ResearchResearch Top
　Laboratory of Information Photonics,
Department of Information and Physical Sciences,
　Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University


Compound-eye camera TOMBO


Top (Computational imaging)       Compressive imaging       Superposition imaging


Compact and high-resolution imaging[9]
Irregular lens arrangement＋Super-resolutionoffgrid

High color reproductivity[4]
Multi-spectral imagingmultispectral imaging
Capturing 3D space[5]
Estimation of depth distribution3d imaging

TOMBO (Thin Observation Module by Bound Optics) is a ultra compact and highly functional camera in the next generation[1]

tombo 

 Capturing movements in wide field-of-view[10]
Rolling shutter in CMOS image sensorwide angle
Improving our health[7]
Measurement of oral cavityperiodontal

 

Learn more about TOMBO

  1. Compound-eye image
  2. Structure
  3. Refocusing
  4. Capturing 3D space
  5. Functions
  Security and safety[8]
Thermographyinfrared imaging

 

  1. J. Tanida T. Kumagai, K. Yamada, S. Miyatake, K. Ishida, T. Morimoto, N. Kondou, D. Miyazaki, and Y. Ichioka, “Thin observation module by bound optics (tombo), concept and experimental verfication,” Appl. Opt, 40, pp. 1806-1819 (2001).
  2. Y. Kitamura, R. Shogenji, K. Yamada, S. Miyatake, M. Miyamoto, T. Morimoto, Y. Masaki, N. Kondou, D. Miyazaki, J. Tanida, and Y. Ichioka, “Reconstruction of a high-resolution image on a compound-eye image-capturing system,” Appl. Opt. 43, pp. 1719-1727 (2004).
  3. K. Nitta, R. Shogenji, S. Miyatake, and J. Tanida, “Image reconstruction for thin observation module by bound optics by using the iterative backprojection method,” Appl. Opt. 45, pp. 2893-2900 (2006).
  4. J. Tanida, R. Shogenji, Y. Kitamura, K. Yamada, M. Miyamoto, and S. Miyatake, “Color imaging with an integrated compound imaging system,” Opt. Express 11, pp.2109-2117, (2003).
  5. R. Horisaki, S. Irie, Y. Ogura, and J. Tanida, “Three-dimensional information acquisition using a compound imaging system,” Opt. Rev. 14, pp. 347-350 (2007).
  6. R. Horisaki, Y. Nakao, T. Toyoda, K. Kagawa, Y. Masaki, and J. Tanida, “A thin and compact compound-eye imaging system incorporated with an image restoration considering color shift, brightness variation, and defocus,” Opt. Rev. 16, p. 241-246 (2009).
  7. K. Kagawa, H. Tanabe, C. Ogata, Y. Ogura, Y. Nakao, T. Toyoda, Y. Masaki, M. Ueda, and J. Tanida, “An active intraoral shape measurement scheme using a compact compound-eye camera with integrated pattern projectors,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 48, p. 09LB04 (2009).
  8. K. Kagawa and J. Tanida, “Application of compact compound-eye camera TOMBO to thermographic imaging and depth estimation,” in Proc. of Optics & Photonics Japan, 24aF1, pp. 98-99 (2009).
  9. R. Horisaki, K. Kagawa, Y. Nakao, T. Toyoda, Y. Masaki, and J. tanida, “Irregular lens arrangement design to improve imaging performance of compound-eye imaging systems,” Appl. Phys. Express 3, p. 022501 (2010).
  10. T. Toyoda, “Compound-eye camera using CMOS image sensor and its applications,” J. ITE. 63, pp. 284-287 (2009).