Claims
- 1. A method of autostereoscopic imaging comprising the steps of:
- providing an imaging plane;
- providing a lens having an optical axis;
- directing the optical axis toward an object;
- creating a lens aperture at a succession of disparity positions offset from the optical axis;
- observing an image of the object appearing on the imaging plane; and
- adjusting the lens to a focus setting that eliminates motion of the object image appearing on the imaging plane.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further including the step of determining object range from the focus setting.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/456,408, filed Jun. 1, 1995, now U. S. Pat. No. 5,699,112, which, in turn, is a division of Ser. No. 08/148,916, filed Nov. 5, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,448,332.
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