Prism-based single-camera system for stereo display

Abstract

This paper combines the prism and single camera and puts forward a method of stereo imaging with low cost. First of all, according to the principle of geometrical optics, we can deduce the relationship between the prism single-camera system and dual-camera system, and according to the principle of binocular vision we can deduce the relationship between binoculars and dual camera. Thus we can establish the relationship between the prism single-camera system and binoculars and get the positional relation of prism, camera, and object with the best effect of stereo display. Finally, using the active shutter stereo glasses of NVIDIA Company, we can realize the three-dimensional (3-D) display of the object. The experimental results show that the proposed approach can make use of the prism single-camera system to simulate the various observation manners of eyes. The stereo imaging system, which is designed by the method proposed by this paper, can restore the 3-D shape of the object being photographed factually.2 Literature Review Compared to the multicamera stereo imaging system, the prism-based single-camera system has great advantages including cost-effectiveness, compactness, low computational

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“…Chen C Y and Deng Q L et al [16] proposed a single-lens panoramic stereo photography using a double-symmetric prism placed in front of the lens to obtain images of four different viewing angles, which makes the image resolution enhanced several times and eliminates the moiré effect. Teresa Wu et al [17] explored the use of liquid-crystal shutter-based technology for stereoscopic display of prism-based single-camera systems for stereoscopic display, quantitatively assessing the performance of the proposed system compared with a benchmark dual camera system. Chen C Y and Yang T T et al [18] designed a microprism array optical system to realize the acquisition of single camera stereo image pairs, and explained the principle of the optical system for capturing stereo images.…”