Increased demand for compact devices leads to rapid development of miniaturized digital cameras.However,conventional camera modules contain multiple lenses along the optical axis to compensate for optical aberrations ...Increased demand for compact devices leads to rapid development of miniaturized digital cameras.However,conventional camera modules contain multiple lenses along the optical axis to compensate for optical aberrations that introduce technical challenges in reducing the total thickness of the camera module.Here,we report an ultrathin digital camera inspired by the vision principle of Xenos peckii,an endoparasite of paper wasps.The male Xenos peckii has an unusual visual system that exhibits distinct benefits for high resolution and high sensitivity,unlike the compound eyes found in most insects and some crustaceans.The biologically inspired camera features a sandwiched configuration of concave microprisms,microlenses,and pinhole arrays on a flat image sensor.The camera shows a field-of-view(FOV)of 68 degrees with a diameter of 3.4mm and a total track length of 1.4mm.The biologically inspired camera offers a new opportunity for developing ultrathin cameras in medical,industrial,and military fields.展开更多
基金supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF-2018029899 to KHJ,NRF-2016R1A2B2013031 to MHK)the National Science Foundation(NSF-IOS1456757,to EKB)in the United States.
文摘Increased demand for compact devices leads to rapid development of miniaturized digital cameras.However,conventional camera modules contain multiple lenses along the optical axis to compensate for optical aberrations that introduce technical challenges in reducing the total thickness of the camera module.Here,we report an ultrathin digital camera inspired by the vision principle of Xenos peckii,an endoparasite of paper wasps.The male Xenos peckii has an unusual visual system that exhibits distinct benefits for high resolution and high sensitivity,unlike the compound eyes found in most insects and some crustaceans.The biologically inspired camera features a sandwiched configuration of concave microprisms,microlenses,and pinhole arrays on a flat image sensor.The camera shows a field-of-view(FOV)of 68 degrees with a diameter of 3.4mm and a total track length of 1.4mm.The biologically inspired camera offers a new opportunity for developing ultrathin cameras in medical,industrial,and military fields.
