Design of wide field of view pinhole lens for VR/AR image quality test

Ying Yuan, Dewen Cheng*, Qiwei Wang, Hailong Chen, Yongtian Wang

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Abstract

With the widespread use of AR/VR head-mounted displays, there is an increasing demand for pinhole cameras to test their image quality. However, it has been a challenge to design a pinhole camera with a wide field of view (FOV), high image performance and low distortion while maintaining compact and lightweight. In this paper, a pinhole camera optical system is designed. Based on a 1 in. sensor, the pinhole lens has a FOV of 100° and an entrance pupil diameter of 4mm. In our final design, the distortion is limited within 2.5% and the modulation transfer function values across the entire field are above 0.3 at 161 line pairs/mm (lps/mm). The spherical aberration, color aberration and field curvature are corrected. The design result shows that the optical system of the pinhole camera is compact and meets the requirements of the VR/AR image quality test system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptics Frontier Online 2020
Subtitle of host publicationOptics Imaging and Display
EditorsHannan Wang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510639638
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventOptics Frontier Online 2020: Optics Imaging and Display - Virtual, Online
Duration: 19 Jun 202020 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11571
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceOptics Frontier Online 2020: Optics Imaging and Display
CityVirtual, Online
Period19/06/2020/06/20

Keywords

  • AR/VR
  • Lens design
  • pinhole camera
  • testing system

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