Abstract
A panoramic annular lens (PAL) comprises a panoramic annular head unit (PAHU) and a relay lens group. Due to the properties of annular imaging, single-channel PAL systems contain a blind area in the central field of view (FOV), which is difficult to reduce in a traditional optical system structure. Therefore, we propose a novel reflective PAHU structure, using two mirrors to replace the traditional single-lens- or multilens-cemented PAHU, to achieve a smaller blind area and ultrawide-angle imaging. In this paper, we present the design of an ultrawide-angle PAL with a FOV of $({22}^\circ \sim {120}^\circ) \times {360}^\circ$ using our proposed method. The resulting optical system achieves a blind area ratio of less than 3.67%. Compared with the traditional PAL system with the lowest blind area ratio, the blind area ratio of our system is reduced by half, demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed method.
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