One embodiment of the present invention provides a plenoptic camera which captures information about the direction distribution of light rays entering the camera. Like a conventional camera, this plenoptic camera includes a main lens which receives light from objects in an object field and directs t
One embodiment of the present invention provides a plenoptic camera which captures information about the direction distribution of light rays entering the camera. Like a conventional camera, this plenoptic camera includes a main lens which receives light from objects in an object field and directs the received light onto an image plane of the camera. It also includes a photodetector array located at the image plane of the camera, which captures the received light to produce an image. However, unlike a conventional camera, the plenoptic camera additionally includes an array of optical elements located between the object field and the main lens. Each optical element in this array receives light from the object field from a different angle than the other optical elements in the array, and consequently directs a different view of the object field into the main lens. In this way, the photodetector array receives a different view of the object field from each optical element in the array.
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1. A camera, comprising: a main lens which receives light from objects in an object field and directs the received light onto an image plane of the camera;a photodetector array located at the image plane of the camera, which captures the received light to produce an image; anda multidimensional arra
1. A camera, comprising: a main lens which receives light from objects in an object field and directs the received light onto an image plane of the camera;a photodetector array located at the image plane of the camera, which captures the received light to produce an image; anda multidimensional array of optical elements located between the object field and the main lens, wherein each optical element in the array receives light from the object field from a different angle than the other optical elements in the array of optical elements and consequently directs a view of the object field into the main lens, whereby the photodetector array receives a different view of the object field from each optical element in the multidimensional array of optical elements;wherein each different view of the object field is received at a separate location on the photodetector array to produce a multidimensional array of different views of the object field at the photodetector array. 2. The camera of claim 1, wherein a given optical element in the array of optical elements includes: a lens;a prism; ora lens and a prism. 3. The camera of claim 1, wherein one or more of the optical elements comprise negative lenses with negative focal length. 4. The camera of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the optical elements comprise: achromatic lenses of a same focal length; oran achromatic prism. 5. The camera of claim 1, wherein the photodetector array is a Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) array. 6. The camera of claim 1, further comprising a processing mechanism configured to process the different views of the object field received by the photodetector array to produce a final image. 7. The camera of claim 6, wherein while producing the final image, the processing mechanism is configured to use the different views of the object field to adjust one or more of the following: a plane-of-focus for the final image;a viewing angle for the final image; ora depth-of-field for the final image. 8. The camera of claim 6, wherein while processing the different views of the object field, the processing mechanism is configured to perform view-morphing or interpolation operations between the different views to produce additional views of the object field which appear to be gathered from locations between the locations of the optical elements in the array of optical elements. 9. A method for gathering light, comprising: receiving light from objects in an object field at a multidimensional array of optical elements located between the object field and a main lens of a camera, wherein each optical element in the array of optical elements receives light from the object field from a different angle than the other optical elements in the array of optical elements and consequently directs a different view of the object field into the main lens;receiving light from the array of optical elements at the main lens which directs the received light onto an image plane of the camera; andreceiving light from the main lens at a photodetector array located at the image plane of the camera, wherein the photodetector array receives a different view of the object field from each optical element in the multidimensional array of optical elements, wherein each different view of the object field is received at a separate location on the photodetector array to produce a multidimensional array of different views of the object field at the photodetector array. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein a given optical element in the array of optical elements includes: a lens;a prism; ora lens and a prism. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein one or more of the optical elements comprise negative lenses with negative focal length. 12. The method of claim 9, wherein a plurality of the optical elements comprise: achromatic lenses of a same focal length; oran achromatic prism. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the photodetector array is a Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) array. 14. The method of claim 9, further comprising processing the different views of the object field received by the photodetector array to produce a final image. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein producing the final image involves using the different views of the object field to adjust one or more of the following: a plane-of-focus for the final image;a viewing angle for the final image; ora depth-of-field for the final image. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein processing the different views of the object field involves performing view-morphing or interpolation operations between the different views to produce additional views of the object field which appear to be gathered from locations between the locations of the optical elements in the array of optical elements. 17. An imaging system, comprising: a main lens which receives light from objects in an object field and directs the received light onto an image plane;a photodetector array located at the image plane, which captures the received light to produce an image;a multidimensional array of optical elements located between the object field and the main lens, wherein each optical element in the array receives light from the object field from a different angle than the other optical elements in the multidimensional array of optical elements and consequently directs a view of the object field into the main lens, whereby the photodetector array receives a different view of the object field from each optical element in the array of optical elements;wherein each different view of the object field is received at a separate location on the photodetector array to produce a multidimensional array of different views of the object field at the photodetector array; anda processing mechanism configured to process the different views of the object field received by the photodetector array to produce a final image. 18. The imaging system of claim 17, wherein a given optical element in the array of optical elements includes: a lens;a prism; ora lens and a prism. 19. The imaging system of claim 17, wherein while producing the final image, the processing mechanism is configured to use the different views of the object field to adjust one or more of the following: a plane-of-focus for the final image;a viewing angle for the final image; ora depth-of-field for the final image. 20. The imaging system of claim 17, wherein while processing the different views of the object field, the processing mechanism is configured to perform view-morphing or interpolation operations between the different views to produce additional views of the object field which appear to be gathered from locations between the locations of the optical elements in the array of optical elements.
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