SINGLE-LENS, MULTIPLE APERTURE CAMERA FOR 3D PHOTOGRAPHIC/VIDEO APPLICATIONS

摘要

A 3D camera for acquiring and recording a plurality of 2D images at different viewing angles without relocating the camera. A large-aperture taking lens (4) is used for image forming and an aperture controlling means (110) is used to select a plurality of horizontally aligned sections (111-115) of the lens aperture. Light rays transmitted through the different sections of the lens aperture respectively form 2D images of a scene at different viewing angles. The 3D camera can also have a mirror assembly (70-73) to direct light rays traversing different sections of the lens aperture to form 2D images on separate image planes.