Neuro-inspired automated lens design

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09979v1
• Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:14:56 GMT
• Title: Neuro-inspired automated lens design
• Authors: Yao Gao, Lei Sun, Shaohua Gao, Qi Jiang, Kailun Yang, Weijian Hu, Xiaolong Qian, Wenyong Li, Luc Van Gool, Kaiwei Wang,
• Abstract summary: OptiNeuro is a novel automated lens design framework that generates diverse initial structures and then progressively eliminates lenses.<n>By fully automating the design of complex aspheric lenses, OptiNeuro demonstrates quasi-human-level performance, identifying multiple viable candidates with minimal human intervention.
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• Abstract: The highly non-convex optimization landscape of modern lens design necessitates extensive human expertise, resulting in inefficiency and constrained design diversity. While automated methods are desirable, existing approaches remain limited to simple tasks or produce complex lenses with suboptimal image quality. Drawing inspiration from the synaptic pruning mechanism in mammalian neural development, this study proposes OptiNeuro--a novel automated lens design framework that first generates diverse initial structures and then progressively eliminates low-performance lenses while refining remaining candidates through gradient-based optimization. By fully automating the design of complex aspheric imaging lenses, OptiNeuro demonstrates quasi-human-level performance, identifying multiple viable candidates with minimal human intervention. This advancement not only enhances the automation level and efficiency of lens design but also facilitates the exploration of previously uncharted lens architectures.

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