Design of a compact and high-resolution image scanner with large depth-of-field based on compound eye system

Weixing Lei, Dewen Cheng*, Tong Yang, Yue Liu, Hailong Chen, Yongtian Wang

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Abstract

The compound eye optical system has attracted much recent attention, owing to its large field-of-view, compact structure, and rapid imaging capabilities. We designed a compact image scanner (cross-section 36.5 mm × 17 mm) based on the compound eye system. A single imaging unit is mainly composed of two freeform mirrors and a flat mirror, and its field-of-view in object space reaches 10 mm. The modulation transfer function of the system is greater than 0.6 at 12 cycles/mm corresponding to Nyquist spatial frequency of 600 dots per inch in depth-of-field of 0~4 mm. Furthermore, a larger field-of-view is achieved by splicing multiple imaging units with 1-mm overlap in object space. An object-side telecentric system is used to obtain constant magnification at different object distances and the distortion (<1 μm) is controlled by freeform mirrors. The final image is obtained by image splicing. The imaging quality of the scanner is further improved by eliminating stray light.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Design and Testing X
EditorsYongtian Wang, Tina E. Kidger, Osamu Matoba, Rengmao Wu
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510639119
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventOptical Design and Testing X 2020 - Virtual, Online, China
Duration: 11 Oct 202016 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11548
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceOptical Design and Testing X 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityVirtual, Online
Period11/10/2016/10/20

Keywords

  • Compact structure
  • Compound eye system
  • Freeform surface
  • Image scanner

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