Natural Sciences >> Integrative BiologyImage Formation Through Concave/Convex Lensesby Nishi Patel
Submitted : Spring 2012 Our eyes are one of the main imports of information to our brains. To be able to see what we see, there is a multi step process of how the image taken in by the eye is able to produce the final image we see. This process involves refraction of light into in the eye by forming the image we “see”. Also, the use of convex and concave lenses in the form glasses and contact lenses assist people who are farsighted and near sighted focus on the image that is refracted to produce them. For this particular project, we consider how the eye uses light to be able to form images of what we are actually seeing. Using a triangle method of tracing the path of the rays that make vision possible, we were able to see how the inner workings of the eye produce sight. From this model we can determine whether or not an image on a plane is convex by taking the function and finding the second derivative. Using this we can determine if any two points an object creates a solid line without any breaks to make the object convex. We would also use trigonometric functions along with Pythagorean theorem to establish how the image is transposed through our eye and sent to our brain as the image we see. Related Links:
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