A lens and aperture camera model for synthetic image generation

  • Authors:
  • Michael Potmesil;Indranil Chakravarty

  • Affiliations:
  • Image Processing Laboratory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York;Image Processing Laboratory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

  • Venue:
  • SIGGRAPH '81 Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
  • Year:
  • 1981

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Abstract

This paper extends the traditional pin-hole camera projection geometry, used in computer graphics, to a more realistic camera model which approximates the effects of a lens and an aperture function of an actual camera. This model allows the generation of synthetic images which have a depth of field, can be focused on an arbitrary plane, and also permits selective modeling of certain optical characteristics of a lens. The model can be expanded to include motion blur and special effect filters. These capabilities provide additional tools for highlighting important areas of a scene and for portraying certain physical characteristics of an object in an image.