In digital video display hardware which has more than one video memory array contributing to the displayed image in real time, each memory array is called an image plane. See also bit plane.
(n) An imaginary plane on which an object is projected. The graphic representation of an object on a computer screen or paper is an example of a projection as it would appear on an image plane.
The area inside the camera where the object is focused clearly. The image plane can be compared to the film plane in analogue cameras; the difference being that the film is replaced by the CCD chip.
Any 2-dimensional medium upon which a 3-dimensional object can be displayed. Examples include photographs or video on a television screen.
The (approximately) two-dimensional surface that indicates the location of the image produced by a lens. This is where you should put your detector in order to record a nice, focused image to take home and play with.
The plane at right angles to the optical axis at the image point.
The plane surface of the imaging sensor, perpendicular to the viewing direction, at which the optics are focused.
The area at which a lens forms an image, i.e. the film plane if, and when focused correctly.
In 3 D computer graphics, the image plane is that plane in the world which is identified with the plane of the monitor. If one makes the analogy of taking a photograph to rendering a 3D image, the surface of the film is the image plane. In this case, the viewing transformation is a projection that maps the world onto the image plane.