Title
Quantified, Interactive Simulation of AMCW ToF Camera Including Multipath Effects.
Abstract
In the last decade, Time-of-Flight (ToF) range cameras have gained increasing popularity in robotics, automotive industry, and home entertainment. Despite technological developments, ToF cameras still suffer from error sources such as multipath interference or motion artifacts. Thus, simulation of ToF cameras, including these artifacts, is important to improve camera and algorithm development. This paper presents a physically-based, interactive simulation technique for amplitude modulated continuous wave (AMCW) ToF cameras, which, among other error sources, includes single bounce indirect multipath interference based on an enhanced image-space approach. The simulation accounts for physical units down to the charge level accumulated in sensor pixels. Furthermore, we present the first quantified comparison for ToF camera simulators. We present bidirectional reference distribution function (BRDF) measurements for selected, purchasable materials in the near-infrared (NIR) range, craft real and synthetic scenes out of these materials and quantitatively compare the range sensor data.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/s18010013
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
time-of-flight,sensor simulation,BRDF
Continuous wave,Bidirectional reflectance distribution function,Multipath propagation,Computer vision,Interactive simulation,Electronic engineering,Multipath interference,Artificial intelligence,Pixel,Engineering,Robotics,Automotive industry
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
1.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
6
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
David Bulczak110.35
Martin Lambers2938.84
Andreas Kolb378371.76