Abstract

In this paper, we develop a real-time depth controllable integral imaging system. With a high-frame-rate camera and a focus controllable lens, light fields from various depth ranges can be captured. According to the image plane of the light field camera, the objects in virtual and real space are recorded simultaneously. The captured light field information is converted to the elemental image in real time without pseudoscopic problems. In addition, we derive characteristics and limitations of the light field camera as a 3D broadcasting capturing device with precise geometry optics. With further analysis, the implemented system provides more accurate light fields than existing devices without depth distortion. We adapt an $f$-number matching method at the capture and display stage to record a more exact light field and solve depth distortion, respectively. The algorithm allows the users to adjust the pixel mapping structure of the reconstructed 3D image in real time. The proposed method presents a possibility of a handheld real-time 3D broadcasting system in a cheaper and more applicable way as compared to the previous methods.

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