hence,
light-field imaging. As the filters in our design are
exchangeable, a reconfiguration for different imaging
purposes is possible. We show in a prototype setup that high
dynamic range, multispectral, polarization, and light-field
imaging can be achieved with our design.
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@article{Manakov:13,
author = {Alkhazur Manakov and John Restrepo and Oliver Klehm and Ramon Hegeds and Elmar Eisemann and Hans-Peter Seidel and Ivo Ihrke},
title = {A Reconfigurable Camera Add-On for High Dynamic Range, Multispectral, Polarization, and Light-Field Imaging},
journal = {ACM Trans. on Graphics (SIGGRAPH'13)},
volume = 32, number = 4, year = 2013,
pages = {xx--yy},
}
author = {Alkhazur Manakov and John Restrepo and Oliver Klehm and Ramon Hegeds and Elmar Eisemann and Hans-Peter Seidel and Ivo Ihrke},
title = {A Reconfigurable Camera Add-On for High Dynamic Range, Multispectral, Polarization, and Light-Field Imaging},
journal = {ACM Trans. on Graphics (SIGGRAPH'13)},
volume = 32, number = 4, year = 2013,
pages = {xx--yy},
}