Patent ID: 7587109
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A hybrid fiber coupled artificial compound eye for generating high resolution, wide angle images at any depth of field without distortion and without the need for focus adjustment, comprising: means for focusing multiple apertures of light into beams that form a convex contour of inverted sub-images; means for isolating sub-images while eliminating ghost images and stray light, rigidly conformed to said means for focusing multiple apertures of light into beams that form a convex contour of inverted sub-images; means for reversing the field angles of multiple light beams, optically coupled to said means for isolating sub-images while eliminating ghost images and stray light; means for refocusing multiple light beams while adjoining them to form an upright image on a convex surface, optically coupled to said means for reversing the field angles of multiple light beams; and means for transforming a convex image into a flat image, optically coupled to said means for refocusing multiple light beams while adjoining them to form an upright image on a convex surface.