Multi-dimensional Imaging Camera with Segmented Optic Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems fail to provide aesthetically superior multi-dimensional visuals without the need for special glasses, as cinema and television technology converges, increasing the home viewing experience, threatening the cinema industry.
Innovation Solution
A camera system capable of multi-dimensional imaging, utilizing a lens with distinct focusing options and optic modules to capture and relay multiple versions of an image, which are then processed and displayed on separate screens to create a layered visual effect, allowing for selective focus on foreground and background elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional single-focus imaging systems are used, then the device complexity is low, but the image quality and depth of field are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging system is divided into multiple independent optical paths, each with its own focusing mechanism. The lens assembly is segmented into multiple focal planes, and the image sensor is divided into multiple regions that capture different focus layers simultaneously. This segmentation enables high image quality across multiple depth planes while maintaining manageable complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from conventional two-dimensional imaging to three-dimensional multi-layer imaging by adding the depth dimension. Multiple focal planes are captured simultaneously at different z-positions, creating layered images that provide depth information. This dimensional expansion enhances image quality and depth of field without requiring complex post-processing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multi-dimensional imaging with multiple focusing options is implemented, then the depth of field and visual experience are enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The optical system is designed to perform multiple focusing functions simultaneously through a single lens assembly. The multi-layer image sensor captures all focal planes in one exposure, making the system universally applicable for various focusing requirements without adding separate optical paths for each focus level. This multi-functionality enhances adaptability while controlling complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-captures multiple focal planes during the single exposure process, storing depth information and multiple focus versions in the image sensor before processing. This preliminary capture of multi-dimensional data eliminates the need for complex real-time processing and allows flexible focusing options to be selected from pre-acquired layers, reducing operational complexity.
3Loss of information
If multiple versions of the lens image are captured simultaneously, then the visual experience and depth perception are improved, but the data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The image sensor continuously captures all focal planes during the single exposure process without interruption, maintaining continuous acquisition of multi-dimensional information. The parallel processing architecture handles multiple image versions simultaneously, ensuring that depth data is captured and processed without time loss or information loss, as all layers are acquired in one continuous action.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach enables a three-dimensional visual experience without the need for special glasses, enhancing the depth of field and providing a new theatrical aesthetic by capturing and displaying multiple focused aspects of an image simultaneously, improving image quality and viewer engagement.
Implementation Method 1
a lens with distinct focusing options and optic modules to capture and relay multiple versions of an image
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a camera to provide images for use in multi-dimensional imaging. In an embodiment, the camera includes an image gathering lens operable to obtain a lens image of a visual, a plurality of optic modules operable to provide distinct focusing options for the lens image, a relaying module operable to relay at least part of the lens image to the plurality of optic modules and a plurality of capture devices operable to capture a plurality of distinct versions of the lens image from the plurality of optic modules relayed from the relaying module. In another embodiment, a multi-dimensional imaging system is provided that includes a camera, such as described above, and further includes a computing device operable to receive and display the plurality of distinct versions, and a data management module operable to receive data related to the distinct versions and to display the distinct versions on separate displays.