Applications of Compound Eye Configurations to Smart Sensor Design

摘要

The application of compound eyes to the design of smart sensors is reviewed. Special attention is given to features of this class of 'eyes' which might be of particular advantage in these applications. It was found that the compound eyes are much more compact than the human eye. It appears that apposition compund eyes are not very promising for application to smart sensors because of their inherent low resolution and sensitivity. The superposition compound eyes might be of more interest if high quality gradient index lens arrays could be obtained in sufficient quality. It does not appear that this is now the case. Some features of insect eyes such as the corneal nipples, and tracheole layer might definitely be of some value in systems design. The present state of knowledge of compound eyes is far from complete. The true functional operation of the clear zone eyes is not a matter of total agreement between all biologists. Several specific suggestions are made for the application of features from compound eyes to smart sensor systems.