microscopy [Opt. Lett. 2018, Biomed. Opt. Exp. 2022 w/ Prof. Yuichi Kozawa] Holography [Opt. Lett. 2016, Opt. Exp. 2018] Photopolymer [Opt. Exp. 2018, ITE MTA 2021] Display Compressive sensing [Sensors 2019, Opt. Contin. 2023, Opt. Rev. 2024] Gigapixel camera [Appl. Opt. 2013 w/ Prof. David Brady] [mm] Monocentric objective lens Megapixel micro-cameras Assoc. Prof. at XR Group at UOsaka, Computational Imaging & Holography CGH z to x CGH fabricated as a amplitude mask Transparent off-axis mirror fabricated using photopolymer DOE ToF cam PSF w/ subpixel shift SR depth map
coded optical element is inserted near the sensor H. Kawachi, T. Nakamura, J. Neto, Y. Makihara, Y. Yagi, “Revolutionizing Photography: Demonstration of Lensless Imaging by Replacing the Lenses with a Thin Radial Coded Mask in Consumer-Grade Cameras,” in IEEE ICASSP [Show & Tell Demos], DEMO-2A.1, 2024.
“Revolutionizing Photography: Demonstration of Lensless Imaging by Replacing the Lenses with a Thin Radial Coded Mask in Consumer-Grade Cameras,” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP2024) [Show & Tell Demos], Seoul, No. DEMO-2A.1, Apr. 2024. Demonstration@IEEE ICASSP
prior (Classical compressive sensing) Generative prior Reconstruction with generative prior visually outperforms classical one, though it takes 48x longer time! PSF 40 sec. 32 min. Coded aperture by glass plate with chromium deposition
Yasushi Makihara, and Yasushi Yagi, “Extended Depth-of-Field Lensless Imaging using an Optimized Radial Mask,” IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, Vol. 9, pp. 857-868 (2023).
measurement Objects placed at multiple depths Limited DOF reconstructed image Random coded mask Image sensor Extended DOF reconstructed image Optimized radial coded mask A B A a) Optical axis
Kato, Kazuya Iwata, Yasushi Makihara, and Yasushi Yagi, “Multi-layer lensless camera for improving the condition number,” Applied Optics, Vol. 28, pp. G9-G17 (2024).
imaging systems employ optical design with a single coded aperture (CA) Lensless imaging CPU t x = t Coded image Reconstructed image Coded image Reconstructed image Coded aperture Stacked coded apertures Coded image Reconstructed image Multi-layer lensless imaging CPU x = Inverse problem Inverse problem • Technically, of course there is a room for increasing the number of the CA. Is there any bene fi ts to do so?
Lensless camera Multi-layer lensless camera Light Sensor • Let’s think about inserting additional CAs inside a single CA system. • Propagation distance of shadow can be decreased. • So there is a possibility to improve the imaging performance of the lensless camera - optically, contributes to fi ner impulse response - mathematically, contributes to better system matrix with smaller condition number • This should include possibility, but not so simple because it also affects the open ratio of CAs to keep the light ef fi ciency. Investigation is needed.
Single CA σ = 0.0 Close up of submatrix Output dim. Input dim. σ = 0.5 σ = 1.0 σ = 1.5 2-layer CAs 4-layer CAs max max max max • Prior to quantitative analysis, we observed the system matrix by ray tracing considering diffraction Blur amount of shadow (Total thickness of optics) Total counts of CA • Not shift invariant • Includes fi ner structure
Index Single CA 2-layer CAs 4-layer CAs σ = 1.0 σ = 1.5 Improvement Improvement Improvement σ = 0.0 Singular value Index Single CA 2-layer CAs 4-layer CAs σ = 0.5 σ = 1.0 σ = 1.5 • By simulations, we calculated the singular values of the matrix and corresponding condition numbers • We con fi rmed they were improved even when we fi xed the light ef fi ciency and total thickness of the lensless camera
E# Ground truth Captured data Reconstructed data σ = 1.0 max 0 σ = 1.5 σ = 1.0 σ = 1.5 Single CA 2-layer CAs 4-layer CAs Ground truth Captured data Reconstructed data σ = 1.0 max 0 σ = 1.5 σ = 1.0 σ = 1.5 Single CA • Sensing was simulated by ray tracing considering diffraction with 40dB noise • PSNR in reconstruction images was improved between 2-3 dB • We also con fi rmed condition number in the system matrix was also improved (see paper for detail) Reconstructed by TwIST algorithm, a sort of gradient method including regularization technique
Plate holder Sensor Experimental setup Multi-layer lensless camera Monitor • We also prove this improvement by optical experiments using a prototype with 2-layers CAs CA was implemented by laser lithography with chromium deposition on a glass plate (~1um resolution)
max 0 Single CA 2-layer CAs Binarized Ground truth Captured Reconstructed max 0 ngle CA Binarized • Condition number was improved from 43.6 × 105 to 8.88 × 105 • Since this is the optical experiment, we didn’t have ground-truth and cannot calculate PSNR. Instead, we calculated the matching rate of the input and reconstructed binary data. The rate was improved from 0.77 to 0.81.