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Figure 1: Bigshot's polyoptic wheel and the types of images it captures
Figure 2: Afocal optics
Figure 3: Image formation with the primary lens
Scene
Wide Angle Lens
Primary Lens
Captured
Image
Field of View (
50
º)
40º
50
º
Figure 4: Image formation with wide-angle lens
Scene
Stereo Prism
Primary Lens
Captured Image
Prism Apex Angle (
º)
Figure 5: Stereo (3D) image formation with a biprism
Figure 6: Microswitches used for sensing the wheel's position
Figure 7: Two microswitches used to detect three settings of the lens wheel
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Figure 8: Binary counting enables 4 switches to detect 16 wheel positions
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