Catadioptric sensor
A
catadioptric sensor, also known as a
combined lens-mirror system (
CLMS), is a visual sensor that contains
mirror (catoptrics) and
lenses (dioptrics). The word
catadioptric originally appears in telescope design, but the term
catadioptric sensor has come to refer to
panoramic sensors created by pointed a
camera at a curved mirror.