Fourier domain post-acquisition aperture reshaping from a multi-focus stack

Abstract

Computational optical imaging methods allow the extension of the functionality of traditional cameras. The shape of the aperture in an optical system determines the shape in which the out-of-focus points are blurred in a captured image. In this work we present a method in the Fourier domain that allows us, from an acquired multi-focus image stack, to synthesize images of a three-dimensional scene as if they had been acquired with apertures with arbitrary shapes. Partially extended depth-of-field as well as all-in-focus image reconstruction can be obtained as particular cases.

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