
Conventional light-field (LF) cameras are typically limited to narrow viewing angles for capturing light rays emitted from objects. We proposed an aerial-imaging light field (ALF) camera that forms aerial images of objects and captures them via a lens array with wide viewing angles. Using a prototype lenticular lens array, we achieved a 36.1° viewing angle and captured more horizontal perspectives. The elemental images were then input into an integral 3D display with the same lens array, allowing real-time, glasses-free 3D image display. Based on this functionality, we developed a prototype real-time 3D video communication system combining an ALF camera and an integral 3D display.

In this paper, we present a multi-view camera-array system by using commercial DSLR cameras. In order to produce quality autostereoscopic prints, we initially calibrated the color based on X-Rite color-checker, then automatically adjust the alignment of all images by one black-white checker. In this system, we also utilized an external electronic trigger based on Arduino for synchronizing all cameras to generate bullet-time effect photos. Finally, we converted all photos into multiplexed images then printed them on a lenticular lens panel to be an autostereoscopic photo frame.