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Autostereoscopic video device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1994-04-26
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Granted: 1998-02-17
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Expires: 2014-04-26
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a single-camera autostereoscopic picture-taking device implementing an array of cylindrical lenses, characterized in that it comprises in succession: a single inlet objective (L1, L2); said lens array (20), which has a focal length such that for an image area equal to the pitch (p) of the lenses making it up, the image of the entrance pupil of the telecentric objective (L1, L2) has a nominal width equal to said pitch; a transfer optical system (L3, L4) having magnification of less than unity; and an image sensor (22), the transfer optical system (L3, L4) directing the light rays that emerge from the lens array (20) onto the image sensor (22), the image (21) of the lens array (20) in the transfer optical system (L3, L4) being such that the pitch (p) of the lenses of the lens array (20) corresponds therein to an integer number of image points (pixels) of the image sensor (22).
Inventors
- 👤 Pierre Allio
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:18
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3141; H04N19/00; H04N19/50; H04N19/597; H04N13/00; H04N13/10; H04N13/106; H04N13/15; H04N13/156; H04N13/161; H04N13/167; H04N13/189; H04N13/194; H04N13/20; H04N13/204; H04N13/207; H04N13/229; H04N13/243; H04N13/257; H04N13/296; H04N13/30; H04N13/302; H04N13/305; H04N13/31; H04N13/32; H04N13/324; H04N13/346; H04N13/349; H04N13/363; H04N13/139; H04N13/239; H04N13/282; H04N2213/00; H04N2213/001
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
A single-camera autostereoscopic picture-taking device implementing an array of cylindrical lenses and an entrance objective having an image focal plane, comprising, in succession: a) a single inlet entrance objective having a single optical axis; b) said lens array being disposed substantially in the image focal plane of the entrance objective, said array having a focal length such that for an image area having a width equal to the pitch (p) of the lenses making it up, the image of the entrance pupil of the entrance objective through each of said lenses has a nominal width equal to said pitch; c) a transfer optical system having magnification of less than unity; and d) an image sensor, the transfer optical system directing the light rays that emerge from the lens array onto the image sensor, the image of the lens array in the transfer optical system being such that the pitch (p) of the lenses of the lens array corresponds therein to an integer number of image points (pixels) of the image sensor, and the image of the pupil of the entrance objective, in the absence of the lens array, being situated substantially at the pupil of the transfer optical system.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
A single-camera autostereoscopic picture-taking device implementing an array of cylindrical lenses and an entrance objective having an image focal plane, comprising, in succession: a) a single inlet entrance objective having a single optical axis; b) said lens array being disposed substantially in the image focal plane of the entrance objective, said array having a focal length such that for an image area having a width equal to the pitch (p) of the lenses making it up, the image of the entrance pupil of the entrance objective through each of said lenses has a nominal width equal to said pitch; c) a transfer optical system having magnification of less than unity; and d) an image sensor, the transfer optical system directing the light rays that emerge from the lens array onto the image sensor, the image of the lens array in the transfer optical system being such that the pitch (p) of the lenses of the lens array corresponds therein to an integer number of image points (pixels) of the image sensor, and the image of the pupil of the entrance objective, in the absence of the lens array, being situated substantially at the pupil of the transfer optical system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the image sensor (22) is a charge-coupled sensor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A device according to claim 1 wherein the charge-coupled sensor is constituted by a set of three individual sensors associated with a prismatic three-color beam-splitter forming images of the three sensors, which images are nominally in mutual alignment image point by image point.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the lens array is oriented in the line direction of the image sensor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the objective includes an inlet lens whose pupil is substantially equal to 100 mm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the lens array has a pitch (p) of 0.4 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer optical system has a magnification that is substantially equal to 0.1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer optical system has a circular diaphragm, in particular of the iris type.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the entrance objective is telecentric.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
An autostereoscopic video system, which includes a picture-taking device according to claim 1.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
50 words
A method of adjusting a picture-taking device which comprises the following steps: making a transcoded image of an autostereoscopic image, such a transcoded image comprising a plurality of anamorphosed flat images equal in number to the number of stereoscopic viewpoints; and adjusting the picture-taking device using said anamorphosed flat images.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
50 words
A method of adjusting a picture-taking device which comprises the following steps: making a transcoded image of an autostereoscopic image, such a transcoded image comprising a plurality of anamorphosed flat images equal in number to the number of stereoscopic viewpoints; and adjusting the picture-taking device using said anamorphosed flat images.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 11, wherein the adjustment step includes using a diaphragm to block out at least one of the viewpoints.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
A device as in claim 1 wherein said transfer optical system comprises a field lens and an image transfer objective said field lens being positioned downstream from the lens array to send the light from said array towards the image transfer objective.
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