Design, analysis, and manufacturing of a glass-plastic hybrid minimalist aspheric panoramic annular lens

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Main Authors: Gao, Shaohua, Jiang, Qi, Liao, Yiqi, Qiu, Yi, Ying, Wanglei, Yang, Kailun, Wang, Kaiwei, Zhang, Benhao, Bai, Jian
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author Gao, Shaohua
Jiang, Qi
Liao, Yiqi
Qiu, Yi
Ying, Wanglei
Yang, Kailun
Wang, Kaiwei
Zhang, Benhao
Bai, Jian
author_facet Gao, Shaohua
Jiang, Qi
Liao, Yiqi
Qiu, Yi
Ying, Wanglei
Yang, Kailun
Wang, Kaiwei
Zhang, Benhao
Bai, Jian
contents We propose a high-performance glass-plastic hybrid minimalist aspheric panoramic annular lens (ASPAL) to solve several major limitations of the traditional panoramic annular lens (PAL), such as large size, high weight, and complex system. The field of view (FoV) of the ASPAL is 360°x(35°~110°) and the imaging quality is close to the diffraction limit. This large FoV ASPAL is composed of only 4 lenses. Moreover, we establish a physical structure model of PAL using the ray tracing method and study the influence of its physical parameters on compactness ratio. In addition, for the evaluation of local tolerances of annular surfaces, we propose a tolerance analysis method suitable for ASPAL. This analytical method can effectively analyze surface irregularities on annular surfaces and provide clear guidance on manufacturing tolerances for ASPAL. Benefiting from high-precision glass molding and injection molding aspheric lens manufacturing techniques, we finally manufactured 20 ASPALs in small batches. The weight of an ASPAL prototype is only 8.5 g. Our framework provides promising insights for the application of panoramic systems in space and weight-constrained environmental sensing scenarios such as intelligent security, micro-UAVs, and micro-robots.
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spellingShingle Design, analysis, and manufacturing of a glass-plastic hybrid minimalist aspheric panoramic annular lens
Gao, Shaohua
Jiang, Qi
Liao, Yiqi
Qiu, Yi
Ying, Wanglei
Yang, Kailun
Wang, Kaiwei
Zhang, Benhao
Bai, Jian
Optics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
Image and Video Processing
We propose a high-performance glass-plastic hybrid minimalist aspheric panoramic annular lens (ASPAL) to solve several major limitations of the traditional panoramic annular lens (PAL), such as large size, high weight, and complex system. The field of view (FoV) of the ASPAL is 360°x(35°~110°) and the imaging quality is close to the diffraction limit. This large FoV ASPAL is composed of only 4 lenses. Moreover, we establish a physical structure model of PAL using the ray tracing method and study the influence of its physical parameters on compactness ratio. In addition, for the evaluation of local tolerances of annular surfaces, we propose a tolerance analysis method suitable for ASPAL. This analytical method can effectively analyze surface irregularities on annular surfaces and provide clear guidance on manufacturing tolerances for ASPAL. Benefiting from high-precision glass molding and injection molding aspheric lens manufacturing techniques, we finally manufactured 20 ASPALs in small batches. The weight of an ASPAL prototype is only 8.5 g. Our framework provides promising insights for the application of panoramic systems in space and weight-constrained environmental sensing scenarios such as intelligent security, micro-UAVs, and micro-robots.
title Design, analysis, and manufacturing of a glass-plastic hybrid minimalist aspheric panoramic annular lens
topic Optics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02942