Integral Photography A Method for Implementing 3D Video Systems
Outline What is Integral Photography? Problems and Solutions An experimental System Remaining Drawbacks
What is Integral Photography? Proposed by Lippman in 1908 Similar to Holography Autostereoscopic
Elemental Images Miniature images of the view through each lens
Problems Depth Inversion Image Inversion Optical Crosstalk Depth Error
Depth Inversion Convex objects appear concave Can be solved via a second image capture or via orthoscopic viewing
Image Inversion The image capture on film appears inverted Can be solved by rotating the film 180* before viewing
Optical Crosstalk Caused when light rays from multiple sources strike same pixel of film Solved via GRIN (gradient-index) lense array
Depth Error Objects far from the lens array have their depths poorly estimated Solved via a secondary depth control lense
An Experimental Real-time System
Remaining Drawbacks Requires extremely high resolution –~Ne² times more than 2D imaging –Ne is the number of pixels per elemental image
Conclusion Theoretically a very good approach Current Implementations limited by resolution of image capture and display devices