A compound-eye camera TOMBO is a compact and thin camera inspired by visual organs of insects.

In the compound-eye of insects, a great number of sub-optics composed of a lenslet and a nerve are arranged on a curved surface. The advantages include the lightness and wide field-of-view imaging.

A single-eye lens is used in conventional cameras to obtain an image of objects. On the other hand, multiple lenslets are used in TOMBO.

TOMBO's imaging optics is effective to reduce the thickness of the camera.

A captured image includes 3D and sub-pixel information of objects. This feature enables compact and highly functional cameras.

Furthermore, additional optical elements to each of the lenselets can offer a variety of functions.→[Link to Functions]