The microlens object and window

Most (all?) digital cameras include an array of microlenses that are placed on the surface of the sensor. These small lenses redirect the rays from the main lens onto the photodetector within the pixel. Without the microlens array, pixels at the edge of the sensor would not be illuminated properly. The microlens calculations here show the appropriate placement of the microlens under different assumptions about the main lens.

In light field cameras, which we model in the related CISET package, the microlenses sit above a small collection of pixels.

ISET includes a microlens object and GUI interface. We demonstrate some of its properties here.

See also: mlensCreate, mlensSet, mlensGet, mlRadiance, mlensWindw, sensorCreate,

Copyright ImagEval Consultants, LLC, 2015

Contents

ieInit

Create oi and sensor

% Default oi
oi = oiCreate; ieAddObject(oi);

% Large field of view
sensor = sensorCreate;
sensor = sensorSet(sensor,'fov',30);
ieAddObject(sensor);

Warning: Using default oi. 

Illustrate microlens gets and sets

mlens = mlensCreate;

mlensGet(mlens,'name')
mlensGet(mlens,'type')

mlensGet(mlens,'source fnumber')
mlensGet(mlens,'source diameter','meters')
mlensGet(mlens,'source diameter','microns')

mlensGet(mlens,'ml fnumber')
mlensGet(mlens,'ml diameter','meters')
mlensGet(mlens,'ml diameter','microns')

mlensGet(mlens,'source fnumber')
mlensGet(mlens,'chief ray angle')

mlens = mlensSet(mlens,'chief ray angle',10);
mlensGet(mlens,'chief ray angle')

** Using current ISET sensor bayer-0
** Using current ISET oi opticalimage1

ans =

    'default'


ans =

    'microlens'


ans =

     4


ans =

   9.6569e-04


ans =

  965.6888


ans =

    2.5000


ans =

   2.8000e-06


ans =

    2.8000


ans =

     4


ans =

     0


ans =

    10

Radiance estimates

mlens = mlensCreate;

% Computes the irradiance and various other quantities, storing
% them in the mlens structure itself.
[mlens, psImages] = mlRadiance(mlens);

% Show the distribution as an image
mlIrradianceImage(mlens)

plotML(mlens,'mesh pixel irradiance')

sIrradiance = mlensGet(mlens,'source irradiance');
x = mlensGet(mlens,'x coordinate');
vcNewGraphWin; mesh(x,x,sIrradiance);
h = hot(255); colormap(h(50:250,:)); colorbar;
xlabel('Position (um)');

** Using current ISET sensor bayer-0
** Using current ISET oi opticalimage1

Bring up the microlens window

microLensWindow;

Initializing a microlens structure for the sensor.

Published with MATLAB® R2024a