Design of a 360-deg panoramic capture system based on a smart phone

Weitao Song*, Xumin Liu, Qijia Cheng, Yetao Huang, Yuanjin Zheng, Yue Liu, Yongtian Wang

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Abstract

A panoramic imaging system has been developed using two afocal lenses and a smart phone that consists of cameras on both sides. An individual afocal lens has been developed with a large field of view (FOV) and a large exit pupil, which can enlarge the FOV of a smart phone camera to above 180 deg. Some issues with the smart phone-based 360-deg panoramic system, such as relative illuminance and assembly tolerance, were analyzed in detail and taken into consideration during the design procedure. A prototype has been developed with a low fabrication cost, yet producing impressive panoramic image quality.

Original languageEnglish
Article number015101
JournalOptical Engineering
Volume59
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2020

Keywords

  • imaging system
  • optical design
  • virtual reality

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Song, W., Liu, X., Cheng, Q., Huang, Y., Zheng, Y., Liu, Y., & Wang, Y. (2020). Design of a 360-deg panoramic capture system based on a smart phone. Optical Engineering, 59(1), Article 015101. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.59.1.015101