title: Designs for high performance PAL-based imaging systems.
abstract: In this study, we investigate methods to optimize the design of a panoramic annular lens (PAL) system. The design details of a PAL surveillance system, an anamorphic PAL surveillance system, a phone camera with a PAL attachment, and a PAL endoscope system are described. All these designs are optimized using a standard optical software package (Zemax). The results combine very good image quality with a modulation transfer function above 0.3, which is within the cutoff frequency of sensor chips.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. donghui1230@gmail.com
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Yunfang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jingyuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Ancun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Yuliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu