Customizable Field of View
Rotationally asymmetric lenses allow more degrees of freedom for imaging not possible with traditional lenses
FreeForm Optics Allow Customized Areas of High Resolution, Focus, and Magnifications
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FreeForm Optics with Segmented Field-of-View allows the lens optics to preferentially magnify any section in the camera's view
In this example, the center of the lens field has optimized resolution. But the field can be optimized for any place in view
Segmented Field-of-View can be intuitively understood from a dual-focus magnifying glass
The tear-drop 2x magnifying section is just like a FreeForm Segmented Field-of-View lens
This is not possible with Classical optics because they are limited by their rotationally symmetric lenses
FreeForm Optics Allow Customized Low Light Performance
Classical Optics is limited in balancing high resolution, depth of field, and low-light performance (f-number: 24)
FreeForm Optics has more degrees of freedom to balance focal length, F-number, aperture, and field-of-view to allow - in this case - equivalent resolution but with superior low light performance (f-number: 2)
FreeForm Optics Enables Targeted Field-of-View
With our self-driving automotive solutions, some areas of the car's camera view are more important vs. other areas
Some self-driving algorithm sub-routines may de-weight the view of the hood of the car, and want to see very far away and high up in the field of view, for traffic signals
With FreeForm Optics, the lens assembly can give the camera optics a Targeted Field-of-View
In this example above, the stoplight of interest is center-top of the field in the far distance
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Classical Optics field of view is uniform in resolution and focus, generally falling off radially from the center of the rotationally symmetric lens
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