Compressive sensing imaging system

A system comprising:

• a compressive sensing optic (CSO) comprising a plurality of compressive sensing elements (CSEs), each CSE configured to capture a respective random CSE optical sample, each CSE optical sample related to a respective portion of a scene;
• a fiber optic bundle (FOB) coupled to the CSO at a first end of the FOB, the FOB comprising a number of fiber optic elements (FOEs), each FOE configured to integrate one or more accepted scene optical samples to produce an associated compressed optical sample, each scene optical sample corresponding to at least a portion of a respective CSE optical sample;
• and
• a sensor coupled to a second end of the FOB, the sensor comprising a plurality of optical sensing elements (OSEs), each OSE configured to integrate one or more received sensor optical samples,
• wherein each CSE is configured to provide the respective CSE optical sample to the FOB, each FOE is configured to provide the associated compressed optical sample to the sensor and each sensor optical sample corresponds to at least a portion of a respective compressed optical sample.

A method comprising:

• capturing, by each compressive sensing element (CSE) of a plurality of CSEs in a compressive sensing optic (CSO), a respective random CSE optical sample related to a respective portion of a scene;
• providing, by each CSE, the respective CSE optical sample to a fiber optic bundle (FOB) comprising a plurality of fiber optic elements (FOEs);
• and
• integrating, by each FOE, one or more accepted scene optical samples to produce an associated compressed optical sample, wherein each scene optical sample corresponds to at least a portion of a respective CSE optical sample.