Thin compound eye camera with a zooming function by reflective optics

We propose a compound eye camera that can keep its thin structure even when it uses a lens with a large focal length to zoom up. The large focal lenses have been made the structure of the conventional cameras thick. In this paper, we show Reflective Optics prevents the system from being thick. A double focus lens whose views are selected by actuating mirrors has succeeded in switching two views. hinges were rotated around the hinges by melting photoresist, and were fixed by the locking mechanism. Then the 3D micro optical structure was realized. Our mirrors without any locking mechanism are movable to adapt to the requirements. We've demonstrated not only the advantage of using the reflective optics but also switching the different two views by actuating the shutters with micro-mirrors and using double focus lenses. We employed compound eye system to obtain greater light amount in the total system.