title: Artificial compound eye zoom camera.
abstract: We demonstrate a highly compact image capturing system with variable field of view but without any mechanically moving parts. The camera combines an ultra-thin artificial apposition compound eye with one variable focal length liquid lens. The change of optical power of the liquid lens when applying a voltage results in a change of the magnification of the microlens array imaging system. However, its effect on focusing of the individual microlenses can be neglected due to their small focal length.
authors.affiliation: Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, A-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745 Jena, Germany. Jacques.Duparre@iof.fraunhofer.de
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duparré
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wippermann
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dannberg
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bräuer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D054910:Compound Eye, Arthropod / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007909:Lenses; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation*