US6714361B2
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Optical system for distorted imaging of an object
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 2003-03-19
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Granted: 2004-03-30
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Expires: 2023-03-19
Abstract
Abstract An optical system for distorted imaging of an object, especially for photographic cameras, is based on a distorting optical system (1) consisting of at least one lens where at least one of the lenses has at least one asymmetric aspherical optical surface and/or of at least one diffractive element, where at least one diffractive element has a surface with asymmetric diffractive structure and/or at least two lenses with mutual general space orientation. The following relations apply to the orthogonal co-ordinates (x, y, z) of any point of the object whose image is to be distorted, and the orthogonal co-ordinates (x', y', z') of the image of this point with the required distortion:where N>=1 is an integer number, ai, bi, ci are weight constants of distortion in the appropriate direction and fi(x,y,z), gi(x,y,z), hi(x,y,z) are functions for ensuring achievement of the chosen required image distortion.
Inventors
- 👤 Antonín Mik{haeck over (s)}
- 👤 Ivan Ondra{haeck over (s)}ík
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 12:11
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B13/00; G02B13/18; G02B13/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
225 words
An optical system for distorted imaging of an object, especially for photographic cameras, said optical system comprising: at least one lens, where at least one lens has at least one asymmetric aspherical optical surface and/or at least one diffractive element, where at least one diffractive element has a surface with asymmetric diffractive structure and/or at least two lenses in mutually general orientation in space, while the following relations apply to orthogonal co-ordinates (x, y, z) of any point of an object whose image is to be distorted, and the orthogonal co-ordinates (x′, y′, z′) of the image of this point with the required distortion: x ′ = ∑ i = 1 i = N a i f i ( x , y , z ) , y ′ = ∑ i = 1 i = N b i g i ( x , y , z ) , z ′ = ∑ i = 1 i = N c i h i ( x , y , z ) where N≧1 is an integer number, a i , b i , c i are weight constants of distortion in the appropriate direction and f i (x,y,z), g i (x,y,z), h i (x,y,z) are functions for ensuring achievement of the chosen required image distortion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
225 words
An optical system for distorted imaging of an object, especially for photographic cameras, said optical system comprising: at least one lens, where at least one lens has at least one asymmetric aspherical optical surface and/or at least one diffractive element, where at least one diffractive element has a surface with asymmetric diffractive structure and/or at least two lenses in mutually general orientation in space, while the following relations apply to orthogonal co-ordinates (x, y, z) of any point of an object whose image is to be distorted, and the orthogonal co-ordinates (x′, y′, z′) of the image of this point with the required distortion: x ′ = ∑ i = 1 i = N a i f i ( x , y , z ) , y ′ = ∑ i = 1 i = N b i g i ( x , y , z ) , z ′ = ∑ i = 1 i = N c i h i ( x , y , z ) where N≧1 is an integer number, a i , b i , c i are weight constants of distortion in the appropriate direction and f i (x,y,z), g i (x,y,z), h i (x,y,z) are functions for ensuring achievement of the chosen required image distortion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the distorting optical system is located between the first optical system and the second optical system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the first optical system is placed before the distorting optical system in the direction from the object the image of which is to be shot.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the second optical system is placed after the distorting optical system in the direction from the object the image of which is to be shot.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
An optical system according to claim 2 , wherein the first optical system and/or the second optical system are comprised of a centered system of lenses.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
An optical system according to claim 2 wherein the first optical system and/or the second optical system is comprised of an ordinary photographic lens.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
An optical system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of the optical elements forming the distorting optical system designed as rotary.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
An optical system according to claim 1 wherein any object located in the space in front of the distorting optical system, is the object the image of which is to be distorted.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
43 words
An optical system according to claim 1 , wherein any image of an object located in the space in front or behind the distorting optical system, created by another optical system, may be the object the image of which is to be distorted.
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