Compact zoom lens unit for camera phones

We present a novel approach to the miniaturization of an imaging system with high resolution and high optical magnification for camera phones. An optical zoom system with a mechanical shutter has been designed and developed, the mechanical shutter being necessary to assure high image quality. The shutter is integrated with the zooming lens group, which allows the zoom lens unit to be downsized. Performance of the zoom lens unit accommodates an image sensor of over five-mega-pixels and fulfills all the requirements of a camera phone.     

Ultrasonic vehicle guidance transducer

A vehicle guidance system has been developed using ultrasonic sensing. The ultrasonic technology is presented in this paper with reference to how it links in with the complete system. The ultrasonic unit is based on electrostatic transducer technology and comprises a separate linear array and curved divergent transmitter which gives it an effective field of view of 60° and a range of more than 5 m. The unit has been designed primarily for use on an unmanned vehicle travelling over rough, unknown terrain.     

Compact tunable three-dimensional polymer optical waveguide comb filter

A compact channel spacing tunable polymeric three-dimensional (3D) comb filter has been designed and fabricated. This comb filter is made of three waveguides laid in two different but parallel layers: one is in the lower layer and the other two are in the upper layer. These two waveguides in upper layer do not cross each other but instead each twice cross over the waveguide in the lower layer. At each crossing point an electrode heater is deposited on the top surface to adjust the coupling ratio between these guides. By supplying power to each heater pair, respectively, the channel spacing can be selected to be either 1.6 nm or 0.8 nm; in addition a flat-top spectral response may be obtained at the 1.6 nm channel spacing if power is supplied to both the heater pairs simultaneously.     

Compact confocal readout system for three-dimensional memories using a laser-feedback semiconductor laser

We present a compact confocal readout system for three-dimensional optical memories that uses the thresholding property of a semiconductor laser for feedback light. The system has higher axial resolution than a conventional confocal system with a pinhole. We demonstrate readout results for data recorded in two recording layers with the developed system.     

Large depth-of-view portable three-dimensional laser scanner and its segmental calibration for robot vision

A portable 3D laser scanning system has been designed and built for robot vision. By tilting the charge coupled device (CCD) plane of portable 3D scanning system according to the Scheimpflug condition, the depth-of-view is successfully extended from less than 40 to 100 mm. Based on the tilted camera model, the traditional two-step camera calibration method is modified by introducing the angle factor. Meanwhile, a novel segmental calibration approach, i.e., dividing the whole work range into two parts and calibrating, respectively, with corresponding system parameters, is proposed to effectively improve the measurement accuracy of the large depth-of-view 3D laser scanner. In the process of 3D reconstruction, different calibration parameters are used to transform the 2D coordinates into 3D coordinates according to the different positions of the image in the CCD plane, and the measurement accuracy of is obtained experimentally. Finally, the experiment of scanning a lamina by the large depth-of-view portable 3D laser scanner used by an industrial robot IRB 4400 is also employed to demonstrate the effectiveness and high measurement accuracy of our scanning system.     

具有终端角度约束的自主水下航行器鲁棒制导律

针对具有末端角度约束的自主水下航行器(Automatic Underwater Vehicle,AUV)的制导问题,提出一种变结构导引方法。综合考虑自主航行器与目标的交会几何关系,采用近似零化视线角速度和随距离接近末端角度快速收敛向约束要求的准则,设计滑模控制器,实现对视线角速度和末端角度的控制。仿真证明了设计的制导算法可以实现水下自主航行器在具有末端角度约束条件下与目标的高精度交会,系统对目标机动具有较好的鲁棒性。     

无人机载偏振CCD相机光机系统设计

从满足无人机试验条件出发,完成了三路并行无人机载偏振CCD相机的光机结构设计。重点解决了偏振CCD相机像方远心光学系统的设计,抗过载及抗冲击的光机结构设计。通过光学装校,三路系统各CCD像元对准偏差在二个像元之内。     

Compact and portable holographic camera using photorefractive crystals. Application in various metrological problems

We present a compact holographic interferometer that uses a photorefractive crystal of the sillenite family as a holographic recording medium. Its development is based on a previous prototype that showed lack of flexibility and portability. We briefly discuss the main improvements leading to a compact device. Applications of this instrument in various metrological problems are shown, among which are two that were not already considered using holography, namely measurement of a thermal expansion coefficient and detection of fingerprints. Received: 20 December 2000 / Revised version: 8 February 2001 / Published online: 20 April 2001     

车载光电系统电视摄像机光学系统设计及杂散光分析

设计了一款双视场电视摄像机,小视场用于对目标的跟踪,大视场用于捕获和观察目标,两视场光学系统的传递函数MTF在50 lp/mm频率处均大于0.6,点列斑直径均小于像元尺寸5.5 μm,畸变均小于0.1%。两视场共用一个面阵CCD成像器件,通过分光棱镜分光。由于在该光学系统中分光棱镜表面反射会产生杂散光,形成鬼像。因此,利用LightTools软件对系统进行了杂散光的仿真分析。分析结果表明:大视场的半视场角在5.7°～7.6°之间和小视场的半视场角在2.6°～3.5°之间的入射光线被分光棱镜下表面反射后,以及小视场的半视场角在-2.7°～-3.5°之间的入射光线被分光棱镜后表面反射后, 变成杂散光,聚焦到像面, 形成鬼像,采用在分光棱镜后方设置消杂光光栏的方法来抑制杂散光。验证结果表明,仿真分析准确,提出的消杂光措施有效。     

High-speed video capture by a single flutter shutter camera using three-dimensional hyperbolic wavelets

Based on the consideration of easy achievement in modern sensors, this paper further exploits the possibility of the recovery of high-speed video (HSV) by a single flutter shutter camera. Taking into account different degrees of smoothness along the spatial and temporal dimensions of HSV, this paper proposes to use a three-dimensional hyperbolic wavelet basis based on Kronecker product to jointly model the spatial and temporal redundancy of HSV. Besides, we incorporate the total variation of temporal correlations in HSV as a prior knowledge to further enhance our reconstruction quality. We recover the underlying HSV frames from the observed low-speed coded video by solving a convex minimization problem. The experimental results on simulated and real-world videos both demonstrate the validity of the proposed method.     

Wavefront analysis for plenoptic camera imaging

The plenoptic camera is a single lens stereo camera which can retrieve the direction of light rays while detecting their intensity distribution. In this paper, to reveal more truths of plenoptic camera imaging, we present the wavefront analysis for the plenoptic camera imaging from the angle of physical optics but not from the ray tracing model of geometric optics.Specifically, the wavefront imaging model of a plenoptic camera is analyzed and simulated by scalar diffraction theory and the depth estimation is redescribed based on physical optics. We simulate a set of raw plenoptic images of an object scene, thereby validating the analysis and derivations and the difference between the imaging analysis methods based on geometric optics and physical optics are also shown in simulations.     

基于声音的跟踪摄像的初步研究

仿照生物的趋声性,可以实现摄像头追踪拍摄一个不在其视场范围内的声源;依据图像处理技术,可以精确定位在摄像头视场内的声源。将这两种技术结合起来,建立了一套实验系统。从利用声源发出的声音信号传输到两个分开一定距离的声音探测器上的时间差初步定位声源,再利用声源的运动规律使用图像处理技术识别并精确定位声源,通过系统与PC机间的实时通信和回转部件带动声音探测器和摄像头一起做精确灵活的转动,摄像头最终对准了声源。实现了基于声音的跟踪摄像过程。     

Compact Time and Determinism for Bosons: Foundations

Free bosonic fields are investigated at a classical level by imposing their characteristic de Broglie periodicities as constraints. In analogy with finite temperature field theory and with extra-dimensional field theories, this compactification naturally leads to a quantized energy spectrum. As a consequence of the relation between periodicity and energy arising from the de Broglie relation, the compactification must be regarded as dynamical and local. The theory, whose foundamental set-up is presented in this paper, turns out to be consistent with special relativity and in particular respects causality. The non trivial classical dynamics of these periodic fields show remarkable overlaps with ordinary quantum field theory. This can be interpreted as a generalization of the AdS/CFT correspondence.     

CCD摄像机照度检测装置的研制

为了研制一种照度检测范围宽、结构简单、操作简便,并能产生均匀光辐射分布、自动调光的照度测量装置,通过对传统照度测试方法所使用的结构形式和光源进行分析,提出了一种采用曲面反光灯杯加内置灯的光源以及单片机自动控制的新型CCD摄像机照度检测装置的设计方法。并在文中详细介绍了光源设计、照度探测器设计、控制电路设计以及试验等研制过程,最终研制成功的新型CCD摄像机照度检测装置实现了光源的均匀辐射、自动调光等功能,适用于各类CCD摄像机1.0×10-1lx~1.0×105lx照度范围的检测。     

Compact coaxial driver for small-size Z-pinch

The presented one-capacitor pinch driver, designed as a compact coaxial structure (including spark-gap and discharge section) consistent with the capacitor output, generates a current of 200 kA with 700 ns quarter-period, suitable for studying the optimization of Z-pinch radiative characteristics. The driver is described, measurements of its parameters summarized, and relations to our previous and future activities briefly reviewed.This work was supported in part by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic under contract No. 202/93/1023.     

Compact laser system for atom interferometry

We describe an optical bench in which we lock the relative frequencies or phases of a set of three lasers in order to use them in a cold atom interferometry experiment. As a new feature, the same two lasers serve alternately to cool atoms and to realize the atomic interferometer. This requires a fast change of the optical frequencies over a few GHz. The number of required independent laser sources is then only three, which enables the construction of the whole laser system on a single transportable optical bench. Recent results obtained with this optical setup are also presented. PACS 32.80.Pj; 42.50.Vk; 39.20.+q     

Compact magneto-optical trap for rubidium atoms

The characteristics of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) using small-diameter cooling laser beams are considered. Trapping and cooling of Rb atoms from the surrounding gas of warm atoms takes place in the trap. A compact (140 μm) and stable atomic cloud is obtained with a density of 7 × 10¹⁰ cm^?3, which is three orders of magnitude higher than the density of the surrounding gas.     

Vafa-Witten Estimates for Compact Symmetric Spaces

We give an optimal upper bound for the first eigenvalue of the untwisted Dirac operator on a compact symmetric space G/H with rk G - rk H ≤ 1 with respect to arbitrary Riemannian metrics. We also prove a rigidity statement. Supported in part by DFG special programme “Global Differential Geometry”