Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 18, 1811012(2021)

Overview of 4D Light Field Representation

Yaning Li, Xue Wang, Guoqing Zhou, and Qing Wang*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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    Basic representation of 4D light field[23]. (a) Parametric representation of two-parallel plane; (b) sub-aperture image array
    EPI representation of 4D light field. (a) EPI of two-parallel plane light field[14]; (b) EPI of circular light field
    Focal stack representation of 4D light field
    Comparison between light field imaging and traditional imaging in different situations[56]. (a) Occlusion; (b) defocus
    Superpixel representation of 4D light field and its local magnification[84]. (a) Image 1; (b) image 2
    Representation of 4D light field graph[88]. (a) Expression of light field pattern; (b) real data
    Hypergraph representation of 4D light field[91]. (a) Relationship between light field superpixel and light set; (b) light field hypergraph represcntation
    Multiplane image representation of light field[98]
    Schematic of 2D MPI and its frequency domain representation[98]. (a) MPI in space domain; (b) MPI infrequency domain
    Fourier slice theorem[105]. (a) Traditional 2D Fourier slice theorem; (b) generalized Fourier slice theorem
    Fourier slice photography theorem[105]
    Fourier parallax layer representation[113]. (a) FDL representation schematic; (b) FDL representation in real data
    Two construction methods of polar focus spectrum EFS[117]
    • Table 1. Characteristics and applications of different models

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      Table 1. Characteristics and applications of different models

      ModelDepth depen-denceWorkingdomainOcclusion robustnessComple-xityRedun-dancyLight field application
      Depth recoveryReconstructionOthers
      Sub-aperture imageNoSpatial-angularLowLowHigh[28-31][33-47]Microscopic imaging[48]3D measurement [49]
      EPINoSpatial-angularMediumLowHigh[52-55][56-59]3D display [60-61]
      Focal stackNoSpatial-scaleMediumMediumMedium[65,71-77][17,64,66-69]Display[78]Microscopic imaging[79-82]
      SuperpixelExplicit depthSpatial-angular-depthHighMediumMedium[87]--Editing[84-86]
      Graph/hypergraphExplicitdepthSpatial-angular-depthHighHighLow--[88,94-95]Editing [91]Compression[96]
      MPIImplicit depthSpatial-depthHighHighMedium--[97-102]--
      Fourier sliceNoFrequencyMediumLowHigh--[64,111]Refocus[105,109]Depth of field extension[110]Microscopic imaging[112]
      FDLNoFrequency-depthMediumLowLow--[113-114]Compression [115-116]
      EFSNoFrequency-focalMediumLowMedium--[117]Refocus[117]
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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: May. 31, 2021

    Accepted: Jun. 15, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 1, 2021

    The Author Email: Wang Qing (qwang@nwpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.1811012

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