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Determining 3D Flow Fields via Multi-camera Light Field Imaging

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Published on: March 6, 2013

Wide-Baseline Light Fields Using Ellipsoidal Mirrors.

Michael De Zeeuw, Aswin C Sankaranarayanan

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

|September 6, 2022

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This study introduces a novel ellipsoidal mirror system for capturing wide-baseline light fields, enabling detailed analysis of optical phenomena like iridescence and improving surface normal estimation.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Computer Vision
Computational Imaging

Background:

Traditional light field cameras capture limited angular information from scene points.
This limitation restricts the study of phenomena such as iridescence and thin-film interference.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a new system for sensing wide-baseline light fields.
To capture a significantly larger fraction of light emitted by scene points.
To enable the study of previously inaccessible optical effects and improve existing applications.

Main Methods:

Utilizing an ellipsoidal mirror to map wide cones of light from one focus to another.
Integrating a conventional light field camera at one focus of the ellipsoid.
Validating the system through computational simulations and a laboratory prototype.

Main Results:

The system successfully captures wide-baseline light fields.
Demonstrated improvements in applications involving focus and perspective changes.
Enabled the observation and study of iridescence and thin-film interference.
Showcased the ability to estimate surface normals using visibility reasoning.

Conclusions:

The ellipsoidal mirror system provides a viable method for capturing wide-baseline light fields.
This approach expands the scope of light field applications to include complex optical phenomena.
The system offers novel capabilities for surface normal estimation from light field data.