Demonstration of an infrared microcamera inspired by Xenos peckii vision.
We present an original and compact optical system inspired by the unusual eyes of a Strepsipteran insect called Xenos peckii. It is designed for a field of view of 30 degrees and is composed of multiple telescopes. An array of prisms of various angles is placed in front of these telescopes in order to set a different field of view for each channel. This type of camera operates in the [3-5 microm] spectral bandwidth and is entirely integrated in a Dewar in order to maximize its compactness. Experimental images are presented to validate this design.
Druart
Guillaume
G
ONERA, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau cedex, France. Guillaume.druart@onera.fr
Guérineau
Nicolas
N
Haïdar
Riad
R
Thétas
Sophie
S
Taboury
Jean
J
Rommeluère
Sylvain
S
Primot
Jérôme
J
Fendler
Manuel
M
D000818:Animals; D040761:Biomimetic Materials; D054910:Compound Eye, Arthropod / Q000502:physiology*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D007259:Infrared Rays; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology; D007909:Lenses; D008904:Miniaturization; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*