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Vasileios T. Nasis
Advisor: Timothy Kurzweg, Ph.D.
Abstract:
In this Ph.D. proposal, we present a novel imaging technique called Programmable Imaging. Using this technique, we can selectively sample an object plane, by utilizing a state of the art MOEMS (Micro Optical Electro Mechanical Systems) mirror device. In our preliminary work, we have determined how cameras equipped with these micro sized mirrors can mimic a wide variety of lenses without the need for physically swapping lenses. The main idea is to use tiny mirrors that have the ability to tilt in different directions and each act as an "eye" which can scan a scene and then reassemble all of the information into a single image. In this way the camera might take a picture in zoom lens mode, and in the next instant take a fisheye image. In this talk, we will present images as if the object was images through fisheye and barrel lenses, with a system that only contains the MOEMS mirror.
We propose Ph.D. research that will increase the field of view and the resolution of our imaging system, and correct, in real time, optical distortions that currently could only be resolved with imaging post processing methods. In addition, we will show that our technology can be used to introduce new capabilities that do not exist in conventional imaging systems, such as multi-perspective imaging and depth estimation, which typically require multiple imaging systems.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 at 10 a.m.
Bossone 303
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