Presentation 2019-03-15
Acquisition of Dynamic Light Fields by Virtual Cameras Using a Mirror Array
Satoshi Fujigaki, Kazuya Kodama, Takayuki Hamamoto,
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Abstract(in English) Lens arrays enable us to easily achieve inexpensive light field acquisition in comparison with massive camera arrays. However, their micro-lenses often cause insufficient exposure to obtain high quality multi-view videos like camera arrays. In this paper, we propose a novel virtual camera array acquiring dynamic light fields as multi-view videos robustly and inexpensively, where mirror arrays consisting of tangent planes to a paraboloid are effectively combined with a single video camera. First, we demonstrate multi-view imaging of not an object but ordinary scenes by using a simple horizontal mirror array. Next, we theoretically reveal that there exists smooth extension of our mirror array to the vertical direction, that can be implemented easily by 3D printing, CNC machines, and so on. Finally, our design of light field acquisition is improved for effectively utilizing the whole of its mirror array by introducing an one-way mirror to prevent the camera itself from appearing on multi-view images.
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Keyword(in English) light field / multi-view / image acquisition / mirror / paraboloid
Paper # IMQ2018-57,IE2018-141,MVE2018-88
Date of Issue 2019-03-07 (IMQ, IE, MVE)

Conference Information
Committee IMQ / IE / MVE / CQ
Conference Date 2019/3/14(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Kagoshima University
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) media of five senses, multimedia, media experience, picture codinge, image media quality, network,quality and reliability, etc
Chair Kenji Sugiyama(Seikei Univ.) / Takayuki Hamamoto(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Kenji Mase(Nagoya Univ.) / Takanori Hayashi(Hiroshima Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Toshiya Nakaguchi(Chiba Univ.) / Mitsuru Maeda(Canon) / Hideaki Kimata(NTT) / Kazuya Kodama(NII) / Masayuki Ihara(NTT) / Hideyuki Shimonishi(NEC) / Jun Okamoto(NTT)
Secretary Toshiya Nakaguchi(Nagoya Univ.) / Mitsuru Maeda(Sony) / Hideaki Kimata(KDDI Research) / Kazuya Kodama(Nagoya Univ.) / Masayuki Ihara(NTT) / Hideyuki Shimonishi(Kyushu Univ.) / Jun Okamoto(Nagoya Univ.)
Assistant Masaru Tsuchida(NTT) / Gosuke Ohashi(Shizuoka Univ.) / Kazuya Hayase(NTT) / Yasutaka Matsuo(NHK) / Satoshi Nishiguchi(Oosaka Inst. of Tech.) / Masanori Yokoyama(*) / Chikara Sasaki(KDDI Research) / Yoshiaki Nishikawa(NEC) / Ryo Yamamoto(UEC)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Image Media Quality / Technical Committee on Image Engineering / Technical Committee on Media Experience and Virtual Environment / Technical Committee on Communication Quality
Language ENG-JTITLE
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Title (in English) Acquisition of Dynamic Light Fields by Virtual Cameras Using a Mirror Array
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) light field
Keyword(2) multi-view
Keyword(3) image acquisition
Keyword(4) mirror
Keyword(5) paraboloid
1st Author's Name Satoshi Fujigaki
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo University of Science/National Institute of Informatics(Tokyo Univ. of Science/NII)
2nd Author's Name Kazuya Kodama
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Informatics(NII)
3rd Author's Name Takayuki Hamamoto
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo University of Science(Tokyo Univ. of Science)
Date 2019-03-15
Paper # IMQ2018-57,IE2018-141,MVE2018-88
Volume (vol) vol.118
Number (no) IMQ-500,IE-501,MVE-502
Page pp.pp.197-200(IMQ), pp.197-200(IE), pp.197-200(MVE),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2019-03-07 (IMQ, IE, MVE)